Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the REVISED STANDARD VERSION ( RSV ). Below it is a copy of the Handbook OF Denominations IN THE UNITED STATES: NEW TENTH EDITION ( by FRANK S. MEAD, REVISED BY SAMUEL S. HILL, Abingdon Press, NASHVILLE, Copyright 1985, 1990, 1995 by Abingdon Press ). Romans 6:1-4 read as follows:
"What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life."
Moreover, Colossians 1:9-20 read as follows:
"9 And so, from the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 to lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. 11 May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 He has delivered us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; 16 for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities-all things were created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent. 19 For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross."
Jesus ( cf. verse thirteen, above, and Matthew 16:16; 1:16, for example ) is the head of the church ( as we read in verse eighteen ). When one is baptized into His death ( see verse three ), he or she is baptized into the death of the head of the body.
This is one of the basic concepts that the Holy Bible teaches regarding baptism. When one is baptized in the church of God religious denomination, for example, he or she is baptized into the death of the head of that body, which is the Tomlinson family, for example ( see pages 108 and 111, for example, of the handbook pictured above ). Since the Tomlinson family did not die on the cross of Calvary ( see Luke 23:26-49 ( especially verse 33, for example; KJV, for example ), for example ) for the sins of all men ( see Romans 6:5-11 ( especially verse 10, for example ), for example ), such a baptism does not save the one who receives it ( see also Acts 2:38, 41, and 47; Colossians 1:15-20 ( especially verse 20, for example ); and Revelation 1:1-5 ( especially verse 5, for example ), for example ): a similar argument can be used with regard to all denominational baptisms, they do not save the ones who receive them.
To wrongly claim that a denominational baptism is acceptable is to wrongly claim that there is more than one baptism, by immersion in water, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of one's past sins ( see also Acts 8:26-40 ( especially verses 36-39, for example; KJV, for example ); Romans 3:21-31 ( especially verse 25, for example ); and Ephesians 4:5, for example ). Those who have received denominational baptisms ( having been baptized into the death of a human head of a denominational body ) must be rebaptized into Christ ( see also Acts 19:1-7 and Galatians 3:26, 27, for example ). Please study the Holy Bible ( which is God's word - see Psalm 119:65-73, 142, and 151; John 17:1, 3, and 17; and 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16, 17, for example ).
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NOTE: Please read the Thursday, October 29, 2015, Friday, October 30, 2015, and Saturday, October 31, 2015 entries to this weblog to find additional facts concerning why denominational baptisms do not save anyone.
