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Originally Posted by MOSES We both know that we cannot restrain God's hand. We cannot hinder his salvation. I or you or anyone else cannot deny anyone salvation. That is the work of God alone. | Agreed. Quote:
Originally Posted by MOSES But...by denying baptism, you are outwardly, in a visible sense denying one salvation...(baptism being that picture of salvation).
If I'm the decision maker and I tell someone "nope, you don't get baptism" I am essentially telling that person that he is not saved, and I am forbidding him from partaking in the visible sign and seal of that salvation. | Is the converse also true? By baptizing them, are you essentially telling that person that he is saved? (in a different way than baptismal regeneration, of course) | Visibly speaking , YES...That is also why it is considered a sign and seal.
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Open my eyes Lord, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. Psalm 119:18 http://reformedmoses.blogspot.com/ |