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It was up to the parents of the 8-day-old boy under the Law to determine that they would be included in the Covenant with God by circumcision. Why would it be ANY different with Baptism?? The Early Church Fathers not only practiced Infant Baptism - they taught it UNANIMOUSLY and said it had...

I know many Protestants who were baptized as teenagers and adults who lead horribly sinful lives of sexual promiscuity and substance abuse. Were THEIR baptisms "genuine"??

Ummmmm, first of all -the Word of God disagrees with your position. Secondly - any reason you haven't addressed the Scriptural evidence against your position in posts #18 and 19??

HUH?? Why are you running from your earlier claim that Jesus "hated" religion?? I have destroyed that idea with Scripture - and bow you're back-pedaling. And again, you're running away from the original point. YOU stated that Christians are "hidden". I destroyed that argument using Scripture...

No - when you have polar opposite doctrinal teachings -= there HAS to be one that is wrong. God is NOT an idiot who can be fooled by human thinking. The short list of confused and opposite Protestant doctrines is a perfect example of this: Some Protestant denominations believe in baptismal...

Which doesn't answer the question I asked - but simply dances around it . . .

MOST of your Protestant scholars agree that sanctification is a PROCESS - and NOT a one-time event. Soooo, in the Protestant world - WHO is right?? YOU - or them?? That's NOT what the Bible says (Rom. 7:7-25, 1 John 1:8). BOTH Paul and John admitted that they STILL sinned. Why can't YOU...

Right - but it had absolutely NOTHING to do with Jesus "hating" religion as YOU claimed. STRIKE ONE. You're running from the point again. The point was that YOU said that we are "hidden" - but the Scriptures say that we are supposed to be a VISIBLE entity to the world - a "city on a hill"...

Ummmm, "Epignosis" is only used TWENTY times in the New Testament. I don't know why you keep rejecting this word - even in the face of overwhelming evidence against you. I suggest you go back and read post #94. I noticed that you didn't address it at all . . .

Great - now all you have to do is provide Scriptural proof for the claims in RED. I've given you about NINE passages that say just the opposite is true. I have shown you in GREAT detail that a few of these verses states that those who are BORN AGAIN (have Epignosis of Christ) can LOSE their...

We are forgiven of the sins we confess and repent of. We are NOT forgiven of any future sin UNTIL we confess and repent of it. That's where YOU and some others here get lost. You actually believe that it's a free ride all the way until you die. The Bible disagrees with you, pal . . . (Matt...

Why do you continue to reject the Word of God?? 2 Pet. 1:3, written under the inspiration of the HOLY SPIRIT - and NOT me says the following: His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through OUR knowledge (epignosis) of HIM who called us by his own glory and goodness...

Uhhhh, no thanks. I'll stick with Christ's Church. As Paul wrote: 1 Cor. 4:3-4 It does not concern me in the least that I be judged by you or any human tribunal; I do not even pass judgment on myself; I am not conscious of anything against me, but I do not thereby stand acquitted; the one who...

Interesting. Perhaps you could show us where the Scriptures make this claim. Where does the Bible say that Baptism is NOT for infants or small children? Acts 2:38-39 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you...

Really?? What, then, do you say to Peter who wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit: 1 Pet. 3:21 "Baptism, which corresponds to this, NOW SAVES YOU, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ" According...

98% what?? Resorting to hit-and-run posts is the last refuge of the TRULY desperate . . .

Your repeated denials of what Epignosis means aren't "evidence" of anything. They simply mean that you reject the Word of God. Epignosis is a FULL and EXPERIENTIAL knowledge of Christ. EVERYONE who has an Epignosis of Christ is born again - and I will destroy your argument against this fact...

No - Jesus doesn't hate religion. That is simply YOUR perversion of Matt. 23. He was chastising the Pharisees for their perversion of religion because it wasn't pure. James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction...

These aren't just "differences" - and they certainly are NOT about non-essentials. These are polar opposite doctrines about ESSENTIAL matters. When you have polar opposite beliefs - somebody is right and somebody is wrong. Jesus never explained this nor did He sanction it. He prayed...

And your entire regurgitated rant bolis down to the text above in RED. No matter HOW many times it has been explained to you - you refuse to accept the meaning of "Epignosis". As I have educated at least 2 dozen times now - this isn't a simple "Knowledge" being spoken if. It is a FULL and...