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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

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    Are We Saved by Grace or Decision?

    That is dangerous and radical talk! :birgits_giggle: Since I am a Calvinist exhausted from defending Arminianism from false accusations, let me ask your opinion on a verse: John 6:43-47 [NKJV] Jesus therefore answered and said to them, “Do not murmur among yourselves. No one can come to Me...
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    I am working on learning to keep a sense of humor. It is not always easy. God says I need a lot more work in that area. :slap:
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    I think you might be talking about me. ;) For the record, I am not stressing the ORDER, I am stressing that TWO THINGS are commanded: Repent Be Baptized ... when it comes to Lutheran and Catholic and Presbyterian babies, only one of the two things that were commanded are being done. Peter also...
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    [sigh] "you've insisted that the word "and" mandates sequence, chronological order" No, I have merely steadfastly maintained that the adult who sprinkled the baby did not obey everything that Peter commanded in Acts 2. 'AND' means that you must do all of the things you were instructed. Peter's...
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    Did the hand of God sprinkle water on you, or the hand of man? People baptize with water. God baptizes with the Holy Spirit. Man CANNOT grant the Holy Spirit to another. God chooses not to sprinkle or immerse most people himself (Israel passing through the Red Sea being a rare exception).
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    No, I still believe what the Bible says. :) While the sort of talking past any scripture I post or points I make is unlikely to EVER convince me of anything, I would point out that an honest discussion on the actual merits of the scripture did convince me to abandon the Baptist teaching against...
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    "Love and marriage, love and marriage, Go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother, you can't have one without the other." Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall...
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    Who sprinkled water on the baby, God or a person? Who baptized with tongues of fire in Acts 2, God or a person? Both were something done to the recipient. The main difference is who is doing the something.
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    Are you claiming that a BABY has faith? Based upon what? (Notice that I answered your question with a question, just like you did with mine.) :)
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    Are We Saved by Grace or Decision?

    I apologize and stand corrected. I was thinking of the video with the animation and the apple. I know you hold Pastor Fisk in high esteem, so to his video, I will simply say "no comment" and strive to live at peace. That video I did watch all the way through only once. (I do not believe that...
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    Are We Saved by Grace or Decision?

    I watched the whole video. I have actually even seen it before. It is not really one of the best works of Lutheran Satire. I prefer St Patrick explains the Trinity. However, it is satire and that makes it mocking by definition. Here it is from Mirriam-Webster: Definition of satire 1: a...
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    Re: babies believing ... Romans 10:9-10 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are...
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    So many words, so little comprehension. When YOU were baptized, did YOU also repent? The command was for you to REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED, EVERY ONE OF YOU. Did your parents obey everything Peter commanded when THEY baptized you? Did you repent (immediately after baptism if you are intent on...
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    Respectfully, water baptism is something that people do. Baptism of the Spirit is something that God does. So I am not completely sure how to answer your question. Which baptism is the baby receiving?
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    Why can't the bread & wine be the body & blood of the Lord?

    Let me ask a question: What was a typical First Century 'Jew on the Street' expecting of a 'messiah'? Did Jesus deliver on THEIR expectations?
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    No it doesn't. My whole premise is based on an argument that you should appreciate ... "AND means AND". Peter, under the command of the Holy Spirit instructed them to "repent and be baptized" indicating that they were to do both, because and means and. If a grown man came to any church I ever...
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    Five Reasons Why Babies Should be Baptized...

    I am not excluding anyone from anything. To paraphrase a verbose Lutheran ... 'AND means AND'. God said "repent and be baptized". And means and. Did the baby repent? Yes or No. Is there any evidence that any adult was baptized (for the forgiveness of sins) and then LATER repented of those...
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    Are We Saved by Grace or Decision?

    God isn't mocking Arminians (Methodists, Evangelicals, some Baptists, Church of God) ... Lutherans are. If you are going to reject their answer, it does not seem unreasonable to ask of you have an answer in return. John Wesley rejected the traditions of men and studied the scripture of God to...
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    Why can't the bread & wine be the body & blood of the Lord?

    You have ignored the historical, social and cultural context. Jesus was not a 20th century Catholic or Protestant dealing with our cultural baggage. He was talking to First Century Jews dealing with their cultural baggage.
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