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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
Sorry for the delayed response. I'm having trouble with my Internet provider or my phone line. I'll have to call them again on Monday. Very aggravating.
I'll have to think about what you typed in bold. I have to listen to John preaching a "baptism of repentance" and think about that. They appear to be tied up together. I, obviously, don't know everything, but this seems important as there doesn't seem to be any disconnect with repentance and baptism for the remission of sins as preached in Acts.
My loyalties are only tied up with God and His Word. Been a lot of places, seen a lot of faces, you know how that plays out in the end.  |
It's an old debate and there are many viewpoints that have and will pop up. For me, why do the Articles of Faith clearly say "genuine repentance" is what is required to receive "pardon and forgiveness of sins" and then have the heading under "Water Baptism" be absolutely silent about any sort of reference to "the remission of sins?"
Until 1973, not even the Fundamental Doctrine had the phrase "for the remission of sins" in it. DKB has offered the opinion that this was an "unfortunate oversight" based upon a conversation he reported having with Stanley Chambers (or something Bro. Chambers had said publicly). However, adding the phrase to the Fundamental Doctrine à la
Acts 2:38, merely perpetuates the original ambiguities.
There is a lot of pressure right now to overhaul the AoF and purge it of all references to "pardon and forgiveness of sins" being attached to "genuine repentance."
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