RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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a necessity
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a valuable experience
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an acknowledgement of sin
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an act of salvation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Baptism is evidence of Salvation, not an act that generates Salvation. Likewise, a failure to be baptized does not nullify Salvation. The thief who died on a cross next to Jesus professed his faith and Jesus granted Salvation without baptism (Luke 23:43). Symbolizing the believer’s faith.
Detailed explanation-2: -Salvation is the act of delivering (or keeping away) from evil or saving from sin . Sin is an act that is against God’s will and therefore morally wrong.
Detailed explanation-3: -Baptism in the Bible expresses an identification with Christ’s death and resurrection-the old self was crucified with Christ (through the waters of death), and now followers of Jesus have risen with him in “newness of life” (Romans 6:3-11.
Detailed explanation-4: -Catholics, Orthodox, and most mainline Protestant groups assert baptism is a requirement for salvation and a sacrament, and speak of “baptismal regeneration". Its importance is related to their interpretation of the meaning of the “Mystical Body of Christ” as found in the New Testament.