BloodBought 1953
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They are folks that claim to be saved without obeying Acts 2:38(being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of their sins as Peter commanded the 3000 at Pentecost).
They bypass Acts 2:38 and spend their lives trying to keep others from obeying it....
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
....which they loathe.
“ Loathe?” .... not hardly.....I would have LOVED it if I was a Jewish man in Peter’s audience that was listening to Peter preach that Message 2000 years ago.....AND I would have OBEYED Peter’s instructions to the letter! One ain’t gonna go wrong listening to Peter....
However.....once Paul came upon the scene, he carried with him a Message that came straight from Jesus....It was a Message Of Pure Grace , and so wonderful that it was called “ Good News” ......This Message revealed that by simply BELIEVING that Jesus died for your sins and rose from the dead, one could be Saved forever.....
There was NO MENTION of water baptism if you will notice.....Jesus Sure was Negligent to leave that so - called ESSENTIAL Element Of Salvation out when he sent Paul forth to proclaim the Gospel to get people Saved....Paul said once that the ONLY thing that he preached was “ Christ Crucified” .....he even went farther and said that he was “ NOT sent to Baptize”
How strange it was that he did NOT do what some here say is the only way to get Saved....
The Bible speaks of “ Obedience” ......it stresses the “ Obedience to the GOSPEL!”.... That Gospel is 1Cor 15:1-4 .....The Gospel is NOT Acts2:38.......That preaching of Peter was AS GOOD AS THE GOSPEL when Peter preached it.....but later , even “HE” came to agree with Paul that by simply BELIEVING, one could obtain that same Holy Spirit That He had Previously said could only be obtained by being baptized with water.....
Of course, the TRUE “ Acts Skippers” in here never finish reading the Book Of Acts where they could learn these things....Also, seeing how they are also “ Gospel Skippers” they never see what Peter was referring to when he said that everything that Paul Taught was “ The EQUAL” Of Scripture” ....Peter submitted to the Teaching Of Paul after he got Confronted and actually “ Condemned” by Paul at Antioch...The Bigger issue of the day was the Perverted teachings of the Judaizers trying to Add Law to Grace and Peter being a Hypocrite for refusing to eat with the Gentiles when the Jews fro Jerusalem came up to visit and spread their False and Perverted teachings..... But it was also shown there that Believers were getting the Holy Spirit WITHOUT undergoing water baptism....Paul preached that “ Belief” was enough and in the end Peter agreed with Paul......
God’s Plan got changed ......Jesus revealed it to Paul....Paul called it “ The Gospel” ( Good News) .....a Wise Man would NOT be a “ Last Part of Acts Skipper” , NOR Would they be a “ Good News Skipper” .....we must observe Obedience —— and The #1 Obedience for today is the “ Obedience to the Gospel” —— that would be 1Cor15:1-4 and NOT Acts2:38.....that is NOT a knock on Acts....it’s just the affirmation of A Change Of Plan....The Gospel That Paul Taught had been one of the Mysteries that God had kept secret for Millenia....A Mystery never revealed to Peter....A Mystery That Jesus never discussed in His Earthly Ministry....