Subject: need for a bible-anyone |
Bible Note: Just wanted to make some points that you might find helpful. You wrote: I subscribe to the doctrine found in the 'Baptist Faith and Message.' Why make that statement? Why do you need to subscribe to any committee prescribed statement? I went to the website and clicked around here and there. What does the book of Acts mean when it says: Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" 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." SBC holds "It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership and to the Lord's Supper. " It says nothing of baptism for the remission of sins. Baptism is something someone else does to you, not that you do to yourself. It is not a work you do, it is done to you. The book of Acts is church history, with numerous examples of various people becoming Christians. All taking th same route: Hearing God's word, believing that Word, Confessing Christ, Repenting, and submitting to baptism. All taking place before they are added to the Lord's church. You wrote: I challenge anyone to prove that this statement of faith has been, to use your terminology, added to or subtracted from the teaching of the Bible. So I submit to you, one item in the 2 mins I spent on the site. Mouse2 |