Today, men and women are saved in the same way. Their faith saved them, not their baptism. They received water baptism as a sign of their repentance and their faith in God's promised Anointed One. Therefore, those who came to John in the wilderness for baptism were receiving forgiveness of sins because they were trusting in God's promise of a Messiah. 3:22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe for there is no distinction 3:21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 3:20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin. 3:19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God Only faith in God's provision of a Messiah brought forgiveness of sins and salvation. No man has ever been forgiven of sins through the sacrifices of the Law. 10:4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Salvation has never been offered through the sacrifices of the OT Law: Heb. His baptism was a call for repentance unto salvation (i.e., capital "R" as Pastor Armstrong teaches), but forgiveness for sins is made possible only through faith in Christ. Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.Īccording to Isaiah, John's call for repentance within Israel was intended to prepare hearts for the Messiah's arrival. “ Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness John's baptism was a call in keeping with the words of the prophet Isaiah: Is. Mark 1:5 And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. Mark 1:4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The baptism John performed in the days prior to Jesus' ministry was a baptism of repentance.
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