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To: one Lord one faith one baptism

Does Jesus have a physical body constrained by time and space? No. Do physical bodies enter locked rooms? No.

The body referred to in Ephesians is not an organism.

“1I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.”

The “body” is the church itself, but that is a ‘body’ in a spiritual sense, not a physical one.

The passage doesn’t have 6 spiritual terms mixed with one physical term. You either have been baptized in the Holy Spirit by Jesus Christ, and belong to Him, or you have not. No splash of water will save your soul.


86 posted on 08/11/2011 6:11:08 PM PDT by Mr Rogers ("they found themselves made strangers in their own country")
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To: Mr Rogers

you have some very interesting theories about what the Scriptures teach about baptism.

we know the Apostles went all over the known world, preaching Jesus Christ and Him crucified. when they all died, they left a Universal Faith, including what baptism is for.

if you are right in your theory, we should expect to find the successors to the Apostles believing what you teach.

if you are right, you should be able to give me some Christian leaders or theologians between 95ad and the start of the 16th century that denied baptismal regeneration and taught this “two” baptism theory. can you give me three names of such individuals??


90 posted on 08/11/2011 6:41:53 PM PDT by one Lord one faith one baptism
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