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Originally Posted by TRFrance
Not at all. You're erroneously blending two different issues here.
Although both say they believe in Acts 2:38, the one-stepper position says that one is saved after repentance....while the 3-stepper does not believe that repentance alone accomplishes Bible salvation. In a nutshell, that is the key distinction between the two sides.
But just because a 3-stepper leaves all final decisions in God's hands, allows for the possibility that God may choose to make individual exceptions according to his will, and chooses not to "condemn people to certain damnation", that does NOT mean he is advocating "essentially the one stepper position". |
A three stepper believes that all three steps are an absolute MUST for salvation. No exceptions to the rule. I know, I was first saved in a solid three stepper church. No allowance for ANYTHING outside of FULL
Acts 2:38 salvation.
However, if you feel that all three steps are expected of the believer, but that God CAN and perhaps HAS saved people after sincerely repenting....then you are essentially a one stepper, meaning one step is all that is absolutely necessary for God to save according to his sovereign grace and mercy.
You can't have it both ways.