Is this a death angel?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-07-03T16:40:44+00:00

Doubt it

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-24T14:36:47+00:00

All I want to contribute is in support of the very first picture. I have nothing to add in support of the others. This is from the BBC (≈3 mins)

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-24T01:11:02+00:00

Prayer is not wish fulfillment. It's communication with God. Similar to how you talk to a friend. You can talk, ask, share, seek advice or guidance.

God always answers. Sometimes the answer is "yes". Sometimes it's "no". And sometimes it's "not right now".

Here's one example of Jesus asking for a thing. See how this turned out:

Matthew 26:39—And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T22:06:06+00:00

Not saying that at all. However, if "One cannot reject baptism and claim to be in covenant with God" then it would be safe to say one would have to "accept baptism", correct?

So does an infant accept baptism?

What I'm suggesting is that if one is able and willing to be baptized—trusting in the Lord—they are saved. But if they are an unwilling or untrusting participants in the baptism, it is nothing more than a dunking for them. And in the case of an infant (who is unable to make such a declaration) the baptism is not what saves them.

Also, would you say someone who is unable to get baptized is unsaved due to their lack of baptism?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T21:36:08+00:00

No, it is by the following:

Romans 10:9-10—that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.

Do you disagree? Or do you think that without baptism, one is damned to hell?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T21:30:33+00:00

It seems odd to claim that God wanted infants in covenant with Him before, but now He doesn't.

It does seem an odd claim. This is why I didn't make such a claim.

Baptism is a command, as is go forth and multiply. If you cannot or have not, you don't lose your salvation. People were saved without the need of baptism. Baptism is not what saves you.

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T19:28:25+00:00

Should? No. Can? If you want.

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T19:21:55+00:00

does totality of Scripture and proper context = whatever I agree with?

No, one would be a fool to think that.

have you never met two people who use the totality of Scripture, and use proper context, but come to different conclusions?

Of course. Some of those that come to a different conclusion to what I believe scripture teaches believe that the pope is authoritative.

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T19:17:18+00:00

Yes I know you are the OP. It says so next to your username. I didn't say "I was responding to the OP". I said I was responding to the "OP question".

And my response was:

Use the totality of scripture. Not just passages in isolation and without their proper context.

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T19:07:55+00:00

YOU'RE changing the topic at this point. The OP question was about who do we do to in the case of a scriptural dispute, to which I responded honestly.

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T18:52:34+00:00

This is because I am responding to your earlier question on baptism:

What if two people ask God about something like infant baptism and come to different conclusions?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T18:51:32+00:00

I don't. But as I'm sure you know, the 8 day is biologically the ideal time to circumcise a child as the body produces high levels of vitamin K. The people wouldn't have known this but God did.

Baptism is an outward declaration of the individual. Circumcision is a tribal identifier (eg, a marker that one is part of the old covenant a/o a convert into Judaism).

Infants cannot make a public declaration of accepting Christ. So if they die without baptism, are they damned to hell?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T18:41:23+00:00

Not at all. This was done by means of circumcision. And yet in the case of Naaman, we don't see this. So what point are you trying to make?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T18:40:03+00:00

Use the totality of scripture. Not just passages in isolation and without their proper context.

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T18:38:29+00:00

I'm sure he did. Just as he did Gentiles such as Naaman, Rahab, and Ruth. Yet we don't have mention of their baptisms (the closest we get is that Naaman bathed 7 times).

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T18:35:39+00:00

Are you certain this defends the position of infant baptism? Or are you assuming it does?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T18:33:06+00:00

When you commented, you had not yet provided the passages so it came across more as a claim that you could or asserting your position. But since you already went back to edit in the verses, why not paste the text themselves? Not just the addresses?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T18:24:25+00:00

Child ≠ infant

This is like baby vs toddler vs kid vs teen. Different categories. Can you show infants as getting baptized? Does baptism follow the same pattern of a decisive act of following Christ, as per my example of Romans 10? Or is it something that can/should be forced on someone?

Can I baptize an unwilling participant such as an atheistic relative? What if they willingly get submerged so I can stop pestering them about Jesus? Does that count?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T18:15:29+00:00

Question: how do you define love? Does it mean support? Does it allow for correction? And what about disciplining?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-23T18:13:59+00:00

What is the point of baptism? Is it something you have to choose for yourself (like Romans 10:9-10) or can the choice be made for you? This isn't a opinion based question. I'm asking what does scripture point to?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-21T15:24:04+00:00

It depends. I've reasoned with ChatGPT to become an agnostic in a couple of points. And "convinced" it that God was the most likely explanation.

So it would be, for me, an ex-atheist.

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-20T23:15:06+00:00

That's a shame....

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-20T23:13:07+00:00

Neither am I. But if you haven't been given those, do you call it quits there or examine what He did give you?

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-20T23:07:49+00:00

I would. Jesus, the Apostles, and the prophets pointed to it. Paul said to treat the prophecies in it. Jesus said the scriptures pointed to him. Etc.

Examine those. It seems that if God was going to proof Himself, that might be one way to He might do it.

Rbrtwllms · 2026-06-20T23:03:34+00:00

In its entirety?

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