Colossians 2:11 - 23

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Easier and dryer are not valid reasons for or against citing that one must be baptized in for one's sins to be washed away.

I am saying that Colosians 2:11-23 indicates that one does not have to be baptized for sins to be washed away-- at least that is what I thought when I was listening to it earlier.

You realize "wash away" is an idiomatic expression right?

[berkeley]

I received the Holy Spirit before I was water baptized. According to some of you peoples doctrine a SINNER was sealed with the Holy Spirit.

[berkeley]

Not sure what you think you see, JD. The text is saying that circumcision (of the heart) takes place in baptism. Baptism is where you are buried with Christ and identify with His resurrection.

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by berkeley

I received the Holy Spirit before I was water baptized. According to some of you peoples doctrine a SINNER was sealed with the Holy Spirit.

I also received the Holy Ghost before I was baptised in water. So was Cornelius. This has no bearing on whether or not one's sins are 'washed away in baptism'. As I have said before, people nowadays try to split salvation into separate components as if each could stand on it's own. The apostles did not think in those terms. Neither should we.