Is Acts 2:38 your god?

[SDG]

Originally Posted by RevDWW

Dan,
The Truth is LOVE! The Truth is HOLY! The Truth is Jesus. He is the encapsulation of God's Love and Truth in the flesh.

Read the Love Chapter in Cor. That's Jesus!

Agreed, and how I yearn to know that Truth ... Love ... in the power of His resurrection ... and the fellowship of His suffering.

[COOPER]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

ACTS 2:38 is not the truth,it is a truth that points us to the Great Fountain Of Truth,The Lord Jesus Christ.

Ah yes, for he is the way, the truth , the life.

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by COOPER

Ah yes, for he is the way, the truth , the life.

And He is the WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The WORD made flesh!!!!!!!

Thy WORD is Truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Acts 2:38 is the WORD which is THE Truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrsMcD]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Yes. DW. and I think it's more than that ... can we be so in love with having TRUTH we forget how to extend grace and love to others?

Some people can't/won't extend grace and love to christians. How can they extend grace and love to others that do not have the truth?

[COOPER]

Originally Posted by MrsMcD

Some people can't/won't extend grace and love to Christians. How can they extend grace and love to others that do not have the truth?

It is easier to fight with the ones you love than a stranger.

[Steve Epley]

HERE we are contending there we are converting I hope same message different approach. I do not dislike or hate anyone on this forum. I hate what they say sometimes but never them. Postions not persons are in the sword fight. Although I confess sometimes it is hard to distinquish the two.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Can "having truth" become a graven image ... by which God and all others are measured?

Yes...look at the Jews. They were arrogant about where they came from. They said "Look, Abraham is our father".....they said "Look Moses gave US the law"....they said "Look, we are doctors and scribes, don't tell US about the law"

[MrsMcD]

Originally Posted by COOPER

It is easier to fight with the ones you love than a stranger.

Unfortunately, you are right.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

I'm horribly sorry, Daniel.

Why continue to attack those you say you agree with? The spirit of your post is that we elevate Acts 2:38 above God. That is wrong, and insidious. You are not-so-subtly accusing us of idol worship. The reason we love Acts 2:38 so much is because it tells us how to get right with God.

What's wrong with loving that message?

That's not what I got out of it. It seems he was saying SOME Of us do and that was infact what Jeff Arnold said and I agree For some folks all they know is Acts 2:38 and Standards and nothing more when there is so much more. He was not saying it's wrong to love Acts 2:38, but there is so much more in the word beyond Acts 2:38

Consider what Hebrews says
Heb 6:1 Therefore, having left the discourse of the beginning of Christ, let us go on to full growth, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Heb 6:2 of the baptisms, of doctrine, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Heb 6:3 And this we will do, if God permits.

[COOPER]

Originally Posted by MrsMcD

Unfortunately, you are right.

I am guilty...............