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1 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Morant61 | 132312 | ||
Greetings Dalcent! You wrote: "I appreciate that some cannot accept plain, literal readings of scripture, because they believe their fundamental slant on theology is 'definitely correct' and verses not fitting such as ‘be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS...’ (Acts 2:38) need allegorising, “metaphoricalising”, spiritualising, call it what you fancy: I call it not rightly dividing the word of truth." There are grammatical reasons for not viewing 'forgiveness of sins' as a result of baptism in Acts 2:38. Allow me to quote from a previous post of mine! ************************************** There is a grammatical anomaly in this verse. The command to repent is a second person plural imperative - in other words a plural you. Unfortunately, there is no way in English to distinguish between a 2nd person plural and a 2nd person singular. To use the King James method of ‘you’ and ‘ye,’ the command here is ‘Repent Ye!’ The phrase ‘for the remission of your sins’ is also a 2nd person plural as indicated by both the definite article and the personal pronoun. So, obviously, the command to repent and the phrase concerning the forgiveness of sins belong together. However, the command to "be baptized" is a 3rd person singular imperative. This simply means that the phrase "for the remission of sins" does not go with the command to be baptized at all, rather it belongs with the command to repent. *************************************** I would argue that paying attention to the actual grammar of Acts 2:38 is 'rightly dividing' the Word of God! ;-) Secondly, are you really claiming that God makes EXCEPTIONS when it comes to salvation? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | james210 | 132322 | ||
I think we can clear this up with other verses: For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. John 3:16 For it is by free grace (God's unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law's demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.] Eph 2:8-9 But we believe that we are saved through the grace (the undeserved favor and mercy) of the Lord Jesus, just as they [are]. Acts 15:11 I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. Mark 1:8 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God's own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin). Eph 4:30 We cannot do anything to earn our salvation (Eph 2:8-9). It is God's free gift that we cannot earn. We receive His gift when we trust Christ (John 3:16). When we do this we are baptized by the Holy Spirit (Mark 1:8) which seals us up until the day of redemption (Eph 4:30). We show our obedience to Christ by being baptized with water, just like following any of His other commandments. If we add water baptism as a requirement of salvation, we are saying Christ's death on the cross wasn't enough to save us, while in fact the Scriptures say it was sufficent. |
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