Osage Bluestem
Puritan Board Junior
Hebrews 6:1-2 KJV
[1] Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
[2] Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Why is this in the plural here? Is this an indicator that there are more than one baptism, such as the baptism of John, christian baptism with water, the baptism of the spirit, and baptisms of suffering like Jesus mentioned in Mark 10:38-39?
Also what does this passage mean?
1 Peter 3:20-21 KJV
[20] Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
[21] The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
I was told by a Lutheran that this passage teaches baptismal regeneration. I do not believe that because that would contradict the rest of scripture that teaches we are saved by faith in Christ.
[1] Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
[2] Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Why is this in the plural here? Is this an indicator that there are more than one baptism, such as the baptism of John, christian baptism with water, the baptism of the spirit, and baptisms of suffering like Jesus mentioned in Mark 10:38-39?
Also what does this passage mean?
1 Peter 3:20-21 KJV
[20] Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
[21] The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
I was told by a Lutheran that this passage teaches baptismal regeneration. I do not believe that because that would contradict the rest of scripture that teaches we are saved by faith in Christ.