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I know Jewish converts to Christianity who say they still practice keeping the sabbath day, but more as a memorial than being under the law. Of course they don’t follow all the rules and regulations that went along with keeping the sabbath day under the OT law (including the death penalty for...

Yes. There are genuine Christians and there are "nominal" Christians. There are genuine believers and there are make believers.

I once read a poll conducted by a Christian website that indicated a surprising number of Christians are addicted to pornography. The poll results indicated that 50% of all Christian men and 20% of all Christian women are addicted to pornography. The people who struggle with the repeated pursuit...

Happy belated Birthday April Rose! :) Did not see this thread until this morning.

It's like a silly game for certain people on Christian Forums to bait others into saying something that will get them in trouble with the mods and even banned. I've been chewed out by the mods on Christian Forums over nit picky rule violations before, but not banned. Someone once kept attacking...

Amen! I like how Greek scholar AT Robertson explains it - "a symbol is not the reality, but the picture of the reality." Romans 6:4 Commentary - Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament Amen! If one receives water baptism without first becoming a Christian (child of God through faith)...

In Acts 2:38, "for the remission of sins" does not refer back to both clauses, "you all repent" and "each one of you be baptized," but refers only to the first. Peter is saying "repent unto the remission of your sins," the same as in Acts 3:19. The clause "each one of you be baptized" is...

You follow Campbellism. Baptism would have no meaning without Christ’s death; but Christ’s death would still have meaning, even if there were no baptism. In other words, Christ’s death is the substance and baptism is the shadow. Without the substance there would be no shadow. The death, burial...

You didn’t understand what I explained and you also continue to trust in “water and works” for salvation instead of Jesus Christ alone. Also go back and read post #82.

It does happen all the time. I know multiple people who today are genuine believers yet have admitted to receiving water baptism years prior when they were not yet a genuine believer. Many of them attended churches that taught salvation by works. They revealed that they were water baptized...

Those who gladly received his word through repentance (belief/faith implied or assumed) were "afterwards baptized." Who said that water baptism was the cause of these three thousand souls being added to the Lord? Acts 4:4 - However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of...

Did you not understand what I explained to you in post number 81?

Repentance results in a change of actions. Acts 26:20 declares, "..I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds." This is the fruit of repentance. (Matthew 3:8)

You made some good points. Colossians 2:14 - Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross. Ephesians 2:15 - having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in...

Amen! Acts 3:19 - Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. Luke 24:47 - and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Acts 5:31 -...

My wife grew up in the RLDS church (similar to LDS) and I remember witnessing people after receiving water baptism in that church, the elders would afterwards lay hands on them to receive the Holy Spirit. They basically believed, no laying on of hands, no receiving the Holy Spirit. They seem to...

Amen! Mark 16:16 - He who believes and is baptized will be saved (general cases without making a qualification for the unusual case of someone who believes but is not baptized) but he who does not believe will be condemned. The omission of baptized with "does not believe" shows that Jesus does...

Atheists who don't believe in the existence of Jesus would obviously not be willing to be baptized, yet there are many people in various false religions and cults who have been water baptized that do not believe in Jesus "unto salvation." (Acts 10:43; 13:39; 16:31; Romans 3:24-28; 4:5-6 etc..)...

Such people would walk around mountains of grace in order to find water.

1 John 1:6 - If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. Walking in darkness is...