The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Is water baptism to be practiced today?

Tom,

Why have you wasted your time answering someone who cannot respond back? I am assuming, of course, that you skipped reading through ALL the replies in this thread and thus out of ignorance wrote this to BIGD, not knowing he has been banned.

But I am going to take this opportunity to share with everyone what this lost soul wrote to me in an e-mail so that his hardness of heart, spiritual deadness can be clearly seen:

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I guess you couldn’t answer could you? I guess you don’t like someone challenging your doctrine which is easy to expose. I welcome your challenge. You add to the word of God to get your doctrine and take away in other spots. This is what I learned from you.

1. Mark 16 doesn’t mean what it says….it really means “ he that believes only can be baptized if he wants”.
2. Baptism saves you in 1 Peter means “ baptism does not save you.
3. Add the word “only”
4. You can tell God the Father to jump in the lake and refuse to be baptized and you will still go to heaven
5. You are clueless on works
6. You are clueless on 1 Cor.1
7. You don’t even know what “faith only” means for you include repentance. Let me tell you guys what it means…to the EXCLUSION of everything else.
8. You believe the demons are saved
9. You believe liars will go to heaven
10. You believe you can love God and not keep his commandments
11. And you don’t have the guts enough to stand up for what you believe.

You know, I challenge one of your guys to a debate once. I know several gospel preachers who would tie you up in knots…..but like you, he was a coward.

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So Tom, instead of posting frivolous replies to someone who no longer exists here, perhaps you will take some time to pray for this man's lost soul. May God's infinite mercy and grace in Christ be given to him to the glory of God.