Peter preached that one had to Believe that Jesus was the Promised Messiah and then Repent and be Baptized in water in order to receive the Holy Spirit that would Save you
Paul preached that if you Believed that Jesus died for your Sins and rose from the grave, * THAT* would be the Recipe for Salvation....
You can’t reconcile the two—- they are obviously different ways to get Saved......it does not matter.....both Plans were God’s Idea.....both Plans involved Jesus and declared His Deity
There is no need to pretend that both methods are the same .....one has to get the Holy Spirit in them in order to be Saved—- “ No man can say that “ Jesus is Lord” without having the Spirit in them”...... both methods show that one Believes that Jesus is Lord ( God in the Flesh ) Why two Ways? Beats me, but both methods got the job done in their time and place.....
We too believe He is the promised messiah and even though paul baptized only a few
He knew baptism was part of this . Not that being baptized alone saves anyone .
ITS soley FAITH IN JESUS that saves , and true lambs being hearers and doers would joyfully be baptized .
You dont know how many dry sinners have went down into the water and yet came up a wet sinner
Proof that the water alone does not save anyone . What saves us is FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST PEROID .
ALL else will come forth of that , for GOD writes upon the hearts of the lambs the things pleasing to HIM .
I wished folks understood this simple truth .
So many have turned the simplicity of the gospel into a forumla that cannot and will not save .
FAITH IN JESUS saves peroid . AND if our faith is truly in HIM , we would have converted hearts
and by the SPIRIT would be hearers and doers . WHEN the bible says YE are saved by grace , IT MEANS BY GRACE PEROID .
And i know this to be true . I was the worst of the worst BB . I did not wake up one day and change me ,
GOD DREW ME , HE CHANGED ME and HE ALONE DID THAT . Now with that new heart
i supped up those scriptures . IT was the Grace of GOD my friend . IT TRULY WAS
and it is That same grace which has kept me . It also has me to warn and remind folks to be hearers and doers
and not to decieve themselves . TIS the beautiful non deserving Grace of GOD that both saved me and changed me .
AND that YOU CAN TAKE to the CELESTIAL BANK . TRUTH is the only goodness i even have in me , COMES FROM GOD
it comes from the SPIRIT . And the evil in me , that is in myflesh , well that comes of the flesh .
BUT PRAISE GOD for the SPIRIT the COMFORTER which gives us both the knoweldge and the power to overcome the flesh
MANY know not that last part at all and have made themselves slaves to sin . IF only they had known the POWER of CHRIST .
Its why you wont hear me ever once make excuse for sin , or even when i err . NO SIR . WE DIE DAILY we FIGHT DAILY
AKA HEED THE SPIRIT and ye shall not fullfilll the lusts of the flesh
and if any does err , let the other correct them . For it is the working of GOD that has the true sheep
to CORRECT any who does err.