Recent content by Craigbythesea

I do not know what kind of commentaries you are familiar with, but based upon what you have written here, it is clear to me that you are not familiar with commentaries on the Greek text of the New Testament that are up to date on current New Testament research. I have here in my study...

“No, but that does not make them any less true. The truth will always be the truth wherever it is found. A few words about commentaries, In order to be able to expound the Scriptures, and as an aid to your pulpit studies, you will need to be familiar with the commentators: a glorious army, let...

The New Testament order is belief, baptism, salvation. 1 Peter 3:21. Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Baptism saves! This was the interpretation of the...

I do not believe that the congregation in the wilderness was in anyway the New Testament church.

Acts 2:35. Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him. 36. As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch *said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?” 37. [And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you...

“Saved and then Baptized”? “Scripturally baptized”? There is only one instance in he New Testament of someone being saved and then Baptized: Acts 10:44-48. 44. While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. 45. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter...

The flagrant dishonesty that is characterizing your posts is frightening. What kind of a man are we dealing with? No one—no one at all—is saying or suggesting that water baptism is a “condition” for salvation. No one—no one at all—is saying or suggesting that water baptism is “necessary” for...

Acts 10:38. Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Mark 16:16. The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be...

Some Baptists may claim that they were saved before they were baptized in water and that, therefore, “the grace of God for salvation is not always conferred upon believers in Christ through water baptism.” Indeed, my experience was more like the experience of the Christians that we read about in...

As a Wesleyan Baptist, I am a Baptist who leans more toward Arminian theology rather than Calvinist theology.

I am a Wesleyan Baptist.

Thank you for this post. I am not a Reformed Baptist, but I am a Baptist who agrees with the statement, “baptism is a sacrament of spiritual birth.” 1 Peter 3:21. And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good...

The definitions provided in the Complete Word Study Dictionary by Spiros Zodhiates are merely the personal opinions of Spiros Zodhiates, but unlike James Strong, Zodhiates lacked the solid Biblical education that Strong had. One needs to be aware, however, that all of the Bible study aids that...

This post is ridiculously irresponsible because the definitions given in it are the personal opinions of Dr. James Strong who wrote the definitions 20 years before the first useful Greek lexicon (Erwin Preuschen’s Griechisch-Deutsches Taschenwörterbuch Zum Neuen Testament) was published in 1910...

The water baptism recorded in Matthew 3:16 and Mark 1:9-10 took place in the Jordan River. For the water baptism recorded in Acts 8:36-39, please see the technical but evangelical 4,608-page commentary on Acts by Craig S. Keener published in 2015. As for John 3:23, the place name “Aenon” is from...