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    Baptism

    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...
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    Baptism

    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...
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    Baptism

    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...
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    Baptism

    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.
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    Baptism

    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.
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    Baptism

    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...
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    Baptism

    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...
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    Baptism

    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.
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    Baptism

    “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
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    Repent and be baptized, every one of you

    “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...
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    Who will enter the Kingdom of Heaven?

    “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...
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    Who will enter the Kingdom of Heaven?

    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...
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    What does that simple question reveal?

    “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...
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    What does that simple question reveal?

    “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
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    Saved by faith alone?

    “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...
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    One Baptism

    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...
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    One Baptism

    This may be a little different than EG meant, but it is a translation that demonstrates that Acts 2:38 isn’t about water baptism. “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...
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    One Baptism

    What about the prophecy in Joel from Acts 2? “But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old...
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    One Baptism

    Luke 24:47 is absolutely a very important verse. We see it translated “repentance and forgiveness of sins”. If you look at the oldest manuscripts of Luke (P75, Sinaiticus, Vaticanus) you will see that the greek word used is eis and not kai. If you translate eis like it is translated in Acts...
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    One Baptism

    “John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair...