In Search of Truth

And he said to them, Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed - "When you believed," i.e., at the time you were baptized, as verse 3 shows. In fact when Paul's language in these verses is harmonized, it is seen that "believing" and being baptized" and "receiving the Holy Spirit" are all re...

The faith that saves is made up of four constituent elements - Knowledge, assent, confidence, and obedience. It is further maintained that only if "faith" is so defined is it possible to harmonize all the passages in the Word that have to do with salvation. I suggest once more that Paul's own conver...

This is a hard one. There are two conditions nessary to an accurte and comlete statement of any Bible doctrine. First, it must harmonize with every other statement in the Bible on the same subject. This is necessary to accuracy. Second, it must provide for a reconciliation of all Bible statements on...

Hello fellow truth seekers. For the thief on the cross, Jesus granted the penitent a promise to be fulfilled sooner than the favor he requested. Paradise is from paradeisos and Thsyer's general definition is, "A garden" In our passage (Luke23:43) "That part of Hades which was thought by later Jews t...

Greetings one and all. :D I am so glad that the term believe is been brought up so much. I am reminded of what I believe in. Jesus, and HE tells us, to be saved; to Hear THE WORD, Believe, Repent, Confess, and be Baptized. I believe this, do you? :roll: See, to believe in Jesus, is to believe in who...

:wink: Hello agian, just so you know, my formal education is to be a physical education teacher, that is not what I am, but that is what my education background is. So I said that to say this. I would like to take some libertys here and change a couple of words, just for a simplistic concept. I want...

In short, McGarvey's note: Those who catch at these words of Paul to the jailer,and draw the conclusion that salvation is by faith alone, leave the jail too soon. They should remain till they hear all - till they hear Paul tell the man to repent and be baptized, till the design of baptism is explain...

Greatings one and all: :D I would like to bring some text to light. If I may.... The issue seems to be about faith only. The faith that saves is composed of four constituent parts: Knowledge, assent, confidence, and obedience. If a mans "faith" includes no more than mental assent, he does not have t...