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Originally Posted by Sean
I see what you are saying bro. but think about you just wrote for a minute...
Instead of reading and agreeing with a passage and its simple meaning, you needed a paragraph and numerous verses of sorts to explain into the passage a "different" meaning.
This is PRECISELY why all of Christianity is divided today, generally speaking. Men provide "lectures" about simple passages that were originally wrote for 1st century, barely literate folks that could EASILY be understood. And have made MASTERY of the scriptures with huge commentaries of mens opinions about a super simple verse such as the one we are talking about.
These days...NOTHING means what it says anymore regarding the Bible.
Bro. I choose to read it and believe it like a 5th grader and trust it with all my heart, aside from the PHDs that spend a lifetime trying to "discipher" the so called "secret" meanings of the Bible.
Im not trying to get on your case at all here. I am just trying to make you see the big picture of what is going on in Christianity as a whole. We have 1 Bible with thousands of denominations, all with a differing meaning OF THE SAME BOOK. Doesnt that trip you out to think about?
It does me....
My only suggestion to anybody reading is DONT TRY TO OUTSMART THIS BIBLE, BECAUSE IT WILL ALWAYS OUTSMART YOU...every time!...LOL
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Sean, we are to read scripture in context. Please cite where I took any scripture out of context.
The context of every baptism in Acts is the hearers responding to the message the apostles preached concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ. No hidden meanings or secrets. Just plain and simple letting scripture interpret scripture.
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