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    Proof texting

    Looking at John 16:4-15 in isolation (as they have been presented here), it seems to me that the question of whether the "you" is singular or plural and applies to the individual believer or the collective body of Christ seems a speck beside the LOG that Jesus was speaking the words to Apostles...
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    Who IS and IS NOT a Christian?

    So go get one of them. Does the tract say that you are finished? Having said the prayer, you are now 100% sanctified and can go back to whatever you were doing. That is the accusation thrown at the "sinner's prayer" and the derogatory title of "free grace" applied to it. So is that what the...
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    The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

    When you try all of the fertility tricks to conceive a child and receive the news that early in the second trimester the baby spontaneously aborted ... when you give up after years of trying and learn that your wife is pregnant, but will probably be bedridden for the last two trimesters and...
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    Proof texting

    1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NASB 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. 6 There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. 7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for...
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    Born of water and the Spirit.

    At the time Jesus said those words, the only 'water baptism' was John's OT ceremonial baptism of repentence. Will THAT baptism with water get one into the kingdom of God? John said that it was only a preparation for one coming later. If Jesus meant the Christian baptism in the name of the...
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    Born of water and the Spirit.

    I like the Ezekiel parallel as an explanation for the words that Nicodemus would have been expected to know ... the promised rebirth by water and the Spirit with both promised as coming from God to restore Israel (the true Israel United to the True Vine).
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    Born of water and the Spirit.

    Typology. The Bible is full of typologies that reappear over and over. FIRE refers to God burning away sin. It is the Power of God to punish by utterly destroying sin (all that sets itself up in opposition to him). By FIRE God passed judgement on Sodom and Gamorah. By FIRE that could not...
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    Born of water and the Spirit.

    Good to hear, because I ran it through Google Translate and was having a heck of a time applying it to what Jesus and Nicodemus were talking about.
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    the meaning of Baptism

    I can't find anything in Scripture that EXPLICITLY claims anything even close to that. [For the record, that does not mean that it is wrong, just that it is not stated explicitly in Sola Scriptura.]
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    The Filioque Clause

    He says He is. God chose the terms Father and Son to describe the relationship and Jesus definitely had a specific gender. The Holy Spirit chose masculine pronouns when both feminine and neuter pronouns were available in the original languages. A goddess would not have raised an eyebrow in the...
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    the meaning of Baptism

    :shark: [Taking a break to do something more relaxing.]
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    The Filioque Clause

    Romans 14:5-6 NASB One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the...
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    the meaning of Baptism

    So MennoSota, What is baptism? I don't mean the scripture verses. That horse has been beaten to death. Forget about the "baby" question for a moment. I really do think that it is a red herring. The argument comes down to what we 'baptist' leaning Christians see as baptizing people who don't...
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    the meaning of Baptism

    Taking you at your word, some simple and direct questions: John 3:5 NASB Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Does this mean every sprinkled baby has now been "born of water and the Spirit" and will...
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    the meaning of Baptism

    It may have been discussed, but I suspect (from the last few pages of conversation) that no agreement was reached on the meaning. :)
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    the meaning of Baptism

    WHAT IS BAPTISM? I have a question for those who believe that it is right to baptize "entire households" (which might happen to include babies). Please try not to read this as any sort of an attack, but just an honest question to help facilitate a discussion on What is Baptism. Why are...
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    the meaning of Baptism

    Acts 16:31-34 NASB 31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32 And they spoke the word of [fn]the Lord to him together with all who were in his house. 33 And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was...
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    the meaning of Baptism

    The oft quoted (in isolation or even in part) Ephesians 4:5 is from a larger context whose point is worth noting: Ephesians 4:1-16 NASB UNITY OF THE SPIRIT 1 Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 2 with all...
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    the meaning of Baptism

    I'll take that as a no. I ask a direct question about a specific theological statement and I get a wall of text on an unrelated subject. "In baptism, God can give a baby the gift of faith" (some support was requested) "because the word is present with the water." (some clarification and support...
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    the meaning of Baptism

    Could you please provide some support for this statement?
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