WHEN JESUS SPOKE?-BY STEVE FINNELL
Do you believe what Jesus said to be the truth or do you believe the interpretations of others?
Mark 16:16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.
Jesus said "Has been baptized shall be saved."
Many interpreters have said that Jesus meant that they had been saved the minute they believed and that they should be baptized later, as a testimony of their faith.
Should you trust your eyes when you see what Jesus said?
Should you trust your ears and eyes when you hear and see interpreters and preachers teach something Jesus did not say?
When Jesus was alive He forgave sins of whom ever He wished to prove that He had authority to forgive sin.(Matthew 9:6)
Matthew 9:2 And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed.Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, son;your sins are forgiven."
Were the paralytics' sins forgiven the very minute his friends had faith? No, they had faith before they brought the paralytic before Jesus, yet he was still in his sins. The paralytic did not have sins forgiven until Jesus made the proclamation, "Your sins are forgiven."
Jesus has made a proclamation for us, "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved." Jesus never said, "He who has faith only will be saved."
JESUS NOR THE APOSTLE DID NOT STATE THAT MEN SHOULD BE IMMERSED IN WATER BECAUSE THEIR SINS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORGIVEN.
Under the New Covenant sins are always forgiven because of faith and baptism.
(Scripture from: NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE)
Mark 16:16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.
Jesus said "Has been baptized shall be saved."
Many interpreters have said that Jesus meant that they had been saved the minute they believed and that they should be baptized later, as a testimony of their faith.
Should you trust your eyes when you see what Jesus said?
Should you trust your ears and eyes when you hear and see interpreters and preachers teach something Jesus did not say?
When Jesus was alive He forgave sins of whom ever He wished to prove that He had authority to forgive sin.(Matthew 9:6)
Matthew 9:2 And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed.Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, son;your sins are forgiven."
Were the paralytics' sins forgiven the very minute his friends had faith? No, they had faith before they brought the paralytic before Jesus, yet he was still in his sins. The paralytic did not have sins forgiven until Jesus made the proclamation, "Your sins are forgiven."
Jesus has made a proclamation for us, "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved." Jesus never said, "He who has faith only will be saved."
JESUS NOR THE APOSTLE DID NOT STATE THAT MEN SHOULD BE IMMERSED IN WATER BECAUSE THEIR SINS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORGIVEN.
Under the New Covenant sins are always forgiven because of faith and baptism.
(Scripture from: NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE)
GOD LOVES ALL MEN, HOWEVER, SALVATION IS CONDITIONAL.
The conditions are: Believe-John 3:13 Repent-Acts 2:38,Acts 3:19 Confession-Romans 10:9 Water Baptism-Acts 2:38, Mark 16:16, Acts 22:16.
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