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10/9/07 2:06 AM |
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It is a command, no doubt. If someone asks me what to do, I tell them what was said on the day of Pentecost recorded in Acts 2:38. It worked then. It will work now. Those who repent shall be baptized and those baptized shall be prayed for that they be strengthened with the gift of the Holy Ghost which is promised that they shall receive. I think I'll leave it at that. Time for bed. "Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 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. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call."(Acts 2:37-39) |
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10/7/07 8:54 PM |
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Lurker, That's not how I see infused righteousness. Christ said they'd be filled, not by filling themselves or trying to do right, but will be filled and thus doing right because they have it in them. It all goes back to God working in us. How else do you explain the changed drunkard, homosexual, theif, murderer, etc etc. They didn't change themselves. Something was put into them(righteousness) and they were transformed. Maybe my anology appears poor because it challenges a commonly held idea. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt with Paul's word, so therefore we're declared righteous and filled with righteousness. I've been studying up on Limited Atonenment and you know what, it may not be the offensive and unbiblical doctrine I once thought it was, if what I have read is an accurate presentation of Reformed doctrine. I'm getting the picture that the Atonement is "limited" or definite in who benefits from it--namely believers(with which I agree). It's powerful enough for the whole world but only believers are beneficiaries of its work(agree again). It's meant for a particular group(believers) and so in that sense it's limited(agree here also). Am I understanding this correctly? I would like some honest discussion on this Reformed faith because it does interest me. Thanks. |
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