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241 | Water baptism the "one baptism"? | Acts 22:16 | disciplerami | 79082 | ||
Greetings, That's the way I see it. The Bible clearly attaches the purpose of forgiveness to water baptism; it is so clear that the 'faith only' people feel compelled to turn each and every verse into a Holy Spirit baptism verse. They do so without merit and cause many to go without water baptism. They say, 'how do we cause people to go unbaptized?' Easy, by removing any scriptural purpose for baptism, you remove the need for it. As they de-emphasize water baptism, they elevete the need to be Holy Spirit baptized and the accompanying tongues as evidence of salvation [we know that Holy Spirit baptism was visibly seen and was associated with power]. So I think we are on the same page. The baptism of Ephesians 4 is water baptism. God bless, Disciplerami |
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242 | Water baptism the "one baptism"? | Acts 22:16 | disciplerami | 79083 | ||
Dear Searcher, The Holy Spirit baptism was a sign to the Jews. When Peter and the others saw the sign, then they sought to water baptize the household. If a person is not baptized for the right reason, as in the case at Ephesus (Acts 19), then they should be 're-baptized.' They were immersed once in John's baptism, but John's wasn't associated with receiving the indwelling spirit ['and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, Acts 2:38], so they needed to be baptized again 'in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.' God bless you, Disciplerami |
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243 | Water baptism the "one baptism"? | Acts 22:16 | disciplerami | 79116 | ||
Greetings, The words of Peter to the brethren at Jerusalem which are recorded in Acts 11 suggest that the Holy Spirit baptism was a sign. Not until Peter saw the Gentiles had received the same thing they had 'in the beginning' did he fully realize God's plan. Your question about Cornelius being baptized is unclear. Disciplerami |
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244 | Is repentance necessary for salvation? | Romans | disciplerami | 76847 | ||
Greetings, Acts 3:19, Peter tells the people to repent and return "THAT YOUR SINS MAY BE WIPED AWAY." I believe that repentance is necessary for salvation. Acts 2:38 agrees, where repentance is with a view to forgiveness of sins. On the day of judgment, will the unrepentant be saved? Pretty clearly, not. Good day. |
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245 | Evidences of Faith? | Romans | disciplerami | 76964 | ||
Hello Sniper, Yes, faith is active. Saving faith doesn't exist without accompanying works. Paul talks of the 'obedience of faith' in Romans and to the Thessalonians he speaks of their 'work of faith' (1 Thess 1:3; 2 Thess 1:11). Repentance is a natural, faithful response to 'seeing' Jesus on the Cross. Confession is too. If I believe that Jesus is good news, I can't help but proclaim it. Repentance and Confession are necessary for salvation. No one goes to heaven who doesn't repent and confess. Let me add a cautionary note: if someone is repenting and confessing out of a sense of merit, then such a person's faith is in the wrong thing and is worthless. Faith that works is faith in the grace of God. Good day Sniper. |
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246 | Does God save us when we show our faith? | Romans | disciplerami | 77027 | ||
Hello Sniper, Let's see, can a person have faith who doesn't confess, and doesn't repent? I would say no. That's no my idea of what a Christian is. The Biblical image of a Christian is much different. Thanks and God bless, Disciplerami |
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247 | Is evidence of faith necessary? | Romans | disciplerami | 77028 | ||
Hello Searcher56, I'm glad you are starting to see my point. This is what I've been trying to say all along. To answer your question: Of course there is no wind without evidence of it. And it follows, as you have here, that there would be no love, faith etc without the evidence of it. Great point! Keep up the good posting. Disciplerami |
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248 | Is evidence of faith necessary? | Romans | disciplerami | 77109 | ||
I think I understand your point here, and it is a good one. Faith Works, Love labors, and hope is steadfast. These 'metaphysical' terms have no meaning without the accompanying action. The same with God's grace: it would be nothing more than a good idea without Jesus, the Son, going to the Cross. That's why Titus writes, "the grace of God has appeared." The two cannot be separated. To answer your question, no, Noah would not be saved if he had not built the ark. Thanks so much for the thoughts. Disciplerami |
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249 | Is baptism an evidence of faith? | Romans | disciplerami | 77233 | ||
In response to Searcher56's multiple posting of Morant61's handling of Acts 2:38, I would like to repost the following: According to Morant61, Acts 2:38, for grammatical reasons is more accurately translated, "repent for the forgiveness of sins, and be baptized upon the name of Jesus Christ, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" [I'm working from memory, but this is my best attempt to depict Morant61's position]. Consider the following, and I am glad to be corrected if I'm wrong. The argument for parsing Acts 2:38 in this mater is without merit for the following reasons: 1] No translation available has ever translated it such? You claim that the grammar rules are violated; if so, then your argument is not with me, but with every translation board known to man. Can you show me a single translation that has dared to translate Acts 2:38 as you have offered here? If you give no answer, we all must assume that the Greek scholarship is against you. 2] This argument you offer is old, and has been refuted many times. The two commands, “repent” and “be baptized,” are joined by the correlating conjunction “and.” It follows that if repentance is essential to salvation, so also is baptism. [I realize that you must conclude that repentence is not essential to salvation either, but we shall get to that]. 3] The sentence in Acts 2:38 is what's referred to as a Complex Compound Sentence, comprised of three sentences joined by the correlating conjunction, AND, a] Repent ye (AND)… b] Be baptized (3rd,singular, individually) each OF YE (humon, genetive 'of', plural) on the name of Jesus Christ UNTO the remission of the sins OF YE (humon, genetive 'of, plural), (AND)… 1) in this second sub-sentence, it says 'let be baptized each individual of YE into the name of Jesus Christ with a view to remission of sins. c] YE shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 4] Here's where you take a twist by turning the preposition, EIS, into a causal meaning (because), you also make repentence unnecessary for the remission of sins. To be consistent then, you must say that repentence follows only as evidence that you are saved. Where you did argue by this novel translation that repentence is connected to forgiveness and baptism is not, you must now conclude that repentence and baptism are no more connected to forgiveness than the other: except now, they both follow. Here is how you really see this verse: a] “Because you have forgiveness of sins, you are commanded to repent (it is an imperative, as you pointed out) and commanded to be baptized (an imperative also) … or b] “Repent BECAUSE you have been forgiven of sins, and then you must go ahead and be baptized too, but NOT BECAUSE of your former forgiveness of sins…. [it is you who disassociated baptism from forgivess of sins, right?]. Now you must tell us why we must be baptized. All along, you've been disassociating baptism from forgiveness of sins, while connecting repentance to forgiveness of sins. Now your argument is that repentence follows too! Your argument has been that baptism follows. Now you must, to be consistent with your causal explanation for the preposition EIS, say that repentance isn't associated with forgiveness, not any more than baptism is! ! ! If you deal with anything in this response, deal with this. Explain how all along you can make the case that number and person only connects repentance and forgiveness, and baptism therefore follows. Then you introduce the causal argument for EIS and make repentance no more necessary for forgiveness than is baptism. |
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250 | Do inalienable rights include salvation? | Rom 1:24 | disciplerami | 78823 | ||
Do 'depraved/utterly hostile to God/already damned to hell from conception/spiritually obtuse/spiritually dead like a corpse on the bottom of the sea' have inalienable rights? | ||||||
251 | Do inalienable rights include salvation? | Rom 1:24 | disciplerami | 78859 | ||
Hello Searcher, Thanks for responding, By your comment, you saying that men begin life with these inalienable rights from God, but lose them because of sin? Do rights given to men presume that each one has personal responsibility? Thanks, Disciplerami |
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252 | Do inalienable rights include salvation? | Rom 1:24 | disciplerami | 78860 | ||
Thanks for the response, If you are right, then we would have to conclude that men are not born alienated from God. Is that correct? God bless you, Disciplerami |
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253 | Do inalienable rights include salvation? | Rom 1:24 | disciplerami | 78898 | ||
Greetings, Yes, man does not have an absolute right to be saved. He LOSES that right through sin, right? And if he loses it, then he HAD it prior to that sin, right? That is, unless the doctrine of 'total depravity' is true, for how can someone who is totally alienated from God have any rights? I'm trying to keep this post in a theological context and trying not to make this a philosophical debate. The founding fathers of the USA somehow came to the conclusion that men are born equal, with certain inalienable rights. What if man comes into the world with--among the rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness--salvation? Only with sin, which is lawbreaking, 1Jn.3:4, does the person lose his right to salvation. "as many as received Him, to them he gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name," - Jn. 1:12 The 'right' to salvation can be restored by believing [in the general sense of that word], but more specifically by obeying the Gospel of Jesus Christ: this is an active belief (2 Thess 1:7-9; 1 Pt. 4:17; cf. Romans 1:5; 15:18; 16:26). Of course this obedience is seen in one's repentance and by submitting to Jesus' command to be baptized (Acts 2:38; 22:16; Romans 6:3-5; Galatians 3:26,27; Col.2:12). The death, burial and resurrection of Christ is Good News! Let me close by stating once again that salvation is a gift from God. I believe that with all my heart, soul and mind. I understand the importance of Paul's inspired words in Ephesians 2:8,9. Salvation is for anyone and everyone who puts his or her faith in the atoning work of Jesus Christ. I now pray that, as you read this, you will not only see my sincerity but also the truthfulness of what I've related. I welcome your comments. Disciplerami "Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity,..." As Searcher points out, they says enough and they lose their salvation. |
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254 | All have Sinned ( Men and Women) | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 75847 | ||
Words have meaning. "Legally they were condemned." I challenge this statement. What you propose is illegal. God does not do illegal things. God is the author of everything good and He is a righteous judge. No one should say that God condemns one man for the sins of another. That is not the message of the Bible. "Wages of sin is death" This is a different matter. Paul is saying the wages of my sin is death, what I earn for my sin against God is spiritual death. But what I get through faith in Jesus Christ is forgiveness, the free gift. Have a good day. |
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255 | Can a toddler go to heaven? | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 75857 | ||
Dear Sniper, The kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these, It is we adults who need to become like them. Children are innocent, pure as Adam before the first sin. And they remain that way until they reach the age when they should know right and wrong and choose the wrong. Some on this forum will tell you that Adam's seed was tainted, literally, and a sin nature was transmitted to each generation. They who say this have a problem though. Jesus was of the seed of Adam and Abraham. They invent an argument that the male seed is the only way the sinful trait is passed on, hence Jesus was spared since Joseph wasn't His biological father. But God says Jesus is of the seed of Abraham and fanciful notions can't take that away. Jesus was flesh. If sin was transmitted at conception, Jesus would have been depraved. Good day. |
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256 | All have Sinned ( Men and Women) | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 75895 | ||
Greetings, You keep quoting the verse, but you misunderstand it. "For if by one man's offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ. Therefore as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life". One man's sin only introduced the sin, Just as one man's righteousness (Jesus) introduced righteousness. Man is only saved through Jesus by following Him. Man is only lost in Adam by following him. Neither sin from the one nor life from the other are automatic, man must act by his free will. Unless you are willing to say that all men were saved at the moment of Jesus death, then you cannot press the analogy of Adam any further. If I followed Adam, and I did, then in Adam I die. If I followed Christ, and I did, then his righteousness is mine. There is no question that God uses legal terms to depict judgment and righteousness and sin. He is the lawgiver, and we are found guilty when we transgress it. The reckoning of God is a calling to account. Hopefully we shall not be found wanting on that final day. But the way you use 'legally' is not Biblical because it suggests that God's nature would allow one man's unrighteousness to be put to another man's account. That is not legal on earth and it is not legal in heaven. God is fair. The only sin you have to worry about is your own. Thanks for the response. Good day. |
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257 | Have you read my previous Post? | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 75911 | ||
Have you read my previous Post? | ||||||
258 | Is everyone made righteous? Rom 5:18 | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 75912 | ||
Did you read the passage in light of my explanation? Oh, I had an answer, but it is invisible with the filter over your eyes :) So please go back and try again, ok. Good day. |
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259 | Is everyone made righteous? Rom 5:18 | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 75922 | ||
Let it be known that Search56 has been answered. The 5:18 passage says, "the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." Earlier Paul said that "death spread to all men." How so? Can you explain to me MrSearch in what sense has the free gift come upon all men? Do you believe life spread to all men at the moment He finished His work at Calvery? You quite clearly press Adam's sin upon all men; though vs 12 says it happened when they individually sinnned--inasmuch as all sinned-- and vs 14 says it happened even though they didn't sin in the likeness of Adam's transgression. You believe this notion of genetic sin. So are you willing to suggest universal salvation? I don't think the Search would be willing to do that! HERE IS MY ANSWER: BECAUSE JESUS ACT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ONLY RESULTS IN SALVATION FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOW HIM; IT FOLLOWS THAT CONDEMNATION ONLY COMES ON THOSE WHO FOLLOW ADAM IN SIN. "let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am being tempted by God'; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He himself does not tempt anyone. But each one is tempted whenhe is carried away and enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death." -Jas.1:13-15 "Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren, Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow." I wonder if you will understand the import of this text in light of our discussion in Romans? When does 'sin bring forth death?' You quite clearly have to blame Adam and God who allows all men to be branded with one man's unrighteous deed. Every one of those men have an excuse for their depravity, Adam made me do it. You will protest but you must blame your depravity on God, when you ought to look in the mirror. If a man is lost, if a man is tempted, if a man sinning, he cannot blame Adam and He cannot blame God. There are two primary ways of interpreting this issue, your way and mine. Mine is better because it doesn't make God an unrighteous judge. Calvin's depravity and election and perseverance places a man in a box with no choice, no free will. If he goes to hell, it's not his fault (in your view). If he goes to heaven, not his fault, but praise be to God for his Sovereign ways [I am not mocking God, I'm mocking the false way He is represented.] Keep trying Search Good day. |
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260 | All have Sinned ( Men and Women) | Rom 3:23 | disciplerami | 75931 | ||
Matthew 25:41 - 'then He will say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;' Calvin's Judgment Day, or Why I'm Not a Calvinist Calvins' God: You have been found guilty. My book of deeds shows quite clearly that you are depraved, immoral and a downright evil person. What have you to say? Calvins' Goats: I don't understand, this is the first time I've ever heard of you. Why have you not revealed yourself to me before now? Calvins' God: I have mercy upon whom I choose. I closed your eyes so they would not see and your ears so they would not hear. As a matter of fact, when you were born, you were already hostile—and I mean hostile—to Me. Calvins' Goat: So why are you finding me guilty? It doesn’t sound like I had a choice. Calvins' God: Who are you to challenge the Sovereignty of God with such a question, for My ways are above your ways. Calvins' Goat: But I'm trying to understand, I don't want to go to hell, but this is the first time I've heard of it. Calvins' God: Oh come now, didn't you see my elect one's down there with their Bible's in hand? Do not act innocent, you heard of Jesus didn't you? Calvins' Goat: Yes, I did see them, but it didn't make any sense. Everything they said was gibberish. It were foolishness to me. Why couldn’t I have been one of the elect? Calvins' God: I have my ways. I made sure everyone was warned of this day. The message they proclaimed for 2003 years was powerful—for those who spiritually discern it. Calvins' Goat: Oh, if only I had spent more time reading the Bible and more time with the Christians, things would be different. Calvins' God: It wouldn't have made any difference. All of the reading in the world, all of the trying, groping, hoping and crying in the world wouldn't have helped you: because you are a goat. You were the non-elected. I did not send my Spirit upon that you might be reborn. Calvins' Goat: But I am being sentenced to eternal fire for what I did against you? Calvins' God: That's right, but also for what Adam did. Let me explain this to you so you'll understand--because above all things I want to be understood—it was a genetic thing, like so many diseases, the first man’s sin was passed on to you…....to be continued. |
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