If you’re preaching physical obedience to the Ten Commandments, you’ve missed the point completely. You’re seeing physically, and not spiritually. What did Paul say they preached? “We preach Messiah crucified.” He didn’t say, “We preach obedience to the Ten Commandments.” The Ten Commandments are physical—they apply to the physical man, the flesh. They were only … Read more
Water baptism was a mandate under the law of Moses, and it symbolized cleansing from uncleanness, as one had to be ceremonially clean to enter the temple. Part of the requirement was that there be A witness with you, not to dunk you under the water, but to be able to testify, if asked, that … Read more
If you think that your water baptism had anything to do with your salvation, then you had better be able to present that evidence at your judgment. Certainly a bit of the water from that pool will be necessary to provide proof that there was some water that got on you and completed your salvation. … Read more