**Had the man on the cross next to Jesus been Baptized?**
Jesus was still alive, and the Law still observed: “For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator LIVETH.” Hebrews 9:17
**From what I’ve read, Jesus didn’t care so much for all the legalisms.**
He didn’t care for MAN made, self righteous laws added to the laws of God. After healing a leper, Jesus commanded: “See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyelf to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.” Mark 1:44
**And for what it’s worth, I have been baptized.**
OK, was it the scriptural, New Testament way, as found in Acts 2:38?
The page that says ‘New Testament’ in your Bible is placed in the location where the Hebrew text ends, and the Greek begins. Notice that Jesus only met with those closest to him before ascending to heaven, and in his last meeting with them told them to tarry in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father (the Holy Ghost). Some days later came the outpouring of the Holy Ghost (the ‘new and living way’).
So, ‘New Testament’ really takes full effect beginning with the book of Acts.
Very good and informative.
Does that mean a person is going to hell if they haven’t been baptized?
Jesus also said that those that believed in him would have everlasting life.
I am obviously not a theologian so I am not disagreeing. I am only asking an opinion.
Any practice before the book of Acts is in reality, Jewish kingdom saints operating correctly on the kingdom commission prescribed by Jesus Christ during His earthly ministry and immediately after His Resurrection. This ALL pertains to Jewish kingdom commission to only the lost sheep of Israel, and a few Gentile converts, most true. But if someone continues to practice law observance and kingdom preaching - before the book of Acts - then this practice is now part of the former dispensation, not today's dispensation of the grace of God
Eph 2:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth; even in him.
But after Acts 9: a new gospel of grace 'commission' was given to the Apostle Paul to preach to both Jew and Gentile; and to break down the middle wall of partition between Jew and Gentile.
Eph 2:14 For he is our peach, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us