Baptism has nothing to do with obeying the law. We are no longer bound by the law.
That doesn't exclude the necessity of water in baptism.
No, you are. All you can see is empty ritual. You are blind to what baptism means. We die with Christ and rise up with Him. It's that simple. Yes, we are saved by faith, that is a Catholic teaching you borrowed from us. Note that Ephesians 2:8 doesn't say "faith alone".
The number of people Paul baptized doesn't matter. It's a fact that he did baptize and you are downplaying its importance. You are really confused. Faith and repentance are required for baptism (or by proxy of the parents). That's why instructions are always given.
A ridiculous non-sequitur fallacy. Water baptism is normative. Their is also Baptism of Desire (thief on the cross) and Baptism of Blood (the martyrs before they had a chance to be baptized). This demonstrates you have no clue as to what baptism means. Denying water in John 3:5 is a heresy. It's says "water
and spirit". What part of
and don't you understand???
The law made them conscious of sin, but offered no escape from sin. I like Romans too.
Rom. 6:4 – in baptism, we actually die with Christ so that we, like Him, might be raised to newness of life. This means that, by virtue of our baptism, our sufferings are not in vain. They are joined to Christ and become efficacious for our salvation.
Rom. 5:12 – sin came through Adam and death through sin. Babies’ souls are affected by Adam’s sin and need baptism just like adult souls.
Rom. 5:12 – sin came into the world through one man, Adam, and death came through this sin. This sin affects all people, men and women, babies and adults. Through the merits of Jesus Christ, we have the sacrament of baptism to wash away the sin that came through Adam.
Rom. 5:14 – death reigned from Adam to Moses, born from Adam’s original sin. This is a mystery we do not fully understand, but we must all acknowledge our propensity toward evil and our need of God.
Rom. 5:16 – the judgment following one single trespass brought condemnation for all. This means all have inherited the sin of Adam, and all must be washed clean of this sin in the waters of baptism.
Rom. 5:19 – by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners. Original sin is passed on as part of the human condition, and only God in the flesh could atone for our sins by the eternal sacrifice of Himself. Through this sacrifice, God has re-opened the doors to heaven, and through baptism, we are once again made children of God.
historical document:
For Christ also said, ‘Except ye be born again, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.’ Now, that it is impossible for those who have once been born to enter into their mothers’ wombs, is manifest to all. And how those who have sinned and repent shall escape their sins, is declared by Esaias the prophet, as I wrote above; he thus speaks: ‘Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from your souls; learn to do well…And though your sins be as scarlet, I will make them white like wool; and though they be as crimson, I will make them white as snow…And for this [rite] we have learned from the apostles this reason. Since at our birth we were born without our own knowledge or choice, by our parents coming together, and were brought up in bad habits and wicked training; in order that we may not remain the children of necessity and of ignorance, but may become the children of choice and knowledge, and may obtain in the water the remission of sins formerly committed, there is pronounced over him who chooses to be born again, and has repented of his sins, the name of God the Father and Lord of the universe; he who leads to the layer the person that is to be washed calling him by this name alone…And this washing is called illumination, because they who learn these things are illuminated in their understandings. And in the name of Jesus Christ, who was crucified under Pontius Pilate, and in the name of the Holy Ghost, who through the prophets foretold all things about Jesus, he who is illuminated is washed.”
Justin Martyr, First Apology, 61 (A.D. 110-165).
Sadly, you have nothing to do with the Church of 110 AD. Can you at least acknowledge Justin Martyr as a Christian???
