Subject: What can we do to have salvation |
Bible Note: Rowdy, before you become overly surprised at my answer, please read the question. The question nae-nae 04 asked is the same question the jailer asked Paul and Silas, "What must I do to be saved?" (Acts 16:30) And my answer was not one I dreamed up, it was the answer, verbatim, that Paul and Silas gave to the jailer, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." (Acts 16:31). Had the question been, What did the jailer do AFTER he was saved? my answer would have been different, of course (See Acts 16:33). That was not the question, however. I repeat, the question was, "What must I do TO BE saved? Your surprise in my answer possibly stems from your lack of understanding the question itself, or of the answer. Or possibly you disagree with the answer that Paul and Silas gave the jailer and feel it somehow necessary to add something to it. Baptism, for instance. But baptism is not mentioned in Acts 16:31, which records the exact answer that Paul and Silas gave to the jailer in direct reponse to his question about salvation. Friend, I am not unaware that the jailer and members of his household ("them" in v.33) were subsequently baptised, as all regenerate believers are commanded to be. But absolutely nothing is revealed in this entire passage on which to build a case for baptismal regeneration, if that indeed is what you're attempting to extract from it. ..... Are you still surprised at me and my answer, or do you merely disagree with my answer about what one must do to be saved? If you disagree with my answer, you disagree with the answer Paul and Silas gave to the jailer. Both answers are precisely the same, word for word. Your turn, friend. Enter your rebuttal if you wish. Tell us wherein Paul and Silas were wrong. --Hank |