Hear the Word
Believe the Word
Repent
Be Baptized
37Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?” 38Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39“For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” 40And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation!” 41So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:37-41 NASB
I couldn’t agree more, ealgeone. However, your writer thought he was a Christian, saved, in fellowship with God before he was baptized. Were the ones who killed Christ in Acts 2 Christians, saved, in fellowship with God, before they repented and were baptized, before they had the remission of sins?
Thanks again for your response.
Oops, I misspoke, ealgeone. You said Ac. 2.27-28 was the process to become a believer. No, you (and Peter) gave the process to become a Christian. A person doesn’t have to repent to be a believer. Those who heard the first gospel sermon in Ac. 2 were already believers. Peter had convinced them that they had killed the Christ, and when they asked what they needed to do, Peter told them two things: repent and be baptized for the remission of their sins. They were believers before they repented and were baptized, but they didn’t have the remission of their sins, and they weren’t Christians yet, right?
Thanks again for reading, and considering