Edward Fudge
June, 2012
Edward Fudge: The Bible
does not contain the word "essential," since it is
written in the language of story rather
than of theology or debate.
Jesus said that those who "believeth not" or Apistos SHALL BE
DAMNED. The damned are those who claim that when Jesus
said "the that believeth (complieth) AND is baptized SHALL BE
saved. That is defined as blasphemy by the Spirit OF
Christ in Jeremiah 33.
A similar passage for those who do not depend on Scripture is:
John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath
everlasting life:
and he that believeth
not the Son shall not see life;
but the wrath of God
abideth on him.
Believeth not always means
apeith-eō A.
[select] to be disobedient, refuse
compliance, A.Ag.1049;
opp. peithomai
[pithou
comply, 2. peithesthai
tini
listen to one, obey him, Il. 1.79,
This is proven by most translations:
John 3: 36 He who believes in the
Son has eternal life;
but he who does not obey the
Son shall not see life,
but the wrath of God
abides on him.
John 3:36ASV He that believeth on the Son
hath eternal life;
but he that obeyeth not the
Son shall not see life,
but the wrath of God
abideth on him.
John 3:36WEB One who believes in the Son
has eternal life,
but one who disobeys a the Son
won’t see life,
but the wrath of God
remains on him.”
John 3:36NIV Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,
but whoever rejects the Son will not see
life, for God’s wrath remains on him.”
This is a story which says that if you do NOT obey the command
to be baptized you shall be DAMNED because the wrath of God
remains on you. Apistos defines you as a traitor, treacherous
and a marked enemy of Jesus who came to seek and save the lost
easily sorted out by accepting the mark or seal of baptism
Acts 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus,
whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Acts 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand
to be a Prince
and a Saviour,
for to give repentance
to Israel,
and forgiveness of sins.
Acts 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things;
and so is also the Holy
Ghost, [A holy spirit does not lie]
whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Acts 5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart,
and took counsel to slay them.
Romans 16:26 But now is made manifest,
and by the scriptures of
the prophets,
according to the commandment
of the everlasting God,
made known to all
nations for the obedience of faith:
Hebrews 5:8 Though he were a Son,
yet learned he
obedience by the things which he suffered;
Hebrews 5:9 And being made perfect,
he became the author of
eternal salvation
unto
all them that obey him;
Edward Fudge: The word
"essential" is ambiguous, anyway, and capable of
several meanings. Literally, it means that something is "of
the essence" of something else.
Es·sen·tial: of the utmost importance :
basic,
indispensable,
necessary
<an essential
requirement for admission to college.
Jesus said that Baptism was an essential requirement
to become His Disciple.
Paul said that baptism was an essential
requirement to be inducted into the Word or School
of Christ.
Eph. 5:26WEB That he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of
water
[INTO] the word,
(In Verbo, En, Eis)
Into Converto , epistles of a writer,
to be occupied in, Into
Philo-sophos Love of educatioon,
an academy Philo-mathes or Philo-Logos
OPPOSIITE of
Sophistes A. master of one's craft,
adept, expert, of diviners, musicians
Parapaion Khelon (play the harp, Hieron Melon (Melody in a
religious shrine).
A
quibbler, cheate, one who gave lessons FOR MONEY.
Fides
(not faithful to the community) but Fides (faithful to
Apollon)
Washing of water into:
Vulgate In the Word. Il.; en paidotribou
the school of the training master.
IN VERBUM
Discourse, conversation, Oral by word of mouth urnio plura
verbo quam
scripturā mandata dedimus, In
eccl. Lat. as a translation of logos,
LOGOS Opposite PATHOS
(personal experiences), Opposite folly, Opposite reasoning,
deliberation,
Logos OPPOSITE to
Epagoge bringing in AIDS,
alurement, enticement, incantations, oppositeof human
reasoning, leading into captivity
Baptism is the ESSENTIAL means of the Gospel to be
accepted into the School of Christ (not a worship center).
1Peter 4:17 For
the time is come that judgment must begin at the
house of God:
and if it first
begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey
not the gospel of God?
Gal. 3:26
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:27 (What I mean to say is) as many of you as
have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Acts 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the
people of Israel,
that
by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom ye crucified,
whom God raised from the dead,
even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Acts 4:11 This is the stone which was
set at nought of you builders, which is become the head
of the corner.
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in
any other:
for there is none other name under heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved.
But, Edward said that it is not essential: just a story.
Edward Fudge: Surely all
Christians can agree that baptism relates to the essence
[indispensable]
of the gospel,
for it points
to and expresses trust in the sacrifice of Jesus
Christ
which alone can
wash away our sin.
Jesus said that he washes away our
sins WHEN we obey baptism as HIS CHOSEN
instrumental means.
JESUS INFORMED PAUL THAT THIS IS UTTERLY FALSE;
Acts 22:13 Came
unto me, and stood, and said unto me,
Brother Saul, receive
thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen
thee,
that thou shouldest know
his will,
and see that
Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of
his mouth.
Acts 22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of
what thou hast seen and heard.
Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou?
arise, and be
baptized,
and wash away thy
sins,
calling
on the name of the Lord.
The only time and place to
"call upon the name of the Lord is at baptism because Jesus
told me so.
Romans 10:12 For
there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek:
for the same Lord over
all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of
the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they
have not believed?
and how shall
they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
and how shall they
hear without a preacher?
Romans 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they
be sent?
as it is written, How
beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of
peace,
and bring glad
tidings of good things!
Romans 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For Esaias saith,
Lord, who hath believed our
report?
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing
by the word of God.
THE FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS OF THE
PROPHECIES BY CHRIST
There are TWO THREADS running
through the New Testament:
The first is the foundational and absolute
teaching of the Spirit OF Christ as made more
certain by Jesus of Nazareth.
The Prophets and
Apostles are those upon whom the church is built or
educated.
Baptism is the
God-chosen way for people to REQUEST salvation.
On the other hand,
The concept of faith only DEMANDS
salvation based on their power to believe.
The use of secondary
statements by Paul can never be used as the foundational
doctrine to deny that the Spirit of Christ, Jesus of
Nazareth or any of the "necessity" statements about baptism
are utterly false. This does, in fact, deny or refuses
to confess that the name (singular) of Jesus Christ is
the only source of authority: other unclear statements can
never violate His authority.
The second consists of claimed "faith
only" statements by Paul.
Paul defends the
foundational teachings about baptism AND his
"faith" passages are exclusively devoted to denying the
Jew's claim that people must be "justified" or declared
ceremonially clean before they can be baptized for the actual
remission of sins.
Paul uses many terms to contrast THE FAITH versus LAW, or
SPIRIT versus FLESH, or SPIRIT versus LETTER. People
make a terrible mistake by claiming that Obedience to The
Faith of Jesus Christ is the same as keeping the Law of
Moses. The motive is to reject any human involvement or
responsibility for their own actions. The term
"believeth not" defines those who reject even God as
having any right to command.
The creation story in Genesis defines God bringing Light
(happiness, knowledge) to dispel the darkness
(ignorance,evil) by the purifying use of water.
The Prophetic Type of Creation out of water and in water
2 Peter 3:1 This
second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you;
in both which I stir
up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 Peter 3:2 That ye may be mindful of the words
which were
spoken before by the holy prophets,
and of the commandment
of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the
last days scoffers,
walking after
their own lusts,
Prospaizô ,
A. -paixomai A -play or
sport with, prospaizousa tois ômois komê playing over,
2. abs., sport, jest, p. en logois
Pl.Phdr.262d , cf. Lg. 653e, 804b; opp. spoudazein,
Id.Euthd.283b.
3. laugh at,
make fun or sport of, tini Men.Epit.182, Plu.2.197d, Caes.63;
satirize, tini D.L.4.61, 7.164:--Med., App. l.c.
II. c. acc.,
theous p. sing to the gods, sing in their praise
or honour, Pl.Epin.980b:
humnon
prosepaisamen . . ton . . Erôta sang a hymn in
praise of Eros, Id.Phdr.265c.
2. banter, tous rhêtoras Id.Mx.235c , cf. Euthd.285a;
p. ton kuna, ton arkton, tantalize,
Sportive
is what the clergy wanted Jesus to do when they piped:
Paig-ma , atos, to,
A.play,
sport, lôtoshotan . . paigmatabremêi whene'er the pipe
sounds its sportive strains, E.Ba.161(lyr.);
Ludia p. luras Lyr.Alex.Adesp.37.15 .
Note 1. E.Ba.161
Euripides
Bacchae
[160] when the sweet-sounding sacred pipe
sounds a sacred playful tune suited "On, on, ye Bacchanals, pride of Tmolus (a
gold-producing mountain in Lydia, near Sardis:) with its rills
of gold to the sound of the booming drum, chanting in joyous strains the praises
of your joyous god with Phrygian accents lifted high,
what time the holy lute with
sweet complaining note invites you to your hallowed
sport,
2Peter 3:4 And saying,
Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers
fell asleep,
all things continue as
they were from the beginning of the creation.
2Peter 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of,
that by the word
of God the heavens were of old,
and the earth standing
out of the water and in the water:
2Peter 3:6 Whereby the world that then was,
being overflowed
with water, perished:
The Prophetic Type of The Flood
made more certain:
1Peter
3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah,
while the ark was a
preparing,
wherein few,
that is, eight souls were saved by water.
1Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth
also now save us
(not the putting away
of the filth of the flesh,
but the request
for a good conscience toward God,)
by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ: [calling on the name of the Lord]
1Peter 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right
hand of God;
angels and authorities
and powers being made subject unto him.
A figure is a type meaning a "pattern intended to be
imitated."
The Prophetic Type of the
Red Sea
1Corinthians 10:1 Moreover, brethren,
I would not that
ye should be
ignorant,
how that all our
fathers were under the cloud, and all
passed through
the sea;
1Corinthians 10:2 And were all
baptized unto Moses
in the
cloud and in the sea;
1Corinthians 10:3 And did all
eat the same spiritual
meat;
1Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the
same spiritual
drink:
for they drank of that
spiritual Rock that followed them:
and that
Rock was
Christ.
1Corinthians 10:5 But with many of them God was not well
pleased:
for they were
overthrown
in the
wilderness.
1Corinthians 10:6 Now these things were our
examples,
to the intent we
should
not lust after evil things, as they also
lusted.
1Corinthians 10:20 But I say, that the things which the
Gentiles [
Gens]
[ sacrifice,
they
sacrifice
to devils, and not to God:
and I would not
that ye should have
fellowship with
devils.
daimonaō ,
A. to be under the power of a daimōn, to suffer
by a divine visitation, “
daimona domos kakois”
A.Ch.566;
“
daimonōntes en ata”
Id.Th. 1008
(lyr.): abs.,
to be possessed, to be mad,
E.Ph.888,
X.Mem.1.1.9,
Plu.Marc.20,
etc.; “
daimonas”
Men.140.
Greek:
Daimonios ,
II.
from
Hdt. and
Pi. downwds. (Trag. in lyr.),
heaven-sent,
miraculous, marvellous, “
bōlax”
Pi.P.4.37;
“
teras”
B.15.35,
S.Ant.376
2. of persons, “
tō d. hōs alēthōs kai thaumastō”
Id.Smp.219b;
ho peri toiauta sophos d. anēr ib.
203a; “
daimonios tēn sophian”
Luc.Philops.32:
Comp. “
-ōteros”
D.C.53.8.
Sophos , ē, on, mostly of poets
and musicians, Pi.O.1.9,
P.1.42,
3.113;
en kithara s. E.IT1238
(lyr.),
Sophia A. cleverness
or skill in handicraft and art,
in music and singing, tekhnē kai s. h.Merc.483,
cf. 511; in
poetry, in divination,
The Prophecy of the
Spirit of Christ in Isaiah 1
12. (10) Hear the
word of YHWH princes of Sodom and give ear
to the Torah of our God people of Gomorrah. (11)
What are they to me,
13. your multiplied sacrifices, says YHWH, I am
sated with holocausts of rams and the fat of
fatlings, and in the blood
14. of bulls and lambs and goats I have no delight.
(12) When you come to see my face to make this request
15. from your hands treading my courtyard. (13) Do
not continue to bring empty gifts, Incense is an abomination
16. to me, new moon and sabbaths,
calling of reading meetings,
I am not able to
endure even the sacred assembly.
Your new moons and
seasonal feasts
17. my soul hates, they are a burden to me, I am tired
of
bearing them.
And when you
spread your hands I will hide my eyes
18. from you, also when you multiply prayer I will not
listen, your hands are full of blood. [+and your
fingers+] [Aramaic]
19. [+of iniquity+] (16) Wash and make yourselves
clean and turn away the evil of your habitual
practices from before my eyes, stop doing evil. (17)
Learn
Isa
1:16 Wash you, make you
clean; put away the evil of your doings from
before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Rachac (h7364)
raw-khats'; a prim. root; to lave (the whole or a part of
a thing): - bathe (self), wash (self).
Le.14:9
But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave
all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows,
even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash
his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he
shall be clean.
20. to do well, pursue
judgement, bless the oppressed, judge the orphan,
contend for
the widow. (PP)
21. Please come and let us reason together says YHWH,
if your sins
are like scarlet they shall be white as snow
22. if they be as red as crimson they shall be as wool.
(19) If you are
obedient and you give heed then of the good of the
Land [{you shall eat.}]
23. (20) But if you refuse and you rebel
you will be devoured by the sword
because the mouth of
YHWH has said it.
JESUS MAKES THIS PROPHECY MORE CERTAIN
Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Believeth is Pistis which includes
COMPLIETH with what you claim to trust.
Believeth not is Apistos which means "I will not
comply." It marks those in Revolt and Treacherous.
The Prophecy of the
Spirit of Christ in Malachi 4
Mark looks back to the
GOSPEL prophesied by Malachi and forward to "THE" faith
or the Christian system.
As it
is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare thy WAY before
thee. Mark 1:2
The
voice (shouting) of one crying in the wilderness (a very
lonely place), Prepare ye the WAY of the
Lord, make his paths straight (level at once). Mark 1:3
Mark then reveals the
most important principle of the gospel for those who are
not Jesus the Christ.
John DID baptize in
the wilderness, and preach the baptism
of repentance FOR the remission
of sins. Mark 1:4
This was the MARK of the
presence of God in the flesh. Many Jews saw this baptizer
as a SIGN of Messiah:
And
there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they
of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river
of Jordan, confessing their sins. Mark 1:5
And
they asked him, and said unto him, Why
baptizest thou then, if
thou be not that Christ, nor Elias,
neither that prophet? John 1:25
John
explains his role to make known the Messiah. The passage
noted is:
Mal 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
before the coming of the great and dreadful
day of the Lord:
Mal 4:6
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the
children, and the heart of the children
to their fathers, lest I come and smite
the earth with a curse.
To understand Malachi
it is important to look where Mark points to prove that
Baptism was prophesied.
BEHOLD,
I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare
the WAY before me: and the Lord, whom ye
seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the
messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold,
he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. Malachi 3:1
But who
may abide (comprehend or receive) the day of his coming?
and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a
REFINER'S FIRE, and like FULLER'S
SOAP: Malachi 3:2 (To Wash)
The refiner's fire made
silver and gold to become a water vessel pure enough to
enter into the temple. Our spirit is the temple of God.
Fuller's Soap makes Crimson garments as white as snow.
THE WASHING PROCESS BY
JESUS CHRIST WAS PROPHESIED TO BE:
Kabac (h3526)
kaw-bas, to trample; hence to wash (prop. by stamping
with the feet)... WASHING. The Greek Louo (g3068)
means to bathe the whole person.
And
from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the
first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings
of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed
us from our sins in his
own blood, Re.1:5
EDWARD FUDGE DENIES THAT THE PROPHECY OF
CHRIST AND COMMAND OF JESUS ARE ESSENTIAL
Edward Fudge: However,
someone might use "essential" as a synonym for "necessary,"
in which case we must ask, "Necessary for whom?" Surely
baptism is "necessary" (not a take-it-or-leave-it affair) for
the believer, for Jesus commanded it.
But to say that it is
"necessary" for God would be to make the command
greater than the God who gave it,
to deny something which Scripture clearly
affirms
(that is, that God has saved many
people throughout the world's history who were never
baptized),
and to say something the Bible never
suggests or implies.
He must mean that If God made FAITH necessary
then by this logic FAITH is greater than God.
- There is no record of anyone receiving
entrance into the spiritual kingdom of God without
baptism:
- both Jesus and the apostles taught the
gospel OF the kingdom.
- The kingdom of God as the reign of
Jesus Christ began on the day of Pentecost.
- Those who were baptized had the
remission of sins (their sins wash away).
- Only those who believed AND were
baptized received A holy spirit of A good conscience:
this gave them the key to the kingdom with a
co-perception of the Word of God.
- Only those so baptized are called
believers and weree added to the Church by
Jesus.
- Only those baptized disciples of
Christ are called Christians.
- Only they have their spirits
translated into a heavenly or spiritual kingdom beyond
the reach of clergy.
- Only they are said to be saved by
being CLOTHED with Christ.
That is the wedding garment.
Saved in the Christian sense means that
one becomes a Disciple of Christ where the Word (only) of
Christ (only) is the resource. The ACTIONS of a disciple
are never called a "worship ritual" but A School of
Christ.
We have no brain cells to allow us to know how those
outside of the influence of the Synagogue--Ekklesia how
God treats those who never received the trainining of a
church family.
God has His Right and Will: HIS NEW TESTAMENT DEFINES
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
The only Spiritual Covenant was made by God in Christ to
Abraham
It was "made more certain" by Jesus whom God made to be
both Lord and Christ.
Hebrews 9:15 And for
this cause he is the mediator of the new
testament, that by means of death,
for the redemption
of the transgressions that were under the first
testament,
they which are
called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Hebrews 9:16 For
where a testament is,
there must also of
necessity be the death of the testator.
Hebrews 9:17 For
a testament is of force after men are dead:
otherwise it is of
no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Hebrews 9:18
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated
without blood.
No one doubts God's Right to
save any way one wishes although Edward Fudge says that if we
had to OBEY a command of God to be saved that command would be
GREATER than God! The LAST important part of the Will of Jesus
Christ was that He that Believes AND is baptized shall be
saved: that went into effect after Jesus returned on the day
of Pentecost.
UNCLE JIMMY DIES: EDWARD FUDGE GETS HIS PART BY BELIEVING
THAT UNCLE JIMMY DIED.
Hebrews
9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying,
that the way into the
holiest of all was not yet made manifest,
while as the first
tabernacle was yet standing:
Hebrews 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then
present,
in which were offered
both gifts and sacrifices,
that could not
make him that did the service perfect,
as pertaining to the
conscience;
Hebrews 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and
divers washings,
and carnal
ordinances, imposed on them until the time of
reformation.
By accepting the sacrifice
and entering the Laver one is sanctified and able to enter
into the holy places. Obviously something similar must answer
to the PATTERN and Faith only does not do that:
Hebrews
9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of
good things to come,
by a greater and more
perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not
of this building;
Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves,
but by his own blood
he entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained
eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the
ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean,
sanctifieth to the
purifying of the flesh:
Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of
Christ,
who through the
eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God,
PURGE YOUR
conscience from dead works
to serve the living
God?
ē-mundo , II.
Trop., to cleanse, purify
from sin (eccl. Lat.): “conscientiam
nostram,
ka^thar-izō
“tēn
suneidēsin
apo
nekrōn
ergōn”
Sunoida
our other services to which you can testify,
Th.1.73
2. c.
dat. rei, know something about a thing,
II. share
the knowledge of something with
somebody, to be implicated in or privy to
it, oude
xunēdei
soi
tis
ekthesin
teknou;
E.Ion956;
Suneidēsis
, eōs,
hē,
A. knowledge shared with another,
tōn
algēmatōn
(in a midwife) Sor.1.4.
2. communication,
information, heurēseis
s
Acts 2:41 Then they that
gladly received his word were baptized:
[only then] and the same day there were added
unto them about three thousand souls.
THE FOUNDATIONAL MESSAGE
GIVEN TO PAUL TO CARRY OUT THE PROPHESIED MISSION TO THE
GENTILES
Acts 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near
Damascus:
and suddenly there shined round about him a light from
heaven:
Acts 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice
saying unto him,
Saul, Saul,
why persecutest thou me?
Acts 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord?
And the Lord said, I
am Jesus whom thou persecutest:
it is hard for thee
to kick against the pricks.
Acts 9:6 And he trembling and astonished
said,
Lord, what wilt
thou have me to do?
And the Lord said
unto him, Arise, and go into the city,
and it shall be told
thee what thou must do.
Jesus did NOT say: Just
believe. Paul MUST do something to
obey that form and, like Jesus, be pronounced a son only
after baptism.
Edward Fudge says that if Paul had to
obey a command THAT would make him greater than God Who
gave the command. Because, he says, God can save in
other ways.
Acts 9:15 But the
Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen
vessel unto me,
to bear my name
before the Gentiles, and kings, and the
children of Israel:
Acts 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer
for my name’s sake.
Acts 9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the
house;
and putting his
hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord,
even Jesus,
that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest,
hath sent me, that
thou mightest receive thy sight,
and be filled
with the Holy Ghost.
Jesus said that His Words were
Spirit and Life. Therefore,
Being filled
with the Holy Spirit is the same as
shouldest know
his will
For instance, of the "Deacons"
Acts 6:3
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of
honest report,
full of the Holy Ghost
and wisdom,
whom we may appoint over this business
Which is parallel to
1Timothy 3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not
doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of
filthy lucre;
1Timothy 3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a
pure conscience.
Acts 9:18 And immediately there
fell from his eyes as it had been scales:
and he received
sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
Acts 9:19 And when he had received meat, he was
strengthened.
Then was Saul
certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
Acts 9:20 And straightway he preached Christ
in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
Romans 1:3
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
which was made of
the seed of David according to the flesh;
Romans 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with
power,
according to the spirit of holiness, by
the resurrection from the dead:
Romans 1:5 By whom we have received grace
and apostleship,
for obedience
to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Romans 1:6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus
Christ:
Hebrews 5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made
an high priest;
but he that said
unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
Hebrews 5:6 As he saith also in another place,
Thou art a priest
for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh,
when he had offered
up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears
unto him that was
able to save him from death, and was heard in that he
feared;
Hebrews 5:8 Though he were a Son,
yet learned he
obedience by the things which he suffered;
Hebrews 5:9 And being made perfect,
he became the author
of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Paul risked his
freedom and life to go to Jerusalem and tell them
about how one could REALLY be freed from sins: then as
now this created murderous opposition.
22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen
thee,
that thou
shouldest know his will, and see that
Just One,
and shouldest hear
the voice of his mouth.
Acts 22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto
all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Paul had heard himself being
commanded to be baptism. He was to tell the Jews
about that event. He told the Jews that calling
on the Name of the Lord in being baptism WASHED AWAY
THY SINS. Edward Fudge says this is not true:
Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou?
arise, and be
baptized, and wash away thy sins,
calling on the name of the Lord.
Essential in the Bible speaks of
'substantial or real."
Ousi-ōdēs
sugkri^sis
, eōs,
hē,
of formation and birth, OPOSITE
dissolution (diakrisis),
D.H.2.56;
concrete sense, compound substance 3.
physique, constitution,
No-ēsis , Ion. nōsis
Timo 44.2: eōs, hē:—A.
Intelligence, understanding, Opposite.
aisthēsis,
II.
concrete,
idea, concept, “hē
koinē
tou
theou
n.
Opposite:
Aisth-ēsis
, A. sense-perception, sensation
II. in object. sense, impressions of sense,
Arist.Metaph.980a22;
stage-effects, Po. 1454b16;
aisthēseis
theōn
visible appearances of the gods, Pl.Phd.111b.
2. display of feeling, Arist.Rh.1386a32
(v.l.).
Plat.
Phaedo 111b And they have sacred groves and
temples of the gods, in which the gods really dwell, and
they have intercourse with the gods by speech and
prophecies and visions,
Jesus said that those who
believeth not or the APISTOS or those who will NOT COMPLY
shall be damned: that sounds pretty essential to men.
Being born of spirit and water is always defined as baptism:
Jesus equated converted and birth as ESSENTIAL to seeing or
entering the kingdom. No one enters the kingdom except that
Christ adds those being saved.
Luke made certain that we cannot be LED ASTRAY by equating
baptism and conversion.
THE PARALEL DESCRIPTIONS OF
BAPTISM AND CONVERSION SO BELIEVERS CANNOT GET SO CONFUSED.
Matthew 18
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John
3
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Acts
2
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Acts 3
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And said, Verily
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Jesus
answered,
Verily, verily
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Then Peter
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But those things, which God before
had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets,
that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
Acts 3:18
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| I say unto you, |
I say unto thee,
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said
unto them, repent |
Repent YE therefore |
| Except YE |
Except a man be |
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| be converted, |
born of water and |
and
be baptized |
and
be
converted, |
| and become AS little children, |
of the Spirit, |
every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ |
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YE SHALL NOT
Mt 28:19 Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost:
Teaching them to observe
all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
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HE CANNOT
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for the
remission of sins, |
that YOUR sins may
be blotted out
Ecaleipho(g1813)
ex-al-i'-fo; from 1537 and 218; to smear out,
i.e. obliterate
(erase tears, fig. pardon sin): - blot out, wipe
away.
Ekkolaptô, erase,
obliterate, peck the chick out of the egg,
scoop out, oblitter, blot out, erase, blot out
of remembrance.
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enter into
the kingdom
of heaven.
Mt.18:3
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- enter into
- the kingdom of God. John 3:5
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and YE shall receive the
gift of the
Holy Spirit
Acts 2:38 |
when the times of refreshing
shall come from the presence of the Lord; Ac.3:19
Refreshing : Andronikos (g408)
an-dron'-ee-kos; from 435 and 3534; man of victory
[Nike]
g404 "revive again."
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PAUL CONFIRMED THAT BAPTISM
IS CONVERSION WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO RECEIVING A HOLY SPIRIT
OR A GOOD CONSCIENCE.
2Cor. 3:13 And not
as Moses, which put a vail over his face,
that the children of
Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which
is abolished:
2Cor. 3:14 But their
minds were blinded:
for until this day
remaineth
the same vail untaken
away
in the reading of
the old testament;
which vail is
done away in Christ.
2Cor. 3:15 But even unto this day,
when Moses is read,
the vail is upon their heart.
2Cor. 3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord,
[Baptism]
the vail shall
be taken away. [Receiving A holy spirit]
Jesus used the example of being CONVERTED
and BORN AGAIN like a child
Luke recorded the example of BAPTISM to be SAVED and
CONVERTED meaning the same thing.
Until you are CONVERTED you will not be able to read WHOLE
THOUGHT PATTERNS written in BLACK INK on WHITE paper.
Epi-strephô
, pf.
c. Philos., cause to return to the source of Being,
tinas eis ta enantia kai ta prôta
Proteros
and prôtos II. of Time, former, earlier, children
Prosthhen
in front, before, formerly, of place and of time;
to gennêthen phusei pros to gennêsan
Genn-aô
beget, bring forth, engender, call into
existence
Phuo
1 Act.:--bring forth,
produce, put forth, 2. beget, engender, get
understanding,
Pros
in the direction of
Genn-aô
beget, bring forth,
engender, call into existence
Deut
XXX
WEB. It shall happen, when all these things
are come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have
set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all
the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you,
[2] and shall RETURN to Yahweh your God, and shall
OBEY his voice
according to all that I command you this day, you
and your children, with all your heart, and with all your
soul;
[3] that then Yahweh your God will turn your
captivity, and have compassion on you, and will return and
gather you from all the peoples, where Yahweh your God has
scattered you.
If you think that the Spirit
OF Christ is a free lance teacher beyond the sacred pages then
you clearly have NOT accepted the foundational meaning of
Baptism as a pride-deflating way to ASK for the free gift of
remission of sins. You might better think that your faith
EARNS.
2Cor. 3:17 Now the
Lord IS that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty.
2Cor. 3:18 But we all,
with open face beholding
as
in a glass the glory of the Lord,
are changed
into the same image from glory to glory,
even as by the
Spirit of the Lord.
PAUL NEVER SAID THAT
ABRAHAM WAS SAVED BY FAITH ONLY.
It is ESSENTIAL to becoming a
servant of Christ to OBEY His condition. I
suppose that if Jesus has the power to command ANYTHING
essential then that command is GREATER than Jesus.
Paul warned against strong delusions.
Obedience is ESSENTIAL
Romans
6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves
servants to obey,
his servants ye are to
whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death,
or of obedience unto
righteousness?
Romans 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the
servants of sin,
but ye have obeyed
from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered
you.
Romans 6:18 Being then made free from sin,
ye became the servants
of righteousness.
Edward Fudge says: Paul, you are
mistaken.
1Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for
sins, the just for the unjust,
that he might bring us
to God,
being put to death in
the flesh,
but quickened
by the Spirit: [his]
1Peter 3:19 By which also he went and preached
unto the spirits in prison;
1Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah,
while the ark was a
preparing,
wherein few, that is,
eight souls were saved by water.
1Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth
also now save us
(not the putting away
of the filth of the flesh,
but the request
for a good conscience toward God,)
by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ:
1Peter 3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right
hand of God;
angels and authorities
and powers being made subject unto him.
Edward Fudge: Faith and
baptism do not belong in a list of like-and-equal things.
They are not supposed to be the same:
Faith gives us the power but baptism frees us from sin
BECAUSE the Bible tells me so.
Peanut butter and jelly are not equal, but if you want a
peanut butter and jelly sandwsich you MUST use both.
Repent and be baptized are different but the word KAI
absolutely demands that you obey the natural sequence or
you WILL BE DAMNED. That is what Jesus said.
Christ informed
the eunuch who wanted to be baptized: How silly to be
immersed in water because you BELIEVE in water,
19. [+of iniquity+] (16) Wash and make yourselves clean AND
turn away the evil of your habitual practices
from before my eyes, stop doing evil. (17) Learn
Isa
1:16 Wash you, make you
clean; put away the evil of your doings from
before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Rachac (h7364)
raw-khats'; a prim. root; to lave (the whole or a part of
a thing): - bathe (self), wash (self).
Le.14:9
But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave
all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows,
even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash
his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he
shall be clean.
20. to do well, pursue
judgement, bless the oppressed, judge the orphan, contend for
the widow. (PP)
21. Please come and let us reason together says YHWH, if
your sins are like scarlet they shall be white as
snow
22. if they be as red as crimson they shall be as
wool. (19)
If you are obedient
AND you give heed then of the good of the Land [{you
shall eat.}]
23. (20) But if you refuse AND you rebel
you will be devoured
by the sword because the mouth of YHWH has said it.
24. (21) How is the faithful city become like a harlot, it
was full of justice, righteousness lodged [{in her and now}]
Jesus said that if you
believe (pistis) and are baptized you SHALL BE SAVED meaning
"if you comply and are baptized you shall be saved.
He that believeth not SHALL BE DAMNED. Meaning "if you refuse
to comply with the first command" yoou will be damned because
you are unfaithful and treacherous.
| Luke 7:29 And all the people that
heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. |
Mark
16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; |
Luke
7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God
g114 Atheteo disesteem,
violate, reject |
but he that believeth not
g569 Apistos -
disbelieve: implication disobey
g571 Apistos untrustworthy, faithless, infidel. |
| against
themselves, being
not baptized of him. |
shall be
damned. |
Matt.
23:13 But woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye shut up
the kingdom of heaven against men:
for ye neither go in
yourselves,
neither suffer ye
them that are entering to go in
John 12:42 Nevertheless among the chief
rulers also many believed on him;
but because of the Pharisees they did
not confess him,
lest they should be put out of the
synagogue:
John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men
more than the praise of God. |
HOW SCRIBES AND
PHARISEES STILL TRY TO SHUT UP THE KINGDOM
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be
baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word
were baptized: and the same day there were added
unto them about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the
people. And the Lord added to the church daily
such as were being saved.
The Church of Christ is the Kingdom of Christ:
Col. 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power
of darkness,
and hath translated us into the
kingdom of his dear Son:
Col. 1:14 In whom we have redemption through
his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins: |
He that believeth AND is baptized shall be saved.
Mark 16:16
Believeth Greek:
pist-euo trust,
put faith in, rely on a person, thing, or
statement
2. comply,
hôs ouch hupeixôn oude pisteusôn legeis; [625] Are you
resolved not to yield or believe |
Luke 7:29 And all the people that
heard him, and the publicans,
justified
God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
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OPPOSITE
to apisteô
but he that believeth
not shall be damned |
Luke
7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers
rejected
the counsel of God against themselves,
being not baptized of
him.
|
He that believeth
not refuses to comply: he denies that God is
honest in demanding baptism
He that COMPLIES and is baptized
shall be saved.
He that COMPLIES NOT shall be DAMNED
for denying baptism.
Once they have DENIED Christ, He has denied them for
ever more. |
Apist-eô to be apistos, and so, I. disbelieve, distrust, was distrusted, i.e.
no one
could be sure of knowing, it is not
believed to be possible, shifty.
Disobedient, disloyal, II. = apeitheô, disobey,
to be faithless
He that BELIEVETH NOT is not a
brother.
1Cor. 6:6 But brother goeth to law with
brother, and that before the unbelievers.
II. = apeitheô, preferred apisteô, disobey, to be DISOBEDIENT, shifty, they refuse to
comply, They are not to be
trusted, and so of persons and their acts,
not
trusty, faithless, Act., mistrustful, incredulous, suspicious, Treacherously, cause to REVOLT from. also kleptô meaning: seize or occupy secretly, effect or bring about clandestinely, gamon, to be 'smuggled in' get rid of imperceptibly
THESE ARE NOT JUST
WAYWARD PSEUDO-THEOLOGIANS: THEY ARE THE
MORTAL ENEMIES OF CHRIST AND IT IS NOT RIGHT
TO PLAY GAMES WITH THEM.
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114 atheteo, opposite to
set aside a treaty, i.e. (by implication) to disesteem,
neutralize or violate: cast off, despise,
disannul, frustrate, bring to nought, reject.
To be struck off a register, deal treacherously
A. 1
Ki 2:[16] If the man said to him, They will
surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as
your soul desires; then he would say, No, but you
shall give it me now: and if not, I will take it by
force. [17] The sin of the young men was very
great before Yahweh; for the men despised the
offering of Yahweh.
B. Gal. 3:15
Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it
be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no
man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
C. 1Th. 4:7 For God hath not called us
unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. [holiness means A holy spirit]
1Th. 4:8 He therefore that despiseth,
despiseth not man, but God, who hath
also given unto us his holy Spirit.
Alethes denies that God is
honest
2. c.dat., refuse one's assent
3. deal treacherously with, break
faith with
Is. 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give
ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have
nourished and brought up children, and they
have rebelled against me.
Is. 1:3 The ox knoweth his owner, and
the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know,
my people doth not consider.
Is. 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with
iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children
that are corrupters: they have forsaken the
LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto
anger, they are gone away backward
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CHRIST IN ISAIAH ALSO SAID:
7. (3) And it shall be
that the remnant in Zion and those remaining in
Jerusalem shall be called holy; all the ones written
8. among the living in Jerusalem. ( 4) When the Lord has washed
the excrement of the daughters of Zion and the blood
of
Is.4:4
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the
daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood
of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by
the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
Cowah (h6675)
tso-aw'; or co·ah tso-aw'; fem. of 6674; excrement; gen.
dirt; fig. pollution: - dung, filth (-iness). Marg. for
2716
Cow (h6674)
tso; or 6629 tso; from an unused root mean. to issue;
soiled (as if excrementitious): - filthy.
Zec.3:4
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before
him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And
unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity
to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with
change of raiment.
9. Jerusalem he
has cleansed from her midst by the SPIRIT (wind) of
judgement and the spirit of burning.
CHRIST ALSO SPOKE OF THE DAY OF PENTECOST:
Notice
the two GROUPS which is always the meaning of
PREDESTINATED purpose.
And he
said, It is a light thing that
thou shouldest be my servant to raise
up the tribes of Jacob,
........[1] and to restore the preserved of Israel:
........[2] I will also give thee for
a light to the Gentiles,
........[3] that thou mayest
be my salvation unto the
end of the earth. Isa 49:6
Salvation
is Yeshuwah! God chooses those who DO NOT repudiate
Him by THEIR OWN SINS.
Thus saith
the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and
his Holy One,
to him whom man despiseth,
to him whom the nation abhorreth,
to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes
also shall worship,
because of the Lord that is faithful, and
the Holy One of Israel,
and he shall choose thee. Isa 49:7
Thus
saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day
of salvation have I helped thee:
........
.[1] and I will preserve
thee,
........
.[2] and give thee
for a covenant of the people,
........
.[3] to establish the
earth, to cause to
................inherit
the desolate heritages; Isa 49:8
Reserved does not mean predestiated
but:
Esaias
also crieth concerning Israel,
........
Though
the number of the children of Israel be as the sand
of the sea,
........
a
remnant shall be
saved: Ro.9:27
For
though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea,
........
yet
a remnant of them shall return:
........
the
consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. Isa 10:22
But
what saith the answer of God unto him?
........
I
have reserved to myself
seven thousand men,
........
who have not bowed the knee to the
image of Baal. Ro.11:4
Kataleipo (g2641)
kat-al-i'-po; from 2596 and 3007; to leave down, i.e.
behind; by impl. to abandon, have remaining: - forsake,
leave, reserve.
And it
shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord,
two parts therein shall be cut off and die;
but the third shall be left therein. Zechariah
13:8
And I
will bring the third part through the fire,
and will refine them
as silver is refined, and will try them as gold
is tried:
they shall call on
my name, and I will hear them:
I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is
my God. Zechariah 13:9
Isaiah 4:
2 In that day shall the branch of the Lord be
beautiful and glorious,
..........and the fruit
of the earth shall be excellent and comely
..........for them
that are escaped of Israel.
Isaiah 4:
3 And it shall come to pass,
..........that he that is left
in Zion, and
..........he that remaineth
in Jerusalem,
..........shall be
called holy, even every one
..........that is written
among the living in Jerusalem:
Isaiah 4:
4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the
daughters of Zion,
..........and shall have
purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof
..........by the spirit of judgment, and by
the spirit of burning.
Isaiah 4:
5 And the Lord will create
..........upon every
dwelling place of mount Zion,
..........and upon her
assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day,
..........and the
shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory
shall be a defence.
Isaiah 4:
6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in
the daytime from the heat,
..........and for a
place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from
rain.
In that day there shall be a fountain
opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants
of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
Zech 13:1
Maqowr (h4726)
maw-kore'; or maqor maw-kore'; from 6979 [to trench];
prop. something dug, i. e. a
(gen.) source (of water, even when naturally flowing
Ezek XVIIIWEB . The word of Yahweh came to
me again, saying, [2] What do you mean, that you use this
proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers
have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set
on edge? [3] As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, you shall
not have [occasion] any more to use this proverb in
Israel. [4] Behold, all souls are mine; as the
soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine:
the soul who sins, he shall die. [5] But if a man is just,
and does that which is lawful and right,
[6] and has not eaten on the mountains, neither
has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house
of Israel, neither has defiled his
neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity, [7]
and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor
his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his
bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a
garment; [8] he who has
not given forth on interest, neither has taken any
increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has
executed true justice between man and man, [9] has walked in my
statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is
just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.
The tiny remnant for Elijah were those who had not bowed
to Baal
And it shall
come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts,
that
I will cut off the names of the idols out of the
land,
and they shall no more be remembered:
and also I will cause the PROPHETS and the unclean [impurity] SPIRIT
to pass out of the land. Zechariah 13:2
Edward Fudge: They are
not of the same "order" and ought not be lined up in
a row as if they were.
Faith is the foundation and baptism is
part of the superstructure.
Faith is the soul and baptism is part of the body.
Faith is the root and baptism is some of the fruit.
The Greek word KAI is
cumulative. He that believeth AND is baptized
SHALL BE saved.
Those who had obeyed that "pattern capable of being
imitated" where THEN free from sin.
Cyril
of Jerusalem
"Since man is of a twofold nature, composed of body and
soul, the purification also is twofold: the corporeal for
the corporeal and the incorporeal for the incorporeal. The
water cleanses the body, and the Spirit seals the soul.
. . . When you go down into the water, then, regard not
simply the water, but look for salvation through the
power of the Spirit. For without both you cannot
attain to perfection. It is not I who says this, but the
Lord Jesus Christ, who has the power in this matter. And he
says, ‘Unless a man be born again,’ and he adds the
words ‘of water and of the Spirit,’ ‘he cannot enter the kingdom of
God.’ He that is baptized with water, but is not found
worthy of the Spirit, does not receive the grace in
perfection. Nor, if a man be virtuous in his deeds, but does
not receive the seal by means of the water, shall he enter
the kingdom of heaven. A bold saying, but not mine; for it
is Jesus who has declared it" (Catechetical Lectures 3:4
[A.D. 350]).
A BELIEVER
IN THE SAVED SENSE IS ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE OBEYED A DIRECT
COMMAND.
Rom. 10:16 But
they have not all obeyed the
gospel.
For Esaias saith, Lord,
who hath believed our report?
Edward Fudge: To equate
faith and baptism is like saying that in order to live one
must breathe and use clean silverware, or that life depends
on having a constant heartbeat and regularly brushing the
teeth.
The parable is that one must receive A new, holy spirit AND
one must feed on the Word (only) of Christ (only) in
the prophets and apostles.
THAT REFUTES JESUS CHRIS T: he that wants to SAVE his teeth SHALL brush his
teeth.
Edward Fudge: One had as
well insist that wedded love requires a
mutual commitment and a ceremony in a
chapel. There is a difference between the inward reality and
the outward formality, between the life principle and the
structures which give it shape and expression. To clearly
state that difference does not take anything away from the
beauty, the function or the desirability of the forms
and symbols and expressions in any of these analogies.
No one is MARRIED until they have conformed with the WILL of
the Civil Society: FAITH does not constitute marriage and
FAITH does not constitute marriage to Christ who reserves the
right to WASH us, Cloth us and give us a new name.
As a Bride we must be washed of water INTO the Word or into
discipleship.
Eph. 5:26 That he
might sanctify and cleanse it with the
washing of water by the word,
Eph. 5:26WEB That he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing
of water
[INTO] the
word, (In Verbo, En, Eis)
Into Converto , epistles of a
writer, to be occupied in, Into
Philo-sophos Love of educatioon,
an academy Philo-mathes or Philo-Logos
OPPOSIITE
of Sophistes A. master of one's craft,
adept, expert, of diviners, musicians
Parapaion Khelon (play the harp, Hieron Melon (Melody
in a religious shrine).
A quibbler, cheate, one who gave lessons FOR MONEY.
Fides (not faithful to the community) but Fides
(faithful to Apollon)
IN VERBUM
Discourse, conversation, Oral by word of mouth urnio plura
verbo quam
scripturā mandata dedimus, In
eccl. Lat. as a translation of logos,
LOGOS Opposite PATHOS (personal
experiences), Opposite folly, Opposite reasoning,
deliberation,
Logos OPPOSITE
to
Epagoge bringing in AIDS,
alurement, enticement, incantations, oppositeof human
reasoning, leading into captivity
Example [364c] any
misdeed of a man or his ancestors, and that if a man
wishes to harm an enemy,
at slight cost he will be enabled to injure just
and unjust alike, since they are
masters of spells
and enchantments1 that constrain the gods to serve
their end.
And for all these sayings they cite the poets as
witnesses, with regard
to the ease and plentifulness of vice, quoting:“
Evil-doing in plenty a man shall find for the seeking;
1 In Laws 933 D both are used of the victim with
epōdais, which primarily applies to the god.
Cf. Lucan, Phars. vi. 492 and 527.
Epode song sung rto or over,
hence, enchantment, spell, charm, pharmaka (sorcery Rev
18:23)
Isa 44:17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even
his graven image:
he falleth down
unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it,
and saith, Deliver
me; for thou art my god.
Logos is opposite poetry,
meter, metron
WEB In ENDUO denotes either rest or
motion within or into a place or thing; being clothed with,
enter into a context.Assume the person of
Washing of
water into:
Enduô assume the person on, enter,
enter the contest, entering into the mind,
Inducted into the writings. into a
family,
Washing of water into:
Vulgate In the Word. Il.; en paidotribou
the school of the training master.
1Cor. 4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ,
yet have ye not many fathers:
for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the
gospel.
1Cor. 4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye
followers of me.
1Cor. 4:17 For this cause have I sent
unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son,
and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into
remembrance of my ways which be in Christ,
as I teach every where in every church.
THE PROPHETIC TYPE BY THE
SPIRIT OF CHRIST
Genesis 26:3 Sojourn
in this land, and I will be with thee,
and will bless thee;
for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these
countries,
and I will perform the
oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Genesis 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the
stars of heaven,
and will give unto thy
SEED all these countries;
and in thy seed shall
all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Genesis 26:5 Because that Abraham
obeyed my
voice,
and kept my
charge,
my commandments,
my statutes,
and my laws.
Genesis 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: [otherwise the
promise would NOT have been extended]
THIS COVENANT MADE MORE CERTAIN BY JESUS OF NAZARETH.
Gal. 3:26 For
ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:27 (What I mean to say is) as many of you as
have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Not: We are saved BY faith "only." That PROVES that you do
not have A holy spirit or A good conscience or
consciousness which means a CO-perception, to be informed
of. Paul told the Jews they would not be able to read or
hear the Old Testament until they turned or converted to
Christ. Jesus equated converted to baptism and Luke
recorded baptism to being converted.
[27] quicumque enim
in Christo baptizati estis Christum induistis
Enim why because, for,
for instance, namely, that is to say, I mean, in
fact I. To corroborate a preceding assertion, yes
indeed, yes truly, of a truth, to be sure, certainly,
indeed: A. To prove or show the grounds of a preceding
assertion
Cic.
Off.
1.39
13.
Again, if under stress of circumstances individuals have
made any promise to the enemy, they are bound to keep
their word even then.
For instance, in the First Punic War, when Regulus was taken
prisoner by the Carthaginians, he was sent to Rome on
parole to negotiate an exchange of prisoners;
THE PROPHETIC TYPE OF THE
FLOOD
Hebrews 11:7 By
faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet,
moved with
fear,
prepared an
ark to the saving of his house;
by the which he condemned
the world,
and became heir of
the righteousness which is by faith.
THE
PROPHETIC TYPE MADE MORE CERTAIN BY PETER WHO OBEYED THE
COMMISSION OF CHRIST.
Jesus sent the message that one who had seen and heard the
risen Lord in Spirit form that by being baptized "he would
wash away his sins."
1 Pet. 3:20 Which
sometime were disobedient,
............
when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah,
............
while the ark
was a preparing, wherein few, that is,
............
eight souls were
saved by water.
1 Pet. 3:21 The
like figure (Antitupon
or Antitype counterpart) whereunto
..........even baptism
doth also now save us (not the putting away
of the filth of the flesh,
..........but the answer of [Appeal
FOR not PLEDGE] a good conscience toward
God,)
..........by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ:
But God be
thanked, that ye were the servants of sin,
but ye have obeyed from
the heart that form (tupos a model for imitation) of doctrine
which was delivered you. Ro 6:17
............
But now being
............
made
free from sin, and
............
become servants to God, ye
............
have your fruit
unto
holiness,
and
............
the end
everlasting life. Ro 6:22
Edward Fudge says that
people are made FREE FROM sin WITHOUT obeying any
commands
Anti (g473)
an-tee'; a prim. particle; opposite, i.e. INSTEAD or
because of (rarely in addition to): - for, in the
room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast,
requital, SUBSTITUTION, correspondence, etc.
- We are baptized by
GRACE instead of having to build an Ark or
drown
- We are baptized by
GRACE instead of having to cross the Red Sea
or be destroyed by FAITH ONLY when God said "Quit
whining, lift up your arm and MOVE into the jaws of
death.
- We are baptized by
GRACE instead of having to be pinned
on a stake and shed OUR blood.
When you have
to EXPLAIN AWAY what the text MAKES CLEAR you may
have exhausted God's Grace.
Tupos
(g5179) too'-pos; from 5180; a die (as struck), i.e.
(by impl.) a stamp or scar; by anal. a shape, i.e. a
statue, (fig.) style or resemblance; spec. a sampler
("type"), i.e. a model (for imitation) or
instance (for warning): - en- (ex-) ample,
fashion, figure, form, manner, pattern, print.
Maybe YOU can be SAVED
without the REMISSION OF SINS (connected only to baptism)
but I DON'T THINK you can go into the Most Holy Place
wearing DIRTY CLOTHES. Paul says we are saved BY
FAITH when we are BAPTIZED to be CLOTHED with Christ. Then
we have A holy spirit translated into heaven WHEN we are
added to the CHURCH which is AFTER we have been baptized.
To
the general assembly and church of the
firstborn, which are written in heaven, and
to God the Judge of all,
...........
and
to the Spirits of just men made
perfect, Heb 12:23
Hebrews 11:8 By faith
Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he
should after receive for an inheritance,
obeyed; and he
went out, not knowing whither he went.
Hebrews 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of
promise, as in a strange country,
dwelling in
tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the
same promise:
Hebrews 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations,
whose builder and maker is God.
Edward Fudge: Saving
"faith" is not something we do in a series of events.
It is what motivates
and enables everything that we do in response to
God's kindness.
Saving faith means
trusting Jesus' atonement as sufficient
to bridge the gap our sins have caused between us and God,
and entrusting ourselves to God to be
his people
out of gratitude for what he did
for us in Jesus Christ
long before we were even born.
Men like Martin
Luther and Thomas Campbell said that "faith must have an
object." Luther said that we are saved by SOLA
FIDA. And since faith comes only from Scripture we are
saved by SOLA SCRIPTURA. And because faith demands that
we be BAPTIZED, salvation rests in SOLA BAPTISMA.
A person who denounces Jesus who made baptism or obedience of
Him absolutely DOES NOT TRUST him but instead TRUSTS their own
human power to believe something. A person who believes that
his house is crumbling and trusts that as true, BUT refused to
move is just simply stupid and deserves to die.
"As many as are
persuaded and believe that what we [Christians] teach and
say is true, and undertake to be able to live accordingly,
and instructed to pray and to entreat God with fasting, for
the remission of their sins that are past, we pray
and fast with them. Then they are brought by us where there
is water and are regenerated in the same manner in
which we were ourselves regenerated. For, in the
name of God, the Father . . . and of our Savior Jesus
Christ, and of the Holy Spirit [Matt. 28:19], they then
receive the washing with water. For Christ also said, ‘Unless
you are born again, you shall not enter into the kingdom
of heaven’ [John 3:3]" (Justin Martyr,First
Apology 61 [A.D. 151]).
Irenaeus
"‘And [Naaman] dipped himself . . . seven times in the
Jordan’ [2 Kgs. 5:14]. It was not for nothing that Naaman of
old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon his
being baptized, but [this served] as an indication to
us. For as we are lepers in sin, we are made clean, by means
of the sacred water and the invocation of the Lord, from our
old transgressions, being spiritually regenerated as newborn
babes, even as the Lord has declared: ‘Except a man be
born again through water and the Spirit, he shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven’" (Fragment 34 [A.D.
190]).
Believing that Jesus is that prophesied
Christ who would purge us of our sins by washing, was a
REQUIRED STEP which qualified the enuch to be
baptised. His belief OR confession had no value
until He obeyed.
Then
Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture,
and preached unto
him Jesus. Acts 8:35
When he preached JESUS
the enuch wanted to be baptized. Isn't that
amazing?
And
as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water:
and the eunuch said,
See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
Acts 8:36
And
Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart,
thou mayest.
And he answered and
said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Acts 8:37
And
he commanded the chariot to stand still:
and they went down
both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and
he baptized him. Acts 8:38
And
when they were come up out of the water,
the Spirit of the
Lord caught away Philip,
that the eunuch
saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
Acts 8:39
We don't DO them in a series of steps:
faith is that which ENABLES one to act on what that person
believes. You cannot step on a rock in the middle of a
deep stream UNLESS you believe that the Rock will save
you. Romans 10 includes those steps: Calling on the name
of the Lord IS what happens only in baptism.
Hebrews 11:6 But without
faith
it is impossible to
please him:
for he that cometh
to God must believe that he is,
and that he is
a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Pistis
(g4102) pis'-tis; from 3982; persuasion, i.e.
credence; mor. conviction (of religious truth, or
the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher),
espec. reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstr.
constancy in such profession; by extens. the system of
religious (Gospel) truth itself: - assurance,
belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
3. in a
commercial sense, credit, trust, pistis
tosoutōn
khrēmatōn
esti
moi
para
tini
I have credit for so much money with him,
2. obedient, Xen.
pistoō
, confirm, prove
peitharkhia
1
obedience to command,
Peitho (g3982)
pi'-tho; a prim. verb; to convince (by argument, true or
false); by anal. to pacify or conciliate (by other fair
means); reflex. or pass. to assent (to evidence
or authority), to rely (by inward
certainty): - agree, assure, believe, have
confidence, be (wax) confient, make friend, obey, persuade,
trust, yield.
First, they must
BELIEVE
Pisteuo g4100)
pist-yoo'-o; from 4102; to have faith (in, upon,
or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by
impl. to entrust (espec. one's spiritual well-being to
Christ): - believe (-r), commit (to trust), put in trust
with.
Misthapodotes
(g3406) mis-thap-od-ot'-ace; from 3409 and 591; a
remunerator: - rewarder.
Then they must
diligently seek Him
Diligently is:
Spoudaioteros
(g4708) spoo-dah-yot-er'- oce; adv. from 4707; more
speedily, i.e. sooner than otherwise: - more carefully.
Ekzeteo (g1567)
ek-zay-teh'-o; from 1537 and 2212; to search out,
i.e. (fig.) investigate, crave, demand,
(by Hebr.) worship: - en- (re-) quire, seek after
(carefully, diligently).
Reading the Word and
seeking is the ONLY way to worship God.
AN EXAMPLE
TO SHOW WHAT EVERYONE WOULD UNDERSTAND DURING PAUL'S TIME
Before trying to explain away the
historic understanding of Scripture, it will help to
understand the meaning of "believeth not" or Apistos AND
look at examples of the words:
A.
pepisteukein Act.Ap.14.23 : ( [pistis] ) :--trust,
put faith in, rely on a person,
thing,
or statement, tini Hdt.1.24 ; tôi logôi
Id.2.118 ,
Examples: Herodotus 1.XXIV. They say that this Arion, who
spent most of his time with Periander,
wished to sail to Italy and Sicily, and that
after he had made a lot of money there
he wanted to come back to Corinth.
A
. Trusting none more than the
Corinthians, pisteuonta
B.
he
hired a
Corinthian vessel to carry him from Tarentum.
Faith or trust means to COMPLY which is the opposite of NOT
Comply--Apistis
2.
comply, OPPOSITE
to APISTEO
A. [7] Periander, [apistiês] skeptical,
B. kept him in confinement , letting him go nowhere,
and waited for the sailors.
Those
who COMPLY NOT Apist-eô I.
disbelieve, distrust, was
distrusted, i.e. no one could be sure of knowing,
II. = apeitheô, disobey, to be DISOBEDIENT, they refuse to
comply, They are not to be
trusted, and so of persons and their acts, not trusty, faithless, Act., mistrustful, incredulous, suspicious, Treacherously, cause to REVOLT from. also
kleptô meaning: seize or occupy
secretly, effect or bring about clandestinely,
gamon, to be 'smuggled in' get rid
of imperceptibly
ANOTHER EXAMPLE FOR THOSE
WHO CARE WHAT JESUS SAID
On way to
determine the meaning of Mark 16 is to find an identical
"formulation" in the Greek texts.
[941c] and this
the lawgiver, as it behoves him, knows
better than the whole tribe [symphony] of poets.
He,
therefore, that hearkens to our speech [Logos]
is blessed, and deserves
blessing for all time;
Hearkens
is: peithô, A. persuade, B. Pass. and Med., to be
prevailed on, won over, persuaded,
2. peithesthai tini
listen to one, obey him, let us comply
with the custom of
eating, sad though the meal be,
obey him in
all things,
Believeth Greek: pist-euô trust, put faith in, rely
on a person, thing, or statement
2. comply, hôs ouch hupeixôn oude
pisteusôn legeis; OPPOSITE
to apisteô
but he
that HEARKENS NOT, in
the next place, be HOLDEN by this law:--
hearkens
not is BELIEVETH NOT: Apisteô to be
apistos, and so, II. = apeitheô, to disobey, tini Hdt.,
attic: -
-absol. to be
disobedient, refuse to
comply
Holden
means that you are an ACTIVE warrior against God.
Machomai fighting
against heaven's will, amone selves, II. generally, quarrel,
wrangle, eridi m. Il.1.8 ; m. epeessin ib.304, etc.;
tini 5.875, 13.118; tôi paidi [child] m. make a
scene with . . , Thphr.Char.23.8; dispute, argue, VI. of
arguments, propositions, etc., to be in contradiction
or inconsistent
THE GOSPEL IS THE
CONVERTING POWER: However, those who OBEY NOT that
Grace provision will be damned.
Romans
1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power
of God unto salvation to every one that believeth;
to the Jew
first, and also to the Greek.
1Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them
that perish foolishness;
but unto us which are
saved it is the power of God.
Job 36:12 But if they obey not, they shall
perish by the sword,
and they shall die
without knowledge.
2Thessalonians 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance
on them
that know not
God,
and that obey
not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2Thessalonians 3:14 And if any man obey not
our word by this epistle,
note that man, and
have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
1Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at
the house of God:
and if it first begin
at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the
gospel of God?
Edward Fudge: Baptism is
one way -- indeed, the initial way, commanded by Jesus
himself --
for expressing
that heart of trust/faith/commitment.
It manifests
repentance,
embodies a submissive
spirit and steps across the line separating believers from
unbelievers
in the eyes of a
watching world.
Phillip baptized the enuch without a WATCHING
WORLD.
However, Jesus fulfilling the direct command in the
prophets said:
Matthew
28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,
All power is
given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore,
and teach all
nations,
baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost:
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you
alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Obeying the command of Jesus
DOES NOT make the command GREATER THAN Jesus
Of those who
already believed and asked what they could do Peter said;
Acts 2:38 Then
Peter said unto them, [those who asked]
Repent, and be
baptized every one of you
in the name of
Jesus Christ
for the
remission of sins,
and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Edward Fudge says that's a
lie. He says that one has remission of Sins BEFORE confessing
the name of Jesus Christ and BEFORE they their "sins were
washed away" giving THEM A holy spirit.
Acts 2:40 And with
many other words did he testify and exhort, saying,
Save yourselves
from this untoward generation.
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word
were baptized:
and the same day
there were added unto
them about three thousand souls.
They were not ADDED to the church BEFORE they were baptized.
They obviously saved themselves FROM the crooked race
(skolion singers) and were only ADDED after they were
baptism.
Those who had saved
themselves or removed themselves from the crooked race, were
added to the assembly.
Acts 2:46 And
they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple,
and breaking bread
from house to house,
did eat their meat
with gladness and singleness of heart,
Acts 2:42 And
they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine
and fellowship,
and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts 2:47 Praising God, and
having favour with all the people.
And the Lord added
to the church daily such as should be saved.
If the Apostles COMMANDED the
Doctrine they received from Jesus doesn't that make the
Apostles greater than Jesus. No! Silly.
Edward Fudges says
that Christ SAVED them the instant they believed: before
they knew that they were lost: before the asked what to
do: before repenting, confessing the name of Jesus and
before receiving a purified spirit.
Edward Fudge: It signifies
our union with Jesus -- and with all those people whom he
saves.
Paul speaking by Christ the Spirit
says that baptism CLOTHES or or unites us
into His Holy Garments. Paul said that it in fact UNITES
us with Christ
Romans
6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized
into Jesus Christ
were baptized into
his death? [This is the only
INSTRUMENTAL MEANS of union]
Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism
into death:
that like as Christ
was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father,
even so we also
should walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the
likeness of his death,
we shall be also in
the likeness of his resurrection:
Romans 6:6 Knowing this,
that our old man is
crucified with him,
that the body of sin
might be destroyed, t
hat henceforth we
should not serve sin.
Romans 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Romans 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ,
we believe that we
shall also live with him:
The Scripture is loaded with
various forms of parallelism: the second part is FOR which
mean "what I mean to say" is. If you quote partial
verses it means you intend to deceive.
Gal.
3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in
Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:27 (What I mean to say is) as many of you as
have been baptized into Christ have put on
Christ.
You are not unioned with
Christ until you have been baptism. It is certainly the only
SEAL (visible) that we have obeyed Christ.
Not: We are saved BY faith "only." That PROVES that you do not
have A holy spirit or A good conscience or consciousness which
means a CO-perception, to be informed of. Paul told the Jews
they would not be able to read or hear the Old Testament until
they turned or converted to Christ. Jesus equated
converted to baptism and Luke recorded baptism to being
converted.
[27] quicumque enim
in Christo baptizati estis Christum induistis
Enim why because, for, for
instance, namely, that is to say, I mean, in
fact I. To corroborate a preceding assertion,
yes indeed, yes truly, of a truth, to be sure, certainly,
indeed: A. To prove or show the grounds of a preceding
assertion
If the The-O-Lites which may
never have been a minimal student is always going to be
diverted to a phrase or clause which says what THEY want to
bellieve. It MAY be that if you do not love the Truth Christ
will not even LET you quote the full text
Cic.
Off.
1.39
13.
Again, if under stress of circumstances individuals have made
any promise to the enemy,
they are bound to keep their word even then.
For instance, in the First Punic War, when Regulus was taken
prisoner by the Carthaginians, he was sent to Rome on parole
to negotiate an exchange of prisoners;
Paul said that the work of Jesus
was a FORM or TYPE. This was a
pattern capable of being imitated. When they obeyed
a FORM or ANTI-tupos of that teaching they were only THEN
FREE FROM SIN. Edward says that is is only a sign because
he rejects the idea that we obey a FORM of that SIGN
without which were are still in our sins.
Edward Fudge: It reminds
us who we are and whose we are. It constantly calls
us to the new and holy life to which God has called
us in Jesus.
Peter got HIS message from Jesus and
HE commanded
Repent AND be baptized FOR (in order to)
Remission of Sins.
Edward Fudge:Much of the
evangelical church has made too little of this Christ-given
ordinance, in a mad rush away from an unbiblical sacramentalism
which made too little of faith. Where modern Christians
utilize "the sinner's prayer," the apostolic church
commanded believers to be baptized. The New Testament does
not envision an unbaptized believer,
but no New Testament author ever suggests
that a true believer
is saved because she or he was baptized,
or that baptism saves
anyone apart from faith.
No one in churches of Christ are sacramentalists
which means that the ACT of baptism saves even if you do
not believe.
Romans 6:17 But
God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin,
but ye have obeyed
from the heart that form of doctrine which
was delivered you.
Romans 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became
the servants of righteousness.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the
gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Paul said that only after obedience in
baptism is one FREE FROM SIN. Edward
suggests that one is SAVED while still in their sins.
Edward Fudge: God does
not send us to baptize, but to preach the Good News.
Those who believe the Good News are to be baptized. When the
evangelical church learns to grip both those statements and
hold them tight, it will take a giant step forward -- not
only in biblical understanding but in practical Christian
unity as well.
Edward Refutes Jesus Christ: you
preach the gospel to produce faith: you baptize them to
make them literate disciples.
Matthew 28:18 And
Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,
All power is given
unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations,
baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost:
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you
alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
People CANNOT be taught to either READ or
HEAR the Word of God until they are converted (2 Cor 3).
This conversion is the same as baptism. People who work so
hard to deny the clear text are PROOFS that people really
cannot read BLACK text on BROWN
paper.
WHY
PAUL, LIKE JESUS, BAPTIZED BUT NOT OFTEN PERSONALLY
Acts 9:17 And
Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and
putting his hands on him said,
Brother Saul, the
Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou
camest,
hath sent me, that
thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy
Ghost.
Acts 26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet:
for I have appeared
unto thee for this purpose,
to make thee a
minister and a witness both of these things which
thou hast seen,
and of those things in
the which I will appear unto thee;
If that is a FACT then Paul disobeyed
Jesus Christ as Holy Spirit.
Drink
no longer water, but use a little
wine for thy stomachs sake and thine
often infirmities. 1 Timothy 5:23
Well, we
know that if Timothy quit drinking water
and only "took" a little wine for his stomach, he would soon
die. The RSV and other versions translate this:
No longer
drink only water, but
use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your
frequent ailments. 1 Timothy 5:23RSV
From this
we know that Timothy had taken the radically-different step
to exclude wine from his environment. That is, he was a
teetotlar in the sense of being a priest. Paul made it clear
that the product of the vine was not inherently polluted.
So, instead
of saying, "give up water totally and use a bit of wine,"
Paul really said, "put a small quantity of
stomach wine into your water." This was typically 20 parts
of water and one part wine. By the neglect of common sense
we can have Paul saying, "I want you to sin a lot so that
you can get a lot of grace."
If
Timothy had a degree in Lexical-syntactical
analysis he might tell titus: "Paul
sent me not to drink water."
Why
was it important that Paul not personally baptize
people? Remember, that Paul had taught and practiced
Christian baptism in Corinth. Therefore, he reaches this
conclusion only after seeing the partisan spirit in Corinth: "Why, I
was personally baptized by the apostle Paul and you were
only baptized by John the Tanner."
Now this I say,
that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I
of Christ. 1
Corinthians 1:12
Is Christ divided? was
Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? 1 Corinthians 1:13
I thank God that I
baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
1 Corinthians 1:14
Lest any
should say that I had baptized in mine own name. 1 Corinthians 1:15
Why did Paul not often
baptize: LEST you think that it is MY Name.
Isn't that too simple?
Could Paul be saying: "I
think God that I did baptize Crispus and Gaius?" I think so
as we will see later.
You see, Paul makes it
clear to us, that the master teacher must personally baptize you into his own name. However, Paul was not
the Master.
Edward Fudge: One Lord,
One Faith, One Baptism
Edward Fudge: You are
certainly right that Ephesians 4:5 names "faith" and
"baptism" together in a "list," if you please. Paul
also names "one Lord" in this "list," which underscores my
original point that these are not "like-and-equal things."
Paul is emphasizing the commonality of Christian experience,
for we all share in "one Lord, one faith, one baptism." This
is a poetic verse in the original Greek, and the English
word "one" appears in its masculine (heis), feminine
(mia) and neuter (hen) forms to modify first
"Lord" (kyrios - masculine), then "faith" (pistis
- feminine) and finally "baptism" (baptisma -
neuter).
Eph.
4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace
according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Titus 2:11 For
the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men,
Titus 2:12 Teaching us that,
denying ungodliness
and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly,
righteously, and godly,
in this present
world;
kosm-ikos , ē, on, (kosmos IV) s.v. Orpheus: Astrol., k. kentra skhēma
Orpheus , eōs, o(, Dor. Orphēs Ibyc.10A, Orphēn Hdn.Gr.1.14:—
A. Orpheus, Pi.P.4.177,
Pl.R.364e,
etc.:—Adj. Orpheios , a, on, E.Alc. 969(lyr.),
Pl.Lg.829e;
or Orphikos , ē, on, Hdt.2.81
; “en tois O. epesi kaloumenois” Arist.de An.410b28.\
Epos , older wepos SIG9 (v. infr.),
etc., eos,
to (Skt.
A. vácas
'word', 'hymn', cf. eipon):
1. song or lay accompanied by
music, 8.91,17.519.
IV. in pl., epic poetry, Opposite. melē (lyric poetry),
iambeia, dithuramboi, etc., “rhaptōn epeōn aoidoi” Pi.N.2.2
; “ta Kupria epea” Hdt.2.117,
cf. Th.1.3,
X.Mem.1.4.3,
Pl.R.379a,
etc. ; “epea te poiein pros luran t' aeidein” Theoc.Ep.21.6
; “nikēsas epos” IG3.1020 ; poētēs epōn
Skhēma 2. appearance,
Opposite. the reality, ouden allo plēn . . s. a mere outside,
E.Fr.25, cf. 360.27, Pl.R.365c;
show, pretence, “ēn de touto . . s. politikon tou logou” Th.8.89;
;
“skhēmasi kai khrōmasi mimeisthai”
esp. outside show, pomp, to tēs arkhēs s. Pl.Lg.685c;
X.Smp.7.5
; en . . mousikē [hēs to kitharizein kai to adein kai to embainein orthōs;] kai skhēmata . . kai melē enesti figures and
tunes, Pl.Lg.655a
10. = to aidoion LXXIs.3.17.
Epithu_m-ia lust of the EYE,
lust of the EAR says Barnes of Amos
Titus 2:13
Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious
appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ;
Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, [the "gospel"
type]
that he might redeem
us from all iniquity,
and purify
unto himself [give A holy spirit]
a peculiar
people, [Those so saved were added to His
Church]
zealous of good
works. [They serve the one they name in baptism]
Ephesians 4:11 And he gave
some, apostles; and some, prophets; and
some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Ephesians 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints,
for the work of the ministry,
for the edifying
of the body of Christ:
This is exactly what Paul said to the
Romans whose faith meant that they obeyed the pattern.
Know ye
not, that so many of us
..........as were baptized into Jesus
Christ
..........were baptized into his death? Rom 6:3
No one is
said to have sins remitted other than when they OBEY that
form or pattern which can be IMITATED.
Edward Fudge: All three of
these "ones" relate to remission of sins. The one LORD shed
his blood "
for the remission of sins" (Matthew 26:28). That is the objective
reality, whether anyone believes it or not.
He got the right to define how
that world-redemption would be bestowed on individuals.
But whoever believes in Jesus (the one FAITH), according
to all the prophets, "has remission
of sins"
(Acts 10:43). That is the subjective
appropriation of the blessing objectively accomplished by
the "one Lord."
And, according to Jesus' own commandment and design,
I'm not sure where Edward got that
statement. Here is what Paul really said.
Acts 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness,
that through his name
whosoever
believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
See the difference. By being baptized INTO Christ we are
CLOTHED with Him. The redemption of sins is only for
those who have let Him put on the wedding garment and
make one a member of HIS Church which is HIS Body.
Matthew 22:11 And when the king came in to see the
guests,
he saw there a man which
had not on a wedding garment:
Matthew 22:12 And he saith unto him,
Friend, how camest thou
in hither not having a wedding garment?
And he was speechless.
Matthew 22:13 Then said the king to the servants,
Bind him hand
and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer
darkness;
there shall be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
Matthew
22:11 eiselthōn de ho basileus theasasthai tous anakeimenous eiden ekei anthrōpon ouk endedumenon enduma gamou:
enduō or endunō 1.
[select] of clothes, put on, “endune khitōna” Il.2.42; “endune peri stēthessi khitōna” 10.21; “khitōn' endusa” 5.736;
Only those who have put on the scholard robe can be enrolled in
the Master's School
Galatians
3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:27 [I mean that] as many of you as
have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Galatians 3:27 for all of you who were baptized into
Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
Eph. 5:26WEB That
he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing
of water
[INTO] the
word, (In Verbo, En, Eis)
Into Converto , epistles of a
writer, to be occupied in, Into
Philo-sophos Love of educatioon,
an academy Philo-mathes or Philo-Logos
OPPOSIITE of Sophistes A. master of one's craft,
adept, expert, of diviners, musicians
Parapaion Khelon (play the harp, Hieron Melon (Melody
in a religious shrine).
A quibbler, cheate, one who gave lessons FOR MONEY.
Fides (not faithful to the community) but Fides
(faithful to Apollon)
EB In ENDUO denotes either rest or
motion within or into a place or thing; being clothed with,
enter into a context.Assume the person of
Washing of
water into:
Enduô assume the person on, enter,
enter the contest, entering into the mind,
Inducted into the writings. into a
family,
Peter was sent to tell
Cornelius WORDS by
which he should be saved
Peter connects this event to Pentecost where he
commanded already "certified" Jews to be baptized
God showed Peter that the ORIGINAL command was to preach
to all nations.
Peter commanded them to BE BAPTIZED which is never a WITNESS
but the instrumental means ordained by Jesus Christ.
The falling or AER
sound was figuratively the BREATH of God and not
another people.
Christ commanded baptism when
defining the future REST.
Jeremiah 31:31
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house
of Judah:
Jeremiah 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made
with their fathers
in the day
that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land
of Egypt;
which my
covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto
them, saith the LORD:
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will
make with the house of Israel;
After those days,
saith the LORD,
I will put my law
in their inward parts, [A holy spirit, A
good conscience]
and write it
in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my
people.
Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his
neighbour,
and every man his
brother, saying,
Know the LORD: for
they shall all know me, from the least of them unto
the greatest of them, saith the LORD;
for I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Jeremiah 31:35 Thus saith the LORD,
which giveth the sun
for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of
the stars for a light by night,
which divideth the sea
when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his
name:
Jeremiah 31:36 If those ordinances depart from before me,
saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease
from being a nation before me for ever.
Most Will not come to the light that they might be saved.
People who fight baptism
have a really bad unresolved conflict so that they deny all
clear statements about judgment.
John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the
world,
and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were
evil.
John 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the
light,
neither cometh to the
light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
John 3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light,
that his deeds may be
made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Acts 2:41 Then
they that gladly received his word were baptized:
and the same day there were added unto them about three
thousand souls.
John 3:22 After these
things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea;
and there he tarried
with them, and baptized.
2Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not,
lest the light of
the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of
God, should shine unto them.
2Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine
out of darkness,
hath shined in our
hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory
of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Micah 7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity,
and passeth by
the transgression of the remnant of his heritage?
he retaineth not
his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Micah 7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon
us;
he will subdue our
iniquities;
and thou wilt cast
all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Micah 7:20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the
mercy to Abraham,
which thou hast sworn
unto our fathers from the days of old.
Acts 10:43 All the
prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him
receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
Edward Fudge:whoever has the
one FAITH in the one LORD
is to express and declare it in the one
BAPTISM.
When one does that as
an expression of faith,
baptism also is said
to be "for the remission of sins" (Acts 2:38).
THAT'S NOT THE TRUTH.
Baptism is the ONLY response to faith.
But whoever believes in Jesus
(the one FAITH), according to all the prophets, "has
remission of sins"
Acts 2:38 Then
Peter said unto them,
Repent, and be
baptized every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins,
and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For is EIS and never means
'BECAUSE OF." It means into or in order that your sins
be remitted. Converted has the same meaning as Baptism:
returning to our prenatal state of innocense:
Acts 3:19 Repent
ye therefore,
and be converted,
that your sins
may be blotted out,
when the times of
refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Edward Fudge says that people
have their sins remitted when they believe BEFORE they are
converted.
Acts 10:42 And he
commanded us to preach unto the people,
and to testify that it
is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and
dead.
Acts 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness,
that through his name
whosoever believeth
in him shall receive remission of sins.
The only way to
go through his name is defined by Jesus to Paul
Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou?
arise,
and be baptized,
and wash away thy
sins,
calling on
the name of the Lord.
A PERSON WHO BELIEVES
MUST CONFESS OR CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD.
Acts 10:43NET About him all the prophets testify,
that everyone
who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins
through his
name.”
Acts 10:43ASV To him bear all the prophets witness,
that through his
name every
one that believeth on him
SHALL receive remission of sins.
[future tense=
Acts 10:43WEB All the prophets testify about
him,
that through
his name
everyone who
believes in him
WILL receive remission of sins.”
Will or shall does not mean HAS.
Acts
10.43
toutō pantes hoi prophētai marturousin, aphesin hamartiōn labein dia tou onomatos autou panta ton pisteuonta eis auton.
Acts 10:44 While Peter yet spake these words,
the Holy Ghost fell
on all them which heard the word.
The AER
wind just as in the upper room, breath=speaking.
aēr , aeros, later,
generally, air exhalations,
personified
This was to fool the foolish: Pneuma never speaks of a
PEOPLE but of the life, mental disposition or BREATH of a
person.
And the
spirit (7307) of the Lord
shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and
might, the spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of the Lord;
Isaiah 11:2
And
shall make him of quick understanding in the
fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the
sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing
of his ears: Isa
11:3
For he whom God
hath sent speaketh
the words of God:
for God giveth
not the Spirit by measure
unto him. John 3:34
Turn
you at my reproof: behold,
I will pour out
my spirit unto you, [meaning]
I will make
known my words unto you. Proverbs 1:23
God didn't need Peter for a
direct operation of a holy spirit person: he was sent for:
Acts 10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and
thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we
all here present before God, to
hear all things that are commanded thee of
God.
Acts 10:34 Then Peter
opened his mouth, and said,
Of a truth I
perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Acts 10:35 But in every
nation
[1]he that feareth him,
[2] and worketh
righteousness,
[3] is accepted
with him.
Acts 10:36 The word which God sent unto the children of
Israel,
preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is
Lord of all:)
Acts 10:42 And
he commanded us to preach unto the people,
and to testify
that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of
quick and dead.
G3724 horizō
hor-id'-zo From G3725 ; to mark out or bound (“horizon”),
that is,
(figuratively) to appoint, decree,
specify:—declare, determine, limit, ordain.
Peter did not say that
everyone who believed HAS BEEN saved but:
Acts 10:43 To him give all
the prophets witness,
that
through his name
[1]
whosoever believeth in him
[2] shall
receive remission of sins.
Zech. 13:1 In that day there
shall be a fountain opened to the house of David
and
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem
for sin
and for uncleanness.
Maqowr (h4726)
maw-kore'; or maqor maw-kore'; from 6979 [to trench];
prop. something dug,
i. e. a (gen.) source (of water, even when
naturally flowing.
A walled up with masonery, a
wall.
WASHING OR CLEANSING PROPHESIED:
Ablūtĭo , ōnis, f.
abluo, I. a washing, cleansing, Macr. S.
3, 7.—Of baptism, cf. abluo, I. fin.
(eccl. Lat.; in Plin. 13,
12, 23, § 74, the correct reading is adulatione;
Ab-lŭo , ŭi, ūtum,
3, v. a.,
I. to wash off or away, to
wash, cleanse, purify.
II. Trop., of calming
the passions: omnis ejusmodi perturbatio
animi
placatione abluatur,
be
removed (fig. derived from the religious rite of washing
in expiation of sin),
To
RE crucify Jesus Christ to ourselves is to
either induce or have induced anything
which arouses the
passions. Jesus called it a "laded burden"
(churchy songs)
And Paul called it
self-pleasure which "creates mental excitement."
Zech. 13:2 And it shall come to
pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts,
that I will cut
off the names of the idols out of the land, and
they shall
no more be
remembered:
and also I will cause the prophets
and the unclean spirit to pass out of the
land.
Acts 10:45 And they of the
circumcision which believed were astonished,
as many as came with
Peter, because that on the Gentiles also
was poured out
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
This was at
Pentecost: The AER wind just as in the upper room,
breath=speaking.
aēr , aeros, later,
generally, airexhalations,
personified
Acts 10:46 For they heard
them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered
Peter,
Acts 10:47 Can any man forbid water,
that these should
not be baptized,
which have received
the Holy Ghost as well as we?
Acts 10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized
in the name of the
Lord.
Then prayed they him
to tarry certain days.
The command to be baptized was the purpose of preaching the
gospel to dispel the notion of a "direct operation."
Acts 10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and
thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we
all here present before God, to
hear all things that are commanded thee of
God.
Edward Fudge: So these beautiful
realities are intertwined, yet distinct. The Lord calls for
our response of faith, and faith cries out for expression
and embodiment in baptism.
Baptism
has meaning because it expresses trust, and
trust or faith is meaningful because it looks to
Jesus the one Lord. Every baptized believer shares all these
things in common. "Be diligent," then, Paul admonishes, "to
preserve in bonds of peace the unity which the
Spirit gives" (Ephesians 4:3). Whenever Christians
disavow other believers, or deny their brotherhood together
in the Lord, they deny the unity which the Spirit has given
and they grieve the Holy Spirit who makes us one.
Jesus certified the FOUNDATIONAL TEACHING
through the Apostles. If they failed to speak that
which is written they would allow false teachers to take
over. The PURPOSE was not to unity every one.
Eph 4:14 That we henceforth
be no more children, tossed
to and fro,
and carried about with every wind
of doctrine,
by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness whereby they
lie in wait to deceive;
-Fluctuo fluctus, to move in
the manner of waves, i. e. to wave, rise
in waves, undulate, to move to and fro,
be driven hither and thither
I. Trop., to be restless, unquiet,
uncertain, doubtful; to rage, swell; to
waver, hesitate, vacillate, fluctuate,
Oratio II. In
partic., formal language, artificial discourse,
-Oratio E. A prayer, an
address to the Deity (eccl. Lat.): “respice
ad orationem servi tui,” Vulg.
3 Reg. 8, 28: “per
orationes Dominum rogantes,” id.
2 Macc. 10, 16: “pernoctans
in oratione Dei,” id. Luc.
6, 12.—Also absol., prayer,
the habit or practice of prayer: “perseverantes in oratione,” Vulg. Act. 1, 14: “orationi instate,” id. Col. 4, 2; cf. Gell. 13, 22,
-cĭto
. To put into quick
motion, to move or drive violently
or rapidly, to hurl, shake, rouse,
excite, provoke, incite, stimulate,
promote,
CHURCH MUST EXCLUDE ALL OF
THE CUNNING CRAFTSMEN.
Panourgia (g3834) pan-oorg-ee'-ah; from 3835;
adroitness, i.e. (in a bad sense) trickery or sophistry:
- (cunning) craftiness, subtilty.
-Panourg-êma A.
knavish trick, villainy, S.El.1387 (lyr.), LXX Si.1.6
(v.l.); sophistry, Gal.5.251; cf.
panourgeuma.
1Cor. 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you
seemeth to be wise
in this world,
let him become a fool,
that he may be wise.
1Cor. 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is
foolishness with God.
For it is written, He
taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
1Cor. 3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts
of the wise, that they are vain.
-Sophia A. cleverness
or skill in handicraft and art, as in carpentry, tektonos,
hos
rha
te
pasēs
eu
eidē
s.
Il.15.412; of
the Telchines, Pi.O.7.53;
hē
entekhnos
s.,
of Hephaestus and Athena, Pl.Prt.321d; of Daedalus
and Palamedes, X.Mem.4.2.33,
cf. 1.4.2; in music
and singing, tekhnē
kai
s.
h.Merc.483,
cf. 511; in poetry,
Sol.13.52, Pi.O.1.117-HH
4 483 What skill is this? What song for
desperate cares? What way of song? For verily here are three
things to hand all at once from which to choose, —mirth, and
love, and sweet sleep. [450] And though I am a follower of
the Olympian Muses who love dances and the bright path of
song —the full-toned chant and ravishing thrill of
flutes —yet I never cared for any of those feats of
skill at young men's revels, as I do now for this:
The Wise Sophos A. skilled
in
any handicraft or art, clever, mostly of poets
and musicians, Pi.O.1.9,
P.1.42, 3.113; en
kithara
s.
E.IT1238
Craftiness Panourgia
2Cor. 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry,
as we have received
mercy, we faint not;
2Cor. 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of
dishonesty,
not walking in craftiness,
nor handling the word of God deceitfully;
but by manifestation
of the truth commending ourselves
to every man’s conscience
in the sight of God.
2Cor. 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to
them that are lost:
SEDUCERS
1114. goes,
go´-ace; goao (to wail); properly, a wizard (as
muttering spells), i.e. (by implication) an
imposter: seducer.
Goês , êtos, ho, A. sorcerer,
wizard, Phoronis 2, Hdt.2.33,4.105,
Pl.R.
380d, Phld.Ir.p.29 W.; g. epôidos Ludias apo chthonos E.Ba.234
, cf. Hipp.1038;
prob. f.l. for boêisi Hdt.7.191.
epōd-os Singing to or
over, using charms to heal wounds, b. Subst., enchanter
2. Pass., sung to music, “phōnai”
2.juggler, cheat,
“deinos g. kai pharmakeus kai sophistēs” Pl.Smp.203d;
sophis-tēs A. master of one's
craft, adept, expert, of diviners, of poets, “meletan sophistais prosbalon” parapaiōn khelun” (play the lyre)
with modal words added, “hoi s. tōn hierōn melōn” (Melody in a holy
place)
Edward Fudge: I am saying that Acts 2:38 speaks of baptism "for
the remission of sins" and that Acts 10:43 promises that whoever
believes in Jesus "has remission of sins."
And what I am saying is that is utterly false because it a
half truth. The passage on the "sacred page" reads:
Acts 10:43 To
him give all the prophets witness,
that
through his name
[1]
whosoever believeth in him
[2] shall
receive remission of sins.
Only in baptism do we call on the name (singular) of the
Lord requesting A holy spirit or A good conscience.
Here is the inability to read BLACK text on BROWN paper. Edward forgot
"through His Name." The NAME (singular) of father, son and
spirit is Jesus Christ. His name or AUTHORITY is "he
that believeth AND is baptized SHALL BE saved." You
cannot bad mouth baptism without denying the authority of
Jesus.
I am saying that God
saves all believers,
and that Jesus commands
all believers to be baptized.
THAT'S LYING TO GOD AND ABOUT GOD:
refusing to be baptized fails to justify God which means "I
do not believe what you are saying."
Luke 7:29 And all
the people that heard him, and the publicans,
justified God, being
baptized with the baptism of John.
Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the
counsel of God against themselves,
being not baptized of
him. [hypocrites,
speakers, singers, instrument players]
John 12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that
ye may be the children of light.
These things
spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
John 12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before
them,
yet they believed not
on him:
John 12:38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be
fulfilled, which he spake,
Lord, who hath believed
our report?
and to whom hath the
arm of the Lord been revealed?
John 12:39 Therefore they could not believe, because
that Esaias said again,
John 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened
their heart;
that they should not see
with their eyes,
nor understand
with their heart,
and be converted,
[baptized]
and I should heal
them. [A holy spirit]
John 12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory,
and spake of him.
John 12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also
many believed on
him;
but because of the
Pharisees they did not confess him,
lest they should be
put out of the synagogue:
John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men
more than the praise of God.
John 12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me,
believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
John 12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
John 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever
believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
John 12:47 And if any man hear my words,
and believe not, I
judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to
save the world.
John 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth
not my words,
hath one that judgeth
him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall
judge him in the last day.
John 12:49 For I have not spoken of myself;
but the Father which
sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and
what I should speak.
John 12:50 And I know that his commandment
is life everlasting:
whatsoever I speak
therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
There is NO LIFE without
obeying the command to be baptized FOR remission of sins.
Edward Fudge: I am also saying
that most of the arguments between Christians concerning
baptism and salvation arise because of our unscriptural
formulations about "God's part" and "our part," and
because of unbiblical expressions such as baptism being "essential"
and "necessary" for salvation -- or being
"non-essential" and "unnecessary" in general.
I am saying that we contradict the Word of God if we treat
baptism as a take-it-or-leave-it affair, or fail to
baptize believers, or to
instruct them to be baptized
as their faith-response
to the gospel.
2Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God,
and that obey not
the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
After Peter says that BAPTISM SAVES because
we call on the name to REQUEST A good conscience or A holy
spirit. In chapter 4 he says:
1Peter 4:4 Wherein
they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same
excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
1Peter 4:5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge
the quick and the dead.
1Peter 4:6 For for this cause was the gospel
preached also to them that are dead,
that they might be
judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to
God in the spirit.
1Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
1Peter 4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be
ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
A Christian is ONLY
A disciple of Christ: a disciple observes WHAT Jesus
commanded to be taught. Jesus demanded that those who
deny that "he that believeth AND is baptized SHALL BE saved"
are believeth-nots or Apistos: treacherous people in REVOLT.
1Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at
the house of
God: [Christ adds the baptized to HIS Church]
and if it first
begin at us,
what shall the end be
of them that obey not the gospel of God?
1Peter 4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved,
where shall the ungodly
and the sinner appear?
The House of God is the Church of God in Christ
1Timothy 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how
thou oughtest to
behave thyself in the house of God,
which is the church
of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Hebrews 10:21 And having an high priest over the house
of God;
Only those who were saved by obeying in baptism were added
to the Church by Jesus Christ.
Those who reject baptism
OBEY NOT the gospel: they are ungodly sinners.
Edward Fudge: Such carelessness
ignores a command of Jesus Christ himself, betrays a
sloppy attitude toward obedience, and reflects a lack of
appreciation for the important role the New Testament assigns
to water baptism in light of the gospel.
The only commands of Jesus made baptism
ESSENTIAL
Mark 16:15 And he
said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach
the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall
be saved;
but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
Believeth not is
Apistos which says "I do NOT have to comply" with the the
ESSENTIAL that Faith demands Baptism.
I am also saying that we contradict the Word of God
if we deny that God
will save all who truly put their trust in him, [Pistis, trust demands COMPLIANCE]
based on the finished
work of Jesus Christ for sinners.
Such a denial is is unbiblical,
wrong and contrary to the gospel,
and we should learn better, repent of it,
and resolve with God's help not to do it any more.
Even
so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being
alone. James 2:17
Yea,
a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me
thy faith without thy works,
and I will shew thee
my faith by my works. James 2:18
Thou
believest that there is one God; thou doest well:
the devils also
believe, and tremble. James 2:19
But
wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith
without works is dead? James 2:20
Was
not Abraham our father justified by works,
when he had offered
Isaac his son upon the altar? James 2:21
Seest
thou how faith wrought with his works,
and by works was
faith made perfect? James 2:22
And
the scripture was fulfilled which saith,
Abraham believed
God, and it was imputed unto him for
righteousness:
and he was
called the Friend of God. James 2:23
Ye
see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by
faith only. James 2:24
James had read Genesis:
Genesis 26:3
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will
bless thee;
for unto thee, and
unto thy seed, I will give all these countries,
and I will perform the
oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Genesis 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the
stars of heaven,
and will give unto thy
seed all these countries;
and in thy seed
shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Genesis 26:5 Because that Abraham
obeyed my voice,
and kept my charge,
my commandments,
my statutes,
and my laws.
I am saying
that if we go out preaching baptism, we might find
ourselves persuading people to get in the water who haven't
the foggiest idea about trusting Jesus Christ alone for their
right standing with God. However, if we focus on preaching
Jesus, the Holy Spirit will motivate believers to be
baptized.
The father of "faith only" says that God
does two supernatural operations: He gave us the Scriptures
and He sent out evangelists to preach it: faith comes
through preaching.
No one before this end-time (hope) ever
made such a Christ insulting statement: People who said
"baptism does not save" always appended "without faith." No
one denied the clear statement of truth but denied that
baptism as in sprinkling an infant saved because the infant
could not believe.
ALEXANDER SAID THAT JOHN
CALVIN COULD BE A CAMPBELLITE.
"4.
I know the common opinion is, that remission of sins,
which at our first regeneration we
receive by baptism alone, is afterwards obtained by repentance
and the benefit of the keys. But the advocates of this
opinion have fallen into an error, for want of considering
that the power of the keys of which they speak, is so
dependent on baptism that it cannot by any means be
separated from it.
And as the scion derives substance and nourishment
from the root on which it is engrafted,
so they who receive
baptism with the faith with which they ought to
receive it,
truly experience the efficacy
of Christ's death in the mortification of the
flesh,
and also the energy
of his resurrection in the vivification of the Spirit.
He uses
the same argument in another place--that we are
circumcised, putting off the body of the sins of the
flesh, after we have been buried with Christ in
baptism; and in this sense, in the passage already
quoted, he calls it the washing of regeneration and
renewing.
Thus we are
promised, first, the gratuitous remission
of sins and imputation of righteousness;
and, secondly,
the grace of the Holy Spirit to reform us
to newness of life."
Now let me ask the candid reader of this essay from the pen
of John Calvin himself, how much more orthodox than ourselves
was this celebrated reformer? We have heard him
explain himself fully on these great items, and may we not
say that the chief difference between him and us, is, that we
practise what we teach. "There is," says the reformer
Calvin, "one other advantage received from baptism--this is
the certain testimony it affords us that we are not
only [546] engrafted into the life and death of
Christ, but are so united as to be partakers of all
his benefits"--"All the gifts of God which are presented in
baptism, are found in Christ alone."
We leave it to the good sense of the reader, whether John
Calvin ought not to be called a Campbellite as
well as the Apostle Peter.
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