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NASB | Matthew 22:37 And He said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:37 And Jesus replied to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' [Deut 6:5] |
Subject: "ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED"!!! |
Bible Note: I have to say AMEN to 1 Corinthians 14:33. God is not the author of confusion but of peace. Saying man is the author of confusion, in my opinion, is an overgeneralization. I will also make an assumption. I am assuming that whenever you see the word "spirit" you automatically attribute it to the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 4:4-6 states, "There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. This passage of scripture taken as a whole confirms that there is unity in God's plan. One body - the church which Christ died for. In Matthew 16:16 Peter makes the great confession that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the Savior. The Jewish people had anxiously awaited his coming and he was finally here. The tragedy is that not many accepted him. Regardless, in Matthew 16:18, Jesus said that, upon Peter's confession, he would build his church. Hence, the church of Christ. When Christ died on the cross, the door to his church was opened. The foundation was laid. On the day of Pentecost the first believers were added to it (at what point the apostles were baptized into Christ is not revealed, but it would have had to be after Christ's death). One Spirit - Yes, there is only one Holy Spirit. Constraints of the forum do not allow me to fully expound on a study of "spirit". But just in some quick scanning of passages I found the Holy Spirit, unclean spirits, and the spirit of man. I would be more than happy to do a study on the spirits in the bible but it would take some time. Let me just say that a student of the bible must be careful how they understand the use of the word spirit in some cases. One hope - the hope of heaven? eternal life? salvation? spiritual life with God? redemption? One Lord - Jesus Christ One Faith - this, like one spirit, could become an indepth study. Off the top of my head I would compare this to one belief. Faith is something a person believes in is it not? Faith is much more than just believing though. One baptism - Now wait a minute! How can there be one baptism? I read about the baptism of John, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the baptism for the remission of sin. Which is it? Which one adds us to the "one church"? What must I do to be saved? Repent and be baptized for the remission of sin. If my sin is remitted I am saved, if not I am not. If I am saved I am added to the church. All of this is supported by Acts 2. Romans 6:3-6 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; To answer your question "Are you suggesting that the Spirit is the one who physically immerses us into water? No, the Holy Spirit does not physically immerse us in the water, but the spirit of faith in Christ Jesus acts upon us causing us to obey the commandment of baptism. Again, Acts 2, those that heard Peter's words were "pricked in their hearts", they were convicted and convinced that they had sinned by crucifying Jesus, and responded by asking "What must we do". In a previous post dated 10/21 I went through a number of examples of conversion supporting the necessity of baptism. The baptism in Ephesians 4 is water baptism into Jesus Christ for the remission of sin. |