How To Understand : Acts 2:38

[Guojing]

Was baptism offered but rejected?
As Augustine said, "It is not the absence of baptism that damns, but its despisal.

Yes, as I said earlier, he could decide on baptism and chose not to.

 

[Ain't Zwinglian]

Yes, as I said earlier, he could decide on baptism and chose not to.

We have two passages of Scripture that speak about despising baptism.

Luke 7:29-30 Rejecting John's baptism was tantamount to rejecting Jesus' preaching. And rejection of Christ's teaching on baptism is tantamount to rejection Christi's preaching.

MATTHEW 21:31-33, 42-43 Jesus notes the Jewish leaders who fail to respond to John’s message cause the tax collectors and protitutes to “go before them into the kingdom. Those who follow John’s message and baptism, LEADS ONE INTO THE KINGDOM, WHILE FAILURE TO BELIEVE HIM AND BAPTISM HINDERS ONE FROM ENTERING THE TIMEDOM. The implication here is that believing John’s message leads one into the kingdom while failure to believe hinders him. However as Jesus reveals twevlve verses later, A rejection of Jesus teachings is more server than the rejection of john. Because the rejection of Jesus leads to the destruction of the city and causes the kingdom to bypass the Jewish leaders to another people.

Basically the bottom line is this: Do you believe baptism is optional for the Christian?

 

[Guojing]

We have two passages of Scripture that speak about despising baptism.

Luke 7:29-30 Rejecting John's baptism was tantamount to rejecting Jesus' preaching. And rejection of Christ's teaching on baptism is tantamount to rejection Christi's preaching.

MATTHEW 21:31-33, 42-43 Jesus notes the Jewish leaders who fail to respond to John’s message cause the tax collectors and protitutes to “go before them into the kingdom. Those who follow John’s message and baptism, LEADS ONE INTO THE KINGDOM, WHILE FAILURE TO BELIEVE HIM AND BAPTISM HINDERS ONE FROM ENTERING THE TIMEDOM. The implication here is that believing John’s message leads one into the kingdom while failure to believe hinders him. However as Jesus reveals twevlve verses later, A rejection of Jesus teachings is more server than the rejection of john. Because the rejection of Jesus leads to the destruction of the city and causes the kingdom to bypass the Jewish leaders to another people.

Basically the bottom line is this: Do you believe baptism is optional for the Christian?

Alright, so your answer is a clear No.

Its good to be clear.

If you want to know my answer to that question of yours, it can be found in this thread here How To Understand : Acts 2:38

 

[Ain't Zwinglian]

Basically the bottom line is this: Do you believe baptism is optional for the Christian?

Non Responsive. I am out of this conversation.