Rev Kevin is correct on this. He is just using different words than Catholics do.
Please clarify your last sentence, which seems to contradict itself:
It was not written for you alone.
It was written to help others on this forum understand Catholic teaching.Perhaps it would be less confusing if we said instead: Once baptized always baptized.
I think that your parents desired for you to be reconciled to God as a baby so that you could then be taught to do the things that Jesus commanded so that you could inherit eternal life when you die. Matthew 28:18-20
John Did.
That is because this is not my belief and I am trying to give OSAS a good run for its money. Since I don’t believe it, I am having to guess on some answers, read on others, and to be quite honest sometimes my beliefs might have snuck in.
How is that being unloving? This is me for a second I honestly think I am not doing enough. So people who want to do Christ’s work is not an insult, it is a compliment.
Ok. Just give me the scriptures (don’t paste them) and I’ll try to address them again. I thought I have been covering them with Rev Kev, but you keep saying I missed some, and I don’t see it.
We have all been “redeemed” by Christ’s sacrifice 1 Timothy 2:3-6. He redeemed mankind from Adam’s Sin Romans 5:16, and He also redeemed the Jews from having to obey the Law of Moses Hebrews 9:15. However, in order for the individual man to be saved, Baptism is the means provided for the individual to be saved.
Are you sure it was retirement, or was it under arrest, and even then was it the time He wrote Revelations?
Yes - why wouldn’t she be? (Assuming she actually repented, and stopped living with her boyfriend or pretending that he was her husband.)
If you substitute the word “baptized” for “saved,” your theology is Catholic theology.
I think that your parents desired for you to be reconciled to God as a baby so that you could then be taught to do the things that Jesus commanded so that you could inherit eternal life when you die. What does my parents desire have to do with me being taught to do the things that Jesus commanded. It could be done without their desire. Matthew 28:18-20
Baptism removes Original Sin from the soul. Removing Original Sin from the soul is what reconciles us spiritually to God.Being Baptized does not remove original sin, it a commitment to God, a rebirth into his family which is your choice and nobody eles. How can someone accept Christ for you? We all have a sin nature that will never leave us and this sin nature is the original sin. I am extremely grateful that my parents had me baptized when I was only 11 days old. This spiritual birthday (born again, spiritual rebirth) is more important to me than my physical birthday!
You haven’t read my posts then because I said that once you are saved or accpet Christ into your life he will never leave you, {once saved always saved} but you can loose your salvation. Salvation is not a sure thing. I never said anything different.
Yes, I know what you’ve been saying. It’s way different than what every other Baptist I’ve ever encountered, says. Like I said before, your theology is Catholic - not Baptist.
Well I don’t know what to tell you except that is what my Baptist church teaches and that is what I teach my 6th grade Sunday school class. Its in the book that we teach from. I guess you have just encountered a different kind of Baptist church.
That’s not what the Bible says (Acts 2:47 - they were BEING saved). Being reborn is being reborn - not saved.
Catholic Christians do not go to Confession every single day. However, they should go at least weekly or once a month. The reason we go to Confession is so that we don’t lose our salvation. Not asking God for forgiveness and thinking that you are still saved is the height of religious arrogance. You really are off in your understanding of salvation. Like I said, poor soul. We will pray for your enlightenment.
Rev. Kev, do you believe in original sin? If you do, how is it removed if not by baptism?