I was baptised within one month of professing Christ. I went through a class and was then baptised.
Really, Adam? If you have a problem with that concept then you have a problem with Jesus, for didn’t he say something about becoming like a little child?The sovereignity of man in salvation? Only those who can humble themselves like a little child will be born from above? Does that seem very Pelagius to you sister? I think the Bishop of Hippo would be quite angry with your post.
The way you interpert that verse will label you of being Pelagius, semi-Pelagius, or Augustinian.Really, Adam? If you have a problem with that concept then you have a problem with Jesus, for didn’t he say something about becoming like a little child?
So, as a Protestant, would you say that you were unconverted, and sinner in the flesh, child of the darkness, and spirituality dead until you were baptised a month later by a Protesant Pastor who totally rejects baptismal regeneration? So, if you were not born from above after hearing and believing the gospel, but had to wait a month later… then how can you desire the things of God while still in the flesh? When did the Spirit of God dwell in you, when you heard and believed in the gospel, or after you were water baptized?
PRMerger, Adam has no shame in using ad hominems; No worry, sister, he’s called me about the same.The way you interpert that verse will label you of being Pelagius, semi-Pelagius, or Augustinian.
I’m just having fun with my sister in Christ, and at the same time challenging her to look deeper in the love of Christ. If I were a Catholic, I would be an Augustinian Catholic.The way you interpert that verse will label you of being Pelagius, semi-Pelagius, or Augustinian.
My original sin was cleansed in baptism. It was God’s grace that allowed me to see Him and walk with Him.
Before or after your water baptism?
only if you take one scripture as you have done. Note that the jailer he and all his family were baptized at once.If you take what the Apostles believed according to Sacred Scripture, your posting would not stand up to the light of Scirpture. What must I do to be saved was asked by the Philippian jailer. The Apostles’ answer to that most important question is recorded in Sacred Scripture - church history book known as the Acts of the Apostles,
then please do brother 2nd. become an augustinian Catholic. although you may want to remember that in the city of God, he claimed all schisms and division were of the spirit of antichrist… so yes please join us.
:grouphug:There’s always the sufficiency of grace as the next thread!
I am an Augustinian catholic already!then please do brother 2nd. become an augustinian Catholic. although you may want to remember that in the city of God, he claimed all schisms and division were of the spirit of antichrist… so yes please join us.
Of course they were baptised right after they were united to Christ by faith. I love household bapstisms!
I was baptized when an infant in the Catholic Church. In my case, my catholic baptism did not give me any new life that I could hold on to, nor did the other sacraments I received through the church. My eyes were not opened by any means through the grace we were to receive through these sacraments. Instead, my love to practice sin grew stronger and stronger and dominated my will throughout my childhood and adult years.
very good, i read this on the saddened by a website thread. and i have answerd you. join me their?
WOW… Rocket Man definitely Rocks… to the praise and glory to God alone!!!
i could ask the same question of you. how did I leave my former life. it wasnt through protestantism let me tell you. YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH. AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE. the truth my friend is contained in the Church, and you will find like i did. that protesantism will not be adequate for the long haul. you may very well find yourself entangled in the very things you once hated once again. apparently from what ive read you are a lapsed Catholic. and you also know feelings and emotions are only going to get you so far. what happens when you have a crises in your protestant faith. what happens when the honeymoon is over? what happens when your protestant pastor does not have the answeres you need? i used to be just like you my friend. but you will find out the cold hard reality eventually. and you will have a choice to make. may take months, may take years. the pastors in the protestant churches have no authority. a Priest does. and that is the authority of Christ. furthermore the Church is where all the graces necessary to walk a Godly life are found. you have found a temporary fix to the problem of sin my friend. and im sure i have alot more stains on my soul than you will ever have. i will be praying for you. and peace be with you.
No I do not have a question and you are the one confused!
True, I agree with that.
The expression “sufficiency of Christ” is ambiguous and misleading. The answer to that can be yes or no, according to which direction you want to take it. If by that you mean that Jesus did all that was required to save us, provided that we fulfill our part, the answer is yes. If by that you mean that Jesus by his Atonement saved us “in spite of ourselves,” the answer to that is no! From that point of view His Atonement was not sufficient to save us. Our own voluntary acceptance of that offering is also required for Him to save us.
I don’t think that you are in a position to determine who is “saved” and who is not “saved;” and who is “elect” and who is not “elect”. You have no right to do that at all.