@Carmel,

You: “DT, Why did they take up stones to stone him?”

Me: Please explain John 18:31 where the religious leaders say it wasn’t lawful for them to put anyone to death under Roman law. The leaders were going to stone Jesus in one place and in another they remember they can’t?!?! Something doesn’t make sense.

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Nick you said………>Forgiveness of sins is offered by baptism in the name of the Lord.

Scripture does warn about dying in your sins.

Washing of the feet symbolises the need to constantly seek God’s forgiveness after baptism.

Jn 13.10

Jesus said to him

“He who has bathed needs only to was his feet, but is completely clean, and you are clean , b…[Read more]

@Gene,

You: “Jesus simply was showing us how to stay focused on God, exactly as he did.”

Me: Unfortunately this isn’t what Christianity is about and is why the old side differs from the new side. The old side says God loves his creation and if you go to HIM, admit your sin, turn from your sin, God will remember it no more. The new side says…[Read more]

Surely Carmel, you would not join his ignorant accusers and want to stone him?

So the answer is no.

He worshipped and served his God and our God.’

Sorry.

It was another Eusebius, Eusebius of Nicomedia, not Eusebius of Caesarea who baptised Constantine.

Hi Desiretuth,

You: Did Jesus ever claim to be God,

John 8:58 Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say to you,

before Abraham was made,
I am.
59They took up stones therefore to cast at him.
But Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.
DT, Why did they take up stones for?
John10: 30I and the Father are one.
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FATHER.

Hi PC,

I have not said that only those who have been correctly baptised will be saved because it is the decision of the loving Fathers to make.

But Heb 4 does warn about missing out on the rest of God.

Many will be given mercy I am sure.

But safety first.

So we’re back to Jesus being God…false teaching!!

Me

No, Jesus in the biginning was with (the God) AND was God.

All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

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And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and…[Read more]

So it is the decision of God whether or not to accept that the repentance of Constantine was adequate. And we do not know whether he was correctly baptised.

I think it was Eusebius who baptised him. He was an interesting historian who claimed to have had access to an original copy of Matthew’s gospel.

He quoted Mt 28 often and the first 8 t…[Read more]

Hi PC,

symbol or not it does not change the requirement for obedience.

Paul rebaptised the 12 who had not been baptised in the name of Jesus/ Yahshua in Acts 19

Peter ordered that those who had received the Spirit first be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ in Acts 10.

Hi PC,

Forgiveness of sins is offered by baptism in the name of the Lord.

Scripture does warn about dying in your sins.

Washing of the feet symbolises the need to constantly seek God’s forgiveness after baptism.

Jn 13.10

Jesus said to him

“He who has bathed needs only to was his feet, but is completely clean, and you are clean , but not all…[Read more]

Hi PC,

It is not for us to muse about theology but to obey God.

Hi PC,

We have about 15 baptisms in Acts to learn from and none appear to have been done in the name of a trinity. There are no scriptural witnesses to the baptism in Mt 28 in the name of a trinity.

Hi Pc,

The  water that is spoken of in 1 Peter 3 symbolising baptism is the floodwaters that destroyed a generation saving only 8 in the time of Noah.

“Get up. Wash away your sins calling on his name”

There are variations on how scripture describes baptism,” in the name of Jesus , Christ, in the name of the Lord.”

So if God shows us it is not a matter of being pedantic we should accept that.

Hi PC,

in reply.

Simon the magician, was baptised in the name of Jesus in Acts 8, but God found his repentance inadequate. It is not an ordinance but a plea to God as 1 Peter 3 told us . Since the decision was made by God I should not prejudge that. Would you?

and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 

Some things to note:

1. The water symbolizes baptism
2. The Holy Spirit is intricately involved in the process of resurrection for believers. The Sp…

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