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I am taking both verses together. When both verses are taken together it become clear that belief, repentance and baptism are necessary for salvation. Example, many take John 3:16 and wrongly declare from just this ONE verse that "belief only" saves while they purposefully ignore verses that...

Sure, let me know when/where you start it.

By Acts 10 the OT law had been taken out of the way and replaced with Christ's NT gospel. Though Cornelius was a God fearing man and just/righteous he was lost not having obeyed the gospel. Therefore under the NT one must beleive and be baptized to be saved Mk 16:16. So Cornelius could not be...

Again. Peter did NOT say belief ALONE remits sins. many read the word :alone: into the verse, Acts 2:28 ------- repent & be baptized >>>>>>>>>>>> remits sins Acts 10:42 ---------believe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> remits sins Since there is one way to be saved, no alternatives and the Bible does not...

God does not force the new birth upon men against their will. Men choose to be born again, hence those not born again is due to their own culpability and not God's culpability. It requires DOING on the part of man to see the kingdom of God, Matthew 7:21. Those that are obedient to God's word...

The Bible does not teach salvation by grace alone apart from obedience. Where does the Bible define obedience to God's will a work of merit done to earn God's free gift????

Again, just thinking about building the ark would not get the ark built. It required doing to get the ark built as God commanded and Noah's faith moved and prepared whereas just thinking and doing nothing would be disobedience to God and Noah would not been saved from the flood.

Acts 10:44 "While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word." We know from Acts 11:15 the HS fell on them "as I began to speak". The HS fell upon them BEFORE Peter spake those saving words....they could not believe what they had not heard. Any Jew that...

Peter said they would be saved by words and those words included the command to be water baptism. Peter did not say they would be saved by faith alone nor by being baptized with the Holy Ghost. The fact water baptism was commanded makes it essential if for no other reason. --Peter said...

There is no verse that says baptism with the Holy Spirit saves/remits sins.

I put forth my argument in post #456

There is not but ONE gospel, ONE faith Ephesians 4:4-5. Christ, Peter, Paul all preached that ONE faith.

"according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied." The election here was not UNconditional apart from sanctification and obedience. Sanctification is not...

The Bible does not teach salvation by works of merit nor does it teach salvation by grace alone. The Bible does teach that obedience is necessary to receive God's free gift of salvation and never does the Bible define obedience as a work or merit.

Noah could have sat and thought about building the ark, would thinking about building the ark get the ark built? No. Naaman could have sat and thought about dipping in the Jodan river, would thinking about dipping cleanse him? No.

Nothing in the context says the Gentiles were saved prior to being water baptized for remission of sins. ---Acts 11 Peter says the Gentiles would be saved by "words" and those saving words included the command to be water baptized which is the "like manner way" (Acts 15:11) Jew and Gentile are...

I see you gave no citation of any verse to back your post. Those in Acts 2 asked what they must DO. Peter did NOT tell them to do nothing, he did NOT tell them to 'think' about being saved but Peter commanded them to DO...repent and be baptized.

Where does the Bible teach obedience to God's will is earning God free gift?

James 2:15-16 activity of the mind does not feed nor clothe the one destitute of food and clothing. John 3:16 does the 'believeth' of this verse include or exclude obedience? When John 3:16 is compared to other salvific verses as Hebrews 5:9 we find: believeth >>>>>>>>>>>>> saves Jn 3:16 obey...

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Matt 7:21 180 degree, night and day difference between "saying" and "doing"..... "If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food...