Entering The Baptist Church

The falacy of the baptist church is that they believe you are saved thru faith but require baptism to enter the Baptist church. Thus you are saved before entering the body of Christ in their view; then you must have a baptist authorized work to enter their body.

Thus, you receive salvation by faith then you enter their church by works. This contradicts many passages which let us know we receive salvation by the cross and enter the body by the cross..

Eph 2:16  And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 

Theirs is also a baptism that requires a faith only confession before being authorized to be baptized.

Thus, before receiving the social benefits of their body you must make a false confession. Sounds like the book of Revelation where you can't buy and sell unless you worship the beast. Because many denominations require the false confession, you will not be accepted in communities under their control without the confession and being in their bodies.

They may even spread that you are anti-society because you don't agree with their views.

Let's examine their theory that you are saved before entering the church, and that works are for entering the church but not for salvation.

One point we could look at is Acts 10 where the Holy Spirit fell before baptism, they say they were saved when the Holy Spirit fell on them, aftr they were commanded to be baptized. If entering the body through baptism as they teach then they were saved before entering the body.

Act 2:47  Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. 

It seems there is a direct correlation between church affiliation and salvation in Acts and other verses, one is impossible without the other. A person who has met God's requirements is added by Christ to the church so that salvation could be fulfilled. We also see a disconnect between the purchase of the church and baptist church affiliation.

Act 20:28  Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 

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Eph 2:16  And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 

It seems the Church is first purchased by Christ's blood and thereby becomes a part of a purchased body, our reconciliation to God is in the body as well, in this event salvation comes. Baptists say you are saved by the cross but enter the body through baptism, it is evident we enter the body through the cross as well. Our reconciliation to God is clearly in the body.

Of course we believe we are purchased by his blood after baptism and we enter the body by the cross after baptism. By placing salvation by the cross but entering the body by baptism they confuse all the verses.

How is one a purchased possession and not a member of Christ's household yet?How are we reconciled to the Father in the body but saved before entering the body? Then, how can we be in his household and not his body.

Eph 2:16  And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 

Eph 2:17  And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 

Eph 2:18  For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 

Eph 2:19  Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 

Plus they would infer God saves those outside of the Church.

Eph 5:23  For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 

So Christ saves the body but we are saved before entering the body according to Baptists. Salvation is for the body. So baptists refuse to admit we are baptized into the body and therein saved. To get a faith only doctrine that corresponds to their theology they have to move salvation before baptism and entering the body after salvation.

1Co 12:13  For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 

Wouldn't it be contradictory in Acts 10 to have the Holy Spirit fall on them before baptized

Then say they are spirit baptized into the body

then say they entered the body when baptized

They are completely contradicting themselves.

We believe this is saying "by one Spirit" is a reference to the Spirit's leadership as he gave doctrine to the Apostles, and it means we enter the body through baptism which the baptists also say, they simply separate salvation from the body by placing it before entering the body. 

Even when they say this is Holy Spirit baptism as some Pentecostals also say, they can't reconcile their timeline and concepts, since by their doctrine they would not be in the body even with the Holy Spirit.

Rom 12:5  So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 

They would be in Christ but not in the body, but we are in the body in Christ. 

On another point, baptists claim you are saved when calling upon the name of the Lord as in prayer but are not in the baptist church at Calling Upon The Name Of The Lord, but the church is identified as all those who call upon the name of the Lord.

1Co 1:2  Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: 

Calling upon the Lord here is a mark of the Church and is listed as an act being performed when entering the Church and after, not just entering the church. It is ongoing acceptance to Christ's will as a means of salvation. Anyone actively calling upon the Name of the Lord, not just in a sinners prayer but in active obedience and trust, is in the church.

Baptist's however say we are saved when calling upon the name of the Lord, but not in the church until baptism. They could just admit Calling Upon The Name Of The Lord included Baptism.

Baptist are required to use the phrase two different ways to make the phrase fit their theology.

Calling upon the name of the Lord doesn't include baptism in Acts 2:21 according to them, but includes baptism in I Cor. 1:2 so they can use baptism to enter the body..

It seems the baptist would use "calling upon the name of the Lord" as including baptism when entering the church, but only for salvation in Acts 2. They can't use it consistently.

Hypocrites.