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1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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Scripture before Tradition:
but that won't prevent others from
taking it upon themselves to deprive you
of the right to call yourself Christian.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostHe didn't add it as a requirement, he added it as an explanation. You can't have a new birth without having a first birth Nicodemus was confused and thought Jesus was talking about being physically born again so Jesus explained that sure you needed a natural birth but then you needed a second birth to get eternal life.
Originally posted by Sparko View PostIt makes perfect and plain sense to me. Maybe because you are not a native english speaker? How does it read in Finnish?Originally posted by Sparko View PostOr maybe you just don't want to "get it" so you are kinda squeezing your eyes closed here?Last edited by JonathanL; 05-24-2019, 03:30 PM.
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Originally posted by tabibito View Post*into
without thanks for reviving the nightmare.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostWhen I read "born of water and the Spirit", I read it as "born of (water and the Spirit)",
All the Swedish
I'll do you the favor of not accusing you of "not getting it" simply because you disagree with me, and instead assume that you might actually have a valid reason for understanding the text differently from me.1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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Scripture before Tradition:
but that won't prevent others from
taking it upon themselves to deprive you
of the right to call yourself Christian.
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostI'm glad you did - I was just pickin on you.
One or the other oughta workificate
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by tabibito View PostPaul claimed that Baptism was the action by which a person crucified the flesh. Rom 6:5-6, that in baptism we are buried with him and raised to new life Rom 6:4, Col 2:12
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View PostWhy name cats? They never come when you call!
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Chrawnus View PostColossians 2:8-13 seems to teach that it is God who is doing the act of crucifying the flesh in baptism, not the one who undergoes baptism:1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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Scripture before Tradition:
but that won't prevent others from
taking it upon themselves to deprive you
of the right to call yourself Christian.
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Originally posted by mossrose View PostOnly at Tweb can you have a discussion on infant baptism derail into a thread about cats.
1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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Scripture before Tradition:
but that won't prevent others from
taking it upon themselves to deprive you
of the right to call yourself Christian.
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Ok, this thread has literally gone from zero to 80-something while I was sleeping, so I've only read a little of it. Sorry if this has been answered already.
Originally posted by Sparko View PostI was reading your post again.
So what do you mean by sacrament? I believe baptism is a holy ceremony. I don't think it saves you but it is holy and sacred.
As an adult, I have only belonged to churches that practice "believer's" baptism (C&MA and Independent Assemblies of God). Neither those, nor (AFAIK) most other credo-baptism churches consider it necessary for salvation. Neither consider it necessary for "membership." (Those churches rarely even mentioned "membership." I'm not sure it even existed.)Geislerminian Antinomian Kenotic Charispneumaticostal Gender Mutualist-Egalitarian.
Beige Federalist.
Nationalist Christian.
"Everybody is somebody's heretic."
Social Justice is usually the opposite of actual justice.
Proud member of the this space left blank community.
Would-be Grand Vizier of the Padishah Maxi-Super-Ultra-Hyper-Mega-MAGA King Trumpius Rex.
Justice for Ashli Babbitt!
Justice for Matthew Perna!
Arrest Ray Epps and his Fed bosses!
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostMy view is that
1. You are obeying Christ who said to do it.
2. You are proclaiming your allegiance to Christ, to your fellow Christians and to the world. If is a form of confessing Christ as your Lord and Savior
3. It symbolizes dying and being reborn."For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6
"Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom
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I see that some of the discussion has turned to John 3. Here are Keener's notes from the Bible Background CommentaryGeislerminian Antinomian Kenotic Charispneumaticostal Gender Mutualist-Egalitarian.
Beige Federalist.
Nationalist Christian.
"Everybody is somebody's heretic."
Social Justice is usually the opposite of actual justice.
Proud member of the this space left blank community.
Would-be Grand Vizier of the Padishah Maxi-Super-Ultra-Hyper-Mega-MAGA King Trumpius Rex.
Justice for Ashli Babbitt!
Justice for Matthew Perna!
Arrest Ray Epps and his Fed bosses!
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Originally posted by NorrinRadd View PostNeither consider it necessary for "membership." (Those churches rarely even mentioned "membership." I'm not sure it even existed.)
There was a Baptist church about 90 miles from me where the "membership" was about 40 people, and they had a nice church building. Another nearby congregation of another denomination began systematically sending people to "join" that Church, and there were no safeguards in place to prevent sufficient new 'members' from joining such that the "new people" reached a majority, and voted to change the Church's name and denomination and install their own pastor.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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