{"id":4081,"date":"2015-06-30T07:06:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T11:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2015-07-07T08:39:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T12:39:16","slug":"4081","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=4081","title":{"rendered":"Baptism: A circle with edges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.\u00a0 Psalm 121:6<\/em><\/p>\n

Truth is absolute, to be sure, but it is more like a circle than a square. It is multi-dimensional; it is not flat.<\/p>\n

What is the “three-dimensional” truth about baptism? Baptismal regeneration? If three-dimensional, then it’s “both and” rather than “either or”. Even so, it’s helpful to think about what baptism is not<\/em>. Truth may be more like a circle than a square, but it’s a circle with edges.<\/p>\n

Baptism is not<\/em> an ordinance. Baptism is a sacrament.<\/p>\n

Baptism is not<\/em> something we do for God. Baptism is something God does for us.<\/p>\n

“Baptism…now saves you.” (1 Peter 3:21) Baptism is not salvific ipso facto<\/em>. It is Christ who saves us ipso facto.<\/em><\/p>\n

We are not<\/em> saved by the sacrament of baptism. We are saved through<\/em> the sacrament of baptism.<\/p>\n

In the case of infants, baptism is not<\/em> a promise to be fulfilled in the future. Baptism actually delivers the promise which a nurtured faith clings to.<\/p>\n

Baptism is not<\/em> a corporate experience. Baptism is a personal experience. “I baptize you<\/em>…”<\/p>\n

Baptism is not<\/em> majic. Its benefit is not ex opere operato<\/em>. Many who have been baptized will be lost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.\u00a0 Psalm 121:6 Truth is absolute, to be sure, but it is more like a circle than a square. It is multi-dimensional; it is not flat. What is the “three-dimensional” truth about baptism? Baptismal regeneration? If three-dimensional, then it’s “both and” rather than … <\/p>\n

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