“A Life Cut Short”

Friday, January 06, 2017

If my past sins are forgiven when I am baptized in water, and it is possible for me to "lose my salvation" and go to hell after being baptized, then wouldn't my best chance of going to heaven be to drown in the baptistry?!!  Before I had a chance to sin so as to be lost again?  If I wanted to be absolutely sure of heaven, isn't that my best opportunity?

Sincerely,
Lifetime Guarantee

Dear Lifetime Guarantee,

Using that logic, all children should be drowned at birth.  All children go to heaven (see “What About The Children?” for further details), so why not kill them before they have a chance to sin?  What a horrible way to live life!  If our goal is to die as soon as we receive salvation, then we have missed the point of being children of light (Eph 5:8).  Once God shows us His love by saving us, we are to spread that love to others (1 Jn 4:19).

Once we become christians, we have the chance to convert others (Matt 5:16), build up other christians, and support the weak (1 Thess 5:14).  When we are baptized, we are saved (1 Pet 3:21).  New christians are babes in Christ (1 Cor 3:1), and like all babies, their life is just beginning.  Baptism is just the beginning of our journey.

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