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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I think if someone says they have repented (understanding what that means), and requests to be baptized, that they should be allowed to be baptized, even if no one "witnessed" their repentance.
Repentance just means a change of mind. To think differently. If someone has made a conscious decision to turn away from sin, then that constitutes repentance, even if they haven't proven it yet. My goodness, most people haven't had time to prove anything right after they get up from the altar! Would you recommend a waiting period, in which their righteousness must be proven, before they can have their sins washed away?
I don't see any kind of waiting period as biblical in any sense of the word.
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Who would accountable for the soul, if they were in the 'waiting process' when the Lord returned for His church??? Just a thought.
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