[TruthTalk] Tradition

[jandgtaylor1]

Judy wrote: So... 1 Peter 3:21 must be understood in the light of the following:   Colossians 2:11-12: "In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; buried with him in baptism wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him from the dead...   Romans 6:3-4: Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.....   dm: I agree completely.  Some of these passages are the very ones that I had shared with you previously.    jt: I don't recall you sharing these...   dm: None of these passages teach that baptism is only an outward symbol of an inward experience that had already taken place sometime before.   jt: The implication is there - It symbolizes the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. We certainly don't die physically down there as he did on the cross and we don't go from the water to a tomb physically do we?  So it is a symbolic representation of this reality. I have to wonder if how many who go under the water these days realize what it is all about.   Grace and Peace, Judy   Grace and Peace, Judy   jt:   Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida.   ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man."  (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org   If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed.  If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.