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NASB | Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
Subject: Can God save us the way HE WANTS TOO? |
Bible Note: "I believed God, and it was credited to me as righteousness. That was shown forth in my baptism and my repentance, just as Abraham's belief was demonstrated in his obedience. But faith and obedient works, while always linked, must never be confused with one another". You bring up a good point here, when you said what God has done, (you the word "credited") and ("obedience") God will credit us before or after we obey him? This is exactly what Paul is teaching about faith! Faith itself is an active verb, it demands a responce, in Gen 12 when God told Abram to Go! Did he just sit there saying I believe you God, or did he pack-up and go? Remember active verb "repent and be baptized" faith with action is what God requires. Yes you can say "Faith alone" as long as you understand that faith is active and not stagnant Romans 4:20-25 Remember the throught here is base on the teaching in chapter 3 of Romans about what the law couldn't do Romans 3:28-31, also Paul spoke on this issue because it excluded the gentiles from Christ by the teachings of the jews. vs.29 |