Amen!! That is one reason why I hesitate to identify myself with Apostolics. That and the fact that many of them are "everybody-is-going-to-hell-but-me-and-those-exactly-like-me attitude."
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Originally Posted by Aquila
You see, modern day Apostolics are making the same error as Trinitarians. We've codified the name of Jesus into a "formula" to be spoken by a minister at the moment of water baptism. We've missed it entirely. The issue isn't what someone is saying over you when your baptized, the issue is that water baptism is the moment NT Christians had converts call on the name to be saved. Baptism isn't a time for formulas... it's a time to prayerfully call upon the name of the Lord, asking that your sins be washed away; just as Paul was told.
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