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Hello Mailmandan, I appreciate the time you took to respond and, it seems to me, that our whole difference really lies in the definition of faith. May I ask you a few questions concerning Hebrews 11:1 Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not...

Hi JTBN, Thank you very much for your taking the time to look up the word in Thayer's. Most people do not take the time. There is more than one definition for this Greek word. I found it in 32 places in the New Testament. It certainly can mean what you wrote above from Thayer's and I do...

Hi JBTN, You concluded with this comment concerning Acts 2:38. Knowing that Acts 2:38 was breathed out by God, shouldn’t we assume it was breathed out exactly as intended. If you believe, that since this baptism in Acts 2:38 does not say it includes water, does this mean that they only thing...

If I could, I would like to help us remember that there are two types of works: Works of Righteousness (Titus 3:5) and Works of Faith (1 Thessalonians 1:3 and 2 Thessalonians 1:11). As far as baptism in all the conversions through Acts 9 are all in the passive voice which means it is a work...

Dear JTBN, Thank you for your observations and the scriptures you presented. Yes I do believe that Acts 2:38 is exactly as The Holy Spirit breathed them. So, should we assume that the word “baptism” immersion, meant immersion in water in Acts 2:38. No, not without some evidence that it was...

Hi Montana123! It is nice to know another Christian! I am from the Church at Reno. God bless you, Wayne

SECTION 3 OF 3 Romans 6:1-7 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been BAPTIZED into Christ Jesus have been BAPTIZED into His death? 4...

SECTION #2 OF 3 Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be BAPTIZED in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:41 So then, those who had received his word were BAPTIZED; and that day there were...

SECTION #1 OF 3 Hi JTBN, I appreciate your taking the time to present a refutation to being baptized in water. You are right in the fact that baptism means "immersion". There are two other Greek words which are translated at "sprinkling" and one as "pouring". So thank you for making that...

Here is the Greek Chart on Prepositions. You can see what the preposition "eis" which is translated as the word "for" in Acts 2:38. https://app.box.com/s/gi4lxequqyq6voiqbb0nsze34ekwjbqw God bless you, Wayne

Hi Lamar, I thought that you might like the Chart on Greek prepositions. The word in Acts 2:38 that you were discussing "for" is the Greek word "eis". It means "into" I have 16 different translations of the scriptures and not one of them says "because". Besides this, down in Acts 2:40 it...

Hi, Flying Dove, Thank you for your remarks. You are right, any attempt to add self-works to salvation is unscriptural. But if we realize that their are two types of works, then we are still in line with God's word. Let me show you that their are two types of works: WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS...

Hi mailmandan, In Ephesians 5:26, the word "word" of God according to Strong's G4487, Strong's g4487 - Lexical: ῥῆμα - Transliteration: rhéma - Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter - Phonetic Spelling: hray'-mah - Definition: a thing spoken, (a) a word or saying of any kind, as command, report...

Dear Flying Dove, This is not a debate or an argument on what faith is. If one reads James 2:14-26 he sees that faith without works is dead and Abraham received a perfected faith when he went to sacrifice his son, Isaac. In Genesis 15 it tells us that God reckoned Abraham's faith as...

Dear Grace, Hmmmm! I have asked several times as to what scriptures in the New Testament give a reason for purpose for being baptized. I have never go an answer. So, here are scriptures which do give a purpose or reason for being baptized. Well, here are a few scriptures that give a...

Dear Wansvic, I appreciate our continued conversation! REALLY! 1 Peter 3:20-21 who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through the water. 21 Corresponding to...

Hello Grace, I want you to know that I appreciate our continued conversation on salvation. You truly have a heart for souls and are willing to converse with them, even when they disagree such as me. Grace, I have two points to make here. First, if they were saved in verse 2:38, before they...

Dear Mailmandan, First of all, I appreciate the trouble that you went to in explaining your understanding of what happened to the household of Cornelius. I apologize for the length of my answer, but I could not present the facts in any other way. Acts 10:44-45 While Peter was still...

Dear Mailmandan, First of all, I appreciate the trouble that you went to in explaining your understanding of what happened to the household of Cornelius. I apologize for the length of my answer, but I could not present the facts in any other way. Acts 10:44-45 While Peter was still...