There have been preachers who, in response to the question of repentant sinners: “What shall we do?”, have answered: “Do nothing: Jesus has done it all.” That, however, is not the Bible answer. When that question was put to the Apostle Peter, he said: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you for the remission of your sins.” Baptism was the divinely appointed means of identification with Christ and his sacrifice (Gal. 3:27–29; Rom. 6:3, 4). It is a very easy form of symbolical death and burial, a very slight humiliation and inconvenience compared with the shame and agony of the crucifixion.
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Author: Islip Collyer
Keywords: Baptism, Saved, Be saved, Salvation, Baptized, What must I do to be saved
Bible reference(s): Acts 2:38
Source: The Guiding Light.
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