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To: smvoice

please produce the Scriptures that say we are not to “water baptize” anyone in the so-called dispensation of grace ( another unbiblical term ) Your statement is a violation of Matthew 28:19 “go therefore and make disciples of all nations, BAPTIZING them in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit” this command was for all time as verse 20 clearly shows. by the time St Paul died, the Gospel had not yet been preached in North and South America, so when missionaries made disciples in these territories, they had the choice of following Jesus’s command in Matthew 28 or your unique understanding that so-called “water baptism” is not for today. well, the choice is easy, the Church, under the direction of the Holy SPIRIT, must follow it’s Lord Jesus. it’s been this way for 2,000 years, it’s the Christian Faith.
so i again ask you to show me from the Bible where Jesus’s command to the Church in Matthew 28 was made null, void and of no effect?


77 posted on 06/17/2011 9:01:25 PM PDT by one Lord one faith one baptism
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To: one Lord one faith one baptism
so-called dispensation of grace ( another unbiblical term )

"If ye have heard of the Dispensation of the grace of God which IS GIVEN ME to to-ward:..."Eph. 3:2,3,5,6,9).

Evidently you are wrong as there is a dispensatin of the grace of God. Given to Paul by Christ. A MOST BIBLICAL TERM. Strike one on this Scriptural post of yours.

Matthew 28:19 is in the Dispensation of the Kingdom, not grace. Water baptism was part of remission of sins in the Kindgom Dispensation. We do not live in that dispensation. That is times past. We are in the But Now part of the Scriptures. Strike two on this Scriptural post of yours.

In this present Dispensation, we have no works to do to gain remission of sins. We must accept the finished work of Christ for remission of sins. Strike three on this Scriptural post of yours.

Now, if you had lived during the dispensation of the Kingdom, you would have faired very well with your beliefs. Unfortunately for you, you live today. In the Dispensation of the Grace of God. Which seems to be a huge problem for you in your understanding of what the Bible says during this period. Hint: Romans through Philemon is your private mail, directly to you and for you. Read it sometimes and grow in God's word. Or not, and wallow in a past you cannot go back to, nor can you please the very ONE you want to please.

78 posted on 06/17/2011 9:21:21 PM PDT by smvoice (The Cross was NOT God's Plan B.)
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