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1 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | FTimA | 64626 | ||
What about John's baptism? It was a water baptism unto repentance (Mk 1:4, Lk 3:3, Acts 13:24, Acts 19:4). Jesus's disciples continued to baptize with or without John the baptist (John 4:1,2). Until Christ died, the "ritual of Christian baptism" was of no effect because baptism into Christ is for the remission of sin. Christ died for the sin of man and we could not be baptized for remission of sin until he did die hence a baptism of repentance to "prepare the way" Is 40:3, Mt 3:3, Mk 1:3, Lk 3:4, Jn 1:23). Once Christ died it became necessary for those who had only been baptized for repentance to be baptized again, for the remission of sins (Acts 19:1-7). Those that have never been baptized are baptized into Christ. This passage in Acts also supports the truth that baptism into Christ is necessary, hence Paul "re-baptized", if you will, these disciples he found in Ephesus. With the exception of the example of Cornelius, it is also evidence that the Holy Spirit is not received until after baptism, and then, only when an Apostle would lay hands upon the individual. Since there are no more Apostles, the gifts of the Holy Spirit (speaking in tongues, interpreting, miraculous healing, prophesying, etc.) can no longer be passed from one individual (an Apostle) to another. A person receiving a gift from an Apostle did not have the power to transfer gifts, so after the last Apostle died so did the power to transfer gifts. After the last recipient of a gift died, no more gifts. 1 Cor 13:8 But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16 For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit. 18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, "Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." 20 But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! The passage from Corinthians clearly shows that the gifts of the Holy Spirit will cease. Some say the "that which is perfect" in following verses is on one hand, the 'perfect' written word of God, which would mean gifts have already ceased, while others say that the "that which is perfect" is Jesus at his second coming. The passage from Acts clearly shows that it was necessary for an Apostle to perform the laying on of hands in order administer or transfer gifts to other men. It is also clear that baptism into "the Lord" is a prerequisite. |
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2 | "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! | Matt 22:37 | Searcher56 | 64639 | ||
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