Case study of being justified by the law: Water baptism that saves.

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Scripture does not argue against Christ's law, nor against doing the works of His law. Scripture only condemns any doctrine that teaches we are not forgiven by the faith of Jesus Christ, until doing a work of His law. The gospel of works and of law, is the promise of salvation through faith, only after doing a work commanded by the Lord.

Those who preach that water baptism commanded by Jesus, is necessary to be forgiven of sins, are doing the same as believing Jews commanding flesh circumcison, else ye cannot be saved.

Gal 3:17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

Doing a work of law unto salvation, disannulls the promise of salvation through the faith of Jesus Christ. Having His Spirit by hearing of faith is made ineffectual, and powerless to forgive and save the soul, until the believer is obediently water baptised.

Gal 3:2This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Heb 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

I.e. Christ Himself is powerless to purge our sins, until a work of His law is done by hands of men. The hands of the Lord Himself are not able to save souls, because He needs the hands of other men doing the baptizing, that is made necessary for Him to forgive sins.

Isa 59:1Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Isa 50:2Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver?

The only man the Lord needs to save by His hand, is the man Christ Jesus. He does not need, look toward, nor call for any other man to come with power to save by circumcision, or by water baptism.

Act 8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

Some such great baptizers also limit the power of God to save, to only those believers confessing in their water baptism.

Jas 1:18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

If water baptism saves the soul, then we are not born again by the water of the word and the will of Christ, until we are born again by the water of baptism at the will of the baptizer.

Rom 10:10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Any believer water baptised without confession of the baptizer's faith, are condemned as unforgiven of sins and not saved by confessing the Lord Jesus Christ and His faith.

The promise of birth by the seed of Christ forbids any convenant made by works, like that of circumcision, so that no man other than Jesus Christ Himself may have the great power of God to save souls.

 

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Here are bullet points about justification by law and salvation by water baptism:

-Justification by law is disannulling salvation by the faith of Jesus Christ, until doing a work of law.
-Paul is not arguing against keeping the law, but only against doing a work of law, in order to be forgiven of sins and become sons of God.
-Commanding water baptism, else ye cannot be saved, is justification by law.
-Justification by law makes recieving the Son through faith of none effect, until doing a work of law.
-Christ did not send Paul to water baptise, but only to save by preaching the gospel. Paul thanked God for not baptising many newborn converts. The Lord spared His apostls from being caught up in the new schism made by commanding water baptism for salvation.
-Preaching against justification by law, is not preaching against the law. Preaching against salvation by water baptism, is not preaching against water baptism.
-Some Jews commanded flesh circumcision from law of Moses, else ye cannot be saved. Some Christians command water baptism from law of Christ, else ye cannot be saved.
-In Galatians, the argument is not about the difference between the law of Moses and the law of Christ. The argument is against commanding any work of any law, that is made necessary to be forgiven of sins and become sons of God by Jesus Christ.
-The commandments of the Lord are the law of the Lord. The commanded law of the Lord was first given by Moses for the OT. The commanded law of the Lord is now given by the apostles for the NT.
-Salvation by water baptism makes hands of men necessary to be saved, rather than Jesus Christ purging our old sins by Himself with hands of the Spirit.
-In the doctrine of baptisms, every Scripture on baptism is not by water. The Spirit's baptism and circumcision of Christ save and sanctify the heart and soul through faith in Christ Jesus, not by the commanded works of flesh circumcision nor water baptism.


Simply put: If salvation is by any work of law or faith, then recieving the Spirit of Christ by faith of hearing, is made of none effect, until a work of law and faith is accomplished. Justification by law forbids Jesus Christ purging our old sins, by Himself.

Heb 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Commanding any work with hands of men, else ye cannot be saved, demands other men have a hands-on part in being forgiven and saved by Jesus Christ, which is no longer by Himself from heaven, but now is only with the help of other men on earth.