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I only speculate that it was for martyrs who yet to have been baptized by water, but yikes at Jesus not being risen! No, it seems to be an actual practice no matter what their reason was for it. I was trying to show the social component to water baptism among the early church. Which I hoped...

Rom 8: 29 KJV "For whom he did foreknew, he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn of many brethren." This tells us that a group are predestinated to be made into Christ's image. It doesn't say when. I suspect that it will not be until...

Not at all. Its just that the Holy Spirit uses scripture to lead each of us who are of the faith, closer to the Lord and into all truth.

When John refused to baptize Jesus, in Mt 3: 15 KJV "Jesus answered saying unto him, Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becommeth us to fulfill all righteousness."

Jesus lived a perfect life under the OT law and kept the spirit of the new covenant in all that he did. When Jesus went to John the Baptist to be baptized of him in water, it was not to fulfil the requirement of the OT law, nor because he needed repentance, but rather: it was as an example for...

Election is truth, its just not unconditional. That election is seen in the Holy Spirit's working with the faithful to minister the gospel to the world. When a member of the body of Christ who is sharing the gospel via the word of God to the lost; and that lost person who hears is convicted of...

Why stop there? What about the total depravity of man, or limited atonement, or irresistible grace, or perseverance of the saints? The perfect package of beliefs for newborn believers to ignore their faith and their relationship with the Lord. Perfect for the last days, sadly, because "except...

We're told how Cain was cursed to be a fugitive and a vagabond and the Land would no longer give him its strength, and the Lord marked him so that others would know not to harm him because of it. Cain sacrificed his crops to the Lord, as he probably didn't want to get a sacrifice from his...

If election were unconditional, then the scripture would say that all who are called are chosen, but it doesn't, Scripture tells us, that "many are called, but few are chosen." This is because one must respond to the Lord's call in repentance with a godly sorrow and belief in the word of the...

The Lord does not give understanding to those who hold the truth in unrighteousness. Understanding doctrines and knowledge is reserved for those who have applied themselves to the word of righteousness. Choose your teacher well: in Lu 6: 40 we see that, "The disciple is not above his master...

Hey Cameron143... After Jesus was resurrected; and unbeknown to them, he walked with two of his disciples on the way to Emmaus and asked them what they were talking about and they explained current events to Jesus. Then, in Lu 24: 25-27 KJV "Then he said unto them, O fools and slow of heart to...

Hey Grace911... Numerology is too obscure for me. We only know in part and must discern the truth by reading through a dark glass, as it were. It doesn't seem worth the effort since 666 is also the number of a man too. It does make me think that we're finite beings while the Lord is infinite...

Heb 3 makes this point very clearly, especially towards the end of the chapter.

I don't think that their faith was that specific. They believed that God would one day send the Messiah, born of a virgin, in the city of David to save them in their hour of need as promised by God.

True that! Heb 10: 1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of things...

I pray, worship, and praise the Lord in tongues and with my under understanding. I sing in tongues and with my understanding. I have every intention of worshiping the Lord in Spirit and in truth throughout eternity, when there are no longer any gifts of the Spirit. In fact, if worshiping the...

Gen 1: 26 Let us make man in our image, and after our likeness... Ps 110: 1 And the Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand... Jos 5: 14 And he said, Nay, but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come, and Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped him... Dan 3: 25 "And...

And too, when the gifts cease with the coming of Jesus, we'll have eternity to worship the Lord; not by faith, but rather, face to face and spirit to Spirit. We'll glory in the Lord's presence, in truth and in holiness, in joy unspeakable and full of glory, with lives devoid of sin. We will...

These are all true. The law came 430 years after the promise of faith was given to Abraham and his seed, The law was added to Abraham's heirs because of transgressions. The blood of bulls and goats sufficed for the cleansing of the flesh under the law; how much more shall the blood of Christ...

Mt 5: 18 KJV "Verily I say unto thee, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all is fulfilled." Gal 3: 23-25 KJV "But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterward be revealed. Wherefore the law...