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To: Campion

No one can be born again as an infant. They may be consecrated to God but to ber born again demands a human choice. Will you accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour or not?


95 posted on 04/06/2009 7:14:07 AM PDT by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: Marysecretary

See post 90


106 posted on 04/06/2009 7:45:31 AM PDT by verga (I am not an apologist, I just play one on Television)
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To: Marysecretary

Som Marysecretary, it demands a human choice? How did you make that choice? So you chose God in faith, apart from God’s Grace, which sounds somewhat like Pelagianism [early 5th century heresy]. Baptism itself is a free gift of God’s Grace that comes from Christ through his body, the Church to the individual which gives the Grace so that faith in Christ, which is rooted in love/charity can grow [c.f. Gal 5:16]

As someone noted earlier, the entire history of Christianity has always seen the passage in John 3:5 as referring to Baptism, which God’s Grace is infused into the human person and the person is now a new creature and thus has communion with God, Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Ultimately, Salvation, which comes through Gods Grace is intimate communion with God.

Regards


107 posted on 04/06/2009 7:54:48 AM PDT by CTrent1564
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