John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you had known the gift of God and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me water[d] to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
Here you cannot mean the Holy Spirit twice in different forms. Jesus might as well have said unless one is born of spirit and spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom. And that is essentially what you're saying because of Living Waters representing the holy spirit of God . From the ancient Church this has always meant baptism and hit the spirit which ought to be received immediately after being baptized
Excellent exegesis. Your pointing back to Genesis 1 to highlight Scripture’s first use of water and Spirit was profound…but even more profound than understanding that John 3 points back to Genesis 1 is in understanding that Genesis 1 was, from the beginning, pointing FORWARD to John 3. 🤯 Soli Deo Gloria!
Great exegesis here. This was explained plainly. It makes sense, it’s plain, and it fits perfectly within Christian doctrine. Way to put all of John (so far, you’re only in Ch. 3 is what I mean) together and explaining the difficulty with OT Scripture. Great job and thank you for that!
“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.” Ezekiel 36:25 “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.” Psalm 51:7, 9-12 “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:7, 9 “With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.” Isaiah 12:3 “This is the one who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.” 1 John 5:6-8 “he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,” Titus 3:5-6 “On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.” John 7:37-39 “let’s approach God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.” Hebrews 10:22 “that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,” Ephesians 5:26 “Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.” John 15:3-4 “The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.” Revelation 22:17
Do you even know what "clean water" was to a Jew? It certainly was anything but clean, as we view "clean" - and has no reference at all to Christian baptism. the Bible contains a "formula" and ingredients for making "clean water."
@@christsavesreadromans1096 Who said that this substance, a mixture of ingredients, known as "clean water" signifies water baptism? Baptism saves from what?
@@brendanjobe6895 Baptism washes away one’s sins, and makes one a Christian. (Acts 2:38, Gal 3:27). These Old Testament verses are foreshadowings of the sacrament of baptism.
@@christsavesreadromans1096 What I asked was, "How do you know that Ezekiel 36: 25, which cleansed Israel from her idols, is a reference to a then-future Christian baptism?" I've never heard it quoted as such.
Just wondering what your understanding of Mark 16:16 is. The one who has believed and is baptized will be saved. Also 1 John 5:6-8 This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with water only but with water and with blood. Do you see salvation and eternal life as one and the same or 2 different meanings? Thank you!
This is great and when I listened to you the first time, I saw a lot of things. In fact if you follow what Jesus said after verse 5 tells us that the water has to do with HIM. You go down a little in verse 13 Jesus alludes to him as coming from above.
It is Baptism which is also called the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit, for it signifies and actually brings about the birth of water and the Spirit without which no one can enter the Kingdom of God.(Titus 3:5...John 3:5) Why is it so hard for you to understand this ?
Don't be burdened: Jesus's final statement was, "He, having believed and having been baptized, shall be saved." THAT is a correct translation of the passage. What you need to try to do is get "having been baptized" on the other side of "shall be saved." Water baptism is not a work - and never has been. It is, however, obedience. Neither is confessing Christ as the Son of God a work. That, too, is simply obedience. In neither case, the person is not earning or meriting pardon. The only groups that really teach baptismal regeneration are the Roman papists and Mormons.
@@DavidNicholson101 Scriptures can be snatched out of context that "tell us" how to be saved without repentance of one's sins, yet hardly anyone teaches that a person can be forgiven without first repenting of his sins. A good example would be Acts 16:30-31. No mention of repentance at all.
@@deathbyRF No, it does not - nor does the Bible. Since the church of Christ does not have a manual, discipline, or man-made creed to which one must subscribe, I am speaking in general. The norm is simply that a penitent believer must be baptized in order to be saved. If you want to see real baptismal regeneration, look to the Roman Catholic Church.
@@shadowbannedforspeakingtru1436 I noticed your name talks about “truth”. What is truth? By what standard can you say something is true? Is your standard for truth your subjective personal revelations? You say they are almost always wrong? Well how do you know? Not agreeing to what God has revealed in his word does not make these people at Apologia wrong. If you make the claim they are wrong then you should be able to back up what you say and show where and how they are wrong. And you would have to use God’s word to show they are wrong. Otherwise it’s a meaningless hollow personal revelation.
I’ve been reading the Bible lately and didn’t understand the baptism water view or the natural birth one both had clear contradictions. I’ve been asking The spirit to clarify things to me and all over the New Testament I kept seeing that Jesus was THAT water. I thought I was crazy and was the only one who thought this way about it. I didn’t have the old testament verses to support it yet but I thank God for coming across your video. Really brought everything together for me. If you would like I can send the verses and you could do a second video connecting all of them. God bless🙏🏽
So you think the passage really means, "Unless a man is born of Jesus and (the) Spirit, he cannot enter or see the kingdom." But did you happen to run across another passage by the same writer that employs the same language "born again" - and has reference to the incorruptible seed, the word of God - not Jesus? One has to at least put those two passages together.
@@juancontreras9745 Not "who". "What?" You honestly do not know what the word of God is? As in, "Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God." Sergius certainly wasn't desiring to hear Jesus, but rather what Jesus and His apostles taught.
@@juancontreras9745 Well, since your position is that the word of God - the completed, Spirit-inspired, and final revelation from God - is so vague, so esoteric, so incomprehensible - that the Spirit has to come along and illuminate the very phrases that the Spirit inspired now has to come along and provide additional aid, that's probably the best idea you've had in awhile.
It cracks me up that people make arguments against baptismal regeneration apart from scriptures that are directly talking about baptism. Believing is a work as well. This is the work of God that you believe on him who has sent me. Is repentance they work? Your intentionally turning from sin, and to the Lord Jesus Christ. The folly is causing water baptism to be works righteousness and that is not necessarily the case. In fact, if you look at the conversion experiences of the book of acts, people, repented, were baptized, in the name of Jesus, if you please, and we’re filled with the spirit, act 2:38, 8-12:16, 10:48, 19-1:5, 22:16. I do not completely disagree with you on your premise, but the way you get there is what I take issue with. It could be that we are begotten of the word, or at least conceived, John 6:63, 17:17, Ephesians 5:26, although I have heard this scripture argued for baptism, one Peter 1:23, James, one: 18. But the problem is that we tend to think of salvation as a mirror moment of faith. It begins there at initial justification by faith, but it does not in there. so it is possible that one could be justified, but still in need of regeneration. Salvation is a whole consists of justification, regeneration, adoption, sanctification, glorification, etc. So definitely baptism saves. The question is, how does it save? But it certainly has saving quality, mark 16:16, acts to - 38:41, one Peter 3-20: 21. We also need to be sealed by the Holy Spirit, Ephesians one: 13, 430, etc. Maybe if we would stop confusing justification with regeneration, our discussions would be better along this line as a whole. As to the thief on the cross, though I disagree with this argument, many would argue that because Jesus had not yet died, and therefore, under that dispensation, the thief could be saved, Hebrews 9:22. I would disagree with this premise, because they were baptizing before, the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. In fact, the religious leaders disobeyed the council of God, being not baptized of Jesus, Luke 7:30. So baptism was the wheel of God even back then before Christian baptism. sorry for the typos. I have no vision and I’m dictating this to Siri and sometimes she gets it wrong, but if I immerse her in water, my phone probably won’t work. Lol.
@@gregmitchell4581And also, baptism is participating in Jesus’ death as stated in the book of Romans. Jesus had not died yet when the thief was with him. And since he (on Earth) is able to forgive sins as he pleases, so he did.
Thank you so much, and I thank God for you! So clearly, gracefully and compassionately explained, grounded in interpretation of original language, and in context of other scripture. 😊♥️
Faith cometh by hearing and hearing the word of God and the word of God has been referred to as water and many many scriptures now I see so you hear it and then your spiritual birth you have saved by grace through faith so you hear it and now you've been born again because you believe it born of water and born of the spirit
How are water and spirit equal if the spirit acts differently from the water. The creation account in Genesis as you pointed out states that "the spirit of God hovered OVER the water. Just because they are used in the same context doesnt mean they are not distinct just as the angel of the Lord and the Lord are use in the OT but we know they are two seperate person.
God bless you for the rest and relief. I have an amazing pastor that will hammer the truth in my head that we can’t do anything for Jesus and Jesus has done everything for us lol. Saw this verse being used by an old church I used to go to that I personally didn’t enjoy because of the somewhat works focused belief and man, I saw them say that this verse is referencing water baptism and that you cannot enter the kingdom without it and it totally filled me with fear. Not because I would deny ever getting a baptism, in fact I would love to with a loving church that preaches the true gospel, but it more so confused me, almost flipping everything I learned from my pastor about Christianity not being works-based. I haven’t been able to talk to him recently and have been stressing about this so I personally thank you so much mr friend for breaking this down biblically. God bless you, Amen. 🙏
If baptism is needed for salvation, then Jesus died for nothing. Believing Jesus saved you(and in His teachings, the whole Word of God, that He is God and the Holy Trinity) is what gets you salvation. Believing in Jesus comes with a relationship with God, repentance, being baptised with the Holy Spirit(born again)
Besides the other problematic videos you have(you should know why; inappropiate jokes and language are sins - Ephesians 5:4), the minecraft videos are just as problematic, because games are controling, addictive, and a waste of time. Think what content would actually glorify God, cuz if it doesnt glorify God, then why waste time with it? it glorifies the devil and his lies. Instead of playing games: study the Bible(there's a lot to, and you need to know it), pray to God to guide you in order to serve Him and serve using your talents, resources, experiences and everything He gave you, learn a language/instrument maybe, try to think of a job that would enable you to serve God and spread the word, even if the job is not focused on that( but shouldnt be a job that is a sin, sinful, of course), but that lets you serve Him
Nice to meet you Pastor Wade! Never heard anyone it explain it like this and this well...ty! I have subscribed and want to hear more from you about bible questions so many people will need to hear!
Jesus is referring to Water Baptism. That is the view of every single Church Father who addressed this verse. Nobody seriously doubted it until the Protestant Reformation. It is through baptism that we entered the Church (1 Cor. 12:13). It is the “washing of regeneration” that St. Paul speaks about (Titus 3:5). Baptism is not “our works” but it is the work of Christ applied to us (you cannot baptize yourself).
We are washed by the water of the word (Ephesians 5:26) Regenerated by the Holy Spirit, the living water of John 7:38-39. “In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.” (Colossians 2:11-12). Water baptism is a removal of the flesh, just like circumcision was for the old covenant. Except under the old covenant it was a literal piece of flesh, but under the new covenant the term flesh usually means sin nature. So when we are baptized, we are putting the sin nature off. In Romans chapter 6, Paul addresses the question “shall believers keep on sinning?” “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who DIED TO SIN live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we should walk in newness of life. For if we have been untied together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our OLD MAN WAS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM, that the BODY OF SIN might be done away with, that we should NO LONGER BE SLAVES OF SIN. For he who has died has been FREED FROM SIN. Now if we died with Christ, we believe we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be DEAD INDEED TO SIN, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:1-11). We are doing a physical act, by faith, reflecting a spiritual reality. That’s why Colossians 2:12 says “ you were also raised with Him, THROUGH FAITH in the working of God.” We, through baptism, are dying to the old and rising to the new! Now we can finally understand the famous scripture in 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ (baptism in the name of Jesus), he is a new creation, old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
The apostle Peter gave us the explanation for John 3:5. "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever" (1Pt.1:22-23). First, notice our souls are purified when we obey the truth. Not when we believe the truth, but when we obey the truth, "through the Spirit." "Being born again by the Word of God." The Holy Spirit works on our hearts through the Word of God. When we obey the truth, our souls are purified/forgiven/saved. When Nicodemus came to Jesus that night, he had no intentions of being baptized under John's baptism, and Jesus knew Nicodemus and the the other pharisees "rejected the counsel of God for themselves not being baptized of John" (Lk.7:29). Think about this for a moment, to refuse John's baptism was a rejection of salvation. John's baptism was heaven sent, and Jesus sits on that counsel as well. But for those who submitted to John's baptism, Jesus promised would "go" into the kingdom (Mt.21:22-23). Remember Jesus said, "Unless a man is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom." Since John's baptism granted entrance into the kingdom, and Jesus warned Nicodemus if he was not born again of water, then it stands to reason that water is baptism. Both John and Jesus were baptizing thousands at this time, a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins" (Mk.1:4-5; Jn.4:1-2). If Nicodemus had any intentions of becoming a disciple of Christ, then he needed to go through the same process as everyone else. Nicodemus had a rough time understanding what Jesus meant by having to be born again. His question was, "How can a man when he is OLD be born again?" For Nicodemus, an OLD man to be born again, two elements were required. Water and Spirit. Nicodemus did not have a problem with water referring to baptism. It was all around him as thousands were being baptized in water. There is no reason to give water a foreign meaning. The rest was difficult for Nicodemus, as Jesus was humbling Nicodemus. "Unless a man is born of water (baptism/obedience), and Spirit (through the Word of God), he can not enter into the kingdom. If Nicodemus heeded Jesus' warning and was baptized that night or the following day, he was born again. The reception of the Spirit came on Pentecost.
My sister who passed by means of suicide had a bad energy after passing so I did not open myself to communicate with her. Three nights later I opened myself up to communicate and the energy was softer and more peaceful. I asked her where did she go when she died because her spirit was chaotic and scary. She showed me Her face came up out of fire water and she went towards the white bubble. God gave her this option to come from where she was when she first died. I am trying to figure out what this means which leads me here to this video. I believe the Bible verse is more actual and tangible than symbolic. I truly believe every avenue in explanation that I have searched to understand what happened to my sister post mortem is inaccurate due to the lack of understanding the spirit side. The flesh understands the flesh.
The Water is the Word of God. The Spirit gives life to the Word. Without the Spirit the Word of God has no life. The Holy Spirit comes inside and gives you revelation of the Word till Christ is formed in you.
If the Spirit of God is joined with the spirit of a man that man , being a son of God, is a god. The full reality of that doesn't occur until that believer is in a glorified body.
What about what Jesus said in John 3:6? “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” John 3:6 NKJV
Baptism is the outward sign of this inward reality of regeneration. And while there is sacramental union(there one baptism not too) they are not so attached that when is recieved the other is automatically received. This means that scripture can use baptismal language for both the outward sign and the inward reality.
titus 3:5...not by righteous works which we have done(water baptism, communion, piety), but in the mercies of God have we been saved, thru the 'washing of regeneration' and the renewing of the holy spirit.
Baptize your infants under the covenant promises of God and then by faith (Hebrews 11) believe that God would lead your children to repentance, salvation is of God for me and my family. Baptism is a sign of promise. (Acts 2:39) Put your little ones under the promises of God.
Thank you for your insights. I believe the water is the Word of God, which is given life by the Spirit of God when faith is exercised. The seed (word) is planted, then germination (life) occurs by the Holy Spirit. That which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. THE WATER OF THE WORD The word of God (water) brings faith for salvation. The Holy Sporit always works with the Word. Titus 3 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, THE WATER (WORD) IS VITAL IN REGENERATION John 6:63 It's the Spirit that gives life... the words that I speak are Spirit and life. Kind regards Kevin (a lover of God's truth)
Water represents the Word ! 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, (ephesians 5:26) Ezekiel:37-4 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
Jesus is saying that a person to be born again needs God and the Spirit .Jesus/God is the fountain of water ,Jeramiah 2:13 .So ,Jesus is saying you need to be born of ME/God .,and born of the Spirit .
I come from a Oneness Pentecostal background. The OP position is very close to baptismal regeneration, but tries to distinguish itself as different. John 3:5 is a HUGE proof text that Oneness Pentecostals use to prove their position. If then, it is proven that their position is based on a mis-interpretation of that text then one of the main pillars their religious system comes crashing down. Pastor Wade, you made a strong point about water and spirit being ONE and not separate experiences and the verses you gave seem to support that position. Actually a few other verses were popping into my head as I was listening. For example, Jesus spoke of Water and Spirt as one in John 7:37-39. Isaiah 12 speaks of having joy "drinking/drawing water from the wells of salvation". While spirit is not mentioned in Isaiah 12, the act of drinking seems lend itself to the idea of receiving the Spirit as opposed to getting baptized. Just a few thoughts...
Water and Spirit baptism are both part of the spiritual rebirth of the believer. Acts ch.2 says that repentance and water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ is for the remission of sin. Paul said in Hebrews that under the old covenant that the blood of bulls was ineffective in removing " consciousness of sins"( Heb.10:2). Consciousness of sin is guilt. During water baptism, and because of the shed blood of Christ, our sins are remitted by the Holy Spirit circumcising our conscience, removing the guilt from past sins, and returning it to its original childlike innocence. This is the " washing of regeneration" ( Titus 3:5) Regeneration is defined as returning something to its original state. Ours was that of children innocent of the guilt caused by sin. Jesus said that we must become as little children or we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. The only way this can be bone is through regeneration. This is also the new covenants antitype of the old covenants cleansing if the temple in preparation for the entry of the Spirit of God with blood and water. Lastly, the Holy Spirit is recieved as a result of the Holy Spirit baptism. The old testament prophets had the Spirit of God come upon them, fill them, and then depart for a time. The " anointing that abideth"( 1John 2:37) has to be recieved, ( Gr. taken hold of) by fervent prayer until the Lord answers the believers prayer. Then in order to trigger the fillings' overflow, which is what Spirit baptism is, one must surrender the last vestige of their will, their tongue. The Word says that no man can tame their tongue so we must yield it to the Holy Spirit so He can. We continue to yield it until the Soirit takes control of it, " tames" it, and enables us to speak in the spiritual kanguage ghat our English translation calls " tongues". Once this happens it triggers the fillings' overflow while at the same moment the Holy Spirit joins with ours. Now we have been born of Spirit and have recieved the Holy Spirit.
@@robertnieten7259 Thanks for the reply. It looks like you put some effort into it which means that you take scriptural matters seriously. That is good. Here is my main issue of disagreement with your post: This video was about how to properly exegete John 3:5. He spends all of his time discussing that passage. My reply to his video also centers on the proper interpretation and application of John 3:5. Your post never even mentions John 3:5 a single time. You did not exegete the text, nor did you provide any rebuttal to his exegesis of John 3:5. What you did was quote other verses that support your theological position in general rather than provide a specific response to his exegesis of John 3:5. Robert, I respectfully wish you all the best.
@R T Thank you for your kind comments. It's true, John 3:5 is very important in properly understanding the new birth. In John 4:5 the Lord says, " You must be born of water and Spirit in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. The word " of" in the original Greek means " source of". So water and Spirit are the source of the new birth. The Lord draws a comparison between natural birth and spiritual rebirth, " That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which Is born of the Spirit is spirit," Just as natural birth is the end result of a process so is spiritual rebirth. Remission of sin during water baptism is the temple of our body being cleansed by the blood of Christ through the water of baptism. This is born of water, keeping in mind that the natural child emerges from the mother covered with water and blood. Then, the temple of our body is cleansed and ready to be occupied by the Holy Spirit. That is accomplished by being filled with the Spirit to overflowing. That is why surrendering our tongue, once once filled, is essential to recieving the Holy Spirit because He must initiate the overflow be taming what we cannot, our tongue. He signifies that it has been accomplished by enabling us to speak in the spiritual language that we call "tongues". I was aware of the Holy Spirits' presence near me and filled with the Spirit before I ever recieved the Holy Spirit as a permanently indwelling presence.
R T If you want to see an even better interpretation, check out Dr. Michael Heiser's, "Naked Bible Podcast Episode 330: The Exodus and John 3:5". It's based on an article by Timothy Foster titled, "John 3:5: Redefining the People of God". This episode of the podcast seeks to explicate this verse by exploring the strength of the idea that the exodus and its Old Testament imagery provides the context for interpreting John 3.
@@robertnieten7259 " Acts ch.2 says that repentance and water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ is for the remission of sin. " Can you show me where you see 'water baptism' in Acts 2:38? Can you show me Scripture that says that water baptism and baptism of the Holy Spirit are one and the same because John the Baptist certainly didn't believe they were. Matthew 3:11 "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire." John says he baptizes with water unto repentance, not forgivenss, of sins. To repent is to turn from sin. He also says, "BUT", He who will come after him will baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire. Water baptism and baptism of the Holy Spirit are not the same thing.
I dont feel that water baptism is needed. Only the acceptance ofnthe gift of Grace by his death and resurrection. Please! Tell me why does Jesus Himself get baptised?? Regards and blessings
I agree, but to be more specific. The WATER is the WORD. 1Pt 1:23 Being BORN AGAIN, by the WORD of God. Jn15:3 Now ye are clean (Washed) through the WORD. Rm 10:17 Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the WORD of God. We must have the WORD (Water) and Spirit (Holy Spirit, Also the Word Jn 17:17/ 14:17) They are in separatable. Yours in Christ
Water represents the soul located around the heart area. Soul is man's higher intelligence, soul separates man from all other animal kingdoms. Soul is not from here soul is holy begotten, is the wisdom of HIM called the ESSENCE of Him who is SHE sleeping within imaging to be awake living in a dream like state. What makes it holy is the unity of Christ. Those who receive Jesus Christ as their personal saviour, receive the Christ within. The Christ is the true spirit of the living God. The Christ is the divine light of the Fathers light. The Christ is life energy is the light. Soul liken to water becomes holy, able to move in Him and have His being. Soul female in essence, unites with the true Son of the Father , the Christ and these two form the new man within called the little child (5 years old) born of water and spirit set free from sin (the flesh). If you had actually turn to Jesus away from the world and asked him for the truth instead of seeking it your way you would have known this. Peace to you. We're in the II coming. Rev 12 M
I think it’s being born again by Jesus and Holy Spirit but in acts 19 when Paul asks disciples if they were baptised of Holy Spirit they say that they heard nothing as of baptism of Holy Spirit and that they were baptised only to baptism of John where it states they believed that Jesus will be coming in future. So it makes sense with this verse that Jesus is the water(living water) and spirit(Holy spirit).
@...IT...Jason. In Acts 19, Paul did not ask the 12 if they had been baptized with the Holy Spirit. He asked them if they "received" the Holy Spirit since they believed." There is a difference, for only the apostles and the household of Cornelius were baptized with the Holy Spirit. Every other convert in the NT received the gift of the Holy Spirit after baptism (Acts 2.38), except for a couple of exceptions. In Acts 8 when Philip preached to the Samaritans. God had not yet granted repentance to the gentile nation. When the apostles heard that the Samaritans believed the gospel and were baptized, they sent Peter and John knowing full well that the Samaritans would not have received the Spirit. On their way, they prayed, and God granted their request. When the apostles reached the Samaritans, they "layed" their hands on them so that they could receive the Spirit. Only the apostles had the gift of laying on of hands (vs.18). The Samaritans received the gift of the Holy Spirit, but no signs, like speaking in tongues were given. With the case of the 12 in Ephesus, the 12 received the gift of the Holy Spirit after Paul baptized them. Then Paul layed his hands on them so that they could receive miraculous gifts, as tongues and prophecy is mentioned in the passage. The reason Paul had to baptize these 12, was because they had been baptized under John's baptism, but after the cross, which was not valid. If they had been baptized under John's baptism before the cross, then Paul would not have had to baptize them. Now that he baptized them into Christ, their sins were forgiven, and they received the gift of the Holy Spirit. The laying on of hands was necessary for them to help Paul in his mission with gifts, to comfirm the Word.
You almost there in ur explanation, God blessed ur understanding. The truth is, in John 3:11: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. Therefore any one who speaks on this topic he must "personally experienced this verse", then he has the right to... "speak what he do KNOW and testify what he has SEEN". For our initial understanding, (as i've witnessed and seen through dreams) in both births, either in physical or spiritual, there is water for water is "life". In John 3:5, ... being "born of water and Spirit" it happens at the same time, the same in physical birth born of water(amniotic fluids) and flesh. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit(our newborn spirit) to worship God in "spirit and in truth.
Water symbolizes words, particularly those spoken from a divine source, embodying truth as emphasized in John 4:23 and 1 Peter 1:23. The concept of being "born again" relies on the incorruptible nature of both spirit and the eternal word of God, as stated in John 7:38 and Romans 10:10. The confession of the word leads to righteousness and salvation. In Revelation 12:11, overcoming is achieved through the Spirit represented by the blood of the Lamb and the declaration of truth, symbolized by their testimony. Thus, water signifies truth, while the pollution or flooding of water in the Bible represents falsehood.
I would argue it would have to do with accepting Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross “but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.” John 19:34 KJV “This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.” 1 John 5:6 KJV Being born of water, accepting Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross, and being sanctified so born of the spirit accepting the work of the Holy Spirit inside of you so you can be regenerated this goes into understanding blasphemy of the Holy Spirit “Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.” Matthew 12:31 KJV
Good video but every time I watch one of these videos, they leave out verse six. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. Isn’t this scripture explaining scripture just wish you would’ve read and explained verse six.
Being born again is the new covenant antitype of the old covenants' temple rights. The high priest would repent of his sins and the peoples'. Then, he would cleanse the temple with water and blood in preparation for the Spirit of God to enter the Holy of Holies. However, the writer of Hebrews said that the blood of bulls and goats was ineffective in dealing with " consciousness of sins" which is guilt. Thus, that guilt could only be covered so that the Spirit of God could enter the temple temporarily. This resulted in the temple rites having to be repeated each year. This was dealt with with shedding of the blood of Christ. So during water baptism, the Holy Spirit circumcises the believers' conscience, removing the guilt from past sins and returning it to its childlike innocence from the consequences of willful sin. This is the " washing of regeneration" of Titus 3:5.The definition of the word " regeneration" is " to return something to its original state". The original state of our conscience is that of an innocent child. This is being " born of water" and a vital part of the new birth. Now, the Holy Spirit can be prayed for and enter the temple of our body and permanently reside there. This is the spirit,water,and blood of 1John 5:8. There is only one sign given of believers recieving the Holy Spirit when they recieved( ch.2,10,and chapter 19). And that sign is speaking in tongues, which is one spiritual language.
Honestly, this should be entitled "A Comedy of Errors". I'm not going to do it, but I could bullet-point at least ten statements that EVERYBODY knows is an error. And he's a so-called "pastor"? He ended with a question, so I shall: "What must I do - not what did God do, or what did Christ do - but what must I do to be saved?" That question was asked in several variations in the New Testament, and one thing is for sure. The answer was never, "Nothing."
Read Ephesians 2:8-9. How to square this with James 2:24-26 is this: works do not save us, but they are evidence that a faith is alive and genuine rather than a proclaimed faith that has no regenerative effect.
For anything to be added to the finished work on the cross to be classified as " works" would mean that repentance is " works", because it is an act of obedience the believer must do, after believing, in order to be saved. Water baptism also would be " works" because it and repentance are commanded in order for us to recieve remission of sins( Acts 2:38). The problem is that the protestant reformers made a grave error when they broke away from the catholics spoken of by the noted protestant author Tozier, " In our zeal to escape the saved by works of the catholics we committed the opposite error of faith without obedience". Saving faith is our faith in action by obedience in order to recieve the free gift of salvation. The word " recieve", in the new testaments original Greek means," to take hold of". The acts of obedience essential in recieving the free gift of salvation and to be born again are, reoentance and water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ and recieving the Holy Spirit ( Acts 2:38). There are only three instances to where the Word records believers recieving the Holy Spirit and what occured the moment that they recieved, Acts ch.2,10,and ch.19. In each case the first thing that happened was that they spoke in tongues.
Robert Nieten " For anything to be added to the finished work on the cross to be classified as " works" would mean that repentance is " works", because it is an act of obedience the believer must do, after believing, in order to be saved. " Repentance is not a meritorious work by which one earns or contributes anything to his salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9). Repentance, like faith, is a gracious gift from God. Both are gifts that are given with the change of heart when one is born again by the Holy Spirit. The gift of faith is not merely the ability to believe, but a change of affection to want to believe. Likewise, the gift of repentance is not only the ability to repent, but a change of affection to want to repent. Those who are truly born again desire not only what Christ can do for them, but they likewise desire Christ Himself. Those who are truly born again desire not only deliverance from the consequence of sin, they likewise desire deliverance from sin itself. How are we saved? By grace alone through faith alone in Christ Jesus alone. John 3:14-18 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; 15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. What does Christ mean in verse 14? He's citing from the old testament, Numbers 21, verses 4 through 9. Numbers 21:4-9 The Bronze Serpent 4 Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” 6 So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. God told Moses that all the people had to do was look at the serpent and they would be saved from their affliction. They didn't have to contribute anything in any way-just look at the serpent and trust in God's promise that they would be saved. It's the same with Jesus and He tells us this in John 3:14, all we have to do is believe and trust in His works, not ours, and we have eternal life. Another example of salvation by faith alone is the Passover. Exodus 12:12-23 12 “For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. 13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.” Did the LORD look into each house to see who was worthy of salvation by their works? No... they were saved from death by the blood of the passover lamb. Jesus is our Passover Lamb, the Lamb of God.
@Rick Davis Thanks for your comments. We recieve faith by recieving the " seed" of the Word into the receptive " soil" of our hearts. Then the Word itself reveals to us that it is true. " Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God"(Rom.10:17). Repentance is not a gift because once we believe we must choose to change our mind toward God from disobedience to the willing ness to obey. Just because we have come to believe the Word doesn't mean that God makes us turn to Him with a willingness to obey. What benefit is changing your mind toward God if you aren't willing to turn from sin and obey Him ? Saving faith must be demonstrated in order to be effective in our recieving anything from the Lord including salvation. The word " recieve" in the NTs original Greek means," to take hold of" Imagine if John the baptist was standing in the Jordan river ,but the people refused to let him water baptize them ? He said to them," Bring forth fruit meet for repentance" or what accompanies repentance ( Matt.3:8). John would have said that their repentance was incomplete and as a result ineffective in remitting their sins. The protestant reformers did more harm than good when they broke away from the catholic church. They deemed faith in action through obedience in order to recieve from God " works". Protestants have " A form of godliness but denying the power thereof"(2 Tim.3:5). Their churches look and sound like the true way to be saved, but their insistence that faith without any corresponding action isn't necessary have robbed their people of the power needed in order to save them provided, the indwelling Holy Spirit..
@@robertnieten7259 Faith is not a work because it is something God must do within us. On our own, we are sinful and would never choose Christ apart from His leading us to Himself. In fact, when we realize the extent to which God has worked to freely offer us salvation, we realize we can take no credit for our salvation. It is only because of Him. First, God's love is the initiator: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Second, Jesus is the author of our faith: "looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:2). Christ provides the opportunity for salvation and then offers it to us personally. Without Him, we would not have an option for salvation (Acts 4:12). Third, we are saved for good works, not by good works: "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10). Believing is not a work, but a response to what God is doing in our lives. No one is righteous (Romans 3:10). We are not saved by works we have done (Titus 3:5). Only Christ can save. We may not completely understand the full distinction between our faith response and God's salvation in our lives. However, it is clear in Scripture that salvation is not something we earn by any work yet we must trust in Him by faith. Perhaps the analogy of a gift found in Ephesians 2:8-9 best expresses this idea: "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." Work is contrasted with a gift. When we receive a gift, we do not consider it "work" to open the gift. What we have received is free. We simply need to open it to enjoy it. The same is true of salvation. It is a gift God freely offers. We need not work to earn it. Rather, we only need to receive it. When we do, we experience joy and desire to share this joy with others.
@@robertnieten7259 Repentance is God's work as He changes us. Eternal life is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Turning from sin is not required. It's probably best to think of repentance as an aspect of discipleship. Both believers and unbelievers can understand God’s instructions in Scripture, see the devastating consequences of sin in their own lives, and as a result, repent of their sin and seek to follow God instead. If unbelievers do this, such repentance may help bring them to the place where they believe in Jesus for eternal life, but if this happens, such repentance does not in any way contribute to their eternal life. Of course, once a person believes in Jesus for eternal life, they can still (and should) repent of sin that they commit so that their lives can be transformed more and more into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ. Repentance is a turning from sin and returning to the life God wants for us. This turning from sin does not help us earn or keep eternal life, but does help us follow Jesus on the path of discipleship. Repentance helps us gain freedom from the damaging and addicting power of sin in our lives. Remembering this will help clarify the scores of passages in the New Testament which talk about repentance. These passages on repentance are not calling people to make changes to their behavior so that they can receive eternal life. No, passages on repentance are calling all people to change their lives so that they can avoid the negative and physical consequences of sin and live the life of joy and freedom that God wants. Repentance is vitally important for living life with God and with each other the way life was meant to be lived, but repentance is not one of the conditions for receiving eternal life from God. Thankfully, eternal life is a free gift of God to anyone and everyone who believes in Jesus for it.
Jesus was saying salvation is for humans not for angels who are not born of water or demons, only humans are born of water and then the spirit when they come to believe in Jesus Christ
He was rather clarifying that being born of the Holy Spirit is something that happens along with being born biologically, or however you want to call it.
Good breakdown brother but I believe there’s still some validity to the idea of being born from the water and of the spirit being the water baptism of John in the spirit baptism of Christ. It appears that you put emphasis on the actual water baptism as if it was some type of work… But baptism was a sign of someone who had a heart of repentance. So if the thief on the cross was on able to be physically baptized in water, it was clear that Jesus recognized his heart of repentance. The baptism of John is called it such because John was the first one to begin to preach the message of repentance in connection with the baptism of water, and he mentioned many times that it was only to prepare the way for Christ to come and baptized in the spirit.
Apologia says the thief on the cross was never baptised. They don’t know that at all. He easily could have been baptised and arrested for being a thief subsequent to that. Why should his full life story be recorded in the New Testament just for non believers like Apologia?
Good video, but I'm not sure if you're aware that being baptized by water isn't considered solely a human action. Have you heard of the phrase "ex opere operato," which means the sacrament's efficacy is inherent because it serves as the means to bestow grace upon us? I believe that the efficacy of baptism isn't limited to the moment of baptism; it occurs whenever God wills it. Therefore, baptism isn't solely the work of humans but rather of God utilizing human agents, such as parents, the priest, water, tradition and the word of God. It would be wrong to consider baptism as a mere "work," as this contradicts the Protestant view of faith.
I tend to disagree with you. The water does represent the baptism of John, the baptism of repentance, which is required. Without repentance there is no salvation, and without salvation, there is no power (fire or Holy Spirit) given. The thief on the cross was baptized by Jesus himself. When Jesus was baptized, he told John it was to fulfill All righteousness. The Thief repented of his sins then believed that Jesus was the Messiah, then Jesus already took care of his water baptism, its no different in a hospital when a person repents and accepts Jesus, then dies, his baptism would have been carried out but do to the situation as the thief, Jesus covers them with his baptism. Faith without works is dead my friend, you can’t have faith without works, works proves your faith. I’m pretty sure if you believed [have faith] that it was going to rain, you would take a umbrella [works or Action] with you. This would truly say I believe, because you took the umbrella. Baptism does the same thing, it announces to the world that you really believe in what God says. The Bible is clear on this subject. Yes Jesus was a gift, but its still conditional on your works [Action]. Baptism is a covenant between you and God that you are willing to die to yourself in exchange for newness in Christ righteousness. Jesus said “if you love me keep my Commandments,” for the commandments is the fulfillment of love Rom 13:8-10. Jesus said, “be Holy as my Father in Heaven is Holy.” Does this imply that he wants us to be legalistic or save by works? Would he ask us to do something impossible? Of course not. He wants people doing it out of love as he did for his Father Jhn 15:10. Good Works proves your a Christian, those who believe other wise will go around as hypocrites as Gandhi said, “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
I think he is likely correct. I wish he would have connected it with this scripture: John 7:37-39 KJV 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) Also, what about the Word being the water? Ephesians 5:25-26 KJV 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, John 15:3 KJV 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Born of water: The Bible said in Genesis 2:7 that, " And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground." In Job 33:7 "I also am formed out of the clay." What is clay? Clay is dust mix with water. Water is an essential(an indispensable) material to form man, so, we can say man is born of water. Likewise, if flesh or man receives Spirit, he will born again. Flesh mix with Spirit will became born of Spirit. To be born again, Spirit is indispensable.
In my humble opinion, I think water means "The Word" of God. Think about it. Jesus Is The Word. You can't be born again without Jesus. "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God" Ephesians 5:26 "...the washing of water with the Word" John 15:3 "You are already clean because of the Word I have spoken to you". John 7:38 "Out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water". We preach the Word out of our mouths once we have the spirit. Just some ideas to consider
The main problem here is he thinks this verse, John 3:5 is talking about what needs to happen in order to be saved. But the word saved or salvation is not even in the verse. Jesus is talking about what is necessary to enter the kingdom of God. Jesus is not talking about what is necessary in order to be saved! I believe we need to have Faith in Christ alone to be saved! Salvation and the kingdom of God are not the same thing.
It is biblically inaccurate to claim that baptism is a "work" added to the gospel. It's faith alone when you are baptized that saves you, but "faith alone" is not an excuse not to be baptized or work. Luke 13 Jesus says unless you repent, you will perish. Idk who has repented of something before, but that takes some serious work. Am I "earning" my salvation now just because I'm "working". No, of course not. But I still have a clear command to repent and die to myself, which does take work. Someone might try to change their life for the better and not get drunk and laid every night, but if they aren't doing it out of faith towards God, then what does it benefit them? Thats what faith alone means. Not that you can simply believe and not make any changes or actions in your life. Baptism is not "faith plus works" just like repentence is not "faith plus works." It's all part of true faith that Jesus commands.
Greek has a word for 'again', Jesus said 'anothen' which mean "From Above" which implies a Heavenly new birth. 1Thes. 4:16 describes this "anothen" process. "16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:" This is the Born again that was mistranslated in many translations. Paul makes these ideas clear in 1st Corinthians 15:40-50 "40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. I hope people can see how John 3:3 "can not see the Kingdom of God" matches up with verse 50 above "can not inherit the Kingdom of God" Jesus was talking of the Resurrection of the dead and Nicodemus was confused. He should have known this. Christians today walk around claiming to be "Born Again", when they should be saying I'm in the spirit or a strong believer in Christ. The salvation one can never lose is when one has their Celestial Body which comes at the Resurrection of the Just when Jesus returns at the last day.
Born of Water and Spirit means believing in Jesus's baptism by John the baptist laying hands on Him by transferring all sins of the world on Jesus. And now if you believe in it all your sins are on Jesus, as He died and shed His blood on the cross for all sins of the world and resurrected.
1 John 5:6-8 ESV - This is he who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.
5:05 “One off the top of my head is the thief on the cross-he was never baptized. “Today you’ll be with me in paradise.” Jesus says” 5:11 “So we can’t insert, and add to the text..” Wait.. you just “inserted, into the text,” that the thief on the cross wasn’t baptized. Where does the Bible teach that? What scripture proves he wasn’t baptized? Why did you just add that to the biblical text and immediately follow that up with, “we can’t insert, or add to the text.”??
It makes you cry with laughter that you got called out for adding words to scripture right before you tell people not to add words to scripture? Could he have been baptized while he was on the cross? Could he have been baptized before he went to the cross? How did he know Jesus was innocent? Is there any possibility that he had met Jesus before that moment? Does the Bible rule it out? I’ll ask again, can you provide a single verse of scripture to back up your claim that he WAS NOT baptized? If not, rather than silly emojis, how about an apology video for doing the very thing you tell people they’re not allowed to do?
I believe that water baptism is lied to circumcision in Colossians, two versus 11 and following. It is spiritual circumcision. Abraham was reckoned righteous apart from circumcision, but when the time came forward, he certainly was. Child was nearly killed for not being circumcised. So yes, I believe that one can go to heaven, if they do not have the understanding/knowledge/opportunity of baptism, in the name of the Lord Jesus, but if Christian baptism is refused, and the individual is unrepentant, I would have serious concerns, Mark, 16:16, act 2-308:41, one Peter 3:21. Also, James 2-14: 26. Also, examine James 2:7 and the light of baptism and see what you find.
Jesus is the Living water - John 4:10-14 KJV Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Incredible, this explains how the thief was saved when he had done nothing for God his whole life. That thief’s willingness to acknowledge his sin and see God before him as God was fulfilling that requirement because Jesus IS the living water. This is what we mean by sola scriptura, it takes careful study to understand scripture by means of scripture
@@apologiautah Dear one may I ask what a person is Saved From. The Bible is a Mystery book that reveals the Mystery of the Creation of God even as the Spiritual Birth of Spiritual Water is a Mystery The Apostle Paul was sent to Reveal. The Mystery of the Kingdom that exists within you that was and still is Hidden to the majority of Religious People needs to be understood for salvation to be real. If and when a person Knows the Mystery of the Good News that Paul was sent to reveal true Salvation will become a reality. The Word Mystery is found 28 time in the new Testament for a very good reason and yet very few know the Mystery of Salvation that is found in the River of Living water and where that Water is Found. I challenge you to read these few Bible Verses and think on them as to the importance of Salvation. The Mystery Secret= Mark 4:11 & Romans 16:25-26 & Ephesians 1:9 & 3:4 & 3:8-9 & 6:19 & Finally Colossians 1:26-27 and one Final clue about the River of Pure Living Water that flow from the Throne Of God. Revelation 22:1-5 Dear One my only desire in sharing this with you is to Aid you in you Spiritual Journey. Grace, Faith, Hope and Divine Charity to you AMEN
My explanation is as follows: To be born again of water and spirit signifies that during Jesus's Passover, we Christians are to consume unleavened bread and water. By faith, and with gratitude towards God's Holy Spirit, we are empowered to partake of Jesus's blood and flesh. It is crucial to understand that the Holy Spirit transforms the substance, a process we must embrace through the power of faith. Similarly, as the exterior requires purification, so too must the interior be cleansed. Jesus communicated this principle to the Pharisees. Regrettably, as Daniel has noted, the fourth kingdom altered the Law. We humans mistakenly believe that Jesus's blood is associated with wine, which is a significant misconception. In truth, Jesus's blood is symbolically linked to water. Please read the scriptures, otherwise, this mystery won't make sense.
Baptism is a work just like repentance, and faith is a work of God. I do believe that a person can go to heaven apart from that baptism, but I do not believe your reasoning to be correct. The baptism has absolutely nothing to do with salvation, because of the scriptures that I cited in my previous comments. Why could baptism not be the meeting place of Grayson Faith? The Romans obeyed from the heart the form of doctrine that they had learned, I believe Romans 6:16. Anyone who refuses baptism cannot be assured that they truly have repentant, saving faith, James, 2-14: 26. The Abraham was reckoned righteous before he was circumcised, he had to continue on in faith, which is exactly what James emphasizes. Just because someone has a high view of baptism does not mean that they are putting faith in their own goodness/righteousness, it means that they are putting feet to their faith, just like everyone did in God‘s Hall of Fame in Hebrews 11. Even though Paul was called a brother by Ananias, he still had to wash away his sins and call on the name of the Lord, act 22:16. So this idea that baptism is always a “work “apart from faith is ridiculous. The same book of Galatians were Paul emphasizes grace through faith is where he also in Galatians 3:27. Tells us that as many of us as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. If one continues to refuse to be baptized in his name, can you really say that you had put on Christ? If circumcision was refused, you would be cut off from Israel, even though it was not the act in of itself. It is Obedience. Baptism is part of initiation, act 2:38, 22:16, Romans 6-3:6, one Corinthians 6:11, Titus 3:5 could refer to this, Mark 16:16, one Peter 3:21, so no. Telling people that they must be baptized to be obedient does not add to the gospel. It is reenacting the gospel and is a proper response to the gospel. Compare one Corinthians 15-3:4 with acts 2:38, 8-12:16, 10:48, 19:5, Hebrews 6-1:3.
The thief asked Jesus to remember him which shows he had a repented heart but that was during the OT covenant. Hebrews 9 mentions a testament is of force after men are dead. The NT was in the blood of Jesus which was not shed until they pierced His side and out came blood and water. We all were born with an inherited sin from the first man Adam and have committed sins throughout our lives that need to be washed. John was sent to prepare the way of the Lord and preached repentance and baptized the people in water but still was missing the most important element that was needed to wash away the sins of the people, the blood of the Lamb. Jesus went to the cross and shed blood for the sins of the world and came back the 3rd day and told His apostles that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem. Peter stood and preached the Lord Jesus and told the people to repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. He did exactly what Jesus commanded him and the rest of the apostles. Ananias told Paul to arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins calling on the name of the Lord. In order to get the blood we got to be baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ. When Jesus said except a man be born of water and of the Spirit we cannot enter into the kingdom of God, He was talking about being baptized in water in His name to have our sins washed away and also be filled with the Holy Ghost which He promised to give to them that obey Him. The gentiles were all filled with the Holy Ghost in acts 10 then Peter asked can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? Then he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. We can’t have one without the other and have the new birth. After Philip preached Jesus to the eunuch they came to some water and the eunuch said, see, here’s water, what’s stopping me from being baptized and Philip said if you believe with all your heart you can. The eunuch said he believed that Jesus was the Son of God so Philip stopped and took him down in water and baptized him. The prison keeper asked Paul and Silas, what must I do to be saved and they said to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved and his house. They preached the word to the keeper and his house and that same hour were baptized in the name of the Lord. Everyone that heard the word and believed were all baptized in water in the name of the Lord Jesus bc they understood what they needed to do to be saved. There’s a difference in what the Bible means when it talks about works. There was nothing we could do under the OT law to be saved so the Lord took away the OT sacrifice and made the way. The Bible says faith without works is dead so what works is it talking about? obedience to God is work but it’s good works. Denying our flesh is work but it’s good works. The Bible says I will show you my faith by my works. Good works come about by faith. When we believe, we obey the word of the Lord. Repentance and being baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ is for remission of sins and God promises to give the Holy Ghost if we obey. That is what Jesus told Nicodemus we must be born again of water and Spirit
I am sorry i am totally disagree that it was religion with this brother the scripture will stand on itself ,You can't do this like this, this is not parable to make the conclusion that the saying is truly true. I hope i can share the True meaning with you all. Truly its water and spirit you are born. Both of this is you brother. I hope GOD will enlighten you all. Read it all dont go anywhere. Please.
The thief died after Jesus died and we know from Hebrews that the death of testator brings a new covenant . Your comment doesn't add up with your limited statement ,and in need of further to be understood .
@@jenshoffmann4237 when you say ,"sure" , does that mean you agree that thief died after Jesus and is under the new covenant ,only he wasn't commanded by God to be baptized , therefore he would be the only human under new covenant to get into heaven and not be baptized . That is what you are saying ,right ? Jus wanna be sure I understand your comment .
You are WRONG about your speculation of the thief on the cross. How do you know that the thief was not one of Jesus disciples who went back from following him? If you study the Script again of all that the thief said you could conclude that he had to have been a believer who knew Jesus and heard him speak of his coming Kingdom..........Also, the Scriptures show that most of the Jews did not believe Jesus was their Messiah......but the thief statement and request show that he believed...... You are another person who make the countless amount of water baptism done from John the Baptist and Jesus disciples/apostles throughout the New Testament Scriptures of no relevance to believers.....
At 6:34 in video... Wow, you said John the Baptist was dead and gone at this point?!? May I suggest you keep reading down to verse 23. It literally says he had not yet been thrown in prison and was still baptizing. You are destroying your credibility with such a blatant error, and I hate to see that.
Stop, you preach false teachings. James 2:24 refers to faith being justified by actions, not salvation being earned through actions. Works come from real faith, salvation is from the works of JESUS. Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV):"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
@@JesusSavedYouu No I will not stop pushing back against false teachings. Not of works is referring to the works of the mosaic law. Faith isn’t justified by actions, whatever that means. Faith is only a saving faith if it has works. Those saved in Matthew 25 are clearly not saved by grace alone.
There is your 2 in one and also here's your 3 in one the trinity separate but equal 3 different person's and different minds the father is not God the son is not God the spirit is not God oh but wait the father is God the son is God the spirit is God here in John 3 is definitely about baptism it's part of the new Covent that started with John the Baptist Jesus said that you will be baptized with the baptism that I have mark 10:38 read acts 2:38 is the one and only recorded baptism in the Bible it's the same baptism formula that John the Baptist used and it's still is required even until today read mark 16-16 and Luke 24-47 and John 3-18 also Mathew 28:19 this is exactly what the disciples followed they added Jesus name to the same baptism that John the Baptist used read your bible one Lord one faith one baptism oneness apostolic Pentecostal Christians have the truth we know who God is and we are not confused we believe in the one and only true God Jesus Christ some people need to get their doctrine in order before assuming including there own theories
Apologia again preach their false gospel against good works being a part of our salvation. Anytime Paul spoke about grace through faith over works he was meaning the works of the mosaic law not works of righteousness. As indicated in other things that he wrote; 1 Corinthians 9:24. That we are justified by good works is a very biblical concept; James 2:17, 24.
You're preaching false teachings again. Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV): "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
Wow, you seem to make simple scripture much more difficult. Nicodemus did not confuse born “again” or “from above” and chose the wrong choice for two reasons. First, he did not hear it in “Greek”, and second his reply, “how can a man be born when he is old?”, which Jesus did not rebuke, but only clarified what baptism is. Jesus told the thief "To day shalt thou be with me in paradise," but three days later, he told Mary Magdalene "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father" (John 20:17). If Jesus was with the thief "today" in paradise, but three days later had not yet ascended to the Father, where was he during that time? It wasn't "heaven". The thief still had to accept the gospel and submit to judgment, the same as the rest of us. As many early Christians believed, there are degrees in the next life. I don’t understand why Protestants are so opposed to works. As the insightful Helen Keller rightly deduced, when speaking of the fruits of the 18th century, "faith alone was exalted, and not faith either, but a self-centered assumption that belief alone was necessary to salvation." James 2: 24, “By works a man is justified, and not by faith only.” NOT by faith alone-right there in the Bible. Works simply qualify us for salvation by grace-they do not substitute for grace in and of themselves. Should we ignore the many other verses that tell us baptism is necessary? “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” (Mark 16: 16) Jesus says to, “come follow me”, and he was baptized.
Brother when you pass away, are you going to have a sheet of your earthly works to hold up to the face of the Living God as a qualification for being saved? Does that not eliminate the fact that salvation is a gift in it’s nature? Does that not show you are trying to take pride in what you have done vs. what the blood of Jesus has covered? In Ephesians 2:10, The Bible says that we were “created in Christ Jesus for good works”, not BY good works … works are the result, not the origin, of a living faith. (Rom 3:20-28) Why else would Paul point out Abraham of all people and say, “For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.’” (Rom 4:4-5). And I think James’ point in writing about the nature of works and faith is “If works aren’t a consequence, then is there a faith?” If there aren’t works as a consequence of an existing faith, then is the person justified to begin with? “Works simply qualify us for salvation by grace”? So you’re saying we have to work to be qualified to receive a gift? Lolol, before you buy Christmas presents for others, do you make sure they measure up to your qualification standard before you buy them gifts? Or do you give presents to others because you love them and have chosen to give them gifts? Did the disciples have to be qualified to be chosen by Christ? Or did Christ qualify them to represent Him after they were called? (We’re talking about Galilean fishermen, a tax collector, a political zealot, etc., not a pristine bunch) And “simple” texts, whenever they are unpacked, naturally become complicated. You know that, right? That’s kinda normal when diving into the languages and exegeting the depth of the Scriptures. Just like the nature of the gospel: It’s simple (The gospel is so simple that Scripture says, “‘The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart.’ And that message is the very message about faith that we preach: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:8-9), yet when we as imperfect and fallen beings try to wrap our arms around the fullness of the gospel and unpack it, it becomes complicated. Which is why we’re having this conversation. Ephesians 2:8-9: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
@@AustinSwin If salvation was completely a free gift and no works were required to receive it, just like a Christmas present, as you say, then absolutely everyone ever born would be saved. All atheists, all Muslims, all Hindu, everyone. We have nothing to be worried about! We are all going to be saved! If this is not the case then there must be some kind of qualification. Even faith is a qualification. The question is, how extent does the qualification go? The scriptures tell us plainly. Faith, repentance, baptism, endure to the end. Until the Gnostics were silenced, the belief that faith alone is all that is needed was only regurgitated fairly recently, from the Reformers. Mainstream Christianity back to the time of Jesus did not believe it. So is all of Christianity before Luther and Calvin doomed to hell? As I plainly stated, works do not substitute for grace in any way. We cannot earn our salvation. Our “works” do not replace the atonement of Jesus Christ one iota. But Jesus did not preach easy-believism. Our complete discipleship is required. We also must endure to the end. (Mark 13:13) Your Romans scripture on Abraham is quoting from James. He clarifies this in James 2: 21, 22, “Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?” Note that the apostle Paul is the only person who seemingly speaks in terms of salvation being of grace and not of works. Paul was speaking the best he could to a specific people who had a specific problem (the works of "the law"). Here is some of what Peter had to say about the writings of Paul as they relate to salvation: “And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.” (2 Pet 3:15-16) Let’s not “wrest” the scriptures as they did, to our “own destruction”. Notice that Peter says that Paul wrote, “according to the wisdom given unto him.” According to this scripture, some followers of Jesus at the time of Peter (who basically became known as the Gnostics) were misunderstanding and twisting Paul’s writings on salvation, so much so that they were forfeiting that very salvation. In other words, it could be surmised that they wanted to be saved IN their sins, not FROM their sins (Matt 1:21). It is sad that so many are attracted to this same kind of easy believism, and openly sin in their false belief that they will be saved anyway. James 2: 14-14,17-- "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone."
@@AustinSwin The blood of Jesus Christ does not make salvation automatic. It makes salvation now possible. Noone is going to get to Heaven by accident. It will take some effort on our part.
@@phredde533 Hey phredde533! You’re right in saying that “no one is going to heaven by accident”, this much is true, but no one is going to heaven based on his own “effort” or merit, “for it is by grace you have been saved, through faith -and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.” (Ephesians 2:4-9) Neither you nor I can boast of our “effort” because our true “effort” is one of brokenness and admission of His grace and needing a savior who would spill His blood to seal the covenant between God and man, yes? I believe a more accurate statement is “the blood of Jesus does not make *sanctification* automatic”, not “salvation”. Both Hebrews 12 and Titus 2:11-14 show us that the removal of sinful behavior is a teaching process and a heart-change process, so sanctification is not automatic, but salvation is “automatic” if there is a true repentance of sins and acknowledging that Jesus is the resurrected Lord (Romans 3:24-29 and 10:9, Matthew 26:28, Hebrews 10:19 (We can enter His presence not because of our “effort”, but solely because of His blood), 1 John 1:9). If the “effort” you are referring to is anything other than true repentance of sins and confession of His Lordship, then you are advocating for a works-based faith, where we have to continually retain the covenant by our own strength, which, for us fallen creatures, is undependable and impossible. Jesus Himself said in Matthew 26 that His blood “seals the covenant between God and his people”; He is the arbiter of the covenant by the blood of the lamb, and He sets the terms for what satisfies entrance into His presence. Who did Jesus say was justified in the parable of the repentant tax collector and the pharisee? The tax collector’s “effort” was repentance, not a list of sacraments he had to fulfill to reinforce the idea that his works would grant him heaven (Luke 18:9-14). Do you know that elevating the effort/righteousness of man to be comparable in effecting salvation is simultaneously minimizing the sole power of the blood to save? Does Jesus’ blood need man’s supplementation to provide guaranteed salvation to you and me?
@@dkbradshaw wrote: "If salvation was completely a free gift and no works were required to receive it, just like a Christmas present, as you say, then absolutely everyone ever born would be saved." That's a false premise. Jesus told us in Matthew 7:21 that those who do the Will of the Father are the ones who will go to heaven. What is the most important will of the Father? 1 John 3:23 tells us explicitly that it is the will of the Father that we believe in Christ. Notice we are commanded to believe in Christ. 1 John 3:23 And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved. Those who obey this command are called Christians. God desires that every man and woman believe in Jesus Christ, but not everyone will obey. Only by believing in Jesus Christ will any person obey this command and go to heaven. Atheists, Muslims, Hindus and everyone does not believe in Christ Jesus and it's not enough to say you believe in HIm, rather it's WHAT you believe about Him. If you believe that He needs the help of your church, His mother, the saints, sacraments, your obedience to the law, baptism, the eucharist, and so on to save you, you are not putting your faith in His ability to save us through his once-for-all sacrifice. If you believe that you can lose your salvation, then you don't believe in Christ because He said, "whoever believes in Him (Christ) shall NOT perish, but have ETERNAL LIFE."
Apologia are talking a lot of confused, convoluted nonsense and throwing in irrelevant scriptures to try and justify their non-biblical stance that the ordinance of baptism is not necessary for salvation. The bible says Matthew 3:13-17, Matthew 28:19, Mark 1:9, Mark 16:16, Luke 3:21, Luke 7:29,30, John 3:5, Acts 2:38, Acts 10:48, Acts 22:16, Ephesians 4:5, Titus 3:5, 1 Peter 3:21. Apologia saying the ordinance of baptism is not necessary for salvation is them preaching another, non-biblical gospel. Galatians 1:8.
Born again = saved. I am born again since before being baptised(I got baptised some weeks after, I think), I knew it back then, I know it now, I see it, I'm saved. Being born again with the HOLY SPIRIT => born again (saved)
John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you had known the gift of God and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me water[d] to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
Here you cannot mean the Holy Spirit twice in different forms. Jesus might as well have said unless one is born of spirit and spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom. And that is essentially what you're saying because of Living Waters representing the holy spirit of God . From the ancient Church this has always meant baptism and hit the spirit which ought to be received immediately after being baptized
@@lifestyleisa my friend, I am not implying anything here. It is simply a direct quote of what I consider surrounding context for the discussion.
Living Water the word of God hearing the word of God Faith cometh by hearing and hearing the word of God
Good job sir explaining this. Regeneration, cleansing only God can do. I like that, thank you.
I received the Holy Spirit long before i was baptized @@lifestyleisa
Beautifully explained..🙏God does the work not us.. He does the rebirth not us
Excellent exegesis. Your pointing back to Genesis 1 to highlight Scripture’s first use of water and Spirit was profound…but even more profound than understanding that John 3 points back to Genesis 1 is in understanding that Genesis 1 was, from the beginning, pointing FORWARD to John 3. 🤯 Soli Deo Gloria!
Great exegesis here. This was explained plainly. It makes sense, it’s plain, and it fits perfectly within Christian doctrine. Way to put all of John (so far, you’re only in Ch. 3 is what I mean) together and explaining the difficulty with OT Scripture. Great job and thank you for that!
“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.”
Ezekiel 36:25
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.”
Psalm 51:7, 9-12
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
1 John 1:7, 9
“With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.”
Isaiah 12:3
“This is the one who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.”
1 John 5:6-8
“he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,”
Titus 3:5-6
“On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.”
John 7:37-39
“let’s approach God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”
Hebrews 10:22
“that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,”
Ephesians 5:26
“Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.”
John 15:3-4
“The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.”
Revelation 22:17
Do you even know what "clean water" was to a Jew? It certainly was anything but clean, as we view "clean" - and has no reference at all to Christian baptism. the Bible contains a "formula" and ingredients for making "clean water."
@@brendanjobe6895It signifies baptism, and baptism saves.
@@christsavesreadromans1096 Who said that this substance, a mixture of ingredients, known as "clean water" signifies water baptism? Baptism saves from what?
@@brendanjobe6895 Baptism washes away one’s sins, and makes one a Christian. (Acts 2:38, Gal 3:27). These Old Testament verses are foreshadowings of the sacrament of baptism.
@@christsavesreadromans1096 What I asked was, "How do you know that Ezekiel 36: 25, which cleansed Israel from her idols, is a reference to a then-future Christian baptism?" I've never heard it quoted as such.
Just wondering what your understanding of Mark 16:16 is. The one who has believed and is baptized will be saved. Also 1 John 5:6-8 This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with water only but with water and with blood.
Do you see salvation and eternal life as one and the same or 2 different meanings?
Thank you!
This is great and when I listened to you the first time, I saw a lot of things. In fact if you follow what Jesus said after verse 5 tells us that the water has to do with HIM. You go down a little in verse 13 Jesus alludes to him as coming from above.
Exactly ., and I agree .I believe the 'water' was pointing to himself /Lord as the 'fountain of living water' , Jeremiah 2:13 . 😀
Amen!
thank you for clarifying this!
It is Baptism which is also called the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit, for it signifies and actually brings about the birth of water and the Spirit without which no one can enter the Kingdom of God.(Titus 3:5...John 3:5)
Why is it so hard for you to understand this ?
Thank you for the clarification! I was so burdened about this water baptism and it really released me from this burden. Praise be to God!
Don't be burdened: Jesus's final statement was, "He, having believed and having been baptized, shall be saved." THAT is a correct translation of the passage. What you need to try to do is get "having been baptized" on the other side of "shall be saved." Water baptism is not a work - and never has been. It is, however, obedience. Neither is confessing Christ as the Son of God a work. That, too, is simply obedience. In neither case, the person is not earning or meriting pardon. The only groups that really teach baptismal regeneration are the Roman papists and Mormons.
@@brendanjobe6895Not only that, but other Scriptures tell us how to be saved without even mentioning baptism.
@@DavidNicholson101 Scriptures can be snatched out of context that "tell us" how to be saved without repentance of one's sins, yet hardly anyone teaches that a person can be forgiven without first repenting of his sins. A good example would be Acts 16:30-31. No mention of repentance at all.
@@brendanjobe6895 the "Church of Christ" also teaches baptismal regeneration.
@@deathbyRF No, it does not - nor does the Bible. Since the church of Christ does not have a manual, discipline, or man-made creed to which one must subscribe, I am speaking in general. The norm is simply that a penitent believer must be baptized in order to be saved. If you want to see real baptismal regeneration, look to the Roman Catholic Church.
wow!!thanks so much for the back up scriptures for this verse glory to the most high
The Elders and people in this church are spot on with theology. It’s hard to find churches like theirs in Utah. God bless you all.
@@shadowbannedforspeakingtru1436 I noticed your name talks about “truth”. What is truth? By what standard can you say something is true? Is your standard for truth your subjective personal revelations? You say they are almost always wrong? Well how do you know? Not agreeing to what God has revealed in his word does not make these people at Apologia wrong. If you make the claim they are wrong then you should be able to back up what you say and show where and how they are wrong. And you would have to use God’s word to show they are wrong. Otherwise it’s a meaningless hollow personal revelation.
I’ve been reading the Bible lately and didn’t understand the baptism water view or the natural birth one both had clear contradictions. I’ve been asking The spirit to clarify things to me and all over the New Testament I kept seeing that Jesus was THAT water. I thought I was crazy and was the only one who thought this way about it. I didn’t have the old testament verses to support it yet but I thank God for coming across your video. Really brought everything together for me. If you would like I can send the verses and you could do a second video connecting all of them. God bless🙏🏽
So you think the passage really means, "Unless a man is born of Jesus and (the) Spirit, he cannot enter or see the kingdom." But did you happen to run across another passage by the same writer that employs the same language "born again" - and has reference to the incorruptible seed, the word of God - not Jesus? One has to at least put those two passages together.
@@brendanjobe6895 well I think you’re missing the point Brodie. Whos the word of God.
@@juancontreras9745 Not "who". "What?" You honestly do not know what the word of God is? As in, "Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God." Sergius certainly wasn't desiring to hear Jesus, but rather what Jesus and His apostles taught.
@@brendanjobe6895 yeah, crazy I’m not gonna go back and forth with you Brodie but god bless
@@juancontreras9745 Well, since your position is that the word of God - the completed, Spirit-inspired, and final revelation from God - is so vague, so esoteric, so incomprehensible - that the Spirit has to come along and illuminate the very phrases that the Spirit inspired now has to come along and provide additional aid, that's probably the best idea you've had in awhile.
It cracks me up that people make arguments against baptismal regeneration apart from scriptures that are directly talking about baptism. Believing is a work as well. This is the work of God that you believe on him who has sent me. Is repentance they work? Your intentionally turning from sin, and to the Lord Jesus Christ. The folly is causing water baptism to be works righteousness and that is not necessarily the case. In fact, if you look at the conversion experiences of the book of acts, people, repented, were baptized, in the name of Jesus, if you please, and we’re filled with the spirit, act 2:38, 8-12:16, 10:48, 19-1:5, 22:16. I do not completely disagree with you on your premise, but the way you get there is what I take issue with. It could be that we are begotten of the word, or at least conceived, John 6:63, 17:17, Ephesians 5:26, although I have heard this scripture argued for baptism, one Peter 1:23, James, one: 18. But the problem is that we tend to think of salvation as a mirror moment of faith. It begins there at initial justification by faith, but it does not in there. so it is possible that one could be justified, but still in need of regeneration. Salvation is a whole consists of justification, regeneration, adoption, sanctification, glorification, etc. So definitely baptism saves. The question is, how does it save? But it certainly has saving quality, mark 16:16, acts to - 38:41, one Peter 3-20: 21. We also need to be sealed by the Holy Spirit, Ephesians one: 13, 430, etc. Maybe if we would stop confusing justification with regeneration, our discussions would be better along this line as a whole. As to the thief on the cross, though I disagree with this argument, many would argue that because Jesus had not yet died, and therefore, under that dispensation, the thief could be saved, Hebrews 9:22. I would disagree with this premise, because they were baptizing before, the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. In fact, the religious leaders disobeyed the council of God, being not baptized of Jesus, Luke 7:30. So baptism was the wheel of God even back then before Christian baptism. sorry for the typos. I have no vision and I’m dictating this to Siri and sometimes she gets it wrong, but if I immerse her in water, my phone probably won’t work. Lol.
How do you know the thief on the cross was not baptized
@@gregmitchell4581Matthew 9:6 - “But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins…”
@@gregmitchell4581And also, baptism is participating in Jesus’ death as stated in the book of Romans. Jesus had not died yet when the thief was with him. And since he (on Earth) is able to forgive sins as he pleases, so he did.
Wow, that was powerful. 13:50
Thank you so much, and I thank God for you! So clearly, gracefully and compassionately explained, grounded in interpretation of original language, and in context of other scripture. 😊♥️
Faith cometh by hearing and hearing the word of God and the word of God has been referred to as water and many many scriptures now I see so you hear it and then your spiritual birth you have saved by grace through faith so you hear it and now you've been born again because you believe it born of water and born of the spirit
How are water and spirit equal if the spirit acts differently from the water. The creation account in Genesis as you pointed out states that "the spirit of God hovered OVER the water. Just because they are used in the same context doesnt mean they are not distinct just as the angel of the Lord and the Lord are use in the OT but we know they are two seperate person.
God bless you for the rest and relief. I have an amazing pastor that will hammer the truth in my head that we can’t do anything for Jesus and Jesus has done everything for us lol. Saw this verse being used by an old church I used to go to that I personally didn’t enjoy because of the somewhat works focused belief and man, I saw them say that this verse is referencing water baptism and that you cannot enter the kingdom without it and it totally filled me with fear. Not because I would deny ever getting a baptism, in fact I would love to with a loving church that preaches the true gospel, but it more so confused me, almost flipping everything I learned from my pastor about Christianity not being works-based. I haven’t been able to talk to him recently and have been stressing about this so I personally thank you so much mr friend for breaking this down biblically. God bless you, Amen. 🙏
You should delete your channel's videos, if you claim you are a Christian. Don't be a hypocrite and a bad example.
If baptism is needed for salvation, then Jesus died for nothing. Believing Jesus saved you(and in His teachings, the whole Word of God, that He is God and the Holy Trinity) is what gets you salvation. Believing in Jesus comes with a relationship with God, repentance, being baptised with the Holy Spirit(born again)
Besides the other problematic videos you have(you should know why; inappropiate jokes and language are sins - Ephesians 5:4), the minecraft videos are just as problematic, because games are controling, addictive, and a waste of time. Think what content would actually glorify God, cuz if it doesnt glorify God, then why waste time with it? it glorifies the devil and his lies. Instead of playing games: study the Bible(there's a lot to, and you need to know it), pray to God to guide you in order to serve Him and serve using your talents, resources, experiences and everything He gave you, learn a language/instrument maybe, try to think of a job that would enable you to serve God and spread the word, even if the job is not focused on that( but shouldnt be a job that is a sin, sinful, of course), but that lets you serve Him
Nice to meet you Pastor Wade! Never heard anyone it explain it like this and this well...ty! I have subscribed and want to hear more from you about bible questions so many people will need to hear!
Thank-you Pastor Wade!!
You make sense. Thanks for your input!
This is new perspective for me and it’s incredibly insightful! Thank you so much for this
Great explanation
Thank you
Love the vids. Appreciate you!😊
Jesus is referring to Water Baptism. That is the view of every single Church Father who addressed this verse. Nobody seriously doubted it until the Protestant Reformation.
It is through baptism that we entered the Church (1 Cor. 12:13). It is the “washing of regeneration” that St. Paul speaks about (Titus 3:5). Baptism is not “our works” but it is the work of Christ applied to us (you cannot baptize yourself).
Washing of regeneration - it is the regeneration that washes, not the literal waters of baptism. “According to His mercy” are we added to the church.
Thus is so gd and easy to understand
We are washed by the water of the word (Ephesians 5:26)
Regenerated by the Holy Spirit, the living water of John 7:38-39.
“In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.” (Colossians 2:11-12).
Water baptism is a removal of the flesh, just like circumcision was for the old covenant. Except under the old covenant it was a literal piece of flesh, but under the new covenant the term flesh usually means sin nature. So when we are baptized, we are putting the sin nature off.
In Romans chapter 6, Paul addresses the question “shall believers keep on sinning?”
“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who DIED TO SIN live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we should walk in newness of life. For if we have been untied together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our OLD MAN WAS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM, that the BODY OF SIN might be done away with, that we should NO LONGER BE SLAVES OF SIN. For he who has died has been FREED FROM SIN. Now if we died with Christ, we believe we shall also live with Him, knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be DEAD INDEED TO SIN, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:1-11).
We are doing a physical act, by faith, reflecting a spiritual reality. That’s why Colossians 2:12 says “ you were also raised with Him, THROUGH FAITH in the working of God.” We, through baptism, are dying to the old and rising to the new!
Now we can finally understand the famous scripture in 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ (baptism in the name of Jesus), he is a new creation, old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
The apostle Peter gave us the explanation for John 3:5.
"Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever" (1Pt.1:22-23).
First, notice our souls are purified when we obey the truth. Not when we believe the truth, but when we obey the truth, "through the Spirit."
"Being born again by the Word of God."
The Holy Spirit works on our hearts through the Word of God. When we obey the truth, our souls are purified/forgiven/saved.
When Nicodemus came to Jesus that night, he had no intentions of being baptized under John's baptism, and Jesus knew Nicodemus and the the other pharisees "rejected the counsel of God for themselves not being baptized of John" (Lk.7:29).
Think about this for a moment, to refuse John's baptism was a rejection of salvation. John's baptism was heaven sent, and Jesus sits on that counsel as well.
But for those who submitted to John's baptism, Jesus promised would "go" into the kingdom (Mt.21:22-23).
Remember Jesus said, "Unless a man is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom."
Since John's baptism granted entrance into the kingdom, and Jesus warned Nicodemus if he was not born again of water, then it stands to reason that water is baptism.
Both John and Jesus were baptizing thousands at this time, a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins" (Mk.1:4-5; Jn.4:1-2). If Nicodemus had any intentions of becoming a disciple of Christ, then he needed to go through the same process as everyone else.
Nicodemus had a rough time understanding what Jesus meant by having to be born again.
His question was, "How can a man when he is OLD be born again?"
For Nicodemus, an OLD man to be born again, two elements were required. Water and Spirit.
Nicodemus did not have a problem with water referring to baptism. It was all around him as thousands were being baptized in water. There is no reason to give water a foreign meaning. The rest was difficult for Nicodemus, as Jesus was humbling Nicodemus.
"Unless a man is born of water (baptism/obedience), and Spirit (through the Word of God), he can not enter into the kingdom.
If Nicodemus heeded Jesus' warning and was baptized that night or the following day, he was born again. The reception of the Spirit came on Pentecost.
Very nice. Great job.
My sister who passed by means of suicide had a bad energy after passing so I did not open myself to communicate with her. Three nights later I opened myself up to communicate and the energy was softer and more peaceful. I asked her where did she go when she died because her spirit was chaotic and scary. She showed me
Her face came up out of fire water and she went towards the white bubble. God gave her this option to come from where she was when she first died.
I am trying to figure out what this means which leads me here to this video.
I believe the Bible verse is more actual and tangible than symbolic. I truly believe every avenue in explanation that I have searched to understand what happened to my sister post mortem is inaccurate due to the lack of understanding the spirit side. The flesh understands the flesh.
Excellent
Great video/so humble. Love you brother!
The Water is the Word of God. The Spirit gives life to the Word. Without the Spirit the Word of God has no life. The Holy Spirit comes inside and gives you revelation of the Word till Christ is formed in you.
Can you do one on Psalm 82 “ye are gods”?
If the Spirit of God is joined with the spirit of a man that man , being a son of God, is a god. The full reality of that doesn't occur until that believer is in a glorified body.
What about what Jesus said in John 3:6?
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
John 3:6 NKJV
Baptism is the outward sign of this inward reality of regeneration. And while there is sacramental union(there one baptism not too) they are not so attached that when is recieved the other is automatically received. This means that scripture can use baptismal language for both the outward sign and the inward reality.
titus 3:5...not by righteous works which we have done(water baptism, communion, piety), but in the mercies of God have we been saved, thru the 'washing of regeneration' and the renewing of the holy spirit.
Baptize your infants under the covenant promises of God and then by faith (Hebrews 11) believe that God would lead your children to repentance, salvation is of God for me and my family. Baptism is a sign of promise. (Acts 2:39) Put your little ones under the promises of God.
Amen
Thank you for your insights.
I believe the water is the Word of God, which is given life by the Spirit of God when faith is exercised. The seed (word) is planted, then germination (life) occurs by the Holy Spirit.
That which is born of the Spirit is Spirit.
John 15:3
You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
THE WATER OF THE WORD
The word of God (water) brings faith for salvation. The Holy Sporit always works with the Word.
Titus 3
5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
THE WATER (WORD) IS VITAL IN REGENERATION
John 6:63
It's the Spirit that gives life... the words that I speak are Spirit and life.
Kind regards
Kevin (a lover of God's truth)
Not to mention that the Word of God IS Jesus . So it is possible that Jesus is pointing back to Himself/God and the Spirit to be born again .
Water represents the Word !
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, (ephesians 5:26)
Ezekiel:37-4
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
Jesus is saying that a person to be born again needs God and the Spirit .Jesus/God is the fountain of water ,Jeramiah 2:13 .So ,Jesus is saying you need to be born of ME/God .,and born of the Spirit .
I come from a Oneness Pentecostal background. The OP position is very close to baptismal regeneration, but tries to distinguish itself as different. John 3:5 is a HUGE proof text that Oneness Pentecostals use to prove their position. If then, it is proven that their position is based on a mis-interpretation of that text then one of the main pillars their religious system comes crashing down. Pastor Wade, you made a strong point about water and spirit being ONE and not separate experiences and the verses you gave seem to support that position. Actually a few other verses were popping into my head as I was listening. For example, Jesus spoke of Water and Spirt as one in John 7:37-39. Isaiah 12 speaks of having joy "drinking/drawing water from the wells of salvation". While spirit is not mentioned in Isaiah 12, the act of drinking seems lend itself to the idea of receiving the Spirit as opposed to getting baptized. Just a few thoughts...
Water and Spirit baptism are both part of the spiritual rebirth of the believer. Acts ch.2 says that repentance and water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ is for the remission of sin.
Paul said in Hebrews that under the old covenant that the blood of bulls was ineffective in removing " consciousness of sins"( Heb.10:2). Consciousness of sin is guilt.
During water baptism, and because of the shed blood of Christ, our sins are remitted by the Holy Spirit circumcising our conscience, removing the guilt from past sins, and returning it to its original childlike innocence.
This is the " washing of regeneration" ( Titus 3:5)
Regeneration is defined as returning something to its original state. Ours was that of children innocent of the guilt caused by sin.
Jesus said that we must become as little children or we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. The only way this can be bone is through regeneration.
This is also the new covenants antitype of the old covenants cleansing if the temple in preparation for the entry of the Spirit of God with blood and water.
Lastly, the Holy Spirit is recieved as a result of the Holy Spirit baptism. The old testament prophets had the Spirit of God come upon them, fill them, and then depart for a time.
The " anointing that abideth"( 1John 2:37) has to be recieved, ( Gr. taken hold of) by fervent prayer until the Lord answers the believers prayer. Then in order to trigger the fillings' overflow, which is what Spirit baptism is, one must surrender the last vestige of their will, their tongue.
The Word says that no man can tame their tongue so we must yield it to the Holy Spirit so He can. We continue to yield it until the Soirit takes control of it, " tames" it, and enables us to speak in the spiritual kanguage ghat our English translation calls " tongues".
Once this happens it triggers the fillings' overflow while at the same moment the Holy Spirit joins with ours. Now we have been born of Spirit and have recieved the Holy Spirit.
@@robertnieten7259 Thanks for the reply. It looks like you put some effort into it which means that you take scriptural matters seriously. That is good. Here is my main issue of disagreement with your post: This video was about how to properly exegete John 3:5. He spends all of his time discussing that passage. My reply to his video also centers on the proper interpretation and application of John 3:5. Your post never even mentions John 3:5 a single time. You did not exegete the text, nor did you provide any rebuttal to his exegesis of John 3:5. What you did was quote other verses that support your theological position in general rather than provide a specific response to his exegesis of John 3:5. Robert, I respectfully wish you all the best.
@R T Thank you for your kind comments. It's true, John 3:5 is very important in properly understanding the new birth. In John 4:5 the Lord says, " You must be born of water and Spirit in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. The word " of" in the original Greek means " source of".
So water and Spirit are the source of the new birth. The Lord draws a comparison between natural birth and spiritual rebirth, " That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which Is born of the Spirit is spirit,"
Just as natural birth is the end result of a process so is spiritual rebirth. Remission of sin during water baptism is the temple of our body being cleansed by the blood of Christ through the water of baptism. This is born of water, keeping in mind that the natural child emerges from the mother covered with water and blood.
Then, the temple of our body is cleansed and ready to be occupied by the Holy Spirit. That is accomplished by being filled with the Spirit to overflowing. That is why surrendering our tongue, once once filled, is essential to recieving the Holy Spirit because He must initiate the overflow be taming what we cannot, our tongue. He signifies that it has been accomplished by enabling us to speak in the spiritual language that we call "tongues".
I was aware of the Holy Spirits' presence near me and filled with the Spirit before I ever recieved the Holy Spirit as a permanently indwelling presence.
R T
If you want to see an even better interpretation, check out Dr. Michael Heiser's, "Naked Bible Podcast Episode 330: The Exodus and John 3:5". It's based on an article by Timothy Foster titled, "John 3:5: Redefining the People of God". This episode of the podcast seeks to explicate this verse by exploring the strength of the idea that the exodus and its Old Testament imagery provides the context for interpreting John 3.
@@robertnieten7259
" Acts ch.2 says that repentance and water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ is for the remission of sin. "
Can you show me where you see 'water baptism' in Acts 2:38? Can you show me Scripture that says that water baptism and baptism of the Holy Spirit are one and the same because John the Baptist certainly didn't believe they were.
Matthew 3:11
"I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."
John says he baptizes with water unto repentance, not forgivenss, of sins. To repent is to turn from sin. He also says, "BUT", He who will come after him will baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire. Water baptism and baptism of the Holy Spirit are not the same thing.
Great job bro!
I dont feel that water baptism is needed. Only the acceptance ofnthe gift of Grace by his death and resurrection.
Please! Tell me why does Jesus Himself get baptised??
Regards and blessings
Yes
The thief on the cross point is moot. Remember the verse about putting new wine in an old wine skins? The Holy Spirit hadn’t been poured out yet
My friend the holy spirit has been there since the beginning within the old testament prophets
@@deadsilencemusic9166 it had not been available to all flesh, there was a reason for the upper room. Read the book of Acts.
I agree, but to be more specific. The WATER is the WORD. 1Pt 1:23 Being BORN AGAIN, by the WORD of God. Jn15:3 Now ye are clean (Washed) through the WORD. Rm 10:17 Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the WORD of God. We must have the WORD (Water) and Spirit (Holy Spirit, Also the Word Jn 17:17/ 14:17) They are in separatable. Yours in Christ
Water represents the soul located around the heart area. Soul is man's higher intelligence, soul separates man from all other animal kingdoms. Soul is not from here soul is holy begotten, is the wisdom of HIM called the ESSENCE of Him who is SHE sleeping within imaging to be awake living in a dream like state. What makes it holy is the unity of Christ. Those who receive Jesus Christ as their personal saviour, receive the Christ within. The Christ is the true spirit of the living God. The Christ is the divine light of the Fathers light. The Christ is life energy is the light. Soul liken to water becomes holy, able to move in Him and have His being. Soul female in essence, unites with the true Son of the Father , the Christ and these two form the new man within called the little child (5 years old) born of water and spirit set free from sin (the flesh). If you had actually turn to Jesus away from the world and asked him for the truth instead of seeking it your way you would have known this. Peace to you. We're in the II coming. Rev 12 M
I think it’s being born again by Jesus and Holy Spirit but in acts 19 when Paul asks disciples if they were baptised of Holy Spirit they say that they heard nothing as of baptism of Holy Spirit and that they were baptised only to baptism of John where it states they believed that Jesus will be coming in future. So it makes sense with this verse that Jesus is the water(living water) and spirit(Holy spirit).
@...IT...Jason. In Acts 19, Paul did not ask the 12 if they had been baptized with the Holy Spirit. He asked them if they "received" the Holy Spirit since they believed." There is a difference, for only the apostles and the household of Cornelius were baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Every other convert in the NT received the gift of the Holy Spirit after baptism (Acts 2.38), except for a couple of exceptions.
In Acts 8 when Philip preached to the Samaritans. God had not yet granted repentance to the gentile nation. When the apostles heard that the Samaritans believed the gospel and were baptized, they sent Peter and John knowing full well that the Samaritans would not have received the Spirit.
On their way, they prayed, and God granted their request. When the apostles reached the Samaritans, they "layed" their hands on them so that they could receive the Spirit. Only the apostles had the gift of laying on of hands (vs.18).
The Samaritans received the gift of the Holy Spirit, but no signs, like speaking in tongues were given.
With the case of the 12 in Ephesus, the 12 received the gift of the Holy Spirit after Paul baptized them. Then Paul layed his hands on them so that they could receive miraculous gifts, as tongues and prophecy is mentioned in the passage.
The reason Paul had to baptize these 12, was because they had been baptized under John's baptism, but after the cross, which was not valid. If they had been baptized under John's baptism before the cross, then Paul would not have had to baptize them.
Now that he baptized them into Christ, their sins were forgiven, and they received the gift of the Holy Spirit. The laying on of hands was necessary for them to help Paul in his mission with gifts, to comfirm the Word.
You almost there in ur explanation, God blessed ur understanding.
The truth is, in John 3:11: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
Therefore any one who speaks on this topic he must "personally experienced this verse", then he has the right to... "speak what he do KNOW and testify what he has SEEN".
For our initial understanding, (as i've witnessed and seen through dreams) in both births, either in physical or spiritual, there is water for water is "life".
In John 3:5, ... being "born of water and Spirit" it happens at the same time, the same in physical birth born of water(amniotic fluids) and flesh. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit(our newborn spirit) to worship God in "spirit and in truth.
Water symbolizes words, particularly those spoken from a divine source, embodying truth as emphasized in John 4:23 and 1 Peter 1:23. The concept of being "born again" relies on the incorruptible nature of both spirit and the eternal word of God, as stated in John 7:38 and Romans 10:10. The confession of the word leads to righteousness and salvation. In Revelation 12:11, overcoming is achieved through the Spirit represented by the blood of the Lamb and the declaration of truth, symbolized by their testimony. Thus, water signifies truth, while the pollution or flooding of water in the Bible represents falsehood.
I would argue it would have to do with accepting Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross
“but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.”
John 19:34 KJV
“This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.”
1 John 5:6 KJV
Being born of water, accepting Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross, and being sanctified so born of the spirit accepting the work of the Holy Spirit inside of you so you can be regenerated this goes into understanding blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
“Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.”
Matthew 12:31 KJV
Good video but every time I watch one of these videos, they leave out verse six. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. Isn’t this scripture explaining scripture just wish you would’ve read and explained verse six.
Being born again is the new covenant antitype of the old covenants' temple rights.
The high priest would repent of his sins and the peoples'. Then, he would cleanse the temple with water and blood in preparation for the Spirit of God to enter the Holy of Holies.
However, the writer of Hebrews said that the blood of bulls and goats was ineffective in dealing with " consciousness of sins" which is guilt.
Thus, that guilt could only be covered so that the Spirit of God could enter the temple temporarily.
This resulted in the temple rites having to be repeated each year. This was dealt with with shedding of the blood of Christ.
So during water baptism, the Holy Spirit circumcises the believers' conscience, removing the guilt from past sins and returning it to its childlike innocence from the consequences of willful sin.
This is the " washing of regeneration" of Titus 3:5.The definition of the word " regeneration" is " to return something to its original state". The original state of our conscience is that of an innocent child.
This is being " born of water" and a vital part of the new birth.
Now, the Holy Spirit can be prayed for and enter the temple of our body and permanently reside there.
This is the spirit,water,and blood of 1John 5:8.
There is only one sign given of believers recieving the Holy Spirit when they recieved( ch.2,10,and chapter 19). And that sign is speaking in tongues, which is one spiritual language.
Honestly, this should be entitled "A Comedy of Errors". I'm not going to do it, but I could bullet-point at least ten statements that EVERYBODY knows is an error. And he's a so-called "pastor"? He ended with a question, so I shall: "What must I do - not what did God do, or what did Christ do - but what must I do to be saved?" That question was asked in several variations in the New Testament, and one thing is for sure. The answer was never, "Nothing."
Read Ephesians 2:8-9. How to square this with James 2:24-26 is this: works do not save us, but they are evidence that a faith is alive and genuine rather than a proclaimed faith that has no regenerative effect.
Because “works” in Ephesians 2:8,9 means the works of the mosaic law and not “good works as described in James 2:24-26.
For anything to be added to the finished work on the cross to be classified as " works" would mean that repentance is " works", because it is an act of obedience the believer must do, after believing, in order to be saved.
Water baptism also would be " works" because it and repentance are commanded in order for us to recieve remission of sins( Acts 2:38).
The problem is that the protestant reformers made a grave error when they broke away from the catholics spoken of by the noted protestant author Tozier, " In our zeal to escape the saved by works of the catholics we committed the opposite error of faith without obedience".
Saving faith is our faith in action by obedience in order to recieve the free gift of salvation. The word " recieve", in the new testaments original Greek means," to take hold of".
The acts of obedience essential in recieving the free gift of salvation and to be born again are, reoentance and water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ and recieving the Holy Spirit ( Acts 2:38).
There are only three instances to where the Word records believers recieving the Holy Spirit and what occured the moment that they recieved, Acts ch.2,10,and ch.19. In each case the first thing that happened was that they spoke in tongues.
Robert Nieten
" For anything to be added to the finished work on the cross to be classified as " works" would mean that repentance is " works", because it is an act of obedience the believer must do, after believing, in order to be saved. "
Repentance is not a meritorious work by which one earns or contributes anything to his salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9). Repentance, like faith, is a gracious gift from God. Both are gifts that are given with the change of heart when one is born again by the Holy Spirit. The gift of faith is not merely the ability to believe, but a change of affection to want to believe. Likewise, the gift of repentance is not only the ability to repent, but a change of affection to want to repent. Those who are truly born again desire not only what Christ can do for them, but they likewise desire Christ Himself. Those who are truly born again desire not only deliverance from the consequence of sin, they likewise desire deliverance from sin itself.
How are we saved? By grace alone through faith alone in Christ Jesus alone.
John 3:14-18
14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
What does Christ mean in verse 14? He's citing from the old testament, Numbers 21, verses 4 through 9.
Numbers 21:4-9
The Bronze Serpent
4 Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.” 6 So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
God told Moses that all the people had to do was look at the serpent and they would be saved from their affliction. They didn't have to contribute anything in any way-just look at the serpent and trust in God's promise that they would be saved. It's the same with Jesus and He tells us this in John 3:14, all we have to do is believe and trust in His works, not ours, and we have eternal life.
Another example of salvation by faith alone is the Passover.
Exodus 12:12-23
12 “For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. 13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.”
Did the LORD look into each house to see who was worthy of salvation by their works? No... they were saved from death by the blood of the passover lamb. Jesus is our Passover Lamb, the Lamb of God.
@Rick Davis Thanks for your comments. We recieve faith by recieving the " seed" of the Word into the receptive " soil" of our hearts. Then the Word itself reveals to us that it is true. " Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God"(Rom.10:17).
Repentance is not a gift because once we believe we must choose to change our mind toward God from disobedience to the willing ness to obey. Just because we have come to believe the Word doesn't mean that God makes us turn to Him with a willingness to obey.
What benefit is changing your mind toward God if you aren't willing to turn from sin and obey Him ?
Saving faith must be demonstrated in order to be effective in our recieving anything from the Lord including salvation. The word " recieve" in the NTs original Greek means," to take hold of"
Imagine if John the baptist was standing in the Jordan river ,but the people refused to let him water baptize them ? He said to them," Bring forth fruit meet for repentance" or what accompanies repentance ( Matt.3:8). John would have said that their repentance was incomplete and as a result ineffective in remitting their sins.
The protestant reformers did more harm than good when they broke away from the catholic church.
They deemed faith in action through obedience in order to recieve from God " works". Protestants have " A form of godliness but denying the power thereof"(2 Tim.3:5).
Their churches look and sound like the true way to be saved, but their insistence that faith without any corresponding action isn't necessary have robbed their people of the power needed in order to save them provided, the indwelling Holy Spirit..
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Faith is not a work because it is something God must do within us. On our own, we are sinful and would never choose Christ apart from His leading us to Himself. In fact, when we realize the extent to which God has worked to freely offer us salvation, we realize we can take no credit for our salvation. It is only because of Him.
First, God's love is the initiator: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).
Second, Jesus is the author of our faith: "looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:2). Christ provides the opportunity for salvation and then offers it to us personally. Without Him, we would not have an option for salvation (Acts 4:12).
Third, we are saved for good works, not by good works: "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10).
Believing is not a work, but a response to what God is doing in our lives. No one is righteous (Romans 3:10). We are not saved by works we have done (Titus 3:5). Only Christ can save.
We may not completely understand the full distinction between our faith response and God's salvation in our lives. However, it is clear in Scripture that salvation is not something we earn by any work yet we must trust in Him by faith. Perhaps the analogy of a gift found in Ephesians 2:8-9 best expresses this idea: "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast." Work is contrasted with a gift.
When we receive a gift, we do not consider it "work" to open the gift. What we have received is free. We simply need to open it to enjoy it. The same is true of salvation. It is a gift God freely offers. We need not work to earn it. Rather, we only need to receive it. When we do, we experience joy and desire to share this joy with others.
@Rick Davis Is repentance " works"? Because it is a step of obedience we must choose to do after we believe.
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Repentance is God's work as He changes us.
Eternal life is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Turning from sin is not required.
It's probably best to think of repentance as an aspect of discipleship. Both believers and unbelievers can understand God’s instructions in Scripture, see the devastating consequences of sin in their own lives, and as a result, repent of their sin and seek to follow God instead.
If unbelievers do this, such repentance may help bring them to the place where they believe in Jesus for eternal life, but if this happens, such repentance does not in any way contribute to their eternal life.
Of course, once a person believes in Jesus for eternal life, they can still (and should) repent of sin that they commit so that their lives can be transformed more and more into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ.
Repentance is a turning from sin and returning to the life God wants for us. This turning from sin does not help us earn or keep eternal life, but does help us follow Jesus on the path of discipleship. Repentance helps us gain freedom from the damaging and addicting power of sin in our lives.
Remembering this will help clarify the scores of passages in the New Testament which talk about repentance. These passages on repentance are not calling people to make changes to their behavior so that they can receive eternal life. No, passages on repentance are calling all people to change their lives so that they can avoid the negative and physical consequences of sin and live the life of joy and freedom that God wants.
Repentance is vitally important for living life with God and with each other the way life was meant to be lived, but repentance is not one of the conditions for receiving eternal life from God. Thankfully, eternal life is a free gift of God to anyone and everyone who believes in Jesus for it.
Jesus was saying salvation is for humans not for angels who are not born of water or demons, only humans are born of water and then the spirit when they come to believe in Jesus Christ
He was rather clarifying that being born of the Holy Spirit is something that happens along with being born biologically, or however you want to call it.
Good breakdown brother but I believe there’s still some validity to the idea of being born from the water and of the spirit being the water baptism of John in the spirit baptism of Christ. It appears that you put emphasis on the actual water baptism as if it was some type of work… But baptism was a sign of someone who had a heart of repentance. So if the thief on the cross was on able to be physically baptized in water, it was clear that Jesus recognized his heart of repentance. The baptism of John is called it such because John was the first one to begin to preach the message of repentance in connection with the baptism of water, and he mentioned many times that it was only to prepare the way for Christ to come and baptized in the spirit.
Apologia says the thief on the cross was never baptised. They don’t know that at all. He easily could have been baptised and arrested for being a thief subsequent to that. Why should his full life story be recorded in the New Testament just for non believers like Apologia?
Good video, but I'm not sure if you're aware that being baptized by water isn't considered solely a human action. Have you heard of the phrase "ex opere operato," which means the sacrament's efficacy is inherent because it serves as the means to bestow grace upon us?
I believe that the efficacy of baptism isn't limited to the moment of baptism; it occurs whenever God wills it. Therefore, baptism isn't solely the work of humans but rather of God utilizing human agents, such as parents, the priest, water, tradition and the word of God. It would be wrong to consider baptism as a mere "work," as this contradicts the Protestant view of faith.
I tend to disagree with you. The water does represent the baptism of John, the baptism of repentance, which is required. Without repentance there is no salvation, and without salvation, there is no power (fire or Holy Spirit) given. The thief on the cross was baptized by Jesus himself. When Jesus was baptized, he told John it was to fulfill All righteousness. The Thief repented of his sins then believed that Jesus was the Messiah, then Jesus already took care of his water baptism, its no different in a hospital when a person repents and accepts Jesus, then dies, his baptism would have been carried out but do to the situation as the thief, Jesus covers them with his baptism. Faith without works is dead my friend, you can’t have faith without works, works proves your faith. I’m pretty sure if you believed [have faith] that it was going to rain, you would take a umbrella [works or Action] with you. This would truly say I believe, because you took the umbrella. Baptism does the same thing, it announces to the world that you really believe in what God says. The Bible is clear on this subject. Yes Jesus was a gift, but its still conditional on your works [Action]. Baptism is a covenant between you and God that you are willing to die to yourself in exchange for newness in Christ righteousness. Jesus said “if you love me keep my Commandments,” for the commandments is the fulfillment of love Rom 13:8-10. Jesus said, “be Holy as my Father in Heaven is Holy.” Does this imply that he wants us to be legalistic or save by works? Would he ask us to do something impossible? Of course not. He wants people doing it out of love as he did for his Father Jhn 15:10. Good Works proves your a Christian, those who believe other wise will go around as hypocrites as Gandhi said, “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
I think he is likely correct. I wish he would have connected it with this scripture:
John 7:37-39 KJV
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
Also, what about the Word being the water?
Ephesians 5:25-26 KJV
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
John 15:3 KJV
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Born of water: The Bible said in Genesis 2:7 that, " And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground." In Job 33:7 "I also am formed out of the clay." What is clay? Clay is dust mix with water. Water is an essential(an indispensable) material to form man, so, we can say man is born of water.
Likewise, if flesh or man receives Spirit, he will born again. Flesh mix with Spirit will became born of Spirit. To be born again, Spirit is indispensable.
In my humble opinion, I think water means "The Word" of God. Think about it. Jesus Is The Word. You can't be born again without Jesus. "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God" Ephesians 5:26 "...the washing of water with the Word"
John 15:3 "You are already clean because of the Word I have spoken to you".
John 7:38 "Out of your belly shall flow rivers of living water". We preach the Word out of our mouths once we have the spirit.
Just some ideas to consider
The main problem here is he thinks this verse, John 3:5 is talking about what needs to happen in order to be saved. But the word saved or salvation is not even in the verse. Jesus is talking about what is necessary to enter the kingdom of God. Jesus is not talking about what is necessary in order to be saved! I believe we need to have Faith in Christ alone to be saved! Salvation and the kingdom of God are not the same thing.
They are the same thing; a person that is not saved(unbeliever) can't go to heaven, that's clear in the Bible
It is biblically inaccurate to claim that baptism is a "work" added to the gospel. It's faith alone when you are baptized that saves you, but "faith alone" is not an excuse not to be baptized or work. Luke 13 Jesus says unless you repent, you will perish. Idk who has repented of something before, but that takes some serious work. Am I "earning" my salvation now just because I'm "working". No, of course not. But I still have a clear command to repent and die to myself, which does take work. Someone might try to change their life for the better and not get drunk and laid every night, but if they aren't doing it out of faith towards God, then what does it benefit them? Thats what faith alone means. Not that you can simply believe and not make any changes or actions in your life. Baptism is not "faith plus works" just like repentence is not "faith plus works." It's all part of true faith that Jesus commands.
Greek has a word for 'again', Jesus said 'anothen' which mean "From Above" which implies a Heavenly new birth.
1Thes. 4:16 describes this "anothen" process. "16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:" This is the Born again that was mistranslated in many translations. Paul makes these ideas clear in 1st Corinthians 15:40-50
"40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
I hope people can see how John 3:3 "can not see the Kingdom of God" matches up with verse 50 above "can not inherit the Kingdom of God"
Jesus was talking of the Resurrection of the dead and Nicodemus was confused. He should have known this. Christians today walk around claiming to be "Born Again", when they should be saying I'm in the spirit or a strong believer in Christ.
The salvation one can never lose is when one has their Celestial Body which comes at the Resurrection of the Just when Jesus returns at the last day.
If your in the womb you have been born, you exist your a living human.
Born of Water and Spirit means believing in Jesus's baptism by John the baptist laying hands on Him by transferring all sins of the world on Jesus. And now if you believe in it all your sins are on Jesus, as He died and shed His blood on the cross for all sins of the world and resurrected.
1 John 5:6-8 ESV -
This is he who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.
5:05 “One off the top of my head is the thief on the cross-he was never baptized. “Today you’ll be with me in paradise.” Jesus says”
5:11 “So we can’t insert, and add to the text..”
Wait.. you just “inserted, into the text,” that the thief on the cross wasn’t baptized. Where does the Bible teach that? What scripture proves he wasn’t baptized? Why did you just add that to the biblical text and immediately follow that up with, “we can’t insert, or add to the text.”??
He literally died on the cross. When would he have been baptized?? 😂
It makes you cry with laughter that you got called out for adding words to scripture right before you tell people not to add words to scripture?
Could he have been baptized while he was on the cross? Could he have been baptized before he went to the cross? How did he know Jesus was innocent? Is there any possibility that he had met Jesus before that moment? Does the Bible rule it out?
I’ll ask again, can you provide a single verse of scripture to back up your claim that he WAS NOT baptized? If not, rather than silly emojis, how about an apology video for doing the very thing you tell people they’re not allowed to do?
So you don’t want to touch that? Don’t want to answer for yourself why you’re adding words to scripture in order to proof text your doctrine?
I couldn’t disagree more. The context is obviously water birth from the womb
I believe that water baptism is lied to circumcision in Colossians, two versus 11 and following. It is spiritual circumcision. Abraham was reckoned righteous apart from circumcision, but when the time came forward, he certainly was. Child was nearly killed for not being circumcised. So yes, I believe that one can go to heaven, if they do not have the understanding/knowledge/opportunity of baptism, in the name of the Lord Jesus, but if Christian baptism is refused, and the individual is unrepentant, I would have serious concerns, Mark, 16:16, act 2-308:41, one Peter 3:21. Also, James 2-14: 26. Also, examine James 2:7 and the light of baptism and see what you find.
Jesus is the Living water - John 4:10-14 KJV
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Incredible, this explains how the thief was saved when he had done nothing for God his whole life. That thief’s willingness to acknowledge his sin and see God before him as God was fulfilling that requirement because Jesus IS the living water. This is what we mean by sola scriptura, it takes careful study to understand scripture by means of scripture
Amen!!
@@apologiautah Dear one may I ask what a person is Saved From. The Bible is a Mystery book that reveals the Mystery of the Creation of God even as the Spiritual Birth of Spiritual Water is a Mystery The Apostle Paul was sent to Reveal. The Mystery of the Kingdom that exists within you that was and still is Hidden to the majority of Religious People needs to be understood for salvation to be real. If and when a person Knows the Mystery of the Good News that Paul was sent to reveal true Salvation will become a reality. The Word Mystery is found 28 time in the new Testament for a very good reason and yet very few know the Mystery of Salvation that is found in the River of Living water and where that Water is Found. I challenge you to read these few Bible Verses and think on them as to the importance of Salvation. The Mystery Secret= Mark 4:11 & Romans 16:25-26 & Ephesians 1:9 & 3:4 & 3:8-9 & 6:19 & Finally Colossians 1:26-27 and one Final clue about the River of Pure Living Water that flow from the Throne Of God. Revelation 22:1-5 Dear One my only desire in sharing this with you is to Aid you in you Spiritual Journey. Grace, Faith, Hope and Divine Charity to you AMEN
My explanation is as follows: To be born again of water and spirit signifies that during Jesus's Passover, we Christians are to consume unleavened bread and water. By faith, and with gratitude towards God's Holy Spirit, we are empowered to partake of Jesus's blood and flesh. It is crucial to understand that the Holy Spirit transforms the substance, a process we must embrace through the power of faith. Similarly, as the exterior requires purification, so too must the interior be cleansed. Jesus communicated this principle to the Pharisees. Regrettably, as Daniel has noted, the fourth kingdom altered the Law. We humans mistakenly believe that Jesus's blood is associated with wine, which is a significant misconception. In truth, Jesus's blood is symbolically linked to water. Please read the scriptures, otherwise, this mystery won't make sense.
Baptism is a work just like repentance, and faith is a work of God. I do believe that a person can go to heaven apart from that baptism, but I do not believe your reasoning to be correct. The baptism has absolutely nothing to do with salvation, because of the scriptures that I cited in my previous comments. Why could baptism not be the meeting place of Grayson Faith? The Romans obeyed from the heart the form of doctrine that they had learned, I believe Romans 6:16. Anyone who refuses baptism cannot be assured that they truly have repentant, saving faith, James, 2-14: 26. The Abraham was reckoned righteous before he was circumcised, he had to continue on in faith, which is exactly what James emphasizes. Just because someone has a high view of baptism does not mean that they are putting faith in their own goodness/righteousness, it means that they are putting feet to their faith, just like everyone did in God‘s Hall of Fame in Hebrews 11. Even though Paul was called a brother by Ananias, he still had to wash away his sins and call on the name of the Lord, act 22:16. So this idea that baptism is always a “work “apart from faith is ridiculous. The same book of Galatians were Paul emphasizes grace through faith is where he also in Galatians 3:27. Tells us that as many of us as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. If one continues to refuse to be baptized in his name, can you really say that you had put on Christ? If circumcision was refused, you would be cut off from Israel, even though it was not the act in of itself. It is Obedience. Baptism is part of initiation, act 2:38, 22:16, Romans 6-3:6, one Corinthians 6:11, Titus 3:5 could refer to this, Mark 16:16, one Peter 3:21, so no. Telling people that they must be baptized to be obedient does not add to the gospel. It is reenacting the gospel and is a proper response to the gospel. Compare one Corinthians 15-3:4 with acts 2:38, 8-12:16, 10:48, 19:5, Hebrews 6-1:3.
But what works ????🤔 Love thy next as yourself. No money to the already rich Catholic Church. ' It' hard for a rich man etc. ❤😊😎
All those background paranormal sounds are distracting fyi.
The thief asked Jesus to remember him which shows he had a repented heart but that was during the OT covenant. Hebrews 9 mentions a testament is of force after men are dead. The NT was in the blood of Jesus which was not shed until they pierced His side and out came blood and water. We all were born with an inherited sin from the first man Adam and have committed sins throughout our lives that need to be washed. John was sent to prepare the way of the Lord and preached repentance and baptized the people in water but still was missing the most important element that was needed to wash away the sins of the people, the blood of the Lamb. Jesus went to the cross and shed blood for the sins of the world and came back the 3rd day and told His apostles that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem. Peter stood and preached the Lord Jesus and told the people to repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. He did exactly what Jesus commanded him and the rest of the apostles. Ananias told Paul to arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins calling on the name of the Lord. In order to get the blood we got to be baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ. When Jesus said except a man be born of water and of the Spirit we cannot enter into the kingdom of God, He was talking about being baptized in water in His name to have our sins washed away and also be filled with the Holy Ghost which He promised to give to them that obey Him. The gentiles were all filled with the Holy Ghost in acts 10 then Peter asked can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? Then he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. We can’t have one without the other and have the new birth. After Philip preached Jesus to the eunuch they came to some water and the eunuch said, see, here’s water, what’s stopping me from being baptized and Philip said if you believe with all your heart you can. The eunuch said he believed that Jesus was the Son of God so Philip stopped and took him down in water and baptized him. The prison keeper asked Paul and Silas, what must I do to be saved and they said to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved and his house. They preached the word to the keeper and his house and that same hour were baptized in the name of the Lord. Everyone that heard the word and believed were all baptized in water in the name of the Lord Jesus bc they understood what they needed to do to be saved. There’s a difference in what the Bible means when it talks about works. There was nothing we could do under the OT law to be saved so the Lord took away the OT sacrifice and made the way. The Bible says faith without works is dead so what works is it talking about? obedience to God is work but it’s good works. Denying our flesh is work but it’s good works. The Bible says I will show you my faith by my works. Good works come about by faith. When we believe, we obey the word of the Lord. Repentance and being baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ is for remission of sins and God promises to give the Holy Ghost if we obey. That is what Jesus told Nicodemus we must be born again of water and Spirit
Bro 😢that’s so sad about water
I am sorry i am totally disagree that it was religion with this brother the scripture will stand on itself ,You can't do this like this, this is not parable to make the conclusion that the saying is truly true. I hope i can share the True meaning with you all. Truly its water and spirit you are born. Both of this is you brother. I hope GOD will enlighten you all. Read it all dont go anywhere. Please.
The Thief on the cross was living under the old covenant. The new covenant didn't begin until acts.
The thief died after Jesus died and we know from Hebrews that the death of testator brings a new covenant . Your comment doesn't add up with your limited statement ,and in need of further to be understood .
@@JesseMongia sure but that doesn't change the fact that the thief was never commanded to be baptized like we are today
@@jenshoffmann4237 when you say ,"sure" , does that mean you agree that thief died after Jesus and is under the new covenant ,only he wasn't commanded by God to be baptized , therefore he would be the only human under new covenant to get into heaven and not be baptized . That is what you are saying ,right ? Jus wanna be sure I understand your comment .
@@JesseMongia no I don't think he was living under the new covenant. The new covenant begins in Acts
You are WRONG about your speculation of the thief on the cross. How do you know that the thief was not one of Jesus disciples who went back from following him? If you study the Script again of all that the thief said you could conclude that he had to have been a believer who knew Jesus and heard him speak of his coming Kingdom..........Also, the Scriptures show that most of the Jews did not believe Jesus was their Messiah......but the thief statement and request show that he believed......
You are another person who make the countless amount of water baptism done from John the Baptist and Jesus disciples/apostles throughout the New Testament Scriptures of no relevance to believers.....
You literally took scripture and took it out of context to back up what u think it means…… after rebuking other of doing the same
At 6:34 in video... Wow, you said John the Baptist was dead and gone at this point?!? May I suggest you keep reading down to verse 23. It literally says he had not yet been thrown in prison and was still baptizing. You are destroying your credibility with such a blatant error, and I hate to see that.
I think he intended that to mean if we needed John’s baptism, then we’d be in trouble in our day because John is now (in our day) gone.
Apologia says that saving works are not the gospel. But the Bible says Matthew 25, James 2:24. Apologia preach a non biblical gospel. Galatians 1:8.
Stop, you preach false teachings. James 2:24 refers to faith being justified by actions, not salvation being earned through actions. Works come from real faith, salvation is from the works of JESUS. Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV):"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
@@JesusSavedYouu No I will not stop pushing back against false teachings. Not of works is referring to the works of the mosaic law. Faith isn’t justified by actions, whatever that means. Faith is only a saving faith if it has works. Those saved in Matthew 25 are clearly not saved by grace alone.
There is your 2 in one and also here's your 3 in one the trinity separate but equal 3 different person's and different minds the father is not God the son is not God the spirit is not God oh but wait the father is God the son is God the spirit is God here in John 3 is definitely about baptism it's part of the new Covent that started with John the Baptist Jesus said that you will be baptized with the baptism that I have mark 10:38 read acts 2:38 is the one and only recorded baptism in the Bible it's the same baptism formula that John the Baptist used and it's still is required even until today read mark 16-16 and Luke 24-47 and John 3-18 also Mathew 28:19 this is exactly what the disciples followed they added Jesus name to the same baptism that John the Baptist used read your bible one Lord one faith one baptism oneness apostolic Pentecostal Christians have the truth we know who God is and we are not confused we believe in the one and only true God Jesus Christ some people need to get their doctrine in order before assuming including there own theories
How to take 16 minutes to explain 1 verse and not explain anything
Ummm no sir that isn’t correct
Apologia again preach their false gospel against good works being a part of our salvation. Anytime Paul spoke about grace through faith over works he was meaning the works of the mosaic law not works of righteousness. As indicated in other things that he wrote; 1 Corinthians 9:24. That we are justified by good works is a very biblical concept; James 2:17, 24.
You're preaching false teachings again. Ephesians 2:8-9 (KJV): "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."
@@JesusSavedYouu Not of works of the mosaic law but good works, yes. Ephesians 2:10.
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You have to die to sin Rom 6
He means you have to get babtised.
Wow, you seem to make simple scripture much more difficult.
Nicodemus did not confuse born “again” or “from above” and chose the wrong choice for two reasons. First, he did not hear it in “Greek”, and second his reply, “how can a man be born when he is old?”, which Jesus did not rebuke, but only clarified what baptism is.
Jesus told the thief "To day shalt thou be with me in paradise," but three days later, he told Mary Magdalene "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father" (John 20:17). If Jesus was with the thief "today" in paradise, but three days later had not yet ascended to the Father, where was he during that time? It wasn't "heaven". The thief still had to accept the gospel and submit to judgment, the same as the rest of us. As many early Christians believed, there are degrees in the next life.
I don’t understand why Protestants are so opposed to works. As the insightful Helen Keller rightly deduced, when speaking of the fruits of the 18th century, "faith alone was exalted, and not faith either, but a self-centered assumption that belief alone was necessary to salvation." James 2: 24, “By works a man is justified, and not by faith only.” NOT by faith alone-right there in the Bible. Works simply qualify us for salvation by grace-they do not substitute for grace in and of themselves. Should we ignore the many other verses that tell us baptism is necessary? “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” (Mark 16: 16) Jesus says to, “come follow me”, and he was baptized.
Brother when you pass away, are you going to have a sheet of your earthly works to hold up to the face of the Living God as a qualification for being saved? Does that not eliminate the fact that salvation is a gift in it’s nature? Does that not show you are trying to take pride in what you have done vs. what the blood of Jesus has covered? In Ephesians 2:10, The Bible says that we were “created in Christ Jesus for good works”, not BY good works … works are the result, not the origin, of a living faith. (Rom 3:20-28)
Why else would Paul point out Abraham of all people and say, “For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.’” (Rom 4:4-5).
And I think James’ point in writing about the nature of works and faith is “If works aren’t a consequence, then is there a faith?” If there aren’t works as a consequence of an existing faith, then is the person justified to begin with?
“Works simply qualify us for salvation by grace”? So you’re saying we have to work to be qualified to receive a gift? Lolol, before you buy Christmas presents for others, do you make sure they measure up to your qualification standard before you buy them gifts? Or do you give presents to others because you love them and have chosen to give them gifts? Did the disciples have to be qualified to be chosen by Christ? Or did Christ qualify them to represent Him after they were called? (We’re talking about Galilean fishermen, a tax collector, a political zealot, etc., not a pristine bunch)
And “simple” texts, whenever they are unpacked, naturally become complicated. You know that, right? That’s kinda normal when diving into the languages and exegeting the depth of the Scriptures. Just like the nature of the gospel: It’s simple (The gospel is so simple that Scripture says, “‘The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart.’ And that message is the very message about faith that we preach: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:8-9), yet when we as imperfect and fallen beings try to wrap our arms around the fullness of the gospel and unpack it, it becomes complicated. Which is why we’re having this conversation.
Ephesians 2:8-9: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
@@AustinSwin If salvation was completely a free gift and no works were required to receive it, just like a Christmas present, as you say, then absolutely everyone ever born would be saved. All atheists, all Muslims, all Hindu, everyone. We have nothing to be worried about! We are all going to be saved! If this is not the case then there must be some kind of qualification. Even faith is a qualification. The question is, how extent does the qualification go? The scriptures tell us plainly. Faith, repentance, baptism, endure to the end.
Until the Gnostics were silenced, the belief that faith alone is all that is needed was only regurgitated fairly recently, from the Reformers. Mainstream Christianity back to the time of Jesus did not believe it. So is all of Christianity before Luther and Calvin doomed to hell?
As I plainly stated, works do not substitute for grace in any way. We cannot earn our salvation. Our “works” do not replace the atonement of Jesus Christ one iota. But Jesus did not preach easy-believism. Our complete discipleship is required. We also must endure to the end. (Mark 13:13)
Your Romans scripture on Abraham is quoting from James. He clarifies this in James 2: 21, 22, “Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?”
Note that the apostle Paul is the only person who seemingly speaks in terms of salvation being of grace and not of works. Paul was speaking the best he could to a specific people who had a specific problem (the works of "the law"). Here is some of what Peter had to say about the writings of Paul as they relate to salvation: “And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.” (2 Pet 3:15-16)
Let’s not “wrest” the scriptures as they did, to our “own destruction”.
Notice that Peter says that Paul wrote, “according to the wisdom given unto him.” According to this scripture, some followers of Jesus at the time of Peter (who basically became known as the Gnostics) were misunderstanding and twisting Paul’s writings on salvation, so much so that they were forfeiting that very salvation. In other words, it could be surmised that they wanted to be saved IN their sins, not FROM their sins (Matt 1:21). It is sad that so many are attracted to this same kind of easy believism, and openly sin in their false belief that they will be saved anyway.
James 2: 14-14,17-- "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone."
@@AustinSwin The blood of Jesus Christ does not make salvation automatic. It makes salvation now possible. Noone is going to get to Heaven by accident. It will take some effort on our part.
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Hey phredde533!
You’re right in saying that “no one is going to heaven by accident”, this much is true, but no one is going to heaven based on his own “effort” or merit, “for it is by grace you have been saved, through faith -and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.” (Ephesians 2:4-9) Neither you nor I can boast of our “effort” because our true “effort” is one of brokenness and admission of His grace and needing a savior who would spill His blood to seal the covenant between God and man, yes?
I believe a more accurate statement is “the blood of Jesus does not make *sanctification* automatic”, not “salvation”. Both Hebrews 12 and Titus 2:11-14 show us that the removal of sinful behavior is a teaching process and a heart-change process, so sanctification is not automatic, but salvation is “automatic” if there is a true repentance of sins and acknowledging that Jesus is the resurrected Lord (Romans 3:24-29 and 10:9, Matthew 26:28, Hebrews 10:19 (We can enter His presence not because of our “effort”, but solely because of His blood), 1 John 1:9).
If the “effort” you are referring to is anything other than true repentance of sins and confession of His Lordship, then you are advocating for a works-based faith, where we have to continually retain the covenant by our own strength, which, for us fallen creatures, is undependable and impossible. Jesus Himself said in Matthew 26 that His blood “seals the covenant between God and his people”; He is the arbiter of the covenant by the blood of the lamb, and He sets the terms for what satisfies entrance into His presence.
Who did Jesus say was justified in the parable of the repentant tax collector and the pharisee? The tax collector’s “effort” was repentance, not a list of sacraments he had to fulfill to reinforce the idea that his works would grant him heaven (Luke 18:9-14). Do you know that elevating the effort/righteousness of man to be comparable in effecting salvation is simultaneously minimizing the sole power of the blood to save? Does Jesus’ blood need man’s supplementation to provide guaranteed salvation to you and me?
@@dkbradshaw wrote:
"If salvation was completely a free gift and no works were required to receive it, just like a Christmas present, as you say, then absolutely everyone ever born would be saved."
That's a false premise. Jesus told us in Matthew 7:21 that those who do the Will of the Father are the ones who will go to heaven. What is the most important will of the Father? 1 John 3:23 tells us explicitly that it is the will of the Father that we believe in Christ. Notice we are commanded to believe in Christ.
1 John 3:23
And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.
Acts 4:12
And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.
Those who obey this command are called Christians. God desires that every man and woman believe in Jesus Christ, but not everyone will obey. Only by believing in Jesus Christ will any person obey this command and go to heaven. Atheists, Muslims, Hindus and everyone does not believe in Christ Jesus and it's not enough to say you believe in HIm, rather it's WHAT you believe about Him. If you believe that He needs the help of your church, His mother, the saints, sacraments, your obedience to the law, baptism, the eucharist, and so on to save you, you are not putting your faith in His ability to save us through his once-for-all sacrifice. If you believe that you can lose your salvation, then you don't believe in Christ because He said, "whoever believes in Him (Christ) shall NOT perish, but have ETERNAL LIFE."
Apologia are talking a lot of confused, convoluted nonsense and throwing in irrelevant scriptures to try and justify their non-biblical stance that the ordinance of baptism is not necessary for salvation. The bible says Matthew 3:13-17, Matthew 28:19, Mark 1:9, Mark 16:16, Luke 3:21, Luke 7:29,30, John 3:5, Acts 2:38, Acts 10:48, Acts 22:16, Ephesians 4:5, Titus 3:5, 1 Peter 3:21. Apologia saying the ordinance of baptism is not necessary for salvation is them preaching another, non-biblical gospel. Galatians 1:8.
Born again = saved. I am born again since before being baptised(I got baptised some weeks after, I think), I knew it back then, I know it now, I see it, I'm saved. Being born again with the HOLY SPIRIT => born again (saved)
@@JesusSavedYouu Does being born again mean that you ignore the clear biblical instruction that all people need to be baptised in order to be saved?