Baptism doesn't save anybody.

Joining the church has never saved anybody.

It's an outward sign of what God promises to do inwardly.

And the final analysis is not whether we're baptized outwardly, but are we baptized inwardly?

Thank you. outwardly, but are we baptized inwardly?

Many Christian traditions place a strong emphasis on outward rituals for salvation.

But today on renewing your mind, R.C. Sprole will show us that we have a tendency to think too highly of our own

righteousness. We need to compare ourselves to God's law to get a real picture of who we are. Let's

join Dr. Sprole now. We're going to continue our study of Paul's letter to the church at Rome

by turning our attention to continue our study of Paul's letter to the church at Rome by turning our attention

to the second chapter of the epistle, and I would be reading from verse 17 through the end

of the chapter. Indeed, you are called a Jew and rest on the law and make your boast in God and know his will,

approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law, and are confident that you yourself

are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish,

a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.

You, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself?

You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal?

You who say do not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhorre idols, do you rob temples? You who make your boast in the law,

do you dishonor God through breaking the law? For the name of God

is blasphamed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is written. For circumcision is indeed

profitable if you keep the law.

But if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

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