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1 | why was the thief saved without baptism? | Luke 23:43 | srbaegon | 132678 | ||
Hello jelkins, The verses you quoted from Romans 2 have nothing to do with God-fearing Gentiles. Romans 1-3 is an apologetic to prove that the every person was guilty before God. Paul was pointing out that there were those Gentiles who did some correct things, but there is no hint that they were God-fearing. They just did things for conscience' sake. You said: "An excellent case can be made from scripture that Christians have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit through the medium of the Word." And then you give absolutely no scripture to back it up. Steve |
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2 | why was the thief saved without baptism? | Luke 23:43 | jelkins | 132753 | ||
My bad, Steve. Using “God-fearing” as an adjective for Gentiles results from an interpretation of mine based on the line of scripture, “keeps the righteous requirements of the law.” IMO any Gentile who would keep the righteous requirements of the law would do so because he feared God. And, the rhetorical question, “will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision?” leads me to believe God counted the Gentile righteous, and don’t believe He would do that for one who did not fear Him. Now, please tell me if “for conscience' sake” is in the text, or is that your interpretation? Don’t you think Cornelius served God as he did “for conscience' sake?” More in a future post about the HS dwelling in Christians through the medium of the Word. J. Elkins |
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