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WRONG again. Faith is NOT simply "believeing". James tells us that even the DEMONS do that much (James 2:19). Faith is belief + SURRENDER, which includes obedience and DOING the Lord's will (Matt. 7:21). If you don't - then you DON'T have true faith and cannot hope to be saved.

The fact that you don't see the textual acrobatics that you must perform in order to deny Baptism in this verse speaks VOLUMES about your lack of kbowledge of Scripture . . .

WRONG. Nicodemus asked Jesus how a man is born AGAIN. Jesus responded: John 3:5 “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born qof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." - In the first chapter of John's Gospel, we read about the Baptism of Christ - and WHAT do we see...

This is the same erroneous thinking that makes many people believe that ALL people should be married - even though the Bible itself says that NOT everybody should be married (1 Cor. 7:32-38). Self deprivation, which Paul referred to as mortification of the flesh (Rom. 8:13) for the sake of the...

Said the Iceberg to the Titanic . . . If you're trying to "help" - then familiarize yourself with God's Word before making these asinine remarks. It makes you loook silly . . .

I notice you didn't mention: Lutherans - and their offshoots Anglicans - and their offshoots Baptists - and their offshoots Methodists - and their offshoots Prebyterians - and their offshoots "Non-Denominational Evangelical" sects - and their offshoots And the Pseudo-Christian sects like: YOUR...

There you go again with your failure to understand prayerful intercession (James 5:16, James, 5:13-15, 1 Tim. 2:1, Phil. 1:4, 1 John 5:16, Rev. 5:8) . . . James 5:16 Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just...

First of all - Acts 2:38 isn't the ONLY place that speaks of Baptismal regeneration and salvation - so your little argument about the word "for" is moot. Let's take a look at some of the other verses that speak of this - starting with Jesus in John's Gospel: John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly...

VERY FEW Democratic leaders denounced the violence that began last May and continued for 4 months. The ones that DID denounce it did NOT do it immediately and with ANY sort of consistency - yet they ALL decry President Trump for his next-day condemnation of the Capitol riot. At the Democratic...

Hmmmmmmm, I guess ALL of those little Jewish babies went straight to Hell after being circumcised and entered the Covenant with God in the OT - since THEY didn't make the decision to enter the Covenant in the first place. It's a crime against GOD Himself that anti-Catholics discard His little...

Hmmmmm, 800 years of untold THOUSANDS of Franciscan priests, brothers and nuns who have taken the vow of poverty, lived lives of prayer and fasting for the edification of the Body of Christ - ALL following the example of Francis of Assissi. And YOU claim that he "wasted" his time on practices...

Smug remarks - but NO actual refutations. Gee, I wonder WHY . . .

Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and BE BAPTIZED every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Now - you can TRY and intrepret this as a mere "symbol" - but it is speaks explicitly to the fact that...

And that's where you're WRONG. St. Francis of Assissi not only helped the poor and lowly in hos own lifetime - he has edified MILLIONS in the centuries that followed by his example of pious humility, self denial and charity. He is credited with the saying, "Preach the Gospel DAILY - and when...

He was anything but "misguided". One of the great examples of Christian faith in the history of the Church. Too bad the same probably can't be said of YOU . . .

Water doesn't save us - but it is the MEANS by which we are Baptized and receive the Holy Spirit (Acts 3:28). When God gives you a formula - WHY do some of you dispute it?? When God gave the Jews the formula for entering into the Covenant by cutting off the foreskin of every male - this wasn't...

And we sin through the BODY - so Paul recommended mortification of the flesh. That's why Jesus said: Matt. 18:8-9 And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into...

Yup - that's been my point ALL along. And in a hateful atmosphere such as this forum - my work is NEVER done . . .

We are fighting ourselves. THAT is what our struggle is. It is a spiritual and PHYSICAL battle. What do you think fasting is?? Paul talked about discipplining his BODY - because that is where sin is manifested. Nobody is talking about self-flagellation or walking on glass. YOU object to...

And what YOU keep refusing to understand because yoi are weak is that self-discipline rquires a level of SUFFERING for Christ that YOU are unwilling to go through. 1 Cor. 9:27 “But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified”...