Subject: Is baptism a work? |
Bible Note: Greetings Don! Thanks for your kind respond my new friend! I would like to respond to your quick responses, but most importantly I would like you to address Acts 10:47. You didn't touch upon that in your response. They believed, received the Holy Spirit, and then were baptized! Quick responses! 1) Gal. 2:5: Sorry about that, I meant to type Gal. 3:5. The relevancy of this verse is that reception of the Holy Spirit is based upon believing what was heard (i.e. - The Gospel), not upon baptism. 2) 1 John 3:4: Where does Scripture say that they were already baptized? 3) Eph. 1:13: Again, my friend, you are assuming that they were baptized and that this is why Paul could say that they had received the Holy Spirit. However, the text itself says that they received the Holy Spirit after believing, not after being baptized. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |