Baptism Is A Work We Are Not Saved

* Baptism Is A Work & We Are Not Saved By Works! * The Thief On The Cross Wasn’t Baptized! * Saul Was Saved Before He Was Baptized! * Cornelius Was Saved Before He Was Baptized! * Paul Was Not Sent To Baptize! * Arguments Made On Mark 16: 16; Acts 2: 38; . . .

Mark 16: 16 (NKJV) He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. * It doesn’t say “he who does not believe and is NOT baptized will be condemned!” * “Merely a statement of fact!” * “Some of the older transcripts do not contain verses 9 -20. They are lacking in the Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus!”

It doesn’t say “he who does not believe and is NOT baptized will be condemned!” Mark 16: 16 (NKJV) He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. He who comes to Landers and is baptized will be given a free new car; but he who does not come will not get one.

It doesn’t say “he who does not believe and is NOT baptized will be condemned!” Mark 16: 16 (NKJV) He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. Faith is a fundamental essential – John 8: 24; Hebrews 11: 6 • i. e. - He who eats and digests his food shall live – • One cannot digest his food unless he eats – but digestion is still an essential for living!

It doesn’t say “he who does not believe and is NOT baptized will be condemned!” Mark 16: 16 (NKJV) He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. • Who will be saved? He who believes and is baptized • The passage does not say – He who believes will be saved and then should be baptized.

Essential * Like: “He who registers and is living in a dorm will be a Mark 16: 16 student; but he who does (NKJV) Non-Essential not register will not be a He who believes student. and is baptized will Non-Essential * OR Essential be saved; but he He who dies and is buried who does not will decay, but he who believe will be does not die will not condemned. decay. True statements – not “Merely a statement of fact!”

“Merely a statement of fact!” President of UALR – You go out and recruit students, “He who registers and is living in a dorm will be a student; but he who does not register will not be a student. out and recruit students, “He who registers and is Accepted will be a student; but he who does not register will not be a student.

“Merely a statement of fact!” A Mortuary Technician – says to his students – “You go out and find dead people, He who dies and is buried will decay; but he who does not die will not A violation of * Forthright communication * The context * The use of the copulative conjunction “AND”

“Merely a statement of fact!” Mark 16: 16 (NKJV) He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. He who Essential and is Non-Essential will be OBJECTIVE; And - conj 1 — used to indicate connection or addition esp. of items within the same class or type or to join words or phrases of the same grammatical rank or function 2 — used to join one finite verb to another so that together they are equivalent to an infinitive of purpose

“Merely a statement of fact!” He who: Believes 2 + Baptized + 3 = Saved = 5 He who Essential and is Non-Essential will be OBJECTIVE; Nonsensical & Illogical! If Jesus didn’t mean it – WHY did He say it? Incorrect Grammar! A AND B will be C

The Authenticity of Mark 16: 9 -20 The two earliest (fourth century) uncial manuscript s (Sinaiticus and Vaticanus) omit the verses: • Scribes left some blank space after verse 8, • The verses are found in all of the other manuscripts – over 500 of them. • Early patristic writers—such as Justin Martyr (Apology 1. 45, ca. a. d. 148), Tatian (Diatessaron, ca. a. d. 170), and Irenaeus who quoted verse 19 (Against Heresies 3. 10. 6)—support the inclusion of these verses.

The two • Ancient versions contained the earliest text, including the Peshito Syriac, (fourth Old Latin, Sahidic, & Coptic – all century) of which were in existence earlier uncial than the two manuscripts that manuscript omit it. s • The same two manuscripts that (Sinaiticus omit these verses also do not and contain portions of Revelation, Vaticanus) the Psalms, and Genesis. Why Would Anyone Make This omit the Argument? ? ? verses:

Vs 37 – What shall we do? Acts 2: 38 (NKJV) Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

• J. H. Thayer, - citing Acts 2: 38 – “eis aphesin hamartion, to obtain the forgiveness of sins” (Greek-English Lexicon, Edinburgh: T. &T. Clark, 1958, 94). • Wm. Arndt and F. W. Gingrich, - eis is defined as expressing “purpose, ” with the sense of “in order to, ” rendered the same phrase: “for forgiveness of sins, so that sins might be forgiven. . . Acts 2: 38: ” (Greek-English Lexicon, Chicago: University of Chicago, 1967, 228 – Ref by Vines - 714). • Elliger - eis, in Acts 2: 38, is designed “to indicate purpose” (Horst Balz & Gerhard Schneider, Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, 1990, Vol. 1,

• Ceslas Spicq - “Water baptism is a means of realizing this conversion, and its goal – something altogether new – is a washing, ‘the remission of sins’” (Theological Lexicon of the New Testament, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994, Vol. 1, 242). • Doctor Daniel B. Wallace - the “causal” use of eis in Acts 2: 38 (i. e. , “because of” instead of “in order to”) has been demonstrated to fail in terms of linguistic evidence ([Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics p. 370) – (An admission devastating to the argument that ‘eis’ means ‘because of’ in Acts 2: 38.

"J. W. Wilmarth, a great outstanding Baptist scholar, ‘This interpretation compels us"--that is, to try to separate the two verbs--"either to do violence to the construction, or to throw the argument or the course of thought in the context into complete confusion. Indeed we can hardly escape the latter alternative if we choose the former. For those who contend for the interpretation ‘on account of remission’ will hardly be willing to admit that Peter said ‘Repent’ as well as ‘be baptized on account of remission of sins. ’ This is too great an inversion of natural sequence. Yet to escape it we must violently dissever ‘repent’ and ‘be baptized’ and deny that ‘eis’ expresses the relation of ‘repentance’ as well as ‘baptism’ to forgiveness of sins. But the natural construction connects the latter with both the preceding verbs. It enforces the entire exhortation, not one part of it to the exclusion of the other, . .

EIS - 1771 times. Strong’s Dictionary: a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figurative) purpose (result, etc. ); Thayer Definition; Definition 1) into, unto, towards, for, among (charts 179 & 237) Acts 2: 38 (NKJV) Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

EIS - 1771 times. Looking forward! • To define the term “Because of” would render it oppositional to the very meaning of the word ‘EIS’ • John was pointing their hearts and minds to the ONE to come. Matthew 3: 11 (NKJV) I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. (cf. Acts 19: 4)

EIS - 1771 times. Looking forward! • The Ninevites repented eis (unto or into) the benefits of Jonah’s preaching or in order to comply with Jonah’s preaching. • Cannot redefine the terms!!! Matthew 12: 41 (NKJV) The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.

Mt 26: 28 28“For 1 this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for 2 many for 3 the remission of sins. 1 Gar - a primary particle – translated simply ‘for’ 1027 of the 1067 that it is found. 2 Peri - on account of, because of, 3 Eis - primary preposition – into, unto, towards, for, among Acts 2: 38 (NKJV) Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

The copulative conjunction “and” couples two verbs. The phrase “For the remission of sins” sustains equal relation to both verbs.

Acts 2: 38 (KJV) Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Repentance Baptism

• The command to repent is in the second person plural and the command to be baptized is in the third person singular. • The commands could be translated, “Repent and let each of you be baptized. ” (NASB) • This emphasizes the need for each individual to be baptized. • The meaning is that they were all to repent, and each one was to be baptized, (i. e. Repentance is active and baptism is passive). • The conditions of salvation are the same for every person.

"Henry J. Cadbury, member of the Revised Standard Version Committee, . . . has this to say, . . . ’The grammar of the sentence in Acts 2: 38 is perfectly regular and better Greek than if the author had kept the second person plural ‘baptize’ after using the singular ‘each. ’ I have no doubt that another author would have written ‘Do ye repent, ’ and ‘be ye baptized, ’ each of you. But this writer seems to have preferred the less loose construction. I think that there would be no essential difference in meaning. ’ Whether you said ‘Do ye repent, and be ye baptized each of you, ’ or as it stands exactly, there would be no essential difference in meaning. "

Mark 16: 16 (NKJV) He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. Acts 2: 38 (NKJV) Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

How Much Obedience Is Enough * In order for Noah’s family to be saved? – Gen 6: 8, 22; 7: 5; Heb 11: 7; 1 Peter 3: 21 * In order for the walls of Jericho to fall? – Josh. 6: 2, 20; Heb. 11: 30 * In order for Naaman to be cleansed of his leprosy? – 2 Kings 5: 10 -14 * In order for the 3, 000 on the day of Pentecost to receive the remission of their sins? – Acts 2: 38 * In order for the erring child of God to be forgiven of sin? – Acts 8: 19 -24; 1 John