Well said
@Behold The sad fact is though that some factions of the church tell their members that new birth happens to infants. That when a baby is 'baptised' it is born again and becomes a member of the one true church and so prevents most of those children from discovering the actual true spiritual re-birth of their own free will. And this true spiritual re-birth is the only way we can become part of Christ's body the Church. This deceit is not Godly or righteous, in fact it is a ploy of the enemy to purposely deceive.
@Pearl.
So much of what the Devil has led so called "christians" to believe, which is their deception that they teach from Pulpits and on Forums and on Blogs, and on Youtube, and on Online sites, and on TV, and in commentaries...books........... is a slight revision of a verse or verses found in a Bible.
Its a slight re-wording of verses, a small revision of the text.... or its a denial of them, altogether.
The first time Satan did this........ You had Eve, who had God's word.........which is.. "Dont eat that"..
So, that was the word of God. Clear as a BELL.
And the Devil took that, and denied it... as.... "hath God said"... which is....."is that the real meaning of the verse....hummm, let me show you a better understanding"., "let me show you what WE believe".. ."Let me show you what my Denomination teaches.... .= now we have 300 bibles that don't match perfectly, and 40,000 worldwide denomination, that can't agree.
See what Satan has done?
He is a master of confusion.. and strife creation.
All cults are manmade and are created by scriptures that are twisted or rewritten, often very very slightly.
And the reason that this deceives their members...., is because theological error is being mixed in with truth, and that veils it, and hides the lie.
And the thing about Satan's power to deceive, is that it turns off critical thinking and logic, = as the power of deception just overrules those, within those who are "mind blinded" by the Devil.
2 Corinthians 4:4
Notice..
Lets Take a garden hose, and fill up a Tub with water.
Now what is that?
Its a tub full of the city water supply...
Now, add some DEMONIC LIE to that, and teach it as..>"water washes away your SIN">.. "baptismal regeneration".... and yet SIN is in the heart, and water only touches the body on the outside.
So, LOGICALLY, we can instantly understand that a tub filled with the city water supply, can't save a house cat, much less "wash away your sin "
Yet, the DEVIL's power of deception is so strong, that once this situation is taught as "water baptism saves",. "water washes away your sin""....
= . then the power of Satan has the effect of "seeming to be TRUE".
That is how powerful a Satanic lie can be by misusing verses in a Bible to DECEIVE..... It literally has the power to turn off logic and common sense, and twist a person's mind into its control.