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1 | Where does it say that? | NT general Archive 1 | arrow1 | 116296 | ||
ischus, Where does it say faith must precede repentance,(I'm not saying it doesn't, just show me a verse)? where does it say baptism comes "way" after all of these? where does it say baptism is a commitment made to God?, verses please. arrow1 |
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2 | Where does it say that? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 116309 | ||
I can't think of a verse that actually cites faith as preceding repentance but in the verses below, it's very difficult to imagine inserting repentance between faith and hearing the Word. Rom 10:16 However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?" 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Again, I can't think of a passage that actually depicts baptism as "a commitment made to God" but I think the verses below do an adequate job of proving the same point. Luke 14, The Cost of Being a Disciple 25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be my disciple. 27And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? 29For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, 30saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.' 31"Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. NOTE: No one on the Forum has met my challenge to prove there's any one single all conclusive example of a person being saved in the Bible with every single step clearly defined. I'll agree it's difficult to meet the challenge because it's not there. Thus, we are forced to do some simple reasoning and put together some kind of logical sequence BUT I am certainly open to discussing this topic. We've already discussed the first three steps above: 1) Hear 2) Believe and 3) Repent The only steps left are: 4) confess the name of Jesus as your Lord and Savior in accordance with Rom 10:9-10 and 5) Be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost as cited in Acts 2:38. It's quite possible that confession could precede repentance so you see we're just trying to be thorough just like we have to be when we prepare to make an appearance in court. Again, I really am looking forward to discussing this topic with anyone on the Forum. God bless you all. |
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