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This is a great question to show the difference between the [[Greek]] <ref>Gentile church</ref> way to study and the way to study the 2nd book. | This is a great question to show the difference between the [[Greek]] <ref>Gentile church</ref> way to study and the way to study the 2nd book. | ||
:1. Where did the question come from? The Greek just makes up questions <ref>{{bgw|Tit 3:9}} But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.</ref> We wish to ensure that we are seeking to know God, not merely satisfy curiosities. | :1. Where did the question come from? The Greek just makes up questions <ref>{{bgw|Tit 3:9}} But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.</ref> We wish to ensure that we are seeking to know God, not merely satisfy curiosities. <ref>{{bgw|Isa 43:10}} Ye [are] my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I [am] he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. [{no … : or, nothing formed of God }]</ref> | ||
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This is a great question to show the difference between the Greek [1] way to study and the way to study the 2nd book. |
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Let's collect some sources: Is there a baptism for the dead? ▸ ± 1Co 15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? This is the verse that many use to justify their own practice of proxy baptisms; being baptized on behalf of a dead person. Rather than argue with them, we apply the Rules for interpretation [1]: 1. Rule - Rigorous [2] We are not permitted to make an interpretation with only one verse. 2. Rule - Complete [3] It is a lazy interpretation since there is no attempt to sum up and include everything the Bible says about it. 3. Rule - Self examination [4] When we start with a practice and attempt to justify it with scripture, our thought pattern is backwards. |
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How do we know we are alive before baptism? Simple. We 'die' in baptism, which could not happen if we were not alive. [4]
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