" For they were hearing them speaking with tongues and exalting God.
Then Peter answered,
Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have
received the Holy Spirit just as we [did,] can he?"
And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then
they asked him to stay on for a few days. " Acts 10:46-48
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in theses verses it is conclusive that water baptism saves no one...
the baptism by the Holy Spirit does. it would be salvation by
ceremony if it were. the babbling blasphemes spewing from the RC
Catechism concerning baptism as a ceremony which forgives sins is
completely contrary to the text above, since baptism by the Holy
Spirit creates believers first and baptism with water followed.
neither is water baptism a condition to be filled in order to be
saved from eternal death, as in the case of the criminal crucified
with Christ... and all in the Old Testament. those who are saved are
saved by grace. ( Eph. 2:8-10 ) there are not two methods of
salvation employed by God, just one.
what is meant by " he who has believed and has been baptized shall
be saved " ( Mk. 16:16 ) is that assent to the facts is not the
believing which saves, as in the case of Simon Magus of Acts 8:9-24
who is said to have ' believed. ' ( v. 13 ) it again is the baptism
by the Holy Spirit which saves. ( Joh. 3:6 )
Simon was attracted to miracles he saw and wanted to market them
much as the stage pentecostalists do in our time.
salvation is entirely unconditional... Lk. 4:14-30; Joh. 1:12,13;
Eph. 2:8,9 we are created in Christ to do good works not because
anyone is saved by good works. ( v. 10 )
condition filling is man's idea of righteousness by works.
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