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I baptized my French fries with ketchup. Are they saved?

Dave...

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No, I ate them. ;)

But on a more serious note. The word 'baptize' in Scripture means to place into, to immerse into, and to dip into. The word baptize describes an action. The agent of baptism, or the baptizer, are not part of the definition of that word. A common mistake that people make is to assume water baptism when ever they read the word baptism in Scripture. Usually context provides the answers, whether the baptism is Spirit, or water, or Ketchup. :rolleyes:

Here's some examples.

Matthew 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

This is speaking of Jesus. Jesus is the baptizer, and the Holy Spirit is the agent of that baptism.

Here's another example. This ones got more context. More things to work out.

1 Peter 3:18-21 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

Many people try to attribute this passage to water baptism. It says water, right? It would be a poor illustration if that's what Peter was talking about. The Ark is a type of Jesus. Water represents God's judgment. When we understand that we can see a perfect picture of our being "in Christ", our Ark, as a result of that "placing into" with the Holy Spirit. the only place that judgment touches is our Lord. In Him, we are saved through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, both legally, and practically.

Get it, Got it? Good. :)
 
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