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Originally posted by glan
Valhall What do you think this means then ?. I always was taught/belive that being baptized is being "Born again" Spiritually.
John 3:3-7 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (Baptism)
Originally posted by postings
What do you think you have to do to be "saved?"
Originally posted by RANT
Originally posted by postings
What do you think you have to do to be "saved?"
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Originally posted by DiRtYDeViL
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Originally posted by Valhall
Originally posted by glan
Valhall What do you think this means then ?. I always was taught/belive that being baptized is being "Born again" Spiritually.
John 3:3-7 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (Baptism)
It means that you inserted a word "Baptism" in parentheses after the words of Christ. And, unfortunately, that happens a lot! These acts (baptism, washing of the feet, sacraments, Lord's Supper/Eucharist, don't dance, don't play music...blah blah blah) are selected acts of piety to show a devotion. It is just fine and dandy for us to choose the set of pious acts that we feel best fits us spiritually in our attempts to show our devotion to God, but it is not okay for us to state them as requirements.
Salvation is nonmeritorious...period. No act can be attached as a requirement.
I'm Southern Baptist...but my baptism did not do anything but show those in view that I had committed to my confession...it didn't seal the deal in anyway.
Originally posted by worshipthemoon
I'm not Christian and don't understand the whole "being saved" thing. Mainly that if you commit sin but "accept Jesus as your Savior" that you're somehow saved. So you can go out and brutally murder 50 people but then if you accept Christ as your savior you won't go to Hell? If you're an absolute ass and don't follow any of the commandments until say 10 minutes before you die you'll still go to Heaven? If you were a true Christian and lived your life righteously I can see how your soul may be saved, but I don't see how just accepting Christ after you've committed a buttload of sins could possibly save your soul from damnation. And in that case it would be pointless for many people anyway. Like all the retards that kill people and then devote their time to reading the Bible to fill the time until their execution. How about reading the Bible first and NOT KILLING PEOPLE to begin with? And what about people who are Buddhists or Hindus or whatever other religion? If they spent their whole life doing good deeds and helping people, when they die do you think they'll go to Hell just because they didn't believe in Jesus? In my opinion, I think you should be able to believe whatever you want. As long as you were a good person, I don't see why believing in or accepting Jesus or the Bible would make any difference.
Originally posted by Zodiac
I always thought it was just accepting Jesus as your savior. That's all.
Originally posted by LearningRopes
the bible says that there is ONE way to heaven. you can see that in glan's post above. even mother theresa, as good as she was, wouldnt have gone to heaven without accepting Christ as her lord and savior. some people struggle with the concept of there being only one way to heaven. i dont know why, its always been easy for me. God says it, its true.
Originally posted by LearningRopes
but see you dont understand, when someone accepts Christ, they become a new person inside. they rid themselves of their past mistakes and are transformed. God sees people's sincerity and knows the way that person feels in their heart. so its not a matter of saying you believe, its believing that He is your Lord.