Some COULD be physically unable if putting them in water would kill them. lol Or even being MOVED could kill them.
I believe that God knows the heart. And if he KNOWS in their hearts that they would be baptized if they physically could, he accepts those things that are not as though they were.
__________________ ...MY THOUGHTS, ANYWAY.
"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
I knew a man who repented of his sins and asked to be baptized in water. The pastor said he'd hold the baptismal service that following Sunday. The man was killed in a car wreck on Friday. He had been a new convert for all of 4 or 5 days.
Heres the question: If this person was lost because he wasn't baptized... who will be held accountable for his soul? Him? or the preacher? Or both?
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"Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him...." -Psa. 37:7
Waiting for the Lord is easy... Waiting patiently? Not so much.
Indeed.. God is the only righteous judge... and when someone leaves this earth their life beyond this one is completely between them and the Lord.
I would say, that I would be careful when telling someone they didn't need to be baptised because it might be unhealthy for them physcially, when it's a commandment and God is a mighty healer. This old flesh will die anyway, it wouldn't be my concern, I would only want to obey.
Again, once people have passed away, they are in the hands of the saviour and not mine to judge in any way.
__________________ Mrs. LPW
Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
I knew a man who repented of his sins and asked to be baptized in water. The pastor said he'd hold the baptismal service that following Sunday. The man was killed in a car wreck on Friday. He had been a new convert for all of 4 or 5 days.
Heres the question: If this person was lost because he wasn't baptized... who will be held accountable for his soul? Him? or the preacher? Or both?
I think he is with the Lord now. As much as I believe water baptism is part of salvation, it is not the actual dip in water that is the issue. It's the heart obedience and the non-physical spiritual operation God does in the baptism.
__________________ ...MY THOUGHTS, ANYWAY.
"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
Shoot Hoover.. you made me enter this thread again... but only to say this...
Two or three weeks ago at most... a young man who had attended a non-denominational church accross town faithfully for 8 years (a currently Oneness church pastored by my former UPCI pastor, so I know what I'm talking about) was baptised in our church in the name of Jesus Christ...
He started coming with his wife who had decided to get back to her roots within the last few months and had started attending a weekly Bible study...
He was shocked to learn in that study that he was to be Baptised in Jesus Name... for 8 years he faithfully went to a church who taught believe on the Lord... and had never even heard that he was supposed to be baptised.
This is an absolutely true story... as other posters from my church can attest... and I can personally attest because this man is good friends with our neighbours who we won to the Lord this year.
You can go so far, as to no longer teach or preach baptism. There's a slope and it's slippery.
I find this difficult to believe. He faithfully went to a church for 8 years and never heard that he needed to be baptized in Jesus name even though dozens of people in that church have been baptized in Jesus name during the past 8 years?
I find this difficult to believe. He faithfully went to a church for 8 years and never heard that he needed to be baptized in Jesus name even though dozens of people in that church have been baptized in Jesus name during the past 8 years?
Something doesn't make sense here.
I agree.
__________________ Mrs. LPW
Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
but only to say this...
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