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1 | Baptism, Trinity, and Teachers? | Acts 2:38 | Ray | 4782 | ||
Hi jim, My thinking on Acts 2 is that this is the baptism of the Spirit. Verse 17, "pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind." They realized who this Man was. Verse 28, "You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence." Verse 36, they "know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ--this Jesus whom you crucified." They were sorry for their sins individually and collectively for not knowing who He was and for what they had done. They accepted as true the scriptures quoted to them and received the gift of the Holy Spirit. Verse 39,"For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself." Verse 41, "So then, those who had received his word were baptized;..." That was what was expected, believe and be baptized. So I found comparison of verse 28 and 39 and Acts 3:17-19 meaningful for me. Personally, baptism wasn't an option for me. I had been baptized as a baby and one baptism was enough for my church. I expressed faith in Christ as my Savior, and Lord as was expected for membership and that was it. If I had been a new believer without a Christian tradition and not baptized as a baby, then I would have been required to be baptized also. I believe that that is the way of most denominations who believe in infant baptism. |
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2 | Baptism, Trinity, and Teachers? | Acts 2:38 | lionheart | 166211 | ||
Ray, Godbless you brother. It's good to see you back on line again. I pray this finds you well and on the mend.Drop me a line,you can find my e-mail in my user profile.I look forward to hearing from you. In Christ, lionheart |
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