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John 7:37-39 "...Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him
come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath
said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he

of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy
Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)"

Colossians 2:12 "Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen
with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him
from the dead."

To make this baptism water-baptism, you have to ignore the context.

Colossians 2:11-12 "In whom also ye are circumcised with the
circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of
the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism,
wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of
God, who hath raised him from the dead."

Verse 12 is a continuation of verse 11. The "baptism" is simultaneous with
a supernatural "circumcision" that is "made without hands," just as the
baptism of the Holy Ghost is performed without hands. Water-baptism is
performed with hands. Also note that your resurrection with Christ in this
"baptism" is "through...faith." It doesn't take any faith to get water-
baptized. Unbelievers do it all the time.

Titus 3:5 "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but

according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and
renewing of the Holy Ghost;"

Water is not even mentioned, and in Revelation 1:5, the apostle John plainly
stated that "...Jesus Christ...washed us from our sins in his own blood...,"
NOT in WATER!

1 Peter 3:20 "Which sometime were disobedient, when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a
preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.