Bible Discussion Thread

Baptized unto repentance/ for repentance

Which comes first? Isn't it repentance FOLLOWED BY baptism? In Matthew 3 it says baptized FOR REPENTANCE. Please can you clarify?

There's a link on the red link page. This is from item 3.

Respond: Believe, Repent, Confess, Accept Jesus as Lord and Savior

To be saved, we must believe that Jesus is Lord and believe that He died for our sins. This confession acknowledges before God that we are unable to attain righteousness on our own and that we accept His plan for our lives.

"...Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved..." Acts 16:31

"Yet to all who receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be BAPTIZED every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE the gift of the Holy Ghost." Acts 2:38

"I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" Luke 5:32

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9

Hope this helps :)

The Pharisees and Sadducees came to John for Baptism by water and John preached to them the need for true repentance.

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Is it not wonderful how Jesus spoke of the righteous as "us" with John the Baptist?

In Luke 5:32 Jesus calls the sinner to himself. The Lord can put his hand over our heads as a covering and allow us to share in his righteousness.

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it means to obey Jesus to be baptized in his spirit, in the name of the Father, the Holy Son and the Holy spirit. There are things we seem to be perplexed of his words but take heart trust him in faith as he is faithful to us. For example do you trust your parents who raised you is the same way to trust Jesus Christ when we repent to leave our sins to him and he will take care of the rest. Every person is unique in every different experience once we get the h..oly spirit may be at the time of your baptism or a few hours later, it could be days or weeks whatever that may be.. don't let people or christians tell you otherwise because you have a relationship with him in prayer by yourself and he will listen to every word you say

believe me of course lots of patience and faith will come to you. I say to him to forgive my daily transgressions in knowing and not knowing, he knows we mean it when we confess to him. Not to a pastor or priest or Mary right :) will say a prayer for you sister.

In my Bible KJV in Matthew 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist. preaching in the wilderness of Judea. (Josh:14:10} I am trying to connect Josh: 14:10 to this verse. I would appreciate any assistance with this God Bless

Hi Christine. I'm unsure how you want to make the connection between those passages, as the person & work of both John the Baptist & Joshua were very different. The only common word in those Scriptures, is 'wilderness', so was wondering whether you wanted to know more about that & if there was any connection.

In Joshua 14:10, Joshua was recalling how the Lord had sustained him during the wilderness wanderings. The wilderness he speaks of are two separate ones: the Wilderness of Zin & the Wilderness of Paran: both on the Sinai peninsula.

When we read of John the Baptist in Matthew 3:1, "preaching in the wilderness of Judaea", (over 200 miles North of the other wildernesses) & this area is bounded by the mountains East of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jericho, etc. & West of the Dead Sea. So when JtB came preaching 'repentance', he covered much of this area & then was found baptizing in the Jordan River. We're told in Matthew 3:5,6 that people actually left their cities to meet John, to hear his message & be baptized by him. Even the religious leaders were also intrigued by this man & went to see of what sort he was.

I hope this somewhat helps answer your question.

Thank you so much for your response. I was mainly confused as to why my bible stated Josh 14:10 to Matt 3:1 and I to thought maybe it was the wilderness reference but just wanted to make sure I wasnt missing something. However your explanation helped a lot to broaden my thoughts on it. Many thanks for taking the time to assist me. Blessings to you.