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Hello @Enoch111, I cannot respect this reply, for it sounds like a refusal to believe what is written. The context is the sevenfold unity of the Spirit that we are urged to 'keep', in which all is indeed ONE. As for being a borderline heretic: if that is where you wish to assign me a place...

Hello @Enoch111, There is One Baptism not two. With respect, your reference to hyper-dispensationalism is of no relevance in this thread. If you want to discuss that subject then you really need to begin a new thread. In Christ Jesus Chris

Hello @Classic Rider, Congratulations in taking the time to do a thorough study of this subject. Praise God! that you have been enabled to articulate it. In Christ Jesus Chris

(Ephesians 4:1-6) 'I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, .. beseech you .... that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, ...... With all lowliness and meekness, ........ with longsuffering, .......... forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep .. the unity of...

Hello @historyb, There is no falsehood. With respect, that 'crowd' that you refer to, to whom Peter gave the words, 'repent, and be baptized', were men of Israel, inhabitants of Judea and Jerusalem, whom Peter could address as, 'brethren'. This was very much a Jewish necessity, in order that...

Hello @jshiii, Of course! :)

Hello @Marymog, No dilemma! Thank you for your further reply. * Water baptism was used in conjunction with baptism by the Spirit during the Period covered by the book of the Acts of the Apostles, and recorded in the epistles of Paul written during that period:- i.e., 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2...

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written...

Hello @jshiii, I am glad you were able to understand my reasoning, and hope you have been able to measure it against the 'plumbline' of God's Word. For I am only human. I was brought up a non-denominational evangelical, and have subsequently been influenced by dispensational teaching, but my...

Hello there, @historyb & @Marymog, Baptism is of the spirit, and performed by the Holy Spirit, it is not an option that we can choose to 'do' or not to 'do'. It is a work of God in Christ Jesus, by which we are sealed. There is no water involved, be it complete immersion or sprinkling...

'The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.' (Rom 6:23) Hello there, I have been reading through your conversation, which is largely three-way, but I hope you will not mind my intervention. :) Thinking of 'punishment' and 'penalty' my mind...

Hello @Enoch111, Thank you for your response, and it's follow-up entry (#565): but I do not wish to get into a debate about what is termed Hyper-dispensationalism, not in this thread, for it will derail it. I believe that believer's baptism is of the spirit, and by the Holy Spirit, and that...

Acts 13:23-24 Acts 18:25-28 Hello @Enoch111, This is a very interesting subject, and one worthy of a thorough Scriptural investigation. Though baptism identifies the One baptised with the Word which he has received and believed: whether the Word given is that preached by John, and the medium...

Hi there, @Enoch111, It is wise to tread carefully with any work of man, and measure everything by what is written in God's Word: and Bullinger himself would advocate that. There is nothing to fear, but everything to be gained by taking advantage of His hard work and expertise. I am also in...

Hello there, Have you believed God concerning the person and work of His only begotten Son? If you have, you have been justified, as Abraham was, by faith in His Word concerning the redeeming blood of Christ. Have you in 'the obedience of faith' reckoned yourself to have died with Christ, and...

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered...

UOTE="FHII, post: 660880, member: 3789"]Not thinking anything... Just putting it out there for contemplation. John was baptising for the remission, and Jesus showed up. To say simply that the slreason was because he had to be made anifest to Israel seems odd. Why that event? He was made...

Hello @Helen, The two references I gave were from Corinthians and Hebrews. The Hebrew believers were wavering and there was the danger of them turning back into Judaism, and not enduring to the end (or going on to perfection in that sense). The Corinthians also were babes, and needed to go on...

'The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto Him, and saith, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for He was before me. And I knew Him not: but that He should be made manifest to Israel...

'For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.' (Rom 6:23) Hi @marks, I thought I would take a walk with you here, :) along the path of G5486 - charisma: which is referred to in the Strong's definition, as a Divine gratuity, or a gift of...