Requirements of Salvation
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So you are just going to ignore, "your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! and you have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God.” Simon needed to repent of his wickedness and was poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity. This wickedness that Simon committed was from a heart that was not right with God. So the answer to your question is NO. I have not committed any wickedness from a heart that was not right with God since I believed and was baptized because I truly believe the gospel and my heart has been right with God ever since based on believing in Christ and receiving forgiveness of sins. That doesn't mean that I have never sinned at all since then, which is not the same thing as committing wickedness while bound by iniquity from a heart that is not right with God.
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My post said this:
Repentance: Strong's Hebrews ( H7725:שׁוּב ) to turn back, return, a wholehearted turning to God.
(NOTE: The different way repent translates in Hebrew vs Greek. John wasn't speaking Greek, nor was he preaching to gentiles. Gentiles had no relationship, no covenant, no hope & were without God (Eph 2:12)
2ndly, I made no mention to John the beloved, you did. And finally the notion that John the Baptist, a law a abiding Jew (son of a Temple priest). Was preaching in the wilderness of Judaea. Telling other law abiding Jews to repent in GREEK, is laughable! I'm done here, best wished!
Repentance: Strong's Hebrews ( H7725:שׁוּב ) to turn back, return, a wholehearted turning to God.
(NOTE: The different way repent translates in Hebrew vs Greek. John wasn't speaking Greek, nor was he preaching to gentiles. Gentiles had no relationship, no covenant, no hope & were without God (Eph 2:12)
2ndly, I made no mention to John the beloved, you did. And finally the notion that John the Baptist, a law a abiding Jew (son of a Temple priest). Was preaching in the wilderness of Judaea. Telling other law abiding Jews to repent in GREEK, is laughable! I'm done here, best wished!
When you read verses like 1 Corinthians 6:11 it certainly sounds like it.
1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
In the phrase “by the Spirit of our God,” by is the Greek word en which means in. So is this by the Spirit or in the Spirit?
Mark 1:8 ESV
I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
With here is also the Greek work en or in.
Ephesians 1:13-14 ESV
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, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
In this case believers are sealed in him with the Holy Spirit.
These verses show that the Holy Sprit is certainly involved, but John 3:8 also tells us that we can’t fully understand everything involving the Spirit.
John 3:8 ESV
“The wind/pneuma 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/Pneumatos.”
1 Corinthians 6:11 ESV
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
In the phrase “by the Spirit of our God,” by is the Greek word en which means in. So is this by the Spirit or in the Spirit?
Mark 1:8 ESV
I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
With here is also the Greek work en or in.
Ephesians 1:13-14 ESV
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, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
In this case believers are sealed in him with the Holy Spirit.
These verses show that the Holy Sprit is certainly involved, but John 3:8 also tells us that we can’t fully understand everything involving the Spirit.
John 3:8 ESV
“The wind/pneuma 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/Pneumatos.”
The scripture you reference does not pertain to water baptism, it speaks of the OT tabernacle washings, etc.
After the Holy Ghost was poured out, ushering in the NT, Peter instructed everyone of the need to be water baptized in a slightly different way than what was introduced by John the Baptist prior to Jesus' death, burial and resurrection. This is evidenced in Paul's interaction with the Ephesus disciples. (Acts 19:2-6) The recorded event makes it clear that John the Baptist's water baptism was just an introduction to what would later have to be done in Jesus' name.
Obedience to this change regarding baptism is required as there is a spiritual significance to the God ordained ordinance. Upon being water baptized in the name of Jesus individuals are being spiritually buried and reborn with Him.
After the Holy Ghost was poured out, ushering in the NT, Peter instructed everyone of the need to be water baptized in a slightly different way than what was introduced by John the Baptist prior to Jesus' death, burial and resurrection. This is evidenced in Paul's interaction with the Ephesus disciples. (Acts 19:2-6) The recorded event makes it clear that John the Baptist's water baptism was just an introduction to what would later have to be done in Jesus' name.
Obedience to this change regarding baptism is required as there is a spiritual significance to the God ordained ordinance. Upon being water baptized in the name of Jesus individuals are being spiritually buried and reborn with Him.
I don't agree. The biblical record clearly separates the two.
As the following states, the Holy Ghost was poured out on the group. After that experience Peter looks to the other Jews present and asks whether they should forbid that the Gentiles partake in water baptism. As Peter stated at Pentecost water baptism is done in Jesus' name for the remission of sin. Therefore, he understood that to refuse to water baptize the group would be hindering their ability to have their sins washed away in compliance with the very purposes of God. Peter deduced that God certainly would not have filled the Gentiles with His Spirit if they were not accepted to receive eternal salvation.
Acts 10:47-48
47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
As the following states, the Holy Ghost was poured out on the group. After that experience Peter looks to the other Jews present and asks whether they should forbid that the Gentiles partake in water baptism. As Peter stated at Pentecost water baptism is done in Jesus' name for the remission of sin. Therefore, he understood that to refuse to water baptize the group would be hindering their ability to have their sins washed away in compliance with the very purposes of God. Peter deduced that God certainly would not have filled the Gentiles with His Spirit if they were not accepted to receive eternal salvation.
Acts 10:47-48
47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
Hebrews 9:10 is absolutely talking about water baptism. That is how it was referred to in Greek. However, in this verse the Greek word baptismois was translated and not transliterated. It does refer to regulations under the Law of Moses, but the questions remains. Why would Hebrews tell us that baptism as a regulation for the body would be imposed until the time of reformation, only for us to see baptism in water reestablished as an ordinance for the body after the time of reformation?
Acts 19:5 ESV
On hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
baptized in the name = ebaptisthesan eis to onoma
Thayer’s lexicon says that eis is used in conjunction with baptizo to indicate the medium into which immersion occurs. So in this case the immersion is into the name/authority/cause of the Lord Jesus, not into water.
We can see the Greek words used in a similar fashion in 1 Corinthians 10:2
1 Corinthians 10:2 ESV
and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
the Greek word order would make this: into Moses were baptized = eis ton Mousen ebaptistanto
Acts 19:5 ESV
On hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
baptized in the name = ebaptisthesan eis to onoma
Thayer’s lexicon says that eis is used in conjunction with baptizo to indicate the medium into which immersion occurs. So in this case the immersion is into the name/authority/cause of the Lord Jesus, not into water.
We can see the Greek words used in a similar fashion in 1 Corinthians 10:2
1 Corinthians 10:2 ESV
and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
the Greek word order would make this: into Moses were baptized = eis ton Mousen ebaptistanto