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There are several major departures from biblical soteriology. Three really big ones are Roman Catholicism, Calvinism, And Zwingliism. The question is does the adherence to such false soteriology, in itself, prevent the adherent from being saved. Personally, I do not think so. Or maybe the...

How can you say you believe in God and then not only fail to do what He says, but actually reject what He says. Can anyone be saved without first repenting of his sins or confessing that Jesus is both Lord and savior? To just point out a few cases of what God said. He said in Mark 16:16...

You know that how? I hear others say something similar but I never hear any explanation of just how they knew that had happened.

Yes, I am familiar with all of that nonsense. Why would Jesus speak of being born again physically? Never has the expression born of water ever, now or in the past, been a euphemism for physical birth. John 3:1-15 is clearly not speaking about what flows out of the heart of the believer. I...

I am curious. Have you received the Holy Spirit? If so, did you receive the Holy Spirit through the laying on of hands of an apostle as you are claiming for those at Samaria?

It is obvious that you don't.

And He never mentioned physical birth in that passage either, but you are apparently trying to force it into the text.

There are indeed some, such as all who practice infant baptism who believe in baptismal regeneration. However, I do not believe, nor have I ever suggested that baptism is the cause or the basis for regeneration. That can only be God Himself. So please to no accuse me of that nonsense. That...

You think to be born again involves a physical rebirth also? Surely not, given Nicodemus' question. Or perhaps you are suggesting that truly nonsensical idea that water refers to aminol fluid of the first birth? Such is not now nor has it ever been a euphemism for physical birth.

No, I just understand what it is and what it isn't.

You have got to be kidding. There is only the rebirth of the spirit.

That is fine with me. All of you "Left Behind" types are more than a little tedious in your nescience.

It says they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. That was not the indwelling Holy Spirit. But you apparently don't understand the difference. But that's okay, it is not that unusual. But that means that you don't really understand much about Acts 2 either.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

No it is not, before you go all psycho and nutty about baptismal regeneration, you ought to learn what it is.

Born again of water and Spirit is one and the same that occurred with the repentant believers in Acts 2:38. They were baptized in water and they received the gift of the Holy Spirit. Baptismal regeneration is another of your confusions and misunderstanding. I do not believe in nor do I teach...

That is not correct. It was the empowering Holy Spirit that they had not received. That is indicated by the fact that when Peter laid his hands upon them they then began to work miracles. That is the only way Simon could "see that the Spirit was given". The indwelling Holy Spirit is not an...

It doesn't say that in Acts 2. That is pure conjecture on your part.

The purpose of the laying on of hands by the apostles was to impart the empowering Holy Spirit giving the ability to work signs wonders and miracles. It is indicated by "speaking in tongues and prophesying". That was separate from and independent from the indwelling Holy Spirit. The...

Romans 9:21 is not about God's predestining eternal life and eternal condemnation in the next life. It is about using anyone He chooses for service here in this life. God is telling us that He has the right to use the Jews to bring salvation to the world without saving any Jew.