But it seems to me that there is far too much emphasis and/or importance put on this matter of baptism. If it is NOT a matter of salvation, then why all the huff?
I couldn't agree more and if you will go back and look at my very limited posts on this matter, because I too believe it is a small matter, you will see that I have espoused your view, unlike some who have made it a Shiboleth, both with respect to their stated views about it being a matter of obeying the King and so on and with respect to shear volume of words. So I believe your words are directed to the wrong person. As I have said, and Steve has said, the only Baptism that ulitmately matters is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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The ONLY reason I can think of that someone might take offense is if they are extremely anti-Dispensational
I am not "extemely anti dispensational" (another label), but having come from that error and having tasted the bitter fruit thereof and also, more importantly, the sweet fruit of covenant theology, of which I believe my understanding is every bit as valid as yours, I consider my hermeneutic and my understanding of the scriptures to be covenental, not dispensational. As I have gone to reasonable lengths to explain, just because my understanding of the Covenant is not the same as yours doesn't mean that I am "dispensational."
Yes, Pilgrim, credo baptists are hard on paedo baptists, but as I have noted in other posts so are paedo baptists hard on credo baptists, calling our position a "great sin". One of the things I like about the Highway is that both views have been respected, at least until now.
I could say more but I feel it is falling on deaf ears.
In Him,
Gerry
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