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Originally Posted by TRFrance
Good breakdown, Sis.
We seem to view it the same way.
From what I see, John baptized those who felt conviction, repented, and confessed their sins. But I dont see that he demanded fruits of repentance or evidence of a changed life as a precondition to them being baptized. His expectation was that anyone who got baptized would from thenceforth bring forth fruits meet for repentance.
Good post.
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I'm not arguing. You may be right. I don't think the record is clear enough there to say definitely either way. In my opinion, I see John refusing to baptize people because he didn't think they had sincerely repented but I may just be reading something in that is not there.