All Trinitarians are Lost!!!!!!!!!!!

[Abiding Now]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Because the "name" itself is where the power is, right? This has NOTHING to do with the good conscience or faith of the baptizee.

You have reduced the miracle of conversion to a magical formula that can be repeated over and over again.

Why this is EXACTLY how the early church grew! This is so much more simpler than AMWAY!

Do you pray over your food? Is that some kind "magical formula" or are invoking God's blessings and giving thanks to Jesus for the food?

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

Do you pray over your food? Is that some kind "magical formula" or are invoking God's blessings and giving thanks to Jesus for the food?

If I get married and the magistrate or preacher doesn't invoke the Name of Jesus at the end of the ceremony, is my marriage void?

[Abiding Now]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

If I get married and the magistrate or preacher doesn't invoke the Name of Jesus at the end of the ceremony, is my marriage void?

I wouldn't want to take the chance.

[Jermyn Davidson]

With the logic that some are using, just about everyone baptized prior to 1913 would be in hell.

This is simply preposterous!

With this logic, the only people in heaven would be Apostolics, and even then, not even half because everyone knows that not everyone who attends church on Sunday mornings is really saved.

Preposterous!

At least the jw's have a reconciliation prize for those who are not part of the elite 144,000-- the new earth.

What reconciliation prize do some on this thread offer?

[Dichotomy Girl]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

If I get married and the magistrate or preacher doesn't invoke the Name of Jesus at the end of the ceremony, is my marriage void?

You know what's funny, I'm from the North, and so when my Atheist husband had our shotgun wedding at the courthouse, I was thinking that courthouse = secular ceremony. I was not really thinking about the fact that I live in a small county in the Bible belt! So it was all Jesus, this ,and Jesus that. At the time, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, I kept thinking Josh was going to bolt or Object!

But as she did pronounce us husband and wife (by the power invested in her by the state of Georgia and the Lord Jesus Christ), so I confess, I have teased my husband about it a time or two...

[Abiding Now]

Originally Posted by AR Pastor

Anyone who was not been baptized in Jesus name (having the name of Jesus called on when they are baptized) has not had their sins remitted

Act 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.


epikaleomai
ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee
Middle voice from G1909 and G2564; to entitle; by implication to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.): - appeal (unto), call (on, upon), surname.

[AR Pastor]

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

Act 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.


epikaleomai
ep-ee-kal-eh'-om-ahee
Middle voice from G1909 and G2564; to entitle; by implication to invoke (for aid, worship, testimony, decision, etc.): - appeal (unto), call (on, upon), surname.

[Abiding Now]

Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

Php 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

Php 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

While it seems others want to minimize His name.
I can NOT praise Him enough!
I can not worship him enough!
I can not thank him enough that He chose to reveal His great name to me.
All hail the power in Jesus name!
It's not magical.
It's not just repetition.
It's really awesome to be able to praise and worship the one true God and to personally know His saving name was called over me in water baptism

[Sean]

Amen, awesome post....let the Name of Jesus be glorified here on AFF!

[Sean]

Jeremy, I bailed on that one so as not to humiliate you for such a ridiculous statement you made. Just move on....