07-03-2008, 04:51 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Arkansas
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Re: Thief on the Cross: A New Covenant Believer?
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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Scotty I have a question for you. God told Abraham to go sacrifice his son on a mountain of Moriah...he had to obey we all agree.
But was he believing God before he got to the Mt or was he believing only after he finished doing what God said?
Why can't someone be a believer before baptism with the full intent on obeying the command to be baptized and they go through with it?
Clearly if someone says they believe but do not obey they never were believing
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That is a question I have pondered myself. Did he go up on the mountain believing God would spare his son or did he go up out of pure obedience, ready to accept whatever God chose?
I may not be understanding what it is your asking, I do not see why someone can not believe prior to baptism. But I also do not think that believing alone will save you.
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