If I am saved by faith alone why bother with baptism?
Baptism would be useless & meaningless
Do you have enough faith to believe God uses H20 to represent the unseen work of the Holy father called the water of the word coming down like rain giving salvation life to the dead
I would offer
Deuteronomy 32King James Version32 Give ear, O ye heavens, and
I will speak; and hear,
O earth, the
words of
my mouth.2
My doctrine shall
drop as the
rain, my speech shall
distil as the
dew, as the
small rain upon the
tender herb, and as the showers upon the
grass:
Where in the
living word of God the bible is
H20 not used as metaphor in a parable ?
water 636 times
The first use of the water
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters.
Exodus 2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the
water.
The emphasis is always the unseen
eternal spiritual understanding
Not that seen, literal dying the temporal
Blood and or with
water indicate the powerful work of the holy Spirit. inspiration coming down like rain. Not earthly of the
evil one
Exodus 7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the
waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the
waters that were in the
river were turned to
blood.
Beautiful parable in 2 Samael . David in prison doubting. The Holy Spirit sent him a famine for hearing the gospel . sent three apostles to indicate the end of a matter By the in gate by which we enter Bethlehem the city of bread used to representing flesh to represent the will of the father. By the well of living water to represent the Holy Spirit spoken of with the woman by the well
.David refused to drink it but rather poured it out. he knew the son of man Jesus would have the privileges' of demonstrating the power the Holy Spirit .
The Holy Spirit pouring out his own Spirit life in jeapordy of his own Power, on dying flesh of mankind
2 Samuel 23:14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in
Bethlehem. And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me
drink of the
water of the
well of
Bethlehem, which is by the
gate! And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew
water out of the
well of
Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he
would not drink thereof, but poured
it out unto the Lord. And he said, Be it far from me,
O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the
blood of the men that
went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink
it. These things did these three mighty men.
It aids in defining the mystery of parable drink blood in John 6. Again those who error taking the literal and in try but they could turn it into spiritual
Drinking literal blood is a abomination the literal blood must be poured out into the ground to show
spirit life was given
it returns to the dust or field of clay .
John 6:55 For my
flesh is meat indeed, and my
blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh
my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him
