Caleb Wise @cwise423

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Pastor Rich Lusk @Vicar1973

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The missing piece in the argument above concerns the nature, meaning, and efficacy of baptism itself. Baptists view baptism as a way of professing Christ. It is how someone makes a "decision" to follow Jesus. But Scripture NEVER says this is the meaning of baptism --it is entirely made up. Scripture repeatedly describes baptism as God's work, God's claim, God's gift. Baptism is how manifests his decision to claim us. Baptism is an adoption ceremony; it is a wedding; it is an ordination. It is an "effectual means of salvation," as the Westminster Shorter Catechism puts it. So the debate between Baptists and paedobaptists is not merely over who should be baptized, but the meaning of baptism - is it our work or God's gift, our way of professing faith or God's way of expressing his covenant faithfulness across generations? Consider what the NT says about the meaning and efficacy of baptism: •We are united (or married) to the crucified, buried, and risen Christ (Rom. 6:1ff), though we can be cut off (or divorced) from him if we are unfaithful (Rom. 11:17ff; cf. Jn. 15:1ff) •We are forgiven (Acts 2:38, 22:16; cf. the Nicene Creed) •We receive the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38) •We are cleansed (Eph. 5:26) •We are regenerated and renewed (Titus 3:5) •We are buried and resurrected with Christ (Col. 2:11-12) •We are circumcised in heart (Col. 2:11-12) •We are joined to the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13) •We are clothed with Christ (Gal. 3:27) •We are justified and sanctified (1 Cor. 6:11) •We are saved (1 Pt. 3:20-21) •We are ordained as priests with access to the heavenly sanctuary (Heb. 10:19-22) 3/4

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