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Recent content by coreXian

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    Music in the Church of Christ?

    Like cremi , I joined the a cappella church of Christ during high school. I grew up Baptist/Presbyterian (and no they don't agree on a lot). I've studied this quite a bit and am confident that this is a non-issue that simply causes grief and division. There is good historical evidence that, for...
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    Um, no. This doesn't float. The language in the NT Greek isn't different when talking about the belief shown by demons or anyone else. Thomas saw Christ resurrected and believed. How is that any different? Belief is belief. Faith isn't only limited to things unseen, but it does include...
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    I don't see the "reaching and assuming" in his post. He read all of the passage. You are correct that God was trying to help Peter understand that the Gentiles were part of His Will. However, Peter DID baptize the family IN WATER because that was what God COMMANDED of him. It does have value...
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    You keep speaking of this Holy Spirit baptism and insisting that no water is involved. How is that played out in Scripture outside of the Jews at Pentacost and Cornelius? Those were needed so that God's idea could be realized. Every other instance involved water. How would baptism of the Holy...
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    Nope, it takes more than simply believing. You've said that yourself a few times in round one of this thread. Simply believing is nothing special since even the demons know Christ is God and the way to salvation.
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    Hey and thanks for joining the discussion. As noted many times earlier in this thread and the one before it, the theif on the cross was not under the New Covenant. Jesus had not yet died and been resurrected, so this situation doesn't factor in to the discussion. It's more than a personal...
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    lord of the rings and harry potter

    There is a site for the new Narnia movie. Narnia.com, surprisingly! :) I'm very excited about it! I also heard that Peter Jackson is closer to making his version of "The Hobbit" as well.
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    Just read this again this morning and thought I'd post it here before everyone left: Acts 18:23-19:10 Apollos in Ephesus 24 A Jewish man named Apollos came to Ephesus. Apollos had been born in the city of Alexandria. He was a very good speaker and knew a lot about the Scriptures. 25 He...
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    I think maybe I understand what is happening. A western view of Acts 2:38 might suggest this seperation you keep asserting. However, the Jews originally believed that most if not all of physical reality had an equally present spiritual reality. For them there was no only physical baptism, it...
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    Tom, several have already done a case study on Acts 10. Why would I repeat them? You can read them just fine on your own, no need for me to repost the same information. You changed the Gal 3:26-27 passage to meet your needs in English. The Greek gives clear precedence in word structure and...
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    Huh, follows? Where is that in those verses? Having faith in Christ goes hand in hand with baptism into Christ. Again, why are you seperating all of these things? None can stand on their own.
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    As I said, many before me have displayed an amazing case study of other examples, no need for me to rehash. You can search through and find them on nearly any page in this gigantic thread. Don't be so quick to accuse there, buddy! I'm using Scripture fine, I'm just not playing into your...
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    Is Jesus not our ultimate example? All that we should strive to be? Is the example He gave not enough for you? I have not avoided answering your question. You have just chosen to ignore the answer . . . TWICE! You're overcomplicating things. Even if you chose not to use Christ's baptism as the...
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    What happened when Jesus was baptized? He received the Holy Spirit. That's our example. Very simple. No need to seperate the two events, they happened together and qualify as one process.
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    Do you believe Baptism is essential for Salvation? (2)

    Heh, both. The two are one and the same. Not sure why you insist on seperating them. Just following the example in Scripture.