TO BE OR NOT TO BE

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Thank GOD that people are different. Imagine the world that everyone will think and believe like a Baptist!

Either you do not know what you are talking about or you are against the teachings of the New Testament being the sole Apostalic authrority. There are spectrum of Baptist churches ( https://seventhdaybaptist.org/ ).

 

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Matthew 7.21.24-27
21."Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in Heaven.

John 6:40 - For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.

The major word in this ritual is "believing." Believing in what exactly, believing that Christ is GOD?​

James 2.19
19.You believe that GOD is One, you do well. Even the demons believe and shudder. (and they not only believe, they know!)

So, what is "believing"? I never received any logical explanation on this question, and those who argued with me never answered it, but they kept bombarding me with general cliché and typical Christian slogans, but did not answer the question.

In James 2:19, we see that the demons believe "mental assent" that "there is one God," but they do not believe/have faith in/trust in/reliance in Jesus Christ for salvation. In other words, they do not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31) and are not saved. Their trust and reliance is in Satan, as demonstrated by their rebellion in heaven and continuous evil works.

There are many who profess to be Christians and believe "mental assent" that the death, burial and resurrection of Christ "happened" (even the demons believe that) yet they do not trust in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ as the ALL-sufficient means of their salvation, but instead, they trust in their works for salvation (at least in part).