Failure to Accept the Obvious

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Failure to Accept the Obvious
The Views of Mark 1616
Salvation
Belief
He who believes and is baptized will be saved
but he who does not believe will be condemned.
Baptism
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He who believes and is baptized will NOT be saved
Atheists, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, etc.
1 Tim 23-6 John 146 Seeing, they do not see,
hearing, they do not hear.
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He who DOES NOT believe and is NOT baptized will
be saved
Universalists
Matt 713-14 Eph 55-7 Seeing, they do not
see, hearing, they do not hear.
Baptized
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He who DOES NOT believe and is baptized will be
saved
Infant Baptism Incapable of faith (believing) Ba
ptism Acts 835-38 Salvation Romans
109-10 Burial Not Sprinkling Romans 63-4
Seeing, they do not see, hearing, they do not
hear.
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He who believes and is NOT baptized will be saved
View held by most denominations today (salvation
by faith only) Faith alone cant save Rom
617-18 Heb 59 James 214, 17, 20, 24, 26 1
John 23-5 Baptism is essential John 35 Mark
1616 Matt 2818-20 Acts 238 2216 Gal 327
1 Pet 321
Baptized
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He who believes and is baptized will be saved

• This view takes the words of Jesus at face
  value.
• No explanations necessary
• Jesus says what He means
• We know what the Bible teaches.
• One must believe (Acts 836f)
• One must be baptized to have sins forgiven (Acts
  238 2216)

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Which one of the five views ofMark 1616 do you
hold to?
He who believes and is baptized will not be
saved? He who does not believe and is not
baptized will be saved? He who does not believe
and is baptized will be saved? He who believes
and is not baptized will be saved? He who
believes and is baptized will be saved?
Let us not be guilty of seeing, yet do not see,
and hearing, yet do not hear