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NASB | Colossians 2:12 having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Colossians 2:12 having been buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him [to a new life] through [your] faith in the working of God, [as displayed] when He raised Christ from the dead. |
Subject: repost of circumcission and baptism? |
Bible Note: Referg: Perhaps I was being rude and, if so, then I did not have the right attitude. (Please note: the following are general remarks and are not intended to accuse anyone in particular of anything. I am merely discussing inappropriate and irritating practices that have been going on since the beginning of this forum.) Every man has a right to his *opinion*, but no man has the right to be wrong in his *facts*. Every man has a right to an opinion, but I do not come to the Forum either to look for or to post questions and comments unsubstantiated by Scripture. When giving an opinion people need to come right out and label it as their opinion, not as Bible doctrine. Nor do I come here to waste time on those postings that shed no light on the subject. When people build a doctrine based on one word or one punctuation mark in one sentence, I'm just not interested. Moreover, any doctrine that depends upon or can only be proven by the wording of one Bible translation is not much of a doctrine. The ideal Forum would be one in which people for the most part limited their postings to Bible questions that can be addressed with Bible answers. I don't care for all the arrogance, arguing, quibbling, hairsplitting over every jot and tittle, everyone calling everyone else everything from heretic to apostate, etc. I usually don't take the time to read the hypothetical, philosophical, speculative debates that go on and on with insufficient Scripture to support what the authors assert. What I really don't need is to read debates over denominational issues or questions that have already been debated to death -- for example, is baptism necessary for salvation? Continuing to ask the same question that has been duly answered is belligerence. The type of questions that I feel are INappropiate to this Forum are those that want an explanation for WHY God did this or that. Is God fair? Does this passage really mean what it says? Also inappropriate are questions that clearly ask for a speculative answer, i.e. ones where everybody knows the Scripture is silent on the subject. WHEN THE BIBLE IS SILENT on a subject or question, I prefer to remain silent. (See Deut 29:29.) Finally, we really don't need people who come here pretending to ask sincere questions but in reality have already made up their minds and have their own agenda -- i.e., to propogate cultic or heretical doctrine. Every man has a right to his *opinion*, but no man has the right to be wrong in his *facts*. |