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Is it your belief that the people John the Baptist was addressing here were never baptized with/in the Holy Spirit? “As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ, John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with...

Help me understand how you see the elders mentioned in the Acts 15 account. The pronouns indicate that they also received the Holy Spirit in the same manner. I am reluctant to say Cornelius’s conversion was different because Peter says there were no (outhen/not one) distinctions between...

Doesn’t Peter say otherwise here: “The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear...

If you look at the phrase you provided, water is not mentioned. It would be wrong to simply assume it was water immersion without other evidence.

If you look further into Acts 19:5: “On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭19‬:‭5‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/59/act.19.5.ESV Ebaptisthesan is the aorist indicative passive form of baptizo. So, it indicates an action that has already occurred. When...

If you look up the phrase “in the name of Jesus” where it appears in English versions and look back at the Greek text you will find that it is not always the same. Sometimes en/in is used, but you will also find epi/on and eis/into. In Acts 19:5 eis is used: “On hearing this, they were...

If the water in John 3:5 is baptism then John 3:5 and 1John 5:1 are at odds with each other. There are other plausible meanings for the water in John 3:5. John 3:6 indicates that the water is in reference to our fleshly birth. Nothing I said about Acts 2:38 conflicts with Acts 2:41. If they...

Look at it in P72 and Sinaiticus. There is a semicolon in both of them. They read something like this: And you now an antitype saves: immersion not of the flesh, a putting away of filth, but of a conscience good the demand toward God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The Greek word used here in many, but not all, of the oldest manuscripts is epi. Epi means on, not in. Onomati means a name, authority, or cause.

Acts 2:38 says exactly the same thing as well. Consider this version: “Kefa answered them, “Turn from sin, return to God, and each of you be immersed on the authority of Yeshua the Messiah into forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Ruach HaKodesh!” ‭‭Acts of Emissaries...

Think about Ephesians 1:13: “In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/59/eph.1.13.ESV We were sealed in him by the Holy Spirit when we...

I think the verse speaks for itself. Everyone who believes is already born again. You can’t fit anything else in there if you believe what this verse says.

“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/59/1jn.5.1.ESV

“And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his...

“and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him...

I am sympathetic to your position, but we still have to remember Romans 4. “Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also...

“And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭8‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/59/act.8.1.ESV “Now those who were...

“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/59/1jn.5.1.ESV

“Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has...

Isn’t the meaning of baptizo well understood as “to immerse”. It doesn’t mean to immerse in water. We can see that from Matthew 3:11 where three different mediums for immersion are given in one verse. ““I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I...