[thephnxman]

His NAME is Jesus!

IT'S BACK TO BASICS, FOLKS

Jesus: "He that believes AND is baptized SHALL BE saved." We can see the promise
[to be saved] are in the words: "shall be". Can a person truly believe and reject the
waters of baptism? or is baptism made void through unbelief?

Peter: "Repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the NAME of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins, and you SHALL RECEIVE the gift of the Holy Spirit."
Once more, the promise [of salvation] is found in the words, "shall receive".

We received mercy, which holds back God's righteous judgment, when Jesus
cried out, "Father FORGIVE them..." Had he not cried out for our forgiveness, I
have no doubt that we would all have died in our sins, even as those who died
during the flood in Noah's day. But God has shown us mercy, and "...the times
of this ignorance God WINKED at; but now commands all men every where to
repent..." By "winking", God in effect turned his face away from our sin: had God
beheld our sin, then his righteousness would have demanded judgment; and his
judgment, our death!

God has shown us mercy to bring us to receive the free gift of GRACE, which is
his Holy Spirit. He has freely imparted of HIMSELF, that we may attain eternal
life with him!

Or have we forgotten another promise: "Whosoever calls upon the NAME of the
Lord SHALL BE saved."

Brother Villa