BIBLE QUOTES VERSUS BAPTIST INTERPRETATIONS by steve finnell

BIBLE QUOTE: Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins....(NKJV)

BAPTIST INTERPRETATION: Repent, and let every one of you be baptized because your sins have already been forgiven.(Baptist Doctrine)

BIBLE QUOTE: 1 Peter 3:20-21...were saved through water. 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us, namely baptism....(NKJV)

BAPTIST INTERPRETATION: Baptism does not save you, it is simply a testimony of faith. (Baptist Doctrine)

BIBLE QUOTE: Hebrews 6:4-6 For is is impossible for those who were once enlightened....and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit.....6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance..(NKJV)

BAPTIST INTERPRETATION: Once a Baptist is in grace, he is always in grace, he cannot fall away. (Baptist Doctrine)

BIBLE QUOTE: Mark 16:16 "He who believes and is baptized will be saved...(NKJV)

BAPTIST INTERPRETATION: He who believes is saved already and should be baptized into the Baptist Church. (Baptist Doctrine)

BIBLE QUOTE: John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should perish but have everlasting life.(NKJV)

BAPTIST INTERPRETATION: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him and is not baptized in water, is saved by "faith only."(Baptist Doctrine)