{"id":771,"date":"2009-01-28T15:25:22","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T20:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=771"},"modified":"2022-07-25T22:20:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T02:20:37","slug":"baptism-part-4b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/baptism-part-4b\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptism, Part 4b"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, we’re looking at a couple of passages on baptism and salvation that seem to stump people a lot. In Part 4a<\/a>, we explored Acts 3:28<\/a>. Let’s look at the next one. ivermectin australia 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n

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The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned. Mark 16:16<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I have to say that I was really tempted to roll this verse in with Acts 2:38. It would have been a lot less complicated. ivermectina precio superama<\/a> There would be less risk that way. Oh well, sometimes you have to take the hard way because it’s the only way the truth will come out.<\/p>\n

There are two ways to look at this passage – one is difficult, the other easy. Let’s look at the easy way first. That way, if you don’t like complicated stuff, you can stop reading and think all is well.<\/p>\n

Easy Answer<\/h4>\n

The question is: Does Mark 16:16 support the teaching that baptism is necessary for, or a means of, salvation? The easy answer is “No” for all of the same reasons as Acts 2:28.<\/p>\n

First, Jesus was a Jew. Mark was a Jew. The disciples were all Jews. So repentance and baptism went together, even though repentance actually brought salvation.<\/p>\n

Secondly, Mark’s gospel is actually Mark’ s re-telling of Peter’s eyewitness account, probably after Peter’s death. History tells us that Mark was very close to Peter and acted as Peter’s interpreter and probably scribe. Had Peter written down these stories instead of Mark, we would be calling it the Gospel of Peter. And as we have seen, in all of Peter’s teaching, salvation comes through repentance.<\/p>\n

Hard Answer<\/h4>\n

The hard answer is hard, because it’s hard \u00a0to explain, but because many people find it hard to believe.<\/p>\n

Here’s the problem: According to the oldest and best Greek copies of Mark that we have available to us today (called manuscripts), Mark 16 actually ends with verse 8. ivermectina 100kg<\/a> That is, verses 9-20<\/a> were added to the text later, probably to help finish the story.<\/p>\n

What’s most interesting to me is that there are controversial (and by “controversial” I mean false) teachings that come from this short section at the end of Mark that stir up a whole lot of heat:<\/p>\n