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No one that I know of has ever said that either of them saves. ButGod saves those who do. No it is not God's work. Jesus answered their question in verse 28, "what must we do......" Clearly his answer was to tell them what they must do.

It is not a deception that Jesus said, "whosoever believes and is baptized will be saved".

It can be wrong without being a lie. A lie is knowingly speaking an untruth.

Act 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Act 2:39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the...

You can't trust something that you have no knowledge of. The cross of Christ serves no purpose for you if you have no knowledge of it.

That's easy. God's promise.

Try reading and understanding John 6. In Greek is is called πίστις [pistis], same for belief. It happens both in the mind and in the heart. Faith is mental assent plus trust.

What does it mean that Water Baptism died on the Cross. Where in the Bible does it say anything about that?

Believing is a work. Jesus said so.

Nothing, but if it is only Jesus' blood and death, then it must be universal and all are saved. It turns out that you could have if you had never sinned; in which case you would have earned it. But as Paul said, all have sinned, so you lose and you need another way to receive eternal life...

That, dear one, is a really stupid comment. If you do not understand the difference between taking a shower and being baptized, then you are not really intelligent enough to be commenting on anything in the Bible.

That is a distinction without any real difference. Only individuals can repent. Only individuals can believe. Only individuals can be baptized. Only individuals can be saved. The New Covenant is about individuals. That is the English usage of the word "for" not the Greek usage of the word...

There is a lot more to God's grace than that. It is probably not good to try to reduce it to two or three short lines.

Gal 2:16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. When Paul tells...

Do you or would you ever preach or teach another to follow your own way and not God's way? We know that we all, each and every one of us, sin. But I would hope that we would never knowingly teach another to follow us in our sinning.

Acts 2:38 is a perfectly good English translation of what Peter said and meant so long as the intended meaning of the English word "for" is properly understood. The word translated as "for" in the phrase "for the forgiveness of sins" is from the Greek word εἰς [ice]. It never means "on...

Thousands of water baptized people died and went to hell? You know that how?

Who here, including you, does not think their way is God's way?

The issue here is not what cleanses your sin, but rather when does God cleanse your sin and whose sin God cleanses. Baptism is the time in the life of the repentant believer when God forgives sin and gives the gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit. The blood of Jesus Christ, that is, the...

Born again of the Spirit is regeneration. Regeneration is for those who believe.