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Re: Deathbed Salvation
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Originally Posted by Chateau d'If
Why does it matter when someone obeys the Gospel? The only thing that matters is that a person does obey it.
Until the last breath, there is hope.
This is the trouble with salvation by tongues. No one in the Bible was ever commanded to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. And those who believe 2:38 does command a person to speak with tongues remove the gift aspect of the promise and experience.
In other words, if I can make myself speak in tongues, it's not a gift from God at all. The experience would be produced by flesh instead of His Spirit.
"The wind blows where it wants to" is what Jesus said.
Further, even if a person experiences tongues while on their deathbed, how will they be baptized? And if they are not baptized, according to Apostolics, they are still Hell bound-even though they've been baptized with God's Spirit.
It's all very convoluted.
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The dotrine is rife w inconsistencies scripturally and pragmatically.
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When a newspaper posed the question, "What's Wrong with the World?" G. K. Chesterton reputedly wrote a brief letter in response: "Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely Yours, G. K. Chesterton." That is the attitude of someone who has grasped the message of Jesus.
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