The one true "baptism" is SPIRITUAL BAPTISM of the saved believer.
1 Corinthians 12:13 (all NASB)
For by one (God the Holy) Spirit we (believers)
were all baptized into one body, (Body of Christ = The "CHURCH")
whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free,
and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.(of God)
Association with the new life in Christ
Romans 6:1-7...Believers Are Dead to Sin, Alive to God
1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?
2 May it never be!
How shall we who died to sin still live in it?
3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized INTO Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?
4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection,
6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
7 for he who has died is freed from sin.
Ephesians 4 (NASB)...Paul: to believers
4 There is one body (of Christ) and one Spirit,(God the Holy Spirit)
just as also you were CALLED in one hope of your calling;
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.
TYPES:
1. Spiritual Baptism into the Body of Christ
2. The symbolic ritual water baptism of true BELIEVERS, outward sign of an inner change
3. The symbolic ritual water baptism of INFANTS, un-mature spirits, mindless (to wash away "original sin?)
MarK 10:39
They (disciples) said to Him, “We are able.”
And Jesus said to them,
“The cup that I drink you shall drink; and
you shall be (are certain to be) baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized.
you shall be baptized (Phrase)...Greek 907... baptizo...
I.to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge (of vessels sunk)
II.to cleanse by dipping or submerging, to wash, to make clean with water, to wash one's self, bathe
III.to overwhelm
baptízo-from a derivative of G911; to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism:—Baptist, baptize, wash.
Like dying a cloth:
go in neutral, immersed, emerge CHANGED...a different color / character.
There is no EXPLICIT statement in the Bible that unknowing INFANTS must have ritual water baptism to be saved.
TRADITION + RCC INTERPRETATION...This sacrament removes "original sin". If you trace the word baptize / baptism throughout the NT, there are only references to the ceremonial/ritual water baptism of saved believers...an OUTward symbol if an INward John 3 born again from above spiritual change.
NOTE: Mark 16 verses 9 to end were ADDED to the oldest MSS. UNRELIABLE!...ESPECIALLY to build a doctrine on ONE verse. CHILDREN can be true believers, but not unknowing UN-sinful INFANT!
AGAIN..There is no clear, unambiguous Scripure that COMMANDS ritual water baptism of INFANTS as a condition of spiritual salvation! Look for SPIRITUAL BAPTISM!
John 4:23-24
But an hour is coming, and now is,
when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.
God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Baptism isn't a work Man does.
Spiritual Baptism is a work God does when your spirit changes at salvation.
Ritual water baptism symbolizes being immersed dirty (sinful) and coming up cleansed (forgiven)
(spiritual) baptism NOW saves you...through (due to) the resurrection of Jesus Christ
Acts 2:38(NASB)...MIRACULOUS PENTECOST DAY...the birthday OF the CHURCH
38 Peter said to them,
“Repent,(turn to God)) and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ
for (BECAUSE OF) the forgiveness of your sins; and
you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
parse:
Repent (turn to God) , and be (spiritually) baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
for (because of) the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of (be indwelt by) the Holy Ghost.
Note the FOLLOWING ORDER:
Matthew 28: 16-20 ...The Risen Jesus' last Words?...The Great Commission
16 But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated.
When they SAW Him, (in His "spirit body" form) they WORSHIPED Him;(as God!)
but some were doubtful (of what they were SEEING!).
18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, (I don't require WORSHIP...I require FOLLOWING!)
“All (spiritual) AUTHORITY has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
(a) GO therefore and
(b) MAKE DISCIPLES of ALL the NATIONS, (convert them THEN
(c) baptizing THEM (believing followers!) in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, (TRI-UNE GOD)
(d) TEACHING them to OBSERVE all that I commanded you; (example and precepts)
and lo, I am with you always (spiritually), even to "the end of the (CHURCH) age".” (age of GRACE)
Psalm 51:2
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity
And cleanse me from my sin.
The doctrine of "Original sin", also called "ancestral sin," is a FALSE DOCTRINE, unsupported by Scripture and probably a result of RCC dogma.
DEFINED?:
1. humanity's STATE of sin resulting from the False Doctrine known as the "fall of man", (Genesis 3)
2. stemming from A&E's "rebellion" in Eden.
3. deficiency, or a tendency toward sin yet without collective guilt, referred to as Man's "sin nature",
4. T = "Total Depravity" or automatic guilt of all humans through collective guilt. (Calvinistic!)
The concept of "original sin" was first alluded to in the 2nd century by Irenaeus, a "traditional" "church father".
My Guess/Analysis:
1. A&E were the FIRST to disobey God's FIRST command -Adamic "SIN"..."original" is a misnomer.
2. A&E were the "Parents" of all...including Jesus the God-Man, who was SINLESS and needed no "baptism"
3. Mankind/angels were given the spiritual gift of "free will" to obey/disobey God when SPIRITUALLY CALLED/DRAWN.
4. Mankind's innate spiritual "nature is to turn away FROM God and turn TO self...the "sin nature"...the "flesh".
5. The NEW sinless Adam , i.e. Jesus is the only way to salvation. John 14:6 >The Divine Messiah came down from heaven (the TRI-UNE GOD) to saves MAN from SIN / SIN(S) / SIN NATURE and eternal spiritual separation. Jesus RECONCILED God to Man!
James 2:10
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
Romans 3 (ALL NASB)
22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who BELIEVE;
for there is no distinction;
23 for all have sinned (ARE IMPERFECT) and fall short of the glory of God,
24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
25 whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through FAITH.
