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Originally Posted by mfblume
I disagree. People received the gift of the Holy Ghost in Acts 10 and God still demanded Peter to baptize them to such a degree that He gave Perter a vision about unclean animals being taken into the body. Baptism was still necessary for the them to fulfill the gospel. I cannot say one is lost without that, since the bible does not deal with it in that fashion, but it must be done to fulfill righteousness. |
Mike,
I did not say anything about people who have not been baptized. I specifically referred to people who have been baptized, howbeit in an imperfect manner, but unto whom God still bestows the gift of his Spirit, thus signifying that he considers them to have obeyed the gospel per
Acts 5:32.
However, speaking of Cornelius, I do feel that the fact that God was able to give him the Holy Ghost "
on credit" (so to speak) before baptism is evidence that there is no literal cleansing or internal work that happens at baptism. Baptism is simply part of repentance.
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