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Originally Posted by Maple Leaf
Very interesting.
Why do you think that they omitted any reference to the new birth doctrine?
I would have expected a clear statement of the water and Spirit doctrine, which is strangely absent.
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5. One becomes the recipient of God’s gift of salvation by obeying the command given on the birthday of the church: “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 your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call,” (
Acts 2:38,39).
Repentance (Luke 13:3; Acts 2:38; Luke 24:47), being baptized (immersed) in water in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38; 8:16; 10:48; 19:6). and being filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38; 8:16; 10:48; 19:6) was the normative experience in the New Testament and are the essential elements of initial salvation.
All believers in scripture were defined as:
1. Filled or baptized with the Spirit: This was the norm, not the exception (
Acts 19:1-6) and was considered standard and essential to being included in Christ and his kingdom (
Romans 8:9). By one Spirit are we all baptized into one body (
I Corinthians 12:13)
2. Buried with Christ in water baptism: In Paul’s writing, baptism was the point at which official initiation into Christ was ascertained to have taken place (
Colossians 2:11-14). Repentance and baptism provides for the remission of sins (
Acts 2:38).
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