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[I] affirm that Baptism is no human trifle, but that it was established by God Himself. Moreover, He earnestly and solemnly commanded that we must be baptized or we shall not be saved. No one is to think that it is an optional matter like putting on a red coat. It is of greatest importance that...

I have spoken with these people in the past, I use to be one myself. Did you miss me? I have been dealing with life apart from the forums, but I missed them, so I thought I would drop back by. I tried to set aside my views on baptism and to view it through the eyes of many other people and I...

“This is the work of God (i.e., from God – a genitive of source), that you believe on him whom he has sent” (6:29). If faith is not a work, then does God believe for you, then is it really faith? When does faith save us? If it is not work then what is it?

John 6:28-30 28 Then they said to Him, "What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?" 29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent." 30 Therefore they said to Him,"What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and...

The Bible doctrine of justification by faith is like the doctrine of love in that, instead of proving obedience is not essential, it proves the opposite. It shows that faith will not save until it moves us to obey. Justification by faith includes obedience; it does not exclude it. We are saved...

Rom 6:17 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. NKJV Were they saved before they were delivered? Did they need to be faithful to the doctrine that delivered them?

Ann Wrote: My question is does scripture teach that all humans are "WICKED"? Because we sin, does that make us "WICKED" according to scripture? The ideas of Calvinism teach that we are Totally Depraved. I can find many variations of how people define T.D. but how does scripture...

John 10:15, 16 You say that Jesus died only for His sheep (which you mean the elect). But in verse 16, Christ taught that there are "other sheep not of this fold" who would come into the fold. Calvinists deny that one can change from "sheep not of the fold" to "sheep of the fold."...

1 John 2:1 "My little children, I am writing these things to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2 and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world."...

Here is some Calvinistic Grace for you that is not taught in scripture. Notice also that all the tenents must stay together, if you can remove one tenent as being false they all are false and cannot stand without the other. So let us start with the one that most non-"Hyper"-Calvinist" remove...

Total hereditary depravity: babies inherit the sin of Adam and are totally depraved and therefore unable to respond to the gospel message of Christ. Unconditional election: (or predestination) God had a master list of those who will be saved and those who will go to hell before creation in...

Calvinism is a false doctrine. The five tenants of Calvinism are nowhere to be found in scripture. Christians are not Calvinistic and Calvinists are not Christians. To hold to the ideas of Calvin are to reject God's word.

First I would like to states that I believe that all Christians are baptized with the Holy Spirit. Secondly I do not see the scripture in Acts 1, 2 expressing that all received the sign. The signs and wonders were for the purpose of those who gathered to believe that the H.S. had come just as...

They were Galileans, were the 120 Galileans?

Acts 1:7-8 7 He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the...

Acts 1:12-2:13 12 The Upper Room Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. 13 When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and John and James and Andrew...

The pronoun “they” in Acts 2:1 does not refer to the 120 disciples, but to the immediate antecedent—the apostles. This fact is illustrated further by the fact that, in Acts 2:14, the Bible records that Peter was “standing up with the eleven,” and in 2:37 the text mentions that the audience spoke...

Prove that the 120 were with the Apostles on the day of Pentecost. Verse 1:15 states that there were 120 men with the Apostles. At chapter 2:1 the day of Pentecost had come. How long did the 120 stay with the Apostles? Does the "they" in 2:1 refer directly to the 120 in 1:15? How...

To obey that in which God commands in order to receive salvation is faithfulness. We obey from the heart. Rom 6:17 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. NKJV Were they saved before...

I did not say this you did. Now you are putting words into my mouth. Is there no faithfulness in coming to salvation? YOU SAY NO, I SAY YES. You can keep pointing to the post and saying I said this or that but I am telling you thats not what I said and the readers can see as well that I...