Mark's Account of the Resurrection, Part 14 (TMF:1054)

Thursday, January 31, 2019
Peace to Live By: Mark's Account of the Resurrection, Part 14 (TMF:1054) - Daniel Litton
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       This is how God has chosen to bring people into right relationship with him, and to save them from an eternity in Hell. God wants to be reconciled to everyone in the world, but they have to choose to believe in him. He cannot force people to believe in him. He cannot force people to go to Heaven. But he will judge anyone who rejects Christ’s sacrifice on their behalf, anyone who does not have a payment for his or her sins. And included with the Gospel is water baptism, which every new believer is to receive as a command from God. Water baptism represents to other believers, and to people not yet believers, that the person has believed in Jesus and is now transformed into a new life. Now, water baptism is not necessary for salvation, as Jesus excluded it in the second part of verse 16. Notice how he said, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” He did not say, “whoever does not believe and is not water baptized will be condemned,” but just “whoever does not believe will be condemned.”