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1 | forgivness of sins | John 3:16 | Beja | 226181 | ||
DD4Truth, You are mistaken concerning eis in acts 2:38 and here is the reference to correct you. This phrase is the subject of endless controversy as men look at it from the standpoint of sacramental or of evangelical theology. In themselves the words can express aim or purpose for that use of "eis" does exist as in 1 Cor. 2:7....But then another usage exists which is just as good Greek as the use of "eis" for aim or purpose. It is seen in Matt. 10:41 in three examples "eis onoma prophetou, diakaiou, mathetou" where it cannot be purpose or aim, but rather the basis or ground, on the basis of the name of prophet, righteous man, disciple, because one is, etc. It is seen again in Matt. 12:41 about the preaching of Jonah....They repented because of (or at) the preaching of Jonah. The illustrations of both usages are numerous in the N.T. and the Koine generally (Robertson, Grammar, p. 592). One will decide the use here according as he believes that baptism is essential to the remission of sins or not. My view is decidedly against the idea that Peter, Paul, or any one in the New Testament taught baptism as essential to the remission of sins or the means of securing such remission. So I understand Peter to be urging baptism on each of them who had already turned (repented) and for it to be done in the name of Jesus Christ on the basis of the forgiveness of sins which they had already received (A. T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament, III:35-36). This individual is considered to be quite an authority on Greek. Further, if you own a copy of Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin I can point you to a section in it that explains very well how at the same time we are able to say that salvation is by faith alone and yet still say that this faith is never without repentence. In Christ, Beja |
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2 | forgivness of sins | John 3:16 | azurelaw | 226182 | ||
Dear Pastor Beja, I believe you should be aware of the below link but just forget :-) http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes.toc.html Shalom Azure |
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