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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
Accurate faith in the Lord?
What does that mean?
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I don't remember seeing this before, but am happy to answer.
An accurate faith in the Lord is predicated upon certain realities of who and what Jesus of Nazareth is and was.
Take this book by famed Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh:
https://www.amazon.com/Going-Home-Je.../dp/1573228303
Ought we to suppose that this represents an accurate depiction of Jesus? If someone thought it did, do you suppose their faith in Jesus is based in reality (accurate), or in non-reality (inaccurate)?
That's the kind of thing I mean when I say "an accurate faith in the Lord".
So, a sample list might look like this:
Jesus, born of a virgin named Mary, and of God His Father, is the Son of God, the Christ, born in Bethlehem, fled to Egypt, raised by Joseph in Nazareth, was a carpenter/stone mason, was baptized by His cousin John in the Jordan River, ministered for three and a half years. Was crucified and died, was buried, was raised to life and ascended to the right hand of the Father...
These are the kind of accurate statements I believe a person needs to be aware of, generally speaking. Specifically speaking, when it comes to a person's immersion, they should certainly believe above all else that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, as Simon Peter declared Him, and as the Ethiopian eunuch professed in order to be immersed by Philip.
Consider a regular poster at Jason Dulle's blog, who goes by several names, one being LeotheGreater, who has repeatedly claimed that Jesus was an atheist, that the term Father simply refers to an inward reality of self, and that Jesus, through the Holy Scriptures was the one who revealed this to him.
I wouldn't immerse this dude no matter how much he begged or paid. His is not an accurate faith in the Lord, regardless of what he thinks about Jesus, believes about Jesus, or claims to have had revealed to him about Jesus, from "Jesus".