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  1. Arsenios

    Salvation

    Here is the Greek, and it does NOT SAY: BY the Holy Spirit kai gar en eni pneumati hmeiv pantev eiv en swma ebaptisyhmen Literally: For also IN one Spirit we all into one body have been baptized. Gee, do ya think?? I love your optimism! And I love Menno! But he is no twistable...
  2. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    He sure seems to be saying that John spoke falsely when he spoke prophetically: "There is one among you who will be baptizing with the Holy Spirit and fire..." Not so fast! Hold thet thar horse, Pard... By his baptizing Christ in the Jordan John ESTABLISHED Christian Baptism... That he...
  3. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    You're right - All ol' JTB did was Baptize Jesus Christ... Which is TOTALLY IRRELEVANT to Christian Baptism... Maybe we can just say the Bible is irrelevant to Christian Baptism... All he did was tell us in the Bible that Christ was going to be the One doing REAL Baptizing... So was John the...
  4. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    When the Church Baptizes, it is Christ Baptizing... Arsenios
  5. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    When Scripture cites John the Baptist in John 1:33 saying that Christ is: "He baptizing in the Holy Spirit..." do you really think that he is saying that the Holy Spirit is baptizing, and not Christ?? Baptism does mean immersion - Christ is referring to His imminent immersion into His Own...
  6. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    And while we are at it: Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that as many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Gal 3:27 as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Arsenios
  7. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    Joh 1:33 And I knew Him not: but He that sent me to baptize in water, the same said unto me, Upon Whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, the same is He Baptizing in the Holy Spirit. Clearly you can see that it is Christ who is Baptizing IN the Holy Spirit...
  8. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    Christ Baptizes, by the hands of His Servants... No one can baptize himself... The Baptizer is not a witness... He is the Baptizer... The Bible clearly states that Christ is the Baptizer... That Christ commanded His Apostles to Baptize ALL the Nations... THAT is Christ Baptizing all the...
  9. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    Did Christ command His Apostles to Baptize all the Nations? Are we Baptized INTO Christ? The Bible says yes to both these questions... What say you? Yes or no? Arsenios
  10. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    Right! You mean the one who baptizes is the witness? That dog don't hunt... Who was the witness of Paul's Baptism by Ananias? Where does the Bible say Baptism needs witnesses? Are you NOW arguing that we are saved OUTSIDE of Christ??? Because the Bible says we are Baptized INTO Chr...
  11. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    I have never heard you proclaim what the Bible says, That we are BAPTIZED INTO Christ... That Christ commanded His Apostles to Baptize... So tell me, Menno - Does the Bible say that the Apostles are to Baptize the Nations INTO Christ? Yes is a good answer... What is YOUR answer? Arsenios
  12. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    Where does the Bible say this? Arsenios
  13. Arsenios

    Discussion of a Foundational "Evangelical" Teaching

    Actually, yes and no - I remember the efforts of pre-Vatican II nuns teaching in Catholic schools, and the tyranny involked, and the usage of guilt to motivate kids - Which is not theology class, mind you... Yet nuns are not necessarily good teachers, especially in classroom environments...
  14. Arsenios

    Discussion of a Foundational "Evangelical" Teaching

    You have not yet forgiven them... They have moved on from that error... Childhood hurts are persistent even in old age... Have you thanked God for your Catholic Schooling? Glory to God in ALL things... Not just in those you approve... I thank God for you, Josiah... Rome is trying to heal the...
  15. Arsenios

    Salvation

    Disciples are not saved because they are disciples... They are still under the discipline of discipling... Judas was a disciple, had power over demons... Just as did the other 11... And he was lost... The text literally says: Disciple all the nations... Baptizing them in the Name... Teaching...
  16. Arsenios

    Salvation

    Scripture says it is Christ Who Baptizes... That He does so IN the Spirit... No Scripture says the Spirit Baptizes... I invite you to show me a Scripture that says it is the Holy Spirit Who Baptizes... Arsenios
  17. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    They are simply affirming private spiritual events in a public format... And calling it Baptism... Similarly, if two people live together as if they were man and wife for awhile, and then get married for the sake of making a public proclamation and pronouncement. Thus all their neighbors will...
  18. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    There IS NO Biblical Narrow Justification... There is simply Justification by God... It comes after the Call by God... And before the Glorification by God... All in this life... Arsenios
  19. Arsenios

    Salvation

    So WHOM did Christ COMMAND to Baptize ALL the Nations?? And HOW did they go about doing so?? Did God COMMAND the Holy Spirit to DO the Baptizing somewhere that I somehow MISSED?? Arsenios
  20. Arsenios

    Faith without good works is dead.

    Here is what you speculated without Biblical warrant God Called Saul to Baptism... Ananias filled Saul with the Holy Spirit... Paul need no help expressing his faith... Arsenios
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