On Mar 7, 11:40=A0pm, "gary" <biblic...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, "Repent, and be baptized every
> > one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and
> > ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."
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> > A discussion on another thread led to an advocacy for baptismal
> > regeneration. =A0Of course the primary arrow slung at me for disputing
> > this doctrine was "Calvinist." =A0So I thought I would take some time
> > over the holiday season to actually look at the primary passages that
> > are often referred to by the BR advocates. =A0Acts 2:38, though only
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> > among a handful of verses used, is certainly a key verse. =A0Others
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> > Acts 3:19; 16:30-31; 22:16, and if we stick with Luke, there is also
> > 24:47 in his gospel, could, may even will, be looked at but for now
> > I'm only going to address 2:38.
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> A fundamental error in both your analysis and BR advocates' analysis, is
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> equate the receiving of everlasting life (regeneration) with remission
of
> sins.
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No. At regeneration, all sin is forgiven for imputation has three
aspects. 1) the sin of Adam is imputed to our account (not his
personal sin), 2) our sin is imputed to Christ, 3) Christ's
righteousness is imputed to our account. Justification is a one time
event wherein God declares us just. Rom 5:1, 2.
When one is truly "born again," both his sin and his sins are
forgiven. Period. End of story. Rom 8:1. However, the regenerate
still carry with them the "old man," the "old sin nature." Therefore
1st John 1's account that when we do sin, we are called to confess
that sin, not to have it forgiven, but to reinstate our fellow****p.
There is no such thing as perfection in this life time.
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