Baptism Is A Work & We Are Not Saved By Works! The Thief On The Cross Wasn’t Baptized! Saul Was...

Baptism Is A Work & Baptism Is A Work & We Are Not Saved By We Are Not Saved By Works!Works!

The Thief On The The Thief On The Cross Wasn’t Cross Wasn’t Baptized!Baptized!

Saul Was Saved Saul Was Saved Before He Was Before He Was Baptized!Baptized!

Cornelius Was Saved Cornelius Was Saved Before He Was Before He Was Baptized!Baptized!

Paul Was Not Sent Paul Was Not Sent To Baptize!To Baptize!

Arguments Made On Arguments Made On Mark 16:16; Acts Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; . . . 2:38; . . .

Mark 16:16 Mark 16:16 (NKJV) (NKJV)

He who believes He who believes and is baptized will and is baptized will

be saved; but he be saved; but he who does not who does not

believe will be believe will be condemnedcondemned. .

It doesn’t say “he It doesn’t say “he who does not believe who does not believe and is NOT baptized and is NOT baptized will be condemned!”will be condemned!”

““Merely a statement Merely a statement of fact!”of fact!”

““Some of the older Some of the older transcripts do not transcripts do not contain verses 9-20. contain verses 9-20. They are lacking in They are lacking in the Codex Sinaiticus the Codex Sinaiticus and Codex and Codex Vaticanus!”Vaticanus!”





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 It doesn’t say “he who does not believe and is does not believe and is

NOT baptized will be NOT baptized will be condemned!”condemned!”






NOT baptized will be NOT baptized will be condemned!”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!

Believe, Repent, Confess, & be

Baptized





• Who will be Who will be saved?saved?

He who believes and He who believes and is baptizedis baptized

• The passage The passage does not say – does not say –

He who believes will He who believes will be saved and then be saved and then should be baptizedshould be baptized..


NOT baptized will be NOT baptized will be condemned!”condemned!”





““Merely a Merely a statement of statement of

fact!”fact!”

Like:Like:

““He who He who registersregisters and is and is living in a living in a dormdorm will be a will be a

student; but he who student; but he who does not does not registerregister will will

not be a student.not be a student. OROR

He who He who diesdies and is and is buriedburied will decay, but will decay, but he who he who does not diedoes not die

will not decay.will not decay.

True statements – not True statements – not conditional conditional statementsstatements

Essential

Non-Essential

Essential Non-Essential


fact!”fact!”

President of President of UALRUALR – You go – You go out and recruit out and recruit students, “He students, “He who who registersregisters and is and is living in living in a dorma dorm will be will be a studenta student; but ; but he who does he who does not not registerregister will not be a will not be a

student.student.

President of President of UALRUALR – You go – You go out and recruit out and recruit students, “He students, “He who who registersregisters

and is and is AcceptedAccepted will will be be a studenta student; ; but he who but he who

does not does not registerregister will will

not be a not be a student.student.


fact!”fact!”

A Mortuary A Mortuary TechnicianTechnician – –

says to his says to his students – “You students – “You go out and find go out and find dead people, dead people, He who He who diesdies and is and is buriedburied

will decay; but will decay; but he who does he who does

not die will not not die will not decay.” decay.”

A violation of A violation of Forthright Forthright

communicaticommunicationon

The contextThe context The use of The use of

the the copulative copulative conjunction conjunction “AND”“AND”





And 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


fact!”fact!”He who He who Essential Essential and and is is Non-EssentialNon-Essential will will

be be OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE;;


fact!”fact!”

Nonsensical & Nonsensical & Illogical!Illogical!

If Jesus didn’t mean it – If Jesus didn’t mean it – WHY did He say it?WHY did He say it?

Incorrect Incorrect Grammar!Grammar!

A A ANDAND B will be C B will be C

Deceptive!!Deceptive!!

He who He who Essential Essential and and is is Non-EssentialNon-Essential will will

be be OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE;;He who:He who:

Believes

Baptized

Saved

+

=

2

3

5

+

=

The Authenticity of Mark 16:9-20

The two earliest (fourth

century) uncial

manuscripts

(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.

• Ancient versions contained the text, including the Peshito Syriac, Old Latin, Sahidic, & Coptic – all of which were in existence earlier than the two manuscripts that omit it.

• The same two manuscripts that omit these verses also do not contain portions of Revelation, the Psalms, and Genesis.

Why Would Anyone Make Why Would Anyone Make This Argument???This Argument???

The two earliest (fourth

century) uncial

manuscripts

(Sinaiticus and

Vaticanus) omit the

verses:

Acts 2:38 (NKJV) Acts 2:38 (NKJV)

Then Peter said to Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let them, "Repent, and let every one of you be every one of you be

baptized in the name of baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the Jesus Christ for the

remission of sins; and remission of sins; and you shall receive the you shall receive the

gift of the Holy Spirit.gift of the Holy Spirit.

Vs 37 – Vs 37 – What shall we What shall we

do?do?

• 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, 399).

• 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. B.R.)

"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, . . ." (Warren/Ballard Debate pp 163, 164).



baptized in the name of baptized in the name of

Jesus Christ Jesus Christ for for the the remission of sins; and remission of sins; and you shall receive the you shall receive the


EIS - 1771 times.EIS - 1771 times.Strong’s Dictionary:Strong’s Dictionary: a

primary preposition; to or into

(indicating the point reached or

entered), of place, time, or (figurative)

purpose (result, etc.);

Thayer DefinitionThayer Definition; 1) into, unto, to,

towards, for, among(charts 179 & 237)

EIS - 1771 times.EIS - 1771 times.

Looking forward!Looking forward!

• To define the To define the term “term “Because Because ofof” would render ” would render it oppositional to it oppositional to the very meaning the very meaning of the word ‘EIS’of the word ‘EIS’

• John was pointing John was pointing their hearts and their hearts and minds to the ONE minds to the ONE to come.to come.

Matthew 3:11 (NKJV) Matthew 3:11 (NKJV)

I indeed baptize you I indeed baptize you with water with water unto unto

repentancerepentance, but He who , but He who is coming after me is is coming after me is

mightier than I, whose mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with the Holy Spirit and

fire. fire. (cf. Acts 19:4)(cf. Acts 19:4)

Matthew 12:41 (NKJV) Matthew 12:41 (NKJV)

The men of Nineveh The men of Nineveh will rise up in the will rise up in the

judgment with this judgment with this generation and condemn generation and condemn it, because they repented it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than and indeed a greater than

Jonah is hereJonah is here. .

EIS - 1771 times.EIS - 1771 times.

Looking forward!Looking forward!

• The Ninevites The Ninevites repented eis repented eis (unto or into) the (unto or into) the benefits of benefits of Jonah’s Jonah’s preaching or in preaching or in order to comply order to comply with Jonah’s with Jonah’s preaching.preaching.

• Cannot redefine Cannot redefine the terms!!!the terms!!!

Mt 26:28 28“For1 this is My blood of the new

covenant, which is shed for2 many for3 the remission of sins.

1Gar - a primary particle – translated simply ‘for’ 1027 of the 1067 that it is found.

2Peri - on account of, because of,

3Eis - primary preposition – into, unto, to, towards, for, among



baptized in the name of baptized in the name of

Jesus Christ Jesus Christ for for the the remission of sins; and remission of sins; and you shall receive the you shall receive the


The copulative conjunction

“and” couples two verbs. The phrase “For

the remission of sins” sustains

equal relation to both verbs.

The copulative conjunction

“and” couples two verbs. The phrase “For

the remission of sins” sustains

equal relation to both verbs.

Acts 2:38 (KJV) Acts 2:38 (KJV)

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, Then Peter said unto them, Repent,

andand be baptized every one of you in be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the the name of Jesus Christ for the

remission of sins, and ye shall receive remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. the gift of the Holy Ghost.

RepentanceRepentance BaptismBaptism

• 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."

(Warren/Ballard Debate, p.164)







baptized in the name of baptized in the name of Jesus Christ Jesus Christ for for the the

remission of sins; and remission of sins; and you shall receive the you shall receive the


How Much Obedience Is Enough

In order for Noah’s family to be In order for Noah’s family to be saved? – Gen 6:8, 22; 7:5; Heb saved? – Gen 6:8, 22; 7:5; Heb 11:7; 1 Peter 3:2111:7; 1 Peter 3:21

In order for the walls of Jericho to In order for the walls of Jericho to fall? – Josh. 6:2, 20; Heb. 11:30fall? – Josh. 6:2, 20; Heb. 11:30

In order for Naaman to be cleansed In order for Naaman to be cleansed of his leprosy? – 2 Kings 5:10-14of his leprosy? – 2 Kings 5:10-14

In order for the 3,000 on the day of In order for the 3,000 on the day of Pentecost to receive the remission Pentecost to receive the remission of their sins? – Acts 2:38of their sins? – Acts 2:38

In order for the erring child of God In order for the erring child of God to be forgiven of sin? – Acts 8:19-to be forgiven of sin? – Acts 8:19-24; 1 John 1:7-924; 1 John 1:7-9

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