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61 | Water, baptism and John 3:5/Titus 3:5 | John 3:5 | Huron | 110297 | ||
Emmaus, I was hoping that you would answer! While I don't always agree with your viewpoint, I do enjoy taking a look at the issues from your point of view. I guess to understand a topic it's best to consider all points of view. 1 John 5:8 (the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.) is a scripture I'm not super familiar with so I'm going to chew on it for a while. Regards, Huron |
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62 | Acts 16:33 and infant baptism. | Acts 16:33 | Huron | 110114 | ||
Searcher, Thanks for the input. I'm seeing merit in both sides of this issue: Pro infant baptism: The fact that Lydia's and the Philippian jailer's whole households were baptized introduces the possibility of infants being baptized. The New Testament was written at a time when all Christians were adult converts from Judism, or paganism. It makes sense for these to be baptized. The NT makes no reference to the procedure for baptizing those who were born to Christian parents. Should they not be baptized till they are old enough to chose to do so on their own? Baptized immediately? Should those be rebaptized once they reached a certain age? The NT doesn't say. Evidence against infant baptism: There are no clear and direct accounts were Christ or the Apostles engaged in the water baptism of infants, nor do they command us to do so. There are verses that talk about permitting Children to come to Christ (Mark 10:14 But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.), BUT there is no mention of baptism in this verse. When you see believing and baptism in the same sentence, believe comes first. (Mark 16:16 "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.) Based on that word order it seems that belief should proceed baptism, and it seems obvious that infants can't believe. At this point it seems that the evidence is inconclusive. I guess that the best strategy in dealing with questions like this is to not take a dogmatic position either for or against. Anyone else have any thoughts or points of view? Huron |
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63 | Acts 16:33 and infant baptism. | Acts 16:33 | Huron | 110053 | ||
Emmaus, Thank you for the links. I see that this issue is not as clear cut as I previously believed. There were some good points in the articles. Huron |
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64 | Thanks guys. Appreciate the insight! | Rom 5:12 | Huron | 109112 | ||
Thanks guys. Appreciate the insight! | ||||||
65 | What is the most accurate version? | Bible general Archive 2 | Huron | 104523 | ||
I've read the NT over twenty times, and the Bible cover to cover about five times. I've used RSV, NIV, KJV, and NASB. I think that generally speaking NASB is the most accurate. NIV is very readable, but borders on an interpretation. Huron |
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66 | Natural man understanding truth? | Mark 12:34 | Huron | 104428 | ||
Very helpful. So, to recap, you don't see any contradiction between this view of understanding the things of God, and us being dead without being regenerated? Huron |
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67 | Natural man understanding truth? | Mark 12:34 | Huron | 104326 | ||
Interesting point of view. What you are saying makes a lot of sense to me. In explaining this verse the person I'm conversing with wants me to limit my reasoning to scripture only. Any way to put your response into a scriptural formulation? |
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68 | abiding in Christ by communion? | John 6:56 | Huron | 97738 | ||
As always Makarios, good stuff! Thanks for the insight! Huron |
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69 | Easy way to learn NT Greek? | 2 Tim 2:15 | Huron | 97073 | ||
Thanks guys. I look up the book Ray recommended. From there I'll decide where to go next. | ||||||
70 | My recent posts re: controversial topics | 2 Tim 2:24 | Huron | 96417 | ||
I respect what 2 Timothy 2:24 says about being quarrelsome. To those of you who contributed on my posts re: regeneration, prodigal son, works and others, I'd like to say thanks. I guess I just needed to think out loud. I hope I didn't start a controversy, though I get the impression that some thought my questions would. Now that we got that out of the way, maybe now I can answer some questions. Huron |
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71 | Titus 3:5 regeneration help please | John 3:3 | Huron | 95787 | ||
That's what I always believed. In my mind this supports decision theology, or the belief that one must choose or accept Christ. Those then that say that the unregenerate can't make a decision for Christ are basicly saying that the un born again can't make a decision for Christ. Kind of like saying you must be born again before you will have faith to be born again. Thanks for the response. Huron |
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72 | faith/regeneration | 1 Cor 2:14 | Huron | 95744 | ||
Thanks John! I've got another question on regeneration that dovetails with this one. |
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73 | Receiving Christ - Works? | Bible general Archive 2 | Huron | 95385 | ||
I know that the use of lexicons has nothing to do with who is right, I was merely pointing it out that he has more resources at his disposal than I do. I'm still mulling this over. |
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74 | works law? | Bible general Archive 2 | Huron | 95383 | ||
I've been out of town. Thanks for the answer. It gives me something to research. | ||||||
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