Happy_Camper,

It sure appears to me you don't understand God's grace. Consider this illustration.

You receive a check for $10,000 in the mail from someone you don't know and never did work for. How much work did you do to earn it by going to the mailbox?
You get in your vehicle and take the check to the bank. How much work did you do to earn the money by gong to the bank?
You walk up to the teller and show your I.D. How much word did you do to earn the money by this by doing this?
Now you endorse the check. How much work did you do to earn the money by endorsing the check?

The same is true of God's grace and baptism. We are not "working" to "earn" salvation by accepting God's rules for appropriating His gracious salvation.

In Timothy we are told God is the Saviour of all men, especially of believers. How many atheists and others, including believers, weren't run over by a bus today because God intervened and they weren't aware?

We finites really don't know The Infinite God of this universe.


"Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation."
Everyday Hunter