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There are many, widely differing views on water baptism. Is it necessary for salvation or not? Twice today I heard news of someone passing away suddenly. One a friend and one a stranger. This morning someone told me of a car accident they witnessed and of the young woman he had administered first aid to. She did not make it. Then tonight I found out that a young man I had been speaking to [...] Ephesians 2:5 (NKJV) 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), In Ephesians 2:5 the phrase “made us alive together with” is one word in the original Greek manuscripts: συνεζωοποίησεν. “So what?”, you say. Well, I’ll tell you!
There are many wonderful things which happen to a person at the moment they place their trust in Jesus Christ as their Savior. I heard once that someone counted 51 such things! After searching a while I found that a man named Jim Brettell had catalogued just such a list on www.markkwilliamson.com. I’ve posted them here rather than simply [...] It’s a good time for me to post this since the members of The Point have been attending church very faithfully lately . I absolutely do not want people attending out of pressure, guilt, because of what others might think, or what the pastor might say. Click on the picture to the left and watch the first 7 minutes or so of the video (if you’re in a hurry, skip ahead to chapter one “In the Beginning” and watch for just a minute or two). My favorite spot is shortly after chapter one begins where it shows the universe exploding into existence [...] In Mark 16:15-16 Christ tells his disciples to preach the gospel and includes baptism as part of it: “He who believes and is baptized will be saved”. In Acts 2:38 Peter obeys Christ by preaching exactly that message. Yet in 1 Corinthians 1:17 we see that Christ did not include baptism as part of the gospel which [...] |
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