Just as with salvation, one must repent, confess, and ask forgiveness for sins. The plan does not change because His grace and mercy does not change.
AMEN brother Price.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
The New Testament says God is married to the backslider. Just like the prodigal son, if you will repent and ask forgiveness God will forgive. I believe any sin short of blasphemy is forgiveable. God knows the heart and understands human fraility. He will take you back if you simply ask.
I have re-baptized people who were baptized in Jesus' name previously. Not because I thought they needed to, but because THEY thought they needed.
Man Of Word,
Were these people your congregants? Either or, why not reaffirm 1 John 1:9 rather than participating in an erroneous misconception of re-baptism?
It's evident these people don't understand the concept of baptism and forgiveness, reason being, they would rather re-baptize than to ask for forgiveness.
Here's an interesting question:
1)What does RE-baptism accomplish that repentance prayer can't?
This indicates they lack faith in repentance prayer, and interestingly enough believe in forgiveness through re-baptism.
This was posted by someone in a 1-step vs. 3-step debate here on AFF. This question was sort of ignored due to all the other bickering going on. So, I'll ask it here. If a saved person (meaning has completed Acts 2:38 and is living holy) backslides, must they obey Acts 2:38 all over again if they want to be saved? To what extent can we backslide. We have "citizenship" in a spiritual sense, one way or another. We are children of GOD and in HIS Kingdom now if we are in Christ. Before this we were children of disobedience and of the devil and outside of the Kingdom. Can one go from darkness, then light, then darkness (as they were in darkness before) and then light again? I look forward to the responses!
GOD BLESS!
Bro. Alex
What do you think ALEX...what do you think it takes for one who has sinned to
the point of leaving the fellowship of God to come back into God's grace?
I look forward to your response.
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God has lavished his love upon me.
I have re-baptized people who were baptized in Jesus' name previously. Not because I thought they needed to, but because THEY thought they needed. It was important to them to put some things behind them.
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Originally Posted by 1Corinth2v4
Man Of Word,
Were these people your congregants? Either or, why not reaffirm 1 John 1:9 rather than participating in an erroneous misconception of re-baptism?
It's evident these people don't understand the concept of baptism and forgiveness, reason being, they would rather re-baptize than to ask for forgiveness.
Here's an interesting question:
1)What does RE-baptism accomplish that repentance prayer can't?
This indicates they lack faith in repentance prayer, and interestingly enough believe in forgiveness through re-baptism.
Were these people your congregants? Either or, why not reaffirm 1 John 1:9 rather than participating in an erroneous misconception of re-baptism?
It's evident these people don't understand the concept of baptism and forgiveness, reason being, they would rather re-baptize than to ask for forgiveness.
Here's an interesting question:
1)What does RE-baptism accomplish that repentance prayer can't?
This indicates they lack faith in repentance prayer, and interestingly enough believe in forgiveness through re-baptism.
I would think it would be the concept of 'washing away the sins' that would be a reason for re-baptism.
Maybe they just thought they would feel cleaner after doing it again?
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'Some folk don't understand that the middle "F" in AFF is the most important ingredient!' -noeticknight
What do you think ALEX...what do you think it takes for one who has sinned to
the point of leaving the fellowship of God to come back into God's grace?
I look forward to your response.
I don't know... I mean, I guess what's most important is that the person knows with full assurance that they're saved. I mean, you may say, "You don't need to be rebaptized." But if I've been backslidden for a long while and then come back, then I may need to be rebaptized for conscious sake. Also, if we're not baptismal regenerationists then we don't believe it's solely baptism that washes away sin but the faith accompanied by the obedience. I mean, I can't dunk someone in water, in JESUS' name, against their will and they be saved.
'Some folk don't understand that the middle "F" in AFF is the most important ingredient!' -noeticknight
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