Where in the bible does it say that "Baptism" washes away our original sin?
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These verses below explain our condition if we are “dead in Christ”. In other words, if you believe that your “original sin/old man” died with Christ then you are freed from sin. If you truly believe then you shall live with Him.
Rom 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man (ADAM) is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Rom 6:7
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Rom 6:8
Now IF we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Rom 6:11
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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GregoryPalamas
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Believing that unicorns exist or that the moon is made of green cheese does not make it so. Unless we are truely dead with Christ and alive with Him believing it doesn’t make any difference. We die and rise with Christ through baptism.
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Denise_Shae
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I’d like to know what makes these verses valid,Yet the verses below along with the passages quoted in post #49, don’t seem to carry much weight in regards to the necessity of Baptism to cleanse us from Original sin.
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christianley
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As far as I can see the passages you quoted show that baptism washes away sins. It doesn’t say anything about washing away so-called “original sin.” You really have to work hard to find the concept of “original sin” in the Bible at least in the way we Roman Catholics interpret it. You can find that Adam sinned certainly and you can show that Adam’s sin introduced sin into the world. What you have a harder time showing is that we are somehow guilty of sin because of what Adam did without our participation.Hi believers
You wanted to know?
Here are some scripture passages that talk about the saving waters.
Paul is talking about being washed with baptismal waters;
9 Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the
kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators
nor idolaters nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor
sodomites
10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers
nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11 That is what some of you used to be; but now you
have had yourselves washed, you were sanctified,
you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
and in the Spirit of our God. 1 Cor 6:9-11
Since everyone in the beginning of Christ’s Church were “converts” most of these people were baptized as adults. All their sins were washed away, including original sins. And the families of these adults were also baptized. Children and infants were also included in the baptisms. So even a child/infant who has no real sin of there own were washed clean from original sin.
The waters of baptism save us. And if it did not clean us from the original sin then we would not be saved from baptismal waters. But we are saved from that water. It is not merely symbolic.
18 For Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous
for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God.
Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the spirit.
19 In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison,
20 who had once been disobedient while God patiently waited
in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which
a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water.
21 This prefigured baptism, which saves you now. It is not a
removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clear
conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with
angels, authorities, and powers subject to him. 1 Peter 3:18-21
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Milliardo
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If it washes away sins, the surely original sin would be one of them. Pretty much common sense.
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onenow1
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HI, Just an obsrvation. Mark 1: 9-11.[It was at this time that Jesus came from Nazerath in Galilee and was baptised in the Jorden by John. And at once he was coming out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirt like a dove, decending on him.And a voice came from heaven, “You are my son, the beloved; my favor rests on you. ] In Matthew 28:19-20. Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptise then in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obeserve all the commands I gave you. And look I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.”] Did you notice he did not say repent and be baptised. After all this was after the crucifiction, redemption was accomplished for mankind. This may even be a directive for infant baptism to wash away original sin.
At least I bvelieve the inference is there.
PEACE
ONENOW1
At least I bvelieve the inference is there.
PEACE
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AlegreFe
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Sin is sin whether ours or “original” sin. And why do you say “so-called” original sin? When I first started reading your post I thought you were a protestant trying to argue here.
Since we were all born with original sin, that is the only sin that can be washed away as infants. That is the Catholic belief about Baptism, that we are to be baptized as infants, and about “Original” sin, that we are all born with it. I think you should think twice about your comments to me because you are a Catholic and should have some kind of understanding as to what Baptism means to us.
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