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<blockquote data-quote="BrownFlush" data-source="post: 4761694" data-attributes="member: 65823">Baptism is an act of obedience to a command.Baptism is not a work for to one earn salvation.&nbsp; When someone openly acknowledges that he is a sinner doomed to hell on the basis of his own works. He then confesses that he believes that Jesus died on the cross to bear the punishment for man&#039;s sins and to offer salvation for all men. He believes in Jesus, repents of his sins, and desires to be baptized in order that his sins might be washed away.&nbsp;He acknowledges that salvation is God&#039;s gift of grace to him, received upon the conditions of faith, repentance, and baptism.&nbsp;Baptism is most definitely not a work whereby man earns his salvation.Baptism is an action for what purpose ? What saith the scripture?Faith is a state of mind?&nbsp; &#039;&#039;Faith comes from hearing the word of God.&quot; (Romans 10:17)What kind of faith do you have? A dead faith? Or a faith that is alive and living?A faith that is alive leads one to action. It was not barren! &quot;But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?&quot; (Jas. 2:20). &quot;For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also&quot; (Jas 2:26). They did not have a dead faith, but an active, working faith, bringing their wills into obedience to the will of God (&quot;obedience of faith&quot; Rom. 1:5; 16:26). It is easy to make the claim or to profess faith. A lot of people are &quot;faithful&quot; in claim only! James said, &quot;. . . shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew you my faith by my works.&quot; (Jas. 2:18).&nbsp;Disciple of who?&quot;What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?&quot; ( 1Cor.1:12-13)The New Testament is the Lord&#039;s last will and testament. A key is an instrument used to open a door and one who has a key has the power and authority of access. So a key is often used in the Scriptures as a symbol of power and authority. For example, God promised the Messiah, &quot;The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall shut, and none shall open&quot; (Isa. 22:22). And, the risen Lord is said to have &quot;the keys of death and of Hades&quot; and &quot;the keys of the kingdom of heaven&quot; (Rev. 1:18; 3:7).So, &quot;the keys of the kingdom,&quot; Jesus promises Peter, represent the power and authority to open the door of the kingdom, church. Peter used this power, given to him by the Lord, to open the door of the church through the preaching of the gospel, first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles (Acts 2:14-36; 10). Peter reminded his brethren of this privilege during the apostolic council at Jerusalem. &quot;. . . Peter rose up and said to them: &#039;Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe&#039;&quot; (Acts 15:7).While Peter alone was given the power of the &quot;keys,&quot; the privilege of first opening the church to the world, he was not alone in the power of &quot;binding and loosing.&quot; The privilege of authority in the kingdom or church, through binding and loosing, was given to all the apostles (see Mt. 18:18-20).This power or authority, Jesus delegated to his apostles, was not&nbsp; based upon their human wisdom. The binding and loosing of the apostles was to be based upon what had already been bound and loosed in heaven and revealed to them.&nbsp; Peter&#039;s use of the keys will be in accord with the teaching and mind of Christ.&nbsp; Elsewhere, Jesus promised the apostles they would be guided into all truth, which they would bind and loose, by the Holy Spirit (Jn. 16:13; 1 Cor. 2:13; Gal. 1:11-12).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownFlush, post: 4761694, member: 65823"] Baptism is an act of obedience to a command. Baptism is not a work for to one earn salvation. When someone openly acknowledges that he is a sinner doomed to hell on the basis of his own works. He then confesses that he believes that Jesus died on the cross to bear the punishment for man's sins and to offer salvation for all men. He believes in Jesus, repents of his sins, and desires to be baptized in order that his sins might be washed away. He acknowledges that salvation is God's gift of grace to him, received upon the conditions of faith, repentance, and baptism. Baptism is most definitely not a work whereby man earns his salvation. Baptism is an action for what purpose ? What saith the scripture? Faith is a state of mind? ''Faith comes from hearing the word of God." (Romans 10:17) What kind of faith do you have? A dead faith? Or a faith that is alive and living? A faith that is alive leads one to action. It was not barren! "But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?" (Jas. 2:20). "For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also" (Jas 2:26). They did not have a dead faith, but an active, working faith, bringing their wills into obedience to the will of God ("obedience of faith" Rom. 1:5; 16:26). It is easy to make the claim or to profess faith. A lot of people are "faithful" in claim only! James said, ". . . shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew you my faith by my works." (Jas. 2:18). Disciple of who? "What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?" ( 1Cor.1:12-13) The New Testament is the Lord's last will and testament. A key is an instrument used to open a door and one who has a key has the power and authority of access. So a key is often used in the Scriptures as a symbol of power and authority. For example, God promised the Messiah, "The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; and he shall shut, and none shall open" (Isa. 22:22). And, the risen Lord is said to have "the keys of death and of Hades" and "the keys of the kingdom of heaven" (Rev. 1:18; 3:7). So, "the keys of the kingdom," Jesus promises Peter, represent the power and authority to open the door of the kingdom, church. Peter used this power, given to him by the Lord, to open the door of the church through the preaching of the gospel, first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles (Acts 2:14-36; 10). Peter reminded his brethren of this privilege during the apostolic council at Jerusalem. ". . . Peter rose up and said to them: 'Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe'" (Acts 15:7). While Peter alone was given the power of the "keys," the privilege of first opening the church to the world, he was not alone in the power of "binding and loosing." The privilege of authority in the kingdom or church, through binding and loosing, was given to all the apostles (see Mt. 18:18-20). This power or authority, Jesus delegated to his apostles, was not based upon their human wisdom. The binding and loosing of the apostles was to be based upon what had already been bound and loosed in heaven and revealed to them. Peter's use of the keys will be in accord with the teaching and mind of Christ. Elsewhere, Jesus promised the apostles they would be guided into all truth, which they would bind and loose, by the Holy Spirit (Jn. 16:13; 1 Cor. 2:13; Gal. 1:11-12). [/QUOTE]

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