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Re: Baptism: Essential or Not
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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
Corneilius received the Holy Spirit before being baptized thats true. Yet as soon as he was finished speaking in tongues he and all his household were COMMANDED by the Apostle Peter be BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.
I WONDER WHY?
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The Apostles COMMANDED the Antioch church to abstain from meat offered to idols, from blood, and from the meat of strangled animals in Acts 15. That didn't make those things essential to salvation.
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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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