PETER, = BEFORE he told the 3000 to get in the water, was not himself water baptized FIRST, = YET< he spoke in tongues.
Peter was in fact baptized in water first...in John 4:1-2.
The 120 who were in the "upper room" ... ( and i have been in the upper room)......did not get water baptized and they all spoke in tongues, which means they were filled with the SPIRIT, without any WATER BAPTISM.
The 120 were water baptized at the juncture of John 4:1-2.
In Acts 2:38, "for the remission of sins" does not refer back to both clauses, "you all repent" and "each one of you be baptized," but refers only to the first.
Something tells me that this is false teaching.
That verse is talking about the disciples baptizing.
So, you twisted it into water cult theology.
Nothing new for you.
That verse is written before the Blood of Jesus was shed on the Cross.
So, that verse is still Old Testament Law, dealing with Jews, that you are trying to teach, against the CROSS = as your water cult theology regarding the born again.
The point is that your statement that Peter and the 120 were not baptized is false.
Listen carefully .
You are teaching Jehovah's Witness doctrine, perfectly.
Are you a blend now of Catholic and JW?
No; as I said, I have leanings towards Oneness Pentecostalism. You're not familiar with the doctrine?
Here is the JW water cult Doctrine...
""Baptism in water has several purposes. It is for the remission of sins, for membership in the Church, and for entrance into the celestial kingdom;""""
That sounds more like mormonism than Jehovah's Witnesses.
So, do you see how far you are into total heresy?
Total.
You were not this far into the dark 8 months ago.
Look at yourself now.
You are teaching perfect JW theology.
Even a broken clock can be right two times a day.
If JW theology teaches what I am teaching, they are not necessarily incorrect.
Which is not to say that I adhere to other doctrines that are taught by the JW's.
Now listen...
.. Jesus had not died yet, in your verse., so that is why Jewish apostles were using John the Baptists "Repent and be dunked" regarding other JEWS.
See, in your verse, JESUS is only dealing with the "house of Israel", = water baptsim, = John the Baptist, = OLD TESTAMENT.
But after Jesus DIED, = the New Testament was born, and the "time of the Gentiles" began, and Paul the "gentile apostle" was sent by JESUS to teach the "Gospel of the Grace of God" to the BODY of CHRIST who were not yet started in your verse that is only talking to JEWS before the NEW COVENANT was begun.
Paul told the Gentiles what it says in Galatians 3:27...Romans 6:1-4...Colossians 2:12.
And the point, again, was that your statement that Peter and the 120 had not yet been baptized is a false statement.
You just again denied Jesus as THE LIFE,....
John 14:6..... on a public "Christian" forum.
The Spirit of Christ is the living water (John 7:39)...Jesus is the living water...so when I say that water is life-giving, I am saying that Jesus is life-giving, am I not?
With respect, that really will not do. Surely it is a form of self-deception to make ONE be TWO?
Is it self-deception to make ONE be THREE in the case of the Trinity?
I believe in water baptism because it fulfills all righteousness as taught by Jesus, but water can't wash away sin; only the blood of Jesus can do that. Jesus fulfilled
Leviticus 17:11, as noted in my signature, on the altar of God (the Cross).
Water baptism does not "put away the filth of the flesh" (1 Peter 3:21)...however it does wash away sins:
Act 22:16, And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
How does one become justified?
For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
God will give the conditional promise of Acts of the Apostles 2:38-39 to as many as the Lord our God shall
call.
Now look at the following:
Rom 8:30, Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
No one is saved by water,
Evidently Noah and his family were.
1Pe 3:20, Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Of course.
But the blood is obtained by speaking the name of Jesus Christ while in the water as we are buried with Christ in baptism.
Actually,
@Truther is right on the money in his statement.
it is not by a work of righteousness which we have done
And also, being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins is not a "work of righteousness which we have done."
Because the Holy Ghost (salvation) is absolutely promised as the result of submitting to the ordinance.
And of course the holy scriptures teach that we are not saved by works.
It will only suffice if it is correctly translated,
Are you a mormon?
good day sir,
I leave you in your sin
Is it not obvious that if he has been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, his sins have been remitted?
That's bizarre. And not biblical.
Luke 7:50: “And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.” Where's the water?
If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
I just want to say at this juncture that in my own doctrine I do not deny that a person can be saved apart from baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.
I do teach that the Holy Ghost is absolutely promised to those who will receive the ordinance; so it is expedient for every man to receive the ordinance of baptism in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth for the remission of sins.
It will accomplish the remission of sins if you did not obtain that by some other means; through the blood of Jesus Christ which is appropriated when we go underneath the water.
You will come up out of the water to "walk in newness of life" (Romans 6:4)...the behaviour of a believer will begin in you as the result of having been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth for the remission of sins.
Also, rantismal regeneration is definitely taught in holy scripture (where rantism is the alliteration of the Hebrew term for sprinkling):
Eze 36:25, Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Eze 36:26, A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27, And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Also, the man who would identify
me as a "water cult" (
@Behold) is a man who has deceived himself and the truth is not in him: for in his own doctrine, he denies indwelling sin and is therefore condemned as a deceiver (of himself and others) by 1 John 1:8.
