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    The False Doctrine of the "Secret Rapture".

    I have little use for eschatology and absolutely no use for debates on eschatology, however I believe the whole Pre-Tribulation rapture theology comes from places other than misinterpreting the specific verses that were quoted in the OP. I think it comes from attempting to reconcile those...
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    Is Baptism Just an Inert Outward Symbol?

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    The origin of the St. John's Day Festival (or Midsummer Day).

    I can’t speak for the Early Church and paganism, but New Beginnings Life Center, where I gather with the Saints, loves to get together and will accept any excuse to come together and enjoy one another ... we celebrate just because it is the Third Thursday of the Month! Perhaps early Christians...
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    Is Baptism Just an Inert Outward Symbol?

    1. I will stop making off-topic responses when paedobaptists stop making false, off-topic claims. 2. That’s easy ... Ephesians 2:1-10 (to provide context). 3. I had not attempted to provide any contribution to this discussion based on the OP because you wanted verses that stated that baptism...
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    Is Baptism Just an Inert Outward Symbol?

    Not what you seem to think. [Acts 22:3-16 NIV] 3 "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today. 4 I persecuted the followers of this Way...
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    Communion of the Body of Christ

    Quote where I said that.
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    Communion of the Body of Christ

    Isn’t that the argument for Gnosticism (by definition) ... “we have secret knowledge that was not written in scripture but was hidden from the simple believers and entrusted to only a secret few.”
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    Is Baptism Just an Inert Outward Symbol?

    At what age do “infants” repent and fulfill both requirements of Acts 2 for obtaining the Holy Spirit. Josiah has made an enthusiastic case that there is no particular order, but you do not claim salvation without EVER repenting do you, so at what age do people baptized as infants repent and...
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    Communion of the Body of Christ

    It occurs to me that billions of angels are probably screaming “’DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME’ was the IMPORTANT part!”
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    Is Baptism Just an Inert Outward Symbol?

    Besides, it is too late to change your baptism. Infant or adult, sprinkled, poured or immersed ... you seem to have a heart that desires to follow God, so it seems to have worked. :)
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    Is Baptism Just an Inert Outward Symbol?

    Please tread lightly on that particular path. You are partly mistaken about the value of personal experiences. Are Paul’s personal experiences at his conversion irrelevant? You are correct that “personal experiences” cannot contradict scripture, but we must tread very lightly around “what”...
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    Is Baptism Just an Inert Outward Symbol?

    Apparently not what you think. [Acts 22:3-16 NIV] 3 "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today. 4 I persecuted the followers of this...
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    Is Baptism Just an Inert Outward Symbol?

    Why?
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    Is infant baptism from the Bible?

    They had pet cats in their households, too. :)
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    Is infant baptism from the Bible?

    Does God baptize with water, or do people baptize with water? Does God baptize with the Holy Spirit or do people baptize with the Holy Spirit? Is there a difference between being baptized with water by a person and being baptized into Christ by the Holy Spirit of God?
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    Communion of the Body of Christ

    St. Clement was the third successor of Peter as Bishop of Rome; otherwise known as the third Pope. "Since then these things are manifest to us, and we have looked into the depths of the divine knowledge, we ought to do in order all things which the Master commanded us to perform at appointed...
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    Communion of the Body of Christ

    1. The claim is not proven and likely false. 2. Because it is important to do what God says ... just like repent AND be baptized. 3. One is a command and the other was an example to follow to teach a lesson.
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    Communion of the Body of Christ

    I never offered to name anyone because I never made any claims about what EVERYONE believed or what NO ONE believed. You frequently make claims about what EVERYONE believed or what NO ONE believed, but never really come close to proving your claims.
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    Communion of the Body of Christ

    I need more evidence than Josiah’s opinion that NO CHRISTIAN before 1500 believed anything except the real, physical body and blood of Jesus present in the “bread and wine”. The names of 27 people that believed that leaves us far short of his claim. He is implying that my obvious reading of...
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    Is infant baptism from the Bible?

    Semantics. You are deliberately missing the point.
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