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I have not heard of "Chrismation" But it would seem that in Acts 2:38 you have the same idea, only without the laying on of hands which I do not believe is still used today, the Spirit is given to those who become sons of God. We believe that one must be immersed in water upon belief...

Nice try, why not actually look at the Greek and check it out for your self, its really elementry. Do you not see the definite article, or do you assume just because I showed it to you it cannot be true? It is the context, it also shows when God sends His Spirit into our hearts, it is when...

John 17 applies to those who belong to Christ, that they are one as the Father and the Son are one. That would meant that we are to be of the same mind and have the same teaching, the teaching of Jesus. Christ built one church, not a bunch of churches that are divided and divided and divided...

Mark 16:16 (New American Standard Bible) 16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. Christ said one must be baptized in order to be saved. Matt.16:18 18"I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will...

Well then I guess we can at least agree that we both think that each other is not saved. That I think you teach a different Gospel and you think that I teach a different Gospel. But this has been evident from the beginning.

Proclaiming the truth, standing for a gospel that does not teach division among Christians. John 17 does not imply denominations it speaks against them. Again untied as Christ is with the Father, I do not see that in denominations and you do not as well. Is a church of Christ united with a...

TCGreek can speak for himself and I do not remember you (Darron Steele) being a moderator. I asked for scripture for his statement, he has not given one, but that's ok. Just because I am from the church of Christ and you and a few others have had some bad experiences with the coc does not...

Darrenss1: Are you suggesting that one needs to be baptized before he can be added to the church?

First of all Paul was not talking to bunch of non-Christians, these people were called and they were turning away from HIM who called them. As for the issues we are talking about are certainly serious, division is serious, whether people are divide over small things or big things. 1 Cor...

Whats typical is when someone makes a statement as you did: ....and then is asked for scripture and instead of giving scripture he says something like this: Is "Christer" a word? See if John 17 fits your statement about denominations. John 17:20, 21 "I do not pray for these...

Gal 3:26 26 Pántes gár huioí Theoú este diá teés písteoos en Christoó Ieesoú (Interlinear Transliterated Bible. Copyright (c)1994 by Biblesoft) It is through "THE" faith not our faith, notice the "TEES" before pisteoos, it is objective not subjective, check the Majority text for the...

SCRIPTURE? I was speaking in a general sense, no need to get defensive, besides you missed the point. It is not true that we would only be able to fellowship with ourselves. There is a common faith that we all can hold too. There is one gospel, there is one faith, you know. An assumption...

Then according to your idea of salvation being represented by the Holy Spirit, how do you account for those in Acts 8 that believed the message and were baptized yet had not received the Holy Spirit, when were they saved? Due to your idea they would not have been saved until the Apostles came...

You divide when the group you in does not follow the bible, they do not turn from the wrong, then what else can you do. That is why we debate the topics of dispute publically, so as to prove the truth to be truth and the false teaching to be false. If the congregation that I am with decided to...

Faith alone has not been proven. The scriptures say that we are not saved by faith alone. Faith coupled by obedience saves. It has already been shown that faith apart from repentance is not saving therefore salvation cannot be by faith alone. Faith apart from confession cannot save. Faith apart...

I accept biblical baptism Baptism is… Baptism is how we get into Christ. Baptism is always accompanied by faith and repentance. Baptism is God’s terms of surrender. Baptism is our signal to God we have accepted Christ’s gospel. Baptism is the external washing with water...

1. No that is not correct. 2. Baptist doctrine is not biblical, faith alone does not save.

1. No 2. No 3. No 4. No Saying that the thief needed to be baptized is like saying that Abraham needed to be baptized but we wouldn't go there because that would be rediculous. As I can recall the thief was talking to Christ so Christ had not died. Christ could offer what was His to...

DARRON STEELE: Especially when there is no biblically authority for it. Sort of like those denominations that ordain women "Pastors" and "Ministers". As well as the denominations who have to have big meetings on whether or not homosexuality is wrong, as if they needed a meeting.

MATT WADE: Still would like to hear why you think this.