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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. |
Bible Question:
Greetings Rowdy! You asked for one, I gave you 24! Which of these verses listed any requirement other than faith? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
Bible Answer: I can only put it to you like it was put to me as a student. The single one place in the Bible where it discusses faith alone is in James 2:24 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. Now I'd be the last person in the world to propose that we can earn our way to Heaven BUT as I've stated plainly there's simply no way a person can prove that one can go to Heaven by simply BELIEVING in God and not prove it. God is going to be looking for His Seal of Approval, Proof that we really have taken on the Lord, His Son in baptism. Gal 3:27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Col 2:11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, I may not quote 24 verses to counter your 24 but all I need is one as that's all that God will need on Judgment Day. So why don't you tell me. Since we could quote scriptures to each other all day, what are we going to do? Which side of this controversial fence would you want to take a chance and make a mistake since there's so many verses on this subject? You see, the negative side of the two verses above would be rendered as follows: For as many of you as have NOT been baptized into Christ have NOT put on Christ. In Him you were NOT circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by NOT putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by NOT being circumcised of Christ, I haven't done it yet but I'd like to think a similar action could be done to the 85 other verses that talk about baptism. Insert the word NOT into those respective verses and see if it makes sense with the end result of salvation. It seems impossible that it would. Now, of course the negative of your 24 verses would also be true. If a person does NOT believe, of course he's NOT going to be baptised or even be interested in being saved. So what is the more conservative or safer position to take with you to Judgment Day? I noticed you didn't address the fact that the devil believes in God and yet it's clear and plain that he's not going to Heaven. How do you plan to distinguish yourself from the devil on Judgment Day? I do hope you can see the logic in all this. God bless. Rowdy |