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>>>>> "GW" == G W Sullivan <truth@sunline.net> writes:

    GW> Floyd E. Avery wrote:
    >> He is not saying that the water cleans us. He is saying that
    >> the water makes us feel clean. I believe the blood of Jesus
    >> washed away my sins and the water made me feel clean. You can
    >> be clean and still feel dirty.
    >> 
    >> I don't believe water baptism is a "work". I do believe it is a
    >> ceremonial cleansing that gives us a "good conscience toward
    >> God". What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of
    >> Jesus!!!

    GW>  We'll probably end up opening up the "where is the blood
    GW> applied" can of worms, again. But, "ceremonial cleansing"
    GW> doesn't negate John 3:5; "You must be born again of water and
    GW> spirit". Nor does it satisfy the command of Peter in Acts
    GW> `10:48 "he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the
    GW> Lord".  Baptism can *NOT* be just to make you "feel" clean. It
    GW> is a pre-requisite for entry into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Regarding the water and the blood, remember Jesus' first miracle?  He
turned the water into wine.  Remember at the last supper?  He said the 
wine was his blood.  By transitivity, I suggest to you that this was
to show that the water was equivalent to his blood.  Therefore, water
baptism is being washed in his blood.

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