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Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover
Unless you ascribe to baptismal regeneration, the burial and ressurection from the waters of baptism are symbolic of the burial of the old man and his walking in new life. It is a public declaration of what has occurred to the inner man. At the same time baptism is indeed a vital part of initiation for the new Christian, declaring openly what God has done in ones life.
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uh, oh, you just said a "bad word" there.
Born of water may mean baptism in water but we mustn't use that BR (baptismal regeneration) term. It's a no-no. It associates us with Roman Catholics, Orthodox, Lutherans, Campbellites, and those kind of people (and we all know that they are going to hell).