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1 | How do we remit | Matt 7:13 | sharp | 8620 | ||
John 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. How can a person remit another person's sins? (baptized for the remission of sins) does not sound like a sign or symbol. Sharp | ||||||
2 | How do we remit | Matt 7:13 | Searcher56 | 8631 | ||
Sharp ... John 20:23 literally says. "Those whose sins you forgive, have already been forgiven ..." God does not forgive sins because we have and not forgiven them if we withhold our forgiveness, If that was so, who would be mightier? John 20:23 refers to evanglism. In verse 21, it says He is sending them. Our preaching the gospel has an effect if someone is forgiven of their sins. It is up to the person if they accept or reject Christ. Nolan is correct, we are not baptized for the remission of sins. If you study Acts 2:38, repent and forgiveness of sins are in the present tense and baptize is in the future. Searching Scripture Steve |
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3 | How do we remit | Matt 7:13 | Morant61 | 8756 | ||
Greetings Steve! I whole heartedly agree with your main points. However, I did want to clarify one small problem regarding the tenses of the verbs in Acts 2:38. 'Repent' is an Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd Person, Plural. This would indicate a command to do something that would occur at a point in time regardless of the time of the action. 'Be Baptized' is an Aorist, Passive, Imperative, 3rd Person, Singular. This would indicate a command to allow something to be done to you at a particular point in time regardless of when the action occurs. "Forgiveness" is actually a noun. Hence, it does not have a tense. However, I agree with the thrust of your argument. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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