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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: To be saved must we be baptised? |
Bible Note: Friend, don’t be fooled by the book of James the works come after salvation not before. If ones nature has changed so will his life and the works will be automatic; works are a result not a means. Grace does all the work and it works it’s way out of the believer. Ephes. 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we (believers) should walk in them. A pig is a pig because of his nature; you can work and clean him up all you want and even put a nice little bow on it but it will return to the mud every chance it gets because it didn’t get a new nature it’s still a pig at heart. 2 Cor. 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. A man isn’t a new creature because of his works, he is a new creature because of his position in Christ. God the Father places individuals in Christ by grace through faith in his Son: Not by any form of works, should some dare to boast about or anything they have done like baptism, good work, walking an aisle, the list is a mile long. Anything that a person cares to do other then trust in the finish work of Jesus is not grace but works. There is nothing that we can do that will impress God! The only thing the God is impressed with is what his precious Son did for us. Those that try to do anything to add to the saving work of Jesus will not come under his protection of saving grace because if they did it wouldn’t be grace it would be earned. It is not 99 percent Jesus and 1 percent us. It must be 100 percent trust in Jesus and believers zero or they won’t be counted as a believer! If people don’t understand this they better get on their knees and do a lot of praying for wisdom before it’s too late. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved!!! CDBJ |