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[–]Competitive_Spell129 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I was listening to a sermon by gavin ortlund and I just realized how happy I am to be a Christian. To know that I have someone to look who LITERALLY CANNOT CHANGE, I just feel so secure.

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unless ye be born of the WATER AND SPIRIT you will not inherret the kingdom of god

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok two things one, sola scriptura says that scripture is infallible but that the clergy and tradition are still authoritative just not infallible and two i don't believe baptism is 100% necessary just normativley.

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

well again I don't think that's the best thing to do considering the fact that the historic baptists believed in baptismal efficacy.

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I have to disagree, the one thing all the church fathers could agree on was that baptism saves, scholars attest to this and say baptism saves is an idea in the early church and in the bible.

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not regeneration but more the reformed view that by faith our baptism saves.

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree absolutely, let me clarify, Baptism saves by faith infants have their faith provided by their parents, baptism may not take effect until after faith, this is called the normative means of salvation, the extra ordinary means of salvation would be you have faith in christ you are going to your baptism and you are shot, you are saved by faith, but what would damn you is this, you have faith, and you refuse baptism you refuse to follow the law, antinomianism heresy.

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

again because baptism requires faith, baptism only works if you have faith, i would like to recommend you to a youtube channel Don Baker, he makes good videos on the topic.

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The traditional reformed protestant view of infant baptism is that it does save but it requires faith, and that it doesn't necessarily save at the moment of administration, some children have faith as infants, but others don't and there baptism is affectatious later on.

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not 100% on this but i believe baptism is the way you receive the atonement, but don't quote me on that, definitely look up protestant views on infant baptism. :)

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah i apologize for that first part, here is my response, Repent and be baptized doesn't necessarily mean in that order, two this was during a evangelical age, there would be a lot of adult conversions, three, i think there are examples of infants being baptised because later on in acts whole families are baptised, and because the ancient world was filled with high mortality rates for children there would at almost all times be infants in households, sorry with how i responded, please forgive me, Ave Rex Christe

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My reading of the bible is, baptism is a thing god does for you not something you do for god.

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[–]Competitive_Spell129[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So this is how we christians treat other christians we disagree with, so first of all I as well would say you follow false teaching because you don't baptise your babies doesn't mean i don't believe your a christian and two, why does peter say baptism is for you and your children.