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I am ALWAYS wary when anybody under any circumstance uses the rhetorical statement: 'WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS THIS, IT MEANS THAT.
redemption without faith is universalism. Major problem for Baptists.
Rom 2:5-9..."5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Hi Brother Waris! It's good to know a Brother like you because you are much into the truth of the Word! Many believers do not read and study the Word much. Though they're still saved they are weak in the faith. The more we study the Word, the stronger our faith becomes; and faith always goes forward and never backward.
I just wanted to share this with you from Bible commentator John Gill, he's a classic teacher.
Dear beloved brother in Christ,
Yes! Sure, Dear brother,
Amen, the Spirit is the Author of God's Word (2Pe 1:21), and the Teacher of the Word (as you said - 1Co 2:13).
Yes, it's a constant huger only God gives, and only spiritual growth in Christ results by the Spirit of the Father. Since it's no longer a salvation issue, it's now all about growth.
My Dear brother, I truly felt that in my spirit.
No where in Scripture does it describe baptism as an ACT FOR THE AUDIENCE. Scriptures do not describe baptism as a public celebration either. This is eisegesis. If it were the case that baptism is a PUBLIC CELEBRATION we would expect verses speaking about baptism to mention the individuals who witness the baptisms to be the focus, or the testimonies of individuals to be the focus. In most cases, people are baptized as soon as possible, often without audiences as in the Samaritans in Acts 8:12-13, Ethiopian eunuch 8:34-39, Saul of Tarsus 9:17-18, 22:12-16, Cornelius and family 10:14, 44-48, Lydia and family 16:13-15, the Philippian jailer and family 16:30-34, Crispus and family 18:7-8, and the Ephesian disciples 19:1-5. We also do not see any testimonies for the public before baptism, past “they believed” (present in some examples and not others) which may or may not have been a vocal profession.
My Dear Brother,
Three thousand people baptized publicly, in Jerusalem, during Pentecost. That was no private event. It was certainly seen by the watching Jewish community.
This is a declaration of death to the old life and resurrection into a new one. In the early church, baptism meant radical departure from paganism or Judaism into Christ. That was not done secretly.
Yes, I've been a Civil-Chaplain for 20 years now (I'm 71) and I teach the spiritual-growth truths of Paul from Romans to Philemon on the internet for 15 years. I also specialize in information relating to erroneous translations of the Minority Text (all modern translations). Translations from these manuscript copies contain only about 90% of the Majority Text, which results in a bout 5000 differences between traditional Bibles and modern Bibles.
Amen here! "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another" (Heb 10:25).
No. Phillip was the administrator of baptism not a witness. Same with Ananias with the baptism of Paul. Administrators are NOT WITNESSES....THEY ARE ADMINISTRATORS. This is getting pretty close to eisegesis.
What? Paul and the Ethiopian eunuch's baptism were private baptisms. The context is absolutely clear.
