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The fact that you don’t see a problem with beliefs in Catholic and Orthodox churches and that you attend them and Protestant churches shows you are liberal in your approach to God’s Word. Liberals do not approach the Bible as God’s Word in the same way as those who are conservative...

I agree. Well, said. The water (in John 3:5) is being begotten by the message of God’s Word (Which would include our receiving the gospel message in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4). I also believe it can include calling upon the name of the Lord Jesus, as well (Romans 10:9, Romans 10:12-13) (i.e. to...

On this we agree.

Reasons why water baptism is no longer necessary today. #1. Water baptism was originally for the Jews and not Gentiles. Water baptism was given up by Paul (1 Corinthians 1:17), and we don’t see any repeat instructions of Paul saying similar words in Acts 2:38 to other Gentile Christians (like...

Not true. Water Baptism for salvation is false because of 1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 11:1, 1 Peter 3:21, Hebrews 9:10, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 4:2-3, Romans 4:9-12. The portion of Ananias words telling Paul to call upon the name of the Lord is what washes away sins. It was not the...

While rain water is clean in areas where the air is not polluted, the rain water that would be clean would be instantly contaminated the moment it would fall into a jar, or container. Back then, they did not always think about sanitary methods to clean like we do unless they just happened to by...

First, you did not quote the whole passage that refutes your false belief. 1 Peter 3:20-21 says: 20 “Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 21 The like...

The problem is making everything written in a historical context (like the book of Acts) as applying to us, when it was written to a specific people group and written to a particular point in time (that involved the growth and learning of the early church). Anyways, water baptism was 100% valid...

You misunderstand me. I am not saying that the Bible is inaccurately translated. The use of archaic words does not mean that those archaic words are inaccurate. I can say the same. You say baptism is the point of contact of faith. Yet, we see many examples and verses in the Bible about...

Here are the four pieces of Scripture in all that talk about the laying on of hands associated with the giving of the Holy Spirit. Deuteronomy 34:9 Now Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did...

First, it appears that the word “And” in Acts 19:6 may be archaic here from the Old 1600's English. For example: The word “And” starts off the sentence in both Genesis 2:5, and Genesis 2:7. Yet, they each are describing a new narrative in detail from the previous chapter. Like in Genesis 2:7...

I can understand at first glance that by looking at both Acts 8, and Acts 19, they appear to sound similar in that they both sound like they are each describing the same event (water baptism in Jesus' name with the laying on of hands to receive the Spirit), but I don't believe this is the case...

First, logic dictates that if Acts of the Apostles 19:1-7 refers to water baptism, then why did Paul have to lay hands on them for the Spirit to come upon the Ephesian believers? If they were water baptized, they should have automatically received the Spirit if we are to take Acts of the...

The receiving of the Spirit by the laying on of hands happened not only in Acts 19, but also in Acts 8, too. In Acts 19:6, we learn that when Paul laid his hands on the Ephesian believers, the Holy Ghost came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Acts of the Apostles 19:6 “And...

Stephanas would be included in that household.

No. Two people, and one household. A household is not one person. A household is a family.

I can say the same for you. Listen to Paul (or the writer of Acts) in Acts of the Apostles 19:1-7. Paul asks the Ephesian believers which baptism they had. They knew only of John’s baptism. So they were water baptized. It’s silly that they had to be re-baptized into water again a second...

It does not say Paul baptized three people. Read 1 Corinthians 1:14-17. It says he only baptized two and one household. It does not mean many Corinthians were not baptized by some other means. I am not discounting that many believers were water baptized in the early church. The tradition of...

There are Calvinists who believe that they are the called or elected, and thus they will be justified and glorified. They don’t believe a Christian can fall away from the faith even though the Bible does teach that in many places. Only Protestantism has blinded the minds of men to see otherwise.

Yes, it was an OT ritual that symbolized this. But Paul says now that he came not to baptize but to preach the gospel. Nowhere does Scripture say that he had others do the duty of baptism for him while he preached the gospel. Paul in fact thanked God that he baptized none of the Corinthians...