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Originally Posted by mizpeh
Adino,
I'm will be coming back to this thread but in answer to this post. NT water baptism is done where there is water "Look here is water, what doth hinder me to be baptized" Enough water to be immersed. I was baptized in a bathtub and came out feeling clean on the inside.
The Mikvah is an interesting ritual but not scriptural. I've never read about it in the Bible. So it must be a tradition of man and not a law of God. Therefore all the requirements of the Mikvah aren't necessary.
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Sorry, mizpeh, I must have misunderstood your previous post. You were making points concerning water baptism and then posted an article on the Jewish mikvahs which most scholars will agree were most likely used to baptize those on the day of Pentecost. I thought you were using the article to support your views on water baptism.
I agree that the requirements of Mikvah are not necessary for salvation, in fact, I would take it further and say NONE of the requirements of the Mikvah are required.... because baptism itself is not required.
Remember that baptisms in the NT were baptisms unto repentance for the remission of sins. It can be strongly argued that Peter's baptism in
Acts 2:38 was the same, it was a baptism of "repentance for the remission of sins." The ritual of baptism outwardly declared a remission of sins which came in repentance.
As I said before concerning
Acts 2:38
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....one can realize baptism was the outward expression of "repentance for the remission of sins" (Luke 3:3; Mark 1:4). Thus, one was to repent and let his baptism (of repentance for the remission of sins - Lk3:3; Mk1:4) be in the name of Jesus Christ to declare that the repentant heart had trusted in Jesus Christ for deliverance from sin.
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Sorry for the misunderstanding
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