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  1. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    You’ve written a lot here, but none of it actually deals with the text. My references were clear and accurately cited — if you think BDAG, Thayer, or Wallace disagree, quote them directly instead of asserting it. I haven’t “stalked” or “manufactured” anything; I’ve simply shown the...
  2. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    For my part, I’m not misrepresenting Scripture but quoting it directly and letting context speak. We may disagree on interpretation, but that’s not “nonsense” — it’s exactly what healthy study and comparison are for. As always, the goal is truth, not winning an exchange. Yet your continued use...
  3. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    Numbers 32:23 (KJV) — “your sins will find you out.” Proof
  4. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    Won't work studier... Numbers 32:23 (KJV) — “your sins will find you out.” https://christianchat.com/bible-discussion-forum/acts-2-38-comparison-evangelical-vs-oneness-baptismal-regeneration-view.220967/page-76#post-5621321
  5. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    1 Corinthians 1:17 (KJV) 17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. If baptism were what actually saves, then his statement in 1 Corinthians 1:17 KJV would logically read like this parody I...
  6. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    Numbers 32:23 (KJV) — “your sins will find you out.”
  7. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    Your tactic has always been using ai... which I caught you several times, and yet again!
  8. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    The text itself draws the dividing line where Jesus drew it — belief, not baptism. If baptism were equally required, the Lord would have said “he that believeth not or is not baptized shall be condemned.” Scripture never contradicts itself: salvation is through faith, and baptism follows as...
  9. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    Back to Ai usage Studier: My IT friend just sent this back: That post shows several clear AI-writing fingerprints: 🔍 1. Sentence rhythm and tone The phrasing is unusually clipped and balanced: “Fully geared up for ignore. Preferred, actually.” “Genuine faith actively and obediently receives...
  10. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    That’s not a misrepresentation at all — it’s exactly the distinction Paul makes. Faith receives what God has done; works try to earn what He offers. Romans 4:5 KJV couldn’t be clearer: “To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for...
  11. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    That line perfectly captures what’s happening in the thread: they’re trying to merge grace with works (specifically baptism and obedience) so that salvation becomes something earned or completed by us, rather than something freely given by God through faith. In other words: They’re not denying...
  12. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    Haha that post by TruthDefender is a classic baptismal-regeneration prooftext chain — he is linking Mark 16:16 KJV, John 3:5 KJV, and Acts 2:38 KJV to argue that salvation is conditional on baptism. :ROFL: Each of those verses has to be read in context, not fused into a formula. Mark 16:16 JHV...
  13. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    That’s fine — sarcasm doesn’t change truth. Grace is still unearned favor, not a metaphysical energy or substance. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” — Ephesians 2:8 KJV Grace and Peace Acts 17:11 (KJV) “These were more noble than...
  14. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    Not at all — grace isn’t a substance, grasshopper, it’s God’s favor. The point of the metaphor (“not the faucet that turns grace on”) was about cause and effect, not essence. Scripture defines grace as God’s unmerited favor (Romans 11:6 KJV; Titus 2:11 KJV), not a material force or impersonal...
  15. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    @ChristRoseFromTheDead I actually do — and unlike you, I back every point I make with Scripture, not assumptions. “And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.” — Romans 11:6 KJV “For by grace are ye saved through faith… not of works, lest any man should...
  16. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    @ChristRoseFromTheDead No disagreement that obedience matters — it’s the fruit of faith, not the faucet that turns grace on. “For by grace are ye saved through faith… not of works.” — Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV “We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works.” — Ephesians 2:10 KJV...
  17. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    @ChristRoseFromTheDead Ah yes, when you can’t refute Paul’s logic, just invent a new dictionary. Try again, grasshopper. Romans 4:5 and 11:6 define “works” long before Calvin ever did — and neither of them were Gnostics. “But to him that worketh not, but believeth…” — Romans 4:5 KJV “If by...
  18. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    You are now trying to deflect with sarcasm because I cornered you logically. My clarification about “silent inclusion” as shorthand for argument from silence was airtight — so now you are retreating into mockery (“if it was well known it’d be on the internet”) to save face. :ROFL: That’s a...
  19. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    You just contradicted yourself, grasshopper. If something is required in order to obtain salvation, it is a work by definition — a human condition placed on grace. Paul already addressed that: “And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.” — Romans 11:6 KJV...
  20. LightBearer316

    Acts 2:38 Comparison: Evangelical vs. Oneness / Baptismal-Regeneration View

    @ChristRoseFromTheDead You can Google all you want — “silent inclusion” isn’t a formal label, it’s a descriptive shorthand for a well-known fallacy: argument from silence (appealing to what isn’t stated as if it were implied). Benefits of a classical education, grasshopper. In other words, it’s...