Bishop G E Patterson - fussing thread (see other thread for nice things)

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Jesus said "if you love me .... obey my commandments" ... so the answer to your LEADING QUESTION is all of God's word is necessary for salvation but of course this is possible by grace, through faith .... A repentant sinner/believer will:

Love your neighbor
Repent
Judge not
be baptized in the name [authority and power] of Jesus Christ *
be good stewards
love thy enemy
etc, etc, etc.

as for

the New Birth, or regeneration is 'from above' {Greek translation}... it does not happen by obeying some sacrament to 'activate' grace .....

The baptism of the Holy Ghost is empowerment from God.

I'll leave God to do the saving ... while preaching the whole counsel of the Word.

Congratulations! That is the most well verbulated articulation given as an attempt to not really say anything that I've probably read in my whole life!

I notice that you don't say 'yes' or 'no'. I understand that you really can't and keep your present position intact.