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1 | What do you do with Acts 8:16? | 1 Pet 3:21 | Searcher56 | 113801 | ||
How can you ignore Scripture ... Cornelius and comapny were saved before they were baptized. What do you do with Acts 8:16? | ||||||
2 | What do you do with Acts 8:16? | 1 Pet 3:21 | Rowdy | 113841 | ||
I'm inserting a quote from Acts 8 as follows: Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, Acts 8:15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. Acts 8:16 For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. I must admit, I don't see how this scripture helps your case against the essentiality of baptism. In this scenario, people were being converted to Christianity so the Apostles thought it would be a good idea to go down and lay hands on a select few. Throughout the NT, the Apostles would impart a miraculous portion of the Holy Spirit by laying their hands on certain individuals so they could strengthen and encourage their congregation's development. This was done extensively throughout this period because they didn't have God's Word like we have today in its present form. Again, as mentioned in previous posts, we have to see two different kinds of relationships here during this period of initial (embryo type) growth of the church. The plan of salvation was always the same although it was never listed in a 1, 2, 3 step by step fashion as we modern pragmatists would like. The Comforter as promised by our Lord was sent to be the principal active being from the Godhead during this dispensation. During this initial period, the Holy Spirit empowered the Apostles with all manner of miraculous powers to confirm their words as coming from God. But once their thoughts, their directives, their whole story was documented for our sake like Theophilus, along with the epistles written with the help of the Holy Spirit, there was no need for miracles performed by human beings. God's Word is now confirmed by "credible testimony," secular historical documents and archelogical artifacts. This period of the demise of miracles by humans was forecasted by Paul in 1 Cor 13:10. I don't think there are any scriptures that support the idea of the Holy Spirit's imparting salvation without obeying God's plan of salvation, including baptism. If you know of such scriptures, I'd love to see them and discuss them with you. At any rate, I'd be interested in your response. God bless. |
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