Baptism and Salvation Through Water by E. L. DeL.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Nov 7, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 45.

Baptism and Salvation Through Water

By E. L. DeL.

1086. E. L. DeL.—1 Peter 3:21 shows that baptism is not an outward washing away of uncleanness, but it is the answer of faith (“a good conscience”) in the resurrection of Christ, through which we are saved. The expression in verse 20, “saved by water,” is “saved through water” in Revised Version. The original preposition is, and may properly be, represented by several English prepositions, according to the sense. The “eight souls” were saved in the ark through, or during, the deluge of water. The next destruction of the earth will be by fire (2 Peter 3:6, 7, 10), and the righteous will pass through it safely housed in the New Jerusalem—the “camp of the saints” (Rev. 20:6–9).