Atos 22

Atos 22

Calvin commented: The question is asked, whether baptism is the cause of our cleansing. Certainly since the blood of Christ is the one and only expiation for sins, and since it was shed once for this purpose, and the Holy Spirit is cleansing us continually by the sprinkling of it through faith, the honor for this cannot be transferred to the symbol of water, without doing injury to Christ and the Holy Spirit. However, some want to claim that baptism has some mystical connection with the receiving of salvation and the cleansing of sin. As