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You do not take in consideration what Peter says in Acts 2:38 therefore create contradictions. Peter did not contradict himself by telling some to repent and be baptized to be saved then contradict that by telling others to believe alone to be saved. Can belief alone without repentance save...

I believe Acts 2:38 requires both repentance and baptism to have sins remitted because I chose for myself to believe it, not because anyone told me to believe it. --you still have a contradiction yet to be clarified. Peter told those in Acts 2 to repent and be baptized for remission of sins...

I have not advocated that salvation is earned by works. Again, Naaman had to do a obedient WORK to be healed of his disease, are you going to call that "works based" healing whereby his healing was not of grace but owed him??? God tells man to believe (John 3:16) repent (Luke 13:3) confess...

You reject the common everyday truth/fact free gifts can and do come with preconditions and meeting the precondition does not, cannot earn the free gift. Some thing had to be "done" for Naaman to be cleansed of his disease and the blind man to receive his sight. Did their doing some thing mean...

Hi, You posted "same Peter shared the same gospel". If Peter told those in Acts 2 to repent AND be baptized but told those in Acts 10 to believe only then that is NOT the same gospel. In Acts 15 the Apostles discussed the issue if the Gentiles had to be circumcised to be saved. In this...

Hi, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins" There are come who try and change "for" to "because", that is, they try and make the verse read one is baptized because one already is saved, one already has sins remitted. They have one...

Faith is not just an "activity" of the mind, Bible faith is an action, it it what one does, it is how one goes about living his life in obedience to God's will. Mark 2:5 what Jesus "saw" that is called "faith" is the work those men did in carrying the sick man to Christ, removing the roof and...

The context demonstrates that one is not a Christian unless, until one FIRST obeys Acts 2:38 THEN one becomes a Christian. For one is lost and remains lost in sin until one FIRST obeys by repenting and being baptized. Acts of the Apostles 2:41 "They then that received his word were...

Faith is a work: The Language Authorities Liddell & Scott show that the verb pisteuo (believe) can mean “to comply” (1869, 1273). H. Cremmer stated that the noun pistis (faith), both in the Old and New Testaments is: "a bearing towards God and His revelation which recognizes and confides in...

Again as in the other thread, Naaman's and the blind man's free gift of healing was by grace for God certainly did not owe them anything. Yet their obedience in washing did not merit God's free gift......there was no 'works based' healing because those men obeyed God's will to receive the free...

Obedience to God's will is never defined in the Bible as a work that merits salvation but obedience is a precondition God put upon His free gift and meeting the prerequisite on a free gift never earns salvation. Obedience in doing God's will is what the Bible calls doing righteousness while...

All thru the NT God put obedience BEFORE salvation; Obedience >>>>>>>>>>>>> UNTO righteousness Romans 6:16 repent & baptized >>>>>>>> for remission of sins Acts 2:38 Believe & baptized >>>>>>> shall be saved Mk 16:15 believe/confess>>>>>>>>>> unto salvation Rom 10:9-10 It's clearly in the...

Gentiles were not given the OT law nor required to keep it for they did not have to be circumcised, not keep the Sabbath, etc. yet still found salvation, see Rahab in James 2:25. Romans 3:1-2 what advantage did the Jew have in being circumcised, in having the OT law committed to them? Paul say...

2 Corinthians 3:7 the glory fading from Moses' face depicted how the OT law was going to be "done away" and be "done away" in Christ (2 Corinthians 3:13-14 cf Ephesians 2:15) for Christ took it all out of the way when He died on the cross....the OT law was "abolished". -------------------- The...

Deuteronomy 5:2-3; Malachi 4:4; shows the law was only given to the Jews and no one else, again the Gentiles was excluded from the OT law Ephesians 2:12.

Yes, how/why would Jesus teach words of life (John 6:68) if He was limited to teaching the ministration of death that was the OT law (2 Corinthians 3:7).

I read your OP and it refutes nothing I posted.

If one thinks the OT law was given to all men and is to be kept today then one is dwelling in error. In Romans 7:1-4 - In this context Paul uses the institution of marriage to illustrate that for the Christian (who is married to Christ & His NT) but keeps both the OT law and NT law at the same...

Deuteronomy 5:2-3 the 10 commands was given only to the Jews, not the Gentiles Ephesians 2:12 who were excluded from the covenants of promise. When Jesus was alive on earth, the OT law was still in effect so He would encourage the Jews to keep it. Yet at the same time He was preparing people...

The OT law including the 10 commandments was only given to the Jews to keep, no one else. Christ took all the OT out of the way and gave His NT law to be followed. This is why Christian do not offer animal sacrifices, do the purifications, do not keep the Sabbath day, circumcision, etc for...