BloodBought 1953
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I replied to BloodBought's post to me, which stated the following...
"the reply from Paul ? “ BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be Saved” If Water Baptism is the “ end all and be all” of Salvation, I wonder why Paul made * NO MENTION” of it"
I proved him to be in error with the following examination of that scripture...
Acts 16:30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
[31] And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
BloodBought had stopped here. But if we continue, this is revealed...
[32] And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
[33] And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
In preaching Jesus, water baptism is preached. Here is another example...
Acts 8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
[35] Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
[36] And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
I don’t have the problem with this that you think that I do...
If Peter says to do something in order to receive “ the remissions Of Sins, I don’t care if he says to go juggle ten running chain saws —- YOU *DO* IT ! YOU DO WHAT GOD’S MAN SAYS !
If Paul comes along later and shows how people got that same “ remissions Of Sins” By Simply Believing the Gospel That He received Personally from Jesus and the juggling of chain saws is proven “ Not” to be necessary —— YOU “ DO” IT ! YOU DO WHAT GOD’S MAN SAYS! Even if it involves a change of Plan ......
It was a change of plan to go from the cutting of the throats Of sheep to get your sins remitted to going to water baptism to get that Accomplished ......it was another change of plan to go from water baptism to simple Belief.....
Make sure that you get the Baptism that COUNTS for today’s Believer that lives in this Wondrous Age Of Grace... get “ baptized” into the “ Body Of Christ”...... you do that by Believing Paul’s Gospel That is Found In 1cor15:1-4.....the Gospel That was Given to Paul by Jesus Personally....
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