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1 | What can we do to have salvation | NT general Archive 1 | nae-nae 04 | 114251 | ||
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2 | What can we do to have salvation | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 114259 | ||
nae-nae 04 - A certain jailer who lived in the first century A.D. asked the same question of Paul and Silas. He said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They answered him, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." (See Acts 16:25-31). That was the only right answer to their question then. It is the only right answer to your question now. --Hank | ||||||
3 | What can we do to have salvation | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 114265 | ||
I must admit, my dear Hank, I am a little surprised at you. You bring up one of the most famous examples of conversion to Christianity in the whole Bible and leave out the two last verses. There the Phillipian jailer and his family were baptized in response to Gospel being presented to them. Surely you can see that it was sometime late at night for they needed lights to see and yet they took the time to be baptized. How can anyone interpret this story any other way IF your goal is to be certain and meet Judgment Day with absolute full confidence? I just wanted to tell "the rest of the story." Keep studying friend and God bless. |
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4 | What can we do to have salvation | NT general Archive 1 | Hank | 114269 | ||
Rowdy, before you become overly surprised at my answer, please read the question. The question nae-nae 04 asked is the same question the jailer asked Paul and Silas, "What must I do to be saved?" (Acts 16:30) And my answer was not one I dreamed up, it was the answer, verbatim, that Paul and Silas gave to the jailer, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." (Acts 16:31). Had the question been, What did the jailer do AFTER he was saved? my answer would have been different, of course (See Acts 16:33). That was not the question, however. I repeat, the question was, "What must I do TO BE saved? Your surprise in my answer possibly stems from your lack of understanding the question itself, or of the answer. Or possibly you disagree with the answer that Paul and Silas gave the jailer and feel it somehow necessary to add something to it. Baptism, for instance. But baptism is not mentioned in Acts 16:31, which records the exact answer that Paul and Silas gave to the jailer in direct reponse to his question about salvation. Friend, I am not unaware that the jailer and members of his household ("them" in v.33) were subsequently baptised, as all regenerate believers are commanded to be. But absolutely nothing is revealed in this entire passage on which to build a case for baptismal regeneration, if that indeed is what you're attempting to extract from it. ..... Are you still surprised at me and my answer, or do you merely disagree with my answer about what one must do to be saved? If you disagree with my answer, you disagree with the answer Paul and Silas gave to the jailer. Both answers are precisely the same, word for word. Your turn, friend. Enter your rebuttal if you wish. Tell us wherein Paul and Silas were wrong. --Hank | ||||||
5 | What can we do to have salvation | NT general Archive 1 | kalos | 114271 | ||
Hank: How blessed we are to be part of this forum. For among its members are those who know better than the translators themselves how the Bible should have been translated. Not only that, but there are those here who know better than the Divine Author and human authors of the Bible what should have been written in the Scriptures and how it should have been worded. Perhaps it goes back to the notion that since one is saved and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, whenever he reads the Bible, whatever comes to mind first must be the right interpretation. --kalos |
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