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Hi Josiah
Yes, and thx for addressing that.
I didnt want to sidetrack it either, but I was referencing 'reporting' bc of the points about flaming, and although there are certain rules (necessarily so) there can also be a certain amount of assumption of intent when it comes to 'flaming' that can...
Wrong. You are confusing water with faith.
It is not any denominations 'sacrament of water-baptism that applies forgiveness of sins'.
It is God's grace thru faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross and His resurrection from the grave that applies forgiveness/salvation.
It is...
I posted this→Water does not wash away sins, the blood of Jesus Christ washed away our sins.
And you responded with this, evidently as a counterpoint?→
←And quoting that verse, you try to apply it as a prooftext that water-baptism washes away our sins, therefore
You have just proven that you do...
Wrong. Water does not wash away sins, the blood of Jesus Christ washed away our sins.
Lol, stressing? Hardly.
Catholics plural? I was addressing One self-professing Roman catholic that I'm aware of.
You call me a protestant? Why? You refer to yourself as a RomanCatholic, that's your choice...
Members? Simply agreeing with someones self-assessment or admittance isnt really suggesting anything, is it?
Should we make the assumption that a person is saved because they're a member here? I'm not understanding the harm of sharing the gospel on a christian site. A person can say no thanks...
The Roman catholic church calls good works, membership in THEIR denomination, '1st holy communion' in THEIR denomination, water-baptism in THEIR denomination, 'graces' (?), and makes them requirements in order to be saved, denying the TRUE grace of God and effectually barring ppl from being...
A person doesnt become a member of the body of Christ, i.e. saved, thru religious works (good or otherwise), church attendance or denominational membership, 'receiving your 1st holy communion' or water-baptism, etc.
A person is saved and becomes a member of the body of Christ by grace thru...
The posting of Ephesians 4:1-16 would not be to try to prove out 2 or 3 or more baptisms, but rather to put verse 5 in it's proper context. The erroneous teaching/believing about water-baptism in in this thread is not supported by Eph.4:5.
*In response to a question someone asked in an earlier post
about why should they follow a bunch of ppl→
→Please, dont follow a bunch of ppl, especially a hierarchy of them that arent saved and are leading others astray. There's much deceiving and being deceived going on.
None of the...
But are you saved?
No, dont follow a bunch of ppl, especially a hierarchy of them that arent saved.
And None of those denoms will save you, ESPECIALLY not any that is based on works-righteousness. Only Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ alone.
One LORD, The Lord Jesus Christ, One FAITH, The Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, The True Saving Faith in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, One BAPTISM, The Baptism into the Faith of the Lord Jesus Christ...by Faith.
We are saved by God's grace thru FAITH, being spiritually BAPTISED...
Yes you do.
Hi, Ruth. Now read the next thing I write, which I copy/pasted from the other post in question and hi-lited in large red letters :
Lol, Just kidding with ya, trying to add a little good cheer to it all.
"Laughter doeth good...like a medicine" :)
Please don't take anything I say...
Hi Albion
Yes, that's exactly what water-baptism is about...a symbolic act representing the spiritual reality of already being fully immersed IN CHRIST.
Being saved by faith is what matters, not getting wet. And Jesus didnt just 'dip' a toe into death, or 'spritz' a few drops of blood...He...
JUST. To be just. Justified.
AS IF. Kinda like. Sorta. As if just like almost as if.
A person commits a crime, goes before the judge and owes a penalty,
someone else pays the penalty in full, and the judge declares the criminal justified.
And...he even wipes the record clean, erases it from...
Full immersion.
If you had a cloth that was completely red, and you wanted it completely white, you would immerse it completely into a dye or bleach to turn it white. (Immerse, submerge, dunk, etc.)
Sprinkling or spritzing a bit of dye on it wouldnt work, nor would only partially submerging it...