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To those who believe in the need to be baptized in the name of Jesus and not the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I was baptized using the phrase, I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Would this be acceptable?

And without that answer, what?

Do it CS1, do the research and put Ouch in his place.

You have stated that you "know" that the thief on the cross was definitely not baptized with the many who were during the ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ. Will you please present your verses to prove this and end this debate. If your evidence is esoteric, please disregard.

Be water baptized for what purpose?

This is what you wrote in Post# 373: "The teaching of Scripture is that remission only comes by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9)." "Remission only" is nowhere mentioned in those verses, period! You added this to your understanding of the verses in order to support faith alone...

What happens on someone's deathbed does not negate scripture. God can choose to forgive anyone of their sins at any time and for any reason or no reason at all. But that is not the Gospel presented in the Bible. We are to accept God's Word and simply obey. We are not to seek out exceptions or...

Cameron, We are made in the image of God. We are not made "hostile to God". We are not made "incapable of doing good". And yes we are made with the ability for righteousness. We have the freewill to do the above things. We are not mindless animals who will not be judged for our freewill...

You are totally right. Some people will go to any heights to protect their theology. Thanks for the research.

"Only"? In what Bible version are you reading from? Did you even notice this? Do you even care? Are you so far gone to think this is acceptable? I personally and sincerely believe that water baptism is for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38) but I would never consider adding such a definitive...

If salvation is based solely on "faith alone" for some odd reason scripture would mention it. Correct? The thief on the cross was probably not baptized for the remission of sins. Yes, many were baptized for the remission of sins during the ministry of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ but...

I have been away for a few days but where did CS1 state that "remission ONLY comes by grace through faith.(Eph.2:8-9)" If he truly did write this then he is a card carrying faith alone regeneration theology pusher and maybe beyond help. If you have to insert a definitive such a "only" or...

Do not be coy, this is about why one must be baptized. And don't be sly either, we are talking about water baptism for the remission of sins not "spirit baptism" or any other baptism you can pull out of your faith alone magic hat.

I totally agree with you. I will also note that this notion of casting doubt on certain verses happens almost always on one side of the theological spectrum. The pushers of faith alone regeneration theology because of the lack of the ability to cite even one verse that supports their "faith...

You are correct that Jesus saves, every 1st grader in Bible class learns this. And when does Jesus save? Baptism, which is like that water, now saves you. Baptism doesn’t save by removing dirt from the body. Rather, baptism is a request to God for a clear conscience. It saves you through Jesus...