A misled follower?

[faroukfarouk]

You don't remember Paul meeting with some Christians who had received the gospel with joy but had not heard of nor received the Holy Spirit till he prayed with them?

In the context - and I think you're referring to Acts 19.2 - Paul was addressing disciples of John the Baptist, who had received the baptism of repentance by John the Baptist while the way was being prepared for the Lord Jesus. This was a special circumstance, naturally. Acts 19 confirms in verse 4 that they were indeed disciples of John, who had received some truth but not all the truth of the Gospel that had been revealed.

 

[introverteen]

In the context - and I think you're referring to Acts 19.2 - Paul was addressing disciples of John the Baptist, who had received the baptism of repentance by John the Baptist while the way was being prepared for the Lord Jesus. This was a special circumstance, naturally. Acts 19 confirms in verse 4 that they were indeed disciples of John, who had received some truth but not all the truth of the Gospel that had been revealed.

Yay!!! Yes I forgot they were baptised in John's name. Poor John! I always forget him

 

[Honoluluwindow]

I was watching a video where a man said that accepting Jesus as lord and savior into hearts is not how we are saved and become christians. Rather he said that a man must be reborn through being baptized in Jesus name.

The video in question. I'm not sure if he is misguided.

There are more than two hundred places in the New Testament where the condition for salvation is spelled out, and in all these, cases faith or belief is given as the one and only condition.

One must believe that Jesus has accomplished the salvation work on one's behalf. To be saved, one must believe not just that He died, but that He died for one's own sins. If one believes that Yeshua the Messiah died for his sins, that presupposes that one has confessed that he is a sinner. If Yeshua died for one's sins, obviously it means that he is a sinner. So one must believe that Yeshua died for his sins as his substitute, was buried and rose again, and therefore has provided salvation. Thus, one trusts Yeshua for his salvation.

This is the condition of salvation: faith must be placed in the Messiah as one's substitute for and as one's Savior from the penalty of sin.

First the word “faith” is used as “conviction that something is true.” Secondly, faith is used as “trust.” Thirdly, faith is used as “persuaded,” and it is stronger than mere opinion, though it is weaker than foreknowledge. Fourthly, faith is used as “belief based upon the facts of knowledge” (Rom. 10:14). And fifth, faith must have an object. The object of faith is God, while the content of faith is the death of the Messiah for one's sins, His burial and Resurrection.

If we are saved because of our faith then we aren't saved by what our faith is in. We are saved thru believing in the finished work not because we believe the finished work. The work of God saves and we receive the benefit of that work by trusting that that work alone is sufficient payment in the eyes of God our Father to satisfy His requirement for our sins, that payment is the blood of the only begotten Son of God.
Indeed my brothers and sisters the blood of Messiah is of infinite value.