*** Poll: Does all scripture point to Acts 2:38? ****

[Dedicated Mind]

Originally Posted by Encryptus

Great side step totally ignoring the post!

A reprehensible and indefensible position.

I completely stand by my sidestep!

[Encryptus]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

Acts 2:38 is the most important verse in the entire bible.

Peter had the keys to the kingdom.

The day of Pentecost was the 1st day of the New Tesament church.

Acts 2:38 is the response to every NT sinner that wants to be saved.

What scripture is more important than Acts 2:38???????????????

Well good! Since you won't repeat the statement and continue to edit it out, one can only pray you have repented from maintaining that Acts 2:38 "is the most important verse in the entire Bible"

[Dedicated Mind]

Originally Posted by Encryptus

Well good! Since you won't repeat the statement and continue to edit it out, one can only pray you have repented from maintaining that Acts 2:38 "is the most important verse in the entire Bible"

actually I thought my statements were congruent, but I like your oral tradition story. Do you know of any Jewish websites with similar info?

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Ferd

obfuscate.

Evade.

[Encryptus]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Evade.

Like the previous poster???? ROFLOL

And to think a mere 48hrs ago he purported to be a serious debate contender.

And got upset when didn't want to beat a dead horse.

Answer to question DM,

There are plenty of sites yes, but I also attend a messianic fellowship on Saturdays when schedule permits.

[Dedicated Mind]

Originally Posted by Encryptus

Like the previous poster???? ROFLOL

And to think a mere 48hrs ago he purported to be a serious debate contender.

And got upset when didn't want to beat a dead horse.

Answer to question DM,

There are plenty of sites yes, but I also attend a messianic fellowship on Saturdays when schedule permits.

can you recommend any sites?

[Neck]

I love what Jesus said on the Cross. "It is finished!"

So take me to the Cross.

Then to Acts 2:38.

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by Encryptus

Attempting to elevate one scripture above another reminds me of a story found in the Jewish oral tradition:

A Jew had been imprisoned by a feudal baron was unexpectedly shown some mercy. “Although you must remain my prisoner forever, I will allow you one day of freedom per year, on that day you can return to your family and practice your religion. You have a week to decide which day it shall be every year”.

If the prisoner decides Passover, he can observe Seder, eat matzot, and drink the four cups of wine. Rosh Hashanah and he can hear the shofar and pray in the temple. Maybe it should be a Shabbat or Shavuot, the day the Torah was given. So many mitzvot (commandments in the Torah), to pick one day meant to exclude the possibility of observing the laws connected with another.

He sent a message to his Rabbi David ben Abi Zimra, asking him to decide which day to choose. He was totally unprepared for reply. “The day you must choose is the very first day available, be it a Shabbat, a weekday, or any holiday”

The Rabbi made clear he should take the first available day so that he would not be forced to choose among the mitzvot. To choose one law above another is not just to say that it is more important, but that the other is less important. And how dare we say that any law given by God is less than another?





I have actually read on another thread that someone checked into a motel and noted that the words of our Lord and Savior in John 3:16 had been crossed out and Acts 2:38 written in the margin.

How dare any mortal try to decide which of God’s Words are most Holy!

As to the issue of the thread I would vote yes. All scriptures point to Acts 2:38.

On the other hand I would also say they all point to John 1:14 and even Genesis 1:1.

Even yes Song of Solomon points to Acts 2:38. Christ our Bridegroom. We must obey Acts 2:38 to be in the Bride.

Song of Solomon, who is the Bridegroom? John 1:14

God’s Holy Writ.

Trying to determine which verses are of more import, thereby implying that some are not? Folly to the point of blasphemy.

I like your answer, blessing to you! "ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN FOR...."

[A.W. Bowman]

Now that everything has died down: Verses usually skipped over:

Concerning Tongues: Acts 2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. {was...: Gr. voice was made confounded: or, troubled in mind} 7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

No prayer language and no language of angles.

Next:

Concerning "easy believeism": Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: 21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Most OP doctrine teachers would refute this passage as "easy believeism" because it casts Acts 2:38 in a different light.

Of course, we must now go back and re-read Acts 2. each line, word by word and see how it all fits together. Now, everyone is free to draw their own conclusions based on the word, rather than on just church dogma. Be happy with your point of view.

[Brother Price]

All scripture points to the Cross and the One who was on the Cross!