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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: Holy Spirit evidence of Salvation? |
Bible Note: Greetings Grace and Truth! My friend, you either keep ignoring my point or aren't understanding it. Don't use the words 'salvation', 'believed', ect.... Acts 2:38 says (under your interpretation) that one must: 1) Repent, 2) Be baptized, and then they will receive; 3) Forgiveness of sins, and 4) The Gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 10:45 does not mention repentance. Nor does it mention salvation, ect.... However, it does mention 'the gift of the Holy Spirit' and 'baptism'. But, in Acts 10:45, they receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit BEFORE they are baptized. This is a direct contradiction of your interpetation of Acts 2:38, as evidenced by every web site that I have read which supports baptismal regeneration trying to explain Acts 10:45 away in some fashion or another. Also, either your understanding of James is wrong or there is a major contradiction in Scripture, for Paul says of Abraham: "What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, discovered in this matter? 2 If, in fact, Abraham was justified by works, he had something to boast about—but not before God. 3 What does the Scripture say? ‘‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” 4 Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. 5 However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. 6 David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:" - Rom. 4:1-6. Now, was Paul wrong or right! Was Abraham justified by faith or by works? As I've shown you from the context, James is not dealing with works saving a person, but rather, he is dealing with the fact that a person who is saved will work. There is a difference. James is in complete agreement with Paul: Works do not save, but those who are saved will work. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |