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<blockquote data-quote="BrownFlush" data-source="post: 4761689" data-attributes="member: 65823">No doubt about it.1)Jesus had authority and power to forgive while on the earth.2) But, I&#039;ll go straight to where I think you&#039;re thinking...Heb. 9:15-17 This passage from Hebrews&nbsp; shows that the New Covenant could not have begun until after Jesus died. Therefore, He saved the thief on the cross while the Old Covenant was operating, or before the baptism commanded of all people in the Great Commission came into effect. The simple fact is that the thief was not subject to the Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20; Mark. 16:15-16; Luke 24:46-47).The thief on the cross did not have to be baptized for the remission of his sins, just as David, Abraham, Noah, and Abel did not have to be baptized to have their sins forgiven. None of these individuals was amenable to the New Covenant or to the Great Commission, which lay the foundation for preaching the Gospel of Christ to all.To conclude that people today do not need to be baptized for this purpose, as do many, is to misapprehend the teaching of the New Testament. It is a major mistake of Biblical interpretation to take a requirement of one covenant and make it applicable to people living under a different covenant.You cannot be saved like the thief on the cross.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownFlush, post: 4761689, member: 65823"] No doubt about it. 1)Jesus had authority and power to forgive while on the earth. 2) But, I'll go straight to where I think you're thinking... Heb. 9:15-17 This passage from Hebrews shows that the New Covenant could not have begun until after Jesus died. Therefore, He saved the thief on the cross while the Old Covenant was operating, or before the baptism commanded of all people in the Great Commission came into effect. The simple fact is that the thief was not subject to the Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20; Mark. 16:15-16; Luke 24:46-47). The thief on the cross did not have to be baptized for the remission of his sins, just as David, Abraham, Noah, and Abel did not have to be baptized to have their sins forgiven. None of these individuals was amenable to the New Covenant or to the Great Commission, which lay the foundation for preaching the Gospel of Christ to all. To conclude that people today do not need to be baptized for this purpose, as do many, is to misapprehend the teaching of the New Testament. It is a major mistake of Biblical interpretation to take a requirement of one covenant and make it applicable to people living under a different covenant. You cannot be saved like the thief on the cross. [/QUOTE]

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