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Define "Baptism"...

Repent ye, ------->2nd person ye shall receive ---------> 2nd person the gift of the Holy Spirit object of 2nd person All of you repent and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit every one of you -------> 3rd person be baptized -----------> 3rd person unto the remission of...

If one example can be found in the Scripture that someone was saved before they were baptized, or without baptism, then the heretical theory of baptismal regeneration has been proven false! For this, I offer several examples: 1. The thief on the cross. Without a doubt was clearly saved...

Did you ever wonder if they are ALL included and work TOGETHER, instead of being one or the other?? Scripture is clear that mankind cannot add to the grace of God without voiding that grace. You can try to earn salvation, or you can accept it as a gift. Fruit, works, baptism, do not activate or...

Tell me why BAPTISM isn't necessary when we see it here in these verses about SALVATION and being saved?? An appeal to numbers is interesting. Since numbers appear to be important, lets take an honest look at them. Baptism by the numbers After counting all of the references to the term...

If you make baptism a requirement of Salvation, then you cause Scripture to contradict Scripture. If you must be baptized to be saved, why does the Scripture say we are: 1. Saved by grace through faith, not of works, which would include baptism! (Rom. 3:24-25; Eph. 2:8-9; Acts 15:8-9). 2...

"Nowhere does the NT gospel teach belief only saves." "If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in...

I can see it now... or should I say 200 years from now, someone arguing... "Sneaky Squids are not Biblical in practice, but it is Christian tradition that a certain sect of Christians followed way back then! No, such nonsense does not make colored eggs "Christian."

Now for a history lesson... It takes more than just claiming it is historical or "Early Church; assertions are easy, and prey on the gullible. Colored eggs are not Christian or Biblical.

I have never thought about it that way. I have a neighbor who is working as a Youth Pastor in a Church. What troubles me is that he wants to do Youth only, and has no desire to ever move beyond that and be a Pastor of a Church. I have always wondered if this is a young persons "dream job" of...

1 Peter 4:17 For it is time for judgment to begin with God's household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

To the list I would add Fellowship/Love, i.e., Spiritually Alive. 1. Biblically based (truth) 2. Theologically sound (Truth in logic and practice) 3. Spiritually alive (Life- Love one another and the lost) 4. Opportunity to use your gifts within the Body (purpose) I believe that this...

That's why when you have no idea if it was commanded, or if it was continued beyond that statement in time, that you would form a theology around it or dismiss all recorded Christian history to the contrary-- is not being "Biblical", but assumptive. The facts are not ignored in the least. Every...

In the New Testament Church they met every day. Yes, immediately after Pentecost they met daily… At the Temple. That’s a FACT! (Acts 2:46). How long did that last? They shared all things in common (in Jerusalem only) and their Communism failed in spectacular fashion and became a burden for...

Though there is no mandate in Scripture to have supplemental services, they served a vital purpose when that was the norm. If you love something, it becomes your priority; it is hard to drag you away from it. The Church as Scripture describes it, is marked by an unmistakable and overt mutual...

Thank you for affirming that Jesus is right, and how the failure of the semantics of sophistry fails.

In Matthew 6:7, Jesus didn't say "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:"?

What many people call faith or belief is approached in an absolutist fashion. This is a house of cards that will in most cases leave someone trying to pick up the pieces once it collapses. When I say that "I believe"... people do not know what I mean by this. Belief is a broad term in that it...

The reason that Dogmatism is so popular, is that Dogmatism works! It is the myth that the one who is the best debater is always correct. Look at the bad doctrine some people will follow. Look at how their teacher/preacher presents it. Who will you believe? The person who says that they don't...

Playing a game of semantics and trying to strain a gnat is not a defense for Idol Worship. This is a case of putting lipstick on a pig and saying that it isn't a pig!