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Originally Posted by Sam
to be OPPC (Oneness Pentecostal Politically Correct), 1 John was written to believers.
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To be OPPC (Oneness Pentecostal Politically Correct) we have to say that the New Testament is divided into 3 sections: Gospels, Acts, Epistles
The 4 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John tell the story of Jesus --His life, death, resurrection, and ascension to Heaven BUT nobody got saved there and the "plan" of salvation is not mentioned -- in fact it's hidden. Don't, I repeat don't read the Gospels to find out how to be saved. (Even though Jesus told someone there, "Thy faith hath saved thee" (
Luke 7:50; and even though the words "save" and "saved" occur 35-40 times; and even though Jesus assured the thief on the cross, "today shalt thou be with me in Paradise" (
Luke 23:4); and even though Jesus told Nicodemus that He and His disciples knew and had seen people who were born again (
John 3:11), and even though the kingdom message began and the law and the prophets were until John the Baptist (that means Baptizer. He wasn't a Baptist. Baptists are going to hell faster than a ball bearing on a greased plank contrary to what one former UPC General Superintendent said).
Then we have the Epistles, written by Apostles to individuals and Churches, but nary a word in them on how to be saved. Noooooo --don't go to those epistles to find out how to be saved --it just Ain't there with a capital "A". Them there Epistles (which, are not the wives of the Apostles for you that have not had an Apostolic Pentecostal Bible School education) were written to the Church --to people already in the Church-- so they don't tell how to get into the Church. (Yeah, right, just like you'd never hear a salvation message in a midweek Bible Study).
Then there's the Book of Acts, written by a Gentile (some believe he was a Jew but we really don't know) to an individual named Theophilus to describe the spread of the Gospel from its beginning in Jerusalem into all the known world ending up with the Apostle Paul under arrest in Rome. This Book of Acts is the ONLY book in the entire Bible which shows people getting saved and the ONLY book in the entire Bible that tells us how to get saved. It's a good thing that Theophilus shared it with others, otherwise there would be no place in the Bible to find out how to be saved.