Water baptism happens because someone has been saved. Water baptism doesn't save. The recent coronation happened because Charles is now the King. The coronation didn't make Charles the King. Charles became the King when his mother - Queen Elizabeth the Second - died. A coronation for William or George would be nonsense as neither of them are King.
Min 24:44 "We should not be in fellowship with someone who teaches that baptism is necessary for salvation". Disfellowship is defined in another article by GotQuestions under the pretext of an 'unbeliever'. It is obvious that the Holy Spirit convicted you even in the moment of speaking this blatant hate message of false division out. I invite you to reflect on your message and to provide feedback. In addition, I warmly recommend to learn (e.g. through John Piper) the difference between Present and Future Salvation as plainly laid out in Scripture through Past, Present and Future tense. Then you will quickly understand that baptism can come after a present salvation, but is essential for a future salvation, specifically for entering the Kingdom of God (John 3:5 is brutally clear on this topic, but once again ignored in this debate). Much of those fruitless discussions around baptism are based on a fundamental lack of the basic understanding of salvation.
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Where are the links to the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast?
Water baptism happens because someone has been saved. Water baptism doesn't save.
The recent coronation happened because Charles is now the King. The coronation didn't make Charles the King. Charles became the King when his mother - Queen Elizabeth the Second - died.
A coronation for William or George would be nonsense as neither of them are King.
Min 24:44 "We should not be in fellowship with someone who teaches that baptism is necessary for salvation". Disfellowship is defined in another article by GotQuestions under the pretext of an 'unbeliever'.
It is obvious that the Holy Spirit convicted you even in the moment of speaking this blatant hate message of false division out.
I invite you to reflect on your message and to provide feedback.
In addition, I warmly recommend to learn (e.g. through John Piper) the difference between Present and Future Salvation as plainly laid out in Scripture through Past, Present and Future tense.
Then you will quickly understand that baptism can come after a present salvation, but is essential for a future salvation, specifically for entering the Kingdom of God (John 3:5 is brutally clear on this topic, but once again ignored in this debate).
Much of those fruitless discussions around baptism are based on a fundamental lack of the basic understanding of salvation.