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1 | Can God save us the way HE WANTS TOO? | Acts 2:38 | Grace and Truth | 50432 | ||
1. For example, the fact that God is said to be “one” (Dt. 6:4) does not negate the biblical truth so abundantly affirmed elsewhere that God, i.e., the nature of deity, is possessed by three Personalities – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (cf. Mt. 28:19-20). A truth emphasized in one passage may be enlarged by additional information in other texts. This is a most fundamental principle of interpretation. 2. While Ephesians 2:8 mentions salvation by grace through faith, later, in the same letter, the apostle affirms that one is “cleansed . . . by washing of water with the word” (5:23). If one concludes that “saved” (2:8) is the equivalent of “cleansed” (5:23), it then becomes obvious that salvation by “faith” is not independent of being “washed with water,” (a phrase admitted by virtually all scholars to be a reference to baptism - Arndt, 481; Thayer, 382). Moreover, while both grace and faith are stressed in Romans 3:22ff – as means of “redemption” – three chapters later the inspired apostle affirmed that one is buried with Christ in baptism that he might walk in “newness of life” (6:3-4). Is “newness of life” a parallel descriptive for salvation? Of course it is. Clearly, then, salvation by grace and faith is not exclusive of other conditions specified in supplementary texts relating to justification. Those who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved Our kind critic charges: “In your article on “Promise Keepers” you cite Romans 10:12; interestingly you do not mention the very next verse, ‘whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’” 1. We have published but one article dealing with the Promise Keepers movement. It appeared in our Penpoints section, September 20, 1999. That essay contained no reference to Romans 10:12. But we will happily address the point being made. 2. In Acts 2, after describing a “great and notable day” that |
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2 | Can God save us the way HE WANTS TOO? | Acts 2:38 | srbaegon | 50446 | ||
Hello Grace and Truth The section referencing Eph 5:26 (5:23 above is incorrect) is the height of eisegesis. Jackson deliberately truncates the verse so that the reader is misled, not having the final important prepositional phrase that defines the washing--the word of God, not water baptism. Steve |
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