
06-27-2014, 11:40 AM
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Re: Question?
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Originally Posted by Jason Badejo
I accept the I'm wretched, naked, undone without Christ. I am a slave to sin and rightfully deserve to bears God's wrath because of my willful wickedness and rebellion for many years BUT God so loved as to take upon Himself a Hunan nature walk amongst us and reveal Himself to us in love, compassion, and mercy, He then willingly in the person of Christ bore my sins, and in His death bore the wrath of God and satisfied God's justice so that He can abundantly pardon and save to the uttermost those who repent of their sins and place their full trust and reliance in Him model.
It has little to nothing to do with a public declaration but is a matter of believing in the heart, being justified, adopted, and regenerated by the Spirit of God Himself and the beginning of a life long journey of sanctification as God conforms one to the image of His Son Jesus Christ, eventually culminating in death and glorification forever to dwell in God's Kingdom wherein dwelleth righteousness.
As for baptism, every believer should be baptized as a matter of obedience and following Christ, but for anyone to stake their salvation solely on the fact they were baptized in a church is incredibly uniformed and dangerous.
Whether someone believes this or not doesn't matter as far as it being true. Truth is fixed, we can't change it. And that absolute and fixed truth us revealed in the Bible, the Word of God.
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This is the slippery slope to a "Works Based" Religion.
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