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Gal 5:1-6 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised...

Acts 10:1-2 Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually. NASU Here's a man who still had not even...

Romans 11:17-22 - And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the...

You would bear fruit worthy of repentance, your faith would be indicated by obedience. Mark 2:1-5 When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and...

I certainly was not advocating that these people were inspired as scripture is and by no means hold them as authority no more than modern day writers, all I was trying to show as that there was ideas connected with earlier writers that shows that baptism had meaning outside of todays...

Eph 2:1-3 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the...

1 John 1:7-10 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is...

annsni wrote: The same could be asked of you, were does the bible teach that: The Scriptures teach that a person is born hereditarily totally depraved... If God is the author of our souls and He is and if we are born totally depraved then God bestills in us a soul tarnished by our first...

Announcing a Public Discussion on “The Nature of Man” April 27-30, 2009 Between: Mac Deaver, Church of Christ Matthew Black, Baptist Resolved: “The Scriptures teach that a person is born innocent (free of sin) and becomes a sinner when he first transgresses the will of God...

Morgan T said: Using this logic (or your logic) I could go to Acts 19 and declare that they (12 rebaptized men) were not saved until after baptism because they did recieve the Holy Spirit until Paul laid his hands on them and then they spoke in tongues. Since you say Cornelius was saved...

My post was in response to oldregular's question:

The Apostles were not the only ones that went out, we learn through the N.T. that others went out as well and worked, why did the others go out unless the Great Commission was to the others as well?

Matthew 24:13 - "But he who endures to the end shall be saved." Note: Part of the meaning of the word "saved," from the Greek word "sozo," is "to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgement." The word that Jesus Christ spoke will judge in the last day (John 12:48). That hasn't...

1 Tim 2:3-4 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. NKJV I am wondering that if God wants all men to be saved then why does he not extend His grace to all men to be saved if He has...

Luke 7:29-30 29 And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him. NKJV Every Apostle that was with Jesus...

I apologize, I did not think before I typed. I will strive to be kind in my reponses, I meant no ill will towards anyone. There are a few that rub me wrong with the way they respond in sarcasm. I guess I was just reponding to that, but it won't happen again, thank you for pointing that out to...

419 AD Augustine "Those who, though they have not received the washing of regeneration, die for the confession of Christ--it avails them just as much for the forgiveness of their sins as if they had been washed in the sacred font of baptism. For he that said, `If anyone is not reborn of water...

181 AD Theophilus of Antioch "Moreover, those things which were created from the waters were blessed by God, so that this might also be a sign that men would at a future time receive repentance and remission of sins through water and the bath of regeneration all who proceed to the truth and are...

140-230 AD TERTULLIAN This is in agreement to the context of the words of John the Baptist when he prophesied of the baptism of fire. Referring to Jesus, John said, "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy...

110-165 AD Martyr "As many as are persuaded and believe that what we teach and say is true, and undertake to be able to live accordingly, are instructed to pray and to entreat God with fasting, for the remission of their sins that are past, we praying and fasting with them. Then they are brought...