Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool2.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: davidbu@loowit.wr.tek.com (David E. Buxton) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Is the Bible 100% correct? (Baptism) Message-ID: Date: 22 Jan 91 07:29:19 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 20 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu The thief on the cross is an example of someone saved without having been baptised. Personally - if his heart was such that he would have refused baptism if he had been removed alive and released from the cross that day then it is my IMHO oppinion that Jesus would not have assured him of his salvation. Would not refusing baptism, considering what the NT says about it, be a form of rebellion? To claim to love Jesus and then refuse baptism would make little sense to me IMHO. But there are circumstances under which baptism is not physically possible inspite of how much it is desired. God will not hold such circumstances against anyone. It is possible to fall in love, eager to get married, and die before the wedding date. That does not mean that you were not in love. Baptism is a ceremony that has its parallels in the wedding ceremony between a man and a woman - IMHO. Friend, Dave