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Originally Posted by Chateau d'If
Taken from the following site:
http://www.bereanresearchinstitute.c...spel_True.html
"1. The United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) adds to the simplicity of the Gospel of Salvation that is taught by Jesus Christ - and that is in Jesus Christ ( II Cor 11:2-4) - by teaching that, to be born again, a person must do certain physical acts, namely:
a. Be baptized in water (which they claim is burial in Christ), and
b. Speak in tongues (which they claim is proof of resurrection in the Spirit)
2. Note that Eph 2:8,9 refutes this doctrine of 'works' salvation. (There is nothing that a person can 'do' physically to be saved. One must only 'do' non-physical things - i.e. repent from sin and surrender the heart to God. Salvation pertains to the state of the heart; not to that of the body. That is one reason why we cannot be saved by our works.) |
1)- No one before Zwingli ever taught that water baptism was the "works of man".
2)- Since cognition involves the firing of neurons in the brain, the very act of the mind thinking about faith and exercising faith would then be categorized as physical activity and therefore, by your own definition above, be considered "works".
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