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    Is Immersion required by Scripture when a baptism is performed?

    That is not how dictionaries are structured. If that were the case, each possible definition would have been given a unique number, like this ... baptizo: 1. to dip repeatedly 2. to immerge 3. to submerge 4. to cleanse by dipping or submerging, 5. to wash, 6. to make clean with water 7. to...
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    Is Immersion required by Scripture when a baptism is performed?

    Not that I disagree, but do you have a scripture reference?
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    Is Immersion required by Scripture when a baptism is performed?

    Mark 7:1-4 NASB 1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, 2 and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash...
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    Is Immersion required by Scripture when a baptism is performed?

    1. properly, to dip repeatedly, to immerge, submerge (of vessels sunk, Polybius 1, 51, 6; 8, 8, 4; of animals, Diodorus 1, 36). Definition 1 includes ALL of these descriptions at the same time. You are using different meanings available in English for each term and picking and choosing from...
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    Is Immersion required by Scripture when a baptism is performed?

    I presented references from 3 different dictionaries that say the actual Greek word 'baptizo' means to plunge under or fully immerse. In rebuttal, ZERO dictionary references have been presented that the word means something else, just lots of opinions and appeals to historical traditions of...
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    Is Immersion required by Scripture when a baptism is performed?

    Can you show that in the preponderance of the cases where God says 'immerse' (baptizo), God really means to pour a trickle of water from a laver over the head? (Joel is probably not written in Greek). The word means what it means. The task of proving that it really means something else is for...
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    Is Immersion required by Scripture when a baptism is performed?

    Baptizo (Strong's 904) Not to be confused with 911, bapto. The clearest example that shows the meaning of baptizo is a text from the Greek poet and physician Nicander, who lived about 200 B.C. It is a recipe for making pickles and is helpful because it uses both words. Nicander says that...
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    Is Immersion required by Scripture when a baptism is performed?

    They do in Ancient Greek. When non-Biblical sources describe a ship that sinks, they use the word 'baptizo'. When non-Biblical writers want to describe dipping animals to treat lice, they use the word 'baptizo'. When non-Biblical writers want to describe in detail the procedure for immersing...
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    Is Immersion required by Scripture when a baptism is performed?

    Acts 2:38 NASB Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Strong's G907 βαπτίζω baptízō, bap-tid'-zo; from a derivative of G911; to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed...
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    Is Immersion required by Scripture when a baptism is performed?

    You have probably heard the story about the Baptist and Prebytrian having a discussion about the proper form of baptism. "If a person is baptized up to his neck, is he really baptized?" the Presbyterian asked. "No, of course not," the Baptist replied. "If he is baptized up to his forehead, is...
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    Double Predestination

    Yeah, the quote didn't originate with them. The Moravian Church just made it their 'official' motto. None of the other churches that I attended had an official motto. :) Arthur
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    Double Predestination

    She is allowed. Imalive is Arminian at her core and allowed to disagree with the basic assumptions of Predestination. She accepts more of a free will to choose to believe or not believe Jesus. When we get to heaven, she or I or both of us will be wrong on some of the details, but we will both...
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    Double Predestination

    Passed over the reprobate and left them in their dead condition. God 'did not save' the unsaved; they damned themselves. You have been shown that from multiple Calvinist sources and insist on repeating the lie that God elects most to damnation. Calvinism does not teach that. Calvinism...
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    On Earth as it IS in Heaven?

    Then that begs the question in the title ... Why do we pray "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven"?
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    Double Predestination

    Let's take 1 John 2:2 as you interpret it and true at face value. 1 John 2:2 NASB and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. So the sins of every living person have been forgiven on the Cross of Christ. The only obstacle to...
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    On Earth as it IS in Heaven?

    Heidelberg Catechism (1563): Q & A 119 Q. What is this prayer? A. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us...
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    Double Predestination

    I agree. I was attempting to present the original positions of Arminius himself that prompted the 5 points of Calvinism. Modern Arminianism owes a great debt to people like John Wesley and the evolution of later Arminians.
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    what is the reasoning behind purgatory?

    John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. From this comes the question: What about sins that are not confessed? Purgatory is where we pay for sins that were unforgiven at the moment of our death. (I...
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    Double Predestination

    Here they are: The five points of Arminianism (from Jacobus Arminius 1559-1609) are in contrast to the five points of Calvinism. The Arminian five points are Human Free Will--This states that though man is fallen, he is not incapacitated by the sinful nature and can freely choose God. His...
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    Double Predestination

    Just a small point of technicality, but all 5 points of Calvinism were written in direct response and as a refutation on 5 points of Arminianism. The followers of Arminius published a document arguing exactly the opposite of TULIP. 1. (T) People are not born sinful (Pellagianism) 2. (U) Our...
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