Your right I don't know what the sins of the people in Acts 2 were except they were cut to the heart about putting Jesus to death. I don't need to know their individual sins. The fact is they repented and believed which means they were not longer in rebellion to God. It is very simple.
really?
it's very simple?
your entire program is built on the single word
rebellion.
let's see how simple it really is:
they repented and believed
which means
they were not longer in rebellion to God
Acts 2
36Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
37Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
how many sins (plural) is Peter talking about?
did he make a list about child molestation and pornography and child sacrifice and serial rape and all that other stuff you like to talk about? all those sins?
did he send letters around everywhere with a list of things to do and stop doing before he said:
“Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."?
did he say there would be a GAP between the time they repented and were baptized until they received the gift of the Holy Spirit?
show me.
show me the gap. show me the list.
did peter say the Holy Spirit was a gift?
what does the Holy Spirit do?
does everyone who believes the message, repents and is baptized receive the Holy Spirit?
can it happen in ONE DAY?
John 3:8
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
then what?
Ephesians 1
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5he predestined usb for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9making knownc to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
11In him
we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
13In 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, 14who is the guaranteed of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,e to the praise of his glory.
14 - He is
the down payment of our inheritance, for the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory.
arrabón: an earnest (a part payment in advance for security)
Original Word: ἀρραβών, ῶνος, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: arrabón
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-hrab-ohn')
Short Definition: an earnest, earnest-money
Definition: an earnest, earnest-money, a large part of the payment, given in advance as a security that the whole will be paid afterwards.
728 arrhabṓn – properly, an installment; a deposit ("down-payment") which guarantees the balance (the full purchase-price).
728 /arrhabṓn ("down-payment pledge") is the regular term in NT times for "earnest-money," i.e. advance-payment that guarantees the rest will be given. 728 (arrhabṓn) then represents full security backed by the purchaser who supplies sufficient proof they will fulfill the entire pledge (promise).
[728 (arrhabṓn) is common in the papyri for "down payment/earnest money" and hence frequent in business documents and agreements.]
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13In 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.
they repented and believed
which means
they were not longer in rebellion to God
Acts 2
36Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
37Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” 41So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
you have repeatedly and consistently said
no one is saved in sin. ever.
that this is not the Plan of God.
He
can not and
will not save anyone who has not
ceased all known sin.
you've said it in 10,000 different ways.
"there were added
that day about three thousand souls."
are you going to say that three thousand souls who were saved
on the Day of Pentecost had ceased all known sin in that single day? BEFORE THEY RECEIVED THE WORD AND WERE BAPTIZED?
is this how it went?
somewhere between
9 am on the Day Peter delivered his sermon, and the time these people were baptized and received the Holy Spirit on the very THE SAME DAY, they:
- took time to think about their past lives and current behavior.
- tried to find out what was willful sin and what wasn't.
- wandered around in the wilderness in despair [for how long?].
- had made a list of all known sin.
- ceased from every one.
- purified their hearts and minds.
- were double-checked by the Apostles who wrote letters to everyone asking "if you are an axe-murderer, have you..."?
or were they saved in sin, from their sins, from the penalty for their sins, and empowered by the new birth to change?
which is it Scott?
just keep it simple. i want to hear it straight from you.