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By the washing of regeneration and the renewal of the Holy Spirit.

New Testament. See Acts 10

Yes. 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:23

Actually, a vacuum is a pretty good description of what I was when God saved me.

Repentance and faith are gifts of God and the result of a powerful work of God. I take no credit for these gifts. Zero.

Who initiated your conversion? You or God? And thought processes do not save. God saves.

I was referring to the phrase "for (eis with the accusative)the remission of sins" Acts 2:38. The same preposition, translated “for” here is used in Matthew 3:11. “I indeed baptize you with water UNTO (eis with accusative) repentance.” Now did John baptize people so that they could repent or...

In my response to Acts 2:38, I meant to say same PREPOSITION, not participle. Eis with the accusative.

Continuation of post 307 1 Peter 3:21. Doesn’t teach that baptism washes away sin. In fact, it refutes such a notion. Notice, baptism is referred to as “ the answer of a good conscience towards God.” Baptism is an answer of a good conscience, meaning that those who are baptized have been...

Again, you’re the one who brought up Baptists and completely misrepresented their position on baptism. I merely corrected you on it. And you didn’t show me any verses that show that baptismal waters wash away sin, which is what we disagreed on. I showed you several passages that show that the...

I didn’t marry a denomination. You’re the one who misrepresented Baptists, so I corrected you. Now you’re all defensive. I will address your proof texts later as I am currently busy. But in the meantime, I will ask. How did Cornelius receive the Holy Spirit before baptism if baptism washes away...

https://bfm.sbc.net/bfm2000/ As you can see in article seven, there is nothing in the Baptist Faith and Message ( statement of largest Baptist group) that says Baptism washes away sin. Perhaps you can give citations of Baptists or Baptist groups that teach that baptism washes away sin. The...

All of these (accept, work, follow) are responses to God’s Grace. They do not earn God’s Grace, they are appropriate responses to God’s Grace, Grace which is freely given and presently possessed by the believer. When we confess our sins, we have the promise that God will not only forgive our...

I see repentance as more of an effect of the Grace of God than a work. I do not categorize repentance as a work, especially not in the sense that Paul and others use the word “works”

Of course. I never said repentance is not necessary. But repentance is not a work, it is a response. Just as faith is not a work, it is a response. So it is all of Grace, not of works, lest any man should boast This thread is about works, right? How did we manage to confuse repentance with...

The preponderance of what your verses say is that we are saved by the Grace of God apart from works, and that any works that follow are results of the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit.

God justifies the ungodly. Romans 4:5. This would not be true if we had to clean ourselves up before God justified us. God justifies us and purifies us by faith.

“…(Regeneration) is a change of heart, wrought by the Holy Spirit through conviction of sin, to which the sinner responds in repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus. Repentance and faith are inseperable experiences of Grace. “. (Baptist Faith and Message) So faith and repentance are...

The only way one can repent of sin in the sense that they turn from my evil way and walk straight is if God changes theirheart. So repentance is turning to God, who then purifies your heart, then because of God’s work you are able to walk in His ways progressively growing in holiness. . For He...

Why is that passage inapplicable to the point? The point that sins are forgiven through confession to God?