Please read this sentence carefully:
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIMENT OF YEARS.
Now that you have read it, go back and count the F's in that sentence. Please follow along with the rules of the game. If you have not gone back to count the F's in the above sentence, please stop and do so right now.
Hoping that you've read that sentence and counted the F's, how many did you find? Go back and count them once more. There are six F's in the sentence. Most readers can find three of them. If you spotted four, you're above average...If you caught all six, you're doing good and on the road to knowledge because you always see things as they really are and see the things that are right in front of you. If you don't believe there are six, go back and count the ones in the ``of's.''
My object for having a little puzzle like this is to show that something could have been right in front of you all along, but it was just overlooked. Games like these are fun, but what about the overlooked verses in the Bible that have been there all along?
Preachers will read Mark 16:16 and show that we have to believe to be saved. They'll read Acts 2:38 and see where Peter said to repent. But what do these verses say about baptism? In Mark 16:16, Jesus said, ``He that believeth AND IS BAPTIZED shall be saved....'' The verse in Acts says, ``Repent, AND BE BAPTIZED every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins....'' Did you overlook baptism or can you see that baptism is one of the requirements for salvation? Look also at what is said in 1 Peter 3:21: ``The like figure WHEREUNTO EVEN BAPTISM doth also now save us....''
I am not trying to discredit any of the other essential things in the plan of salvation by placing a special emphasis on baptism. I am simply trying to show that baptism is necessary, but it is overlooked. Don't be guilty of overlooking verses that have been there all along.
by Bob Buchanon