Have you Obeyed Acts 2:38 that was Preached on the Day of Pentecost?
2006-11-27 06:38:22 · 17 answers · asked by Jesusnamed 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes,
I am saved & baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, & have received.......
according to Acts 2:38
2006-11-27 06:56:34 · answer #1 · answered by Steadfast † One 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acts 2:38 Peter answered them, "Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, In the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift."
You only have to be baptized once, but everything else, repenting and dying out to Christ is a daily choice. Some choose to, and live a life that Jesus would commend. Those who do not, will continue to be swayed by the things of the world, i.e. drugs, alcohol, sexual perversion. While some will say that the worlds leanings are good and they love it, remember that most end up suffering from the effects. Most of the Emergency Departments can confirm this. Not only do they suffer the effects, but so does there family, friends, and strangers. Just ask the children who live in these environments. This will take place with both non Christians and Christians alike. Hypocrisy is just another tool to destroy oneself as well as others.
The path that Jesus has shown in His life, and what He has been teaching all of us is hard. If it was easy the value of it wouldn't be the same. It requires work, love, patients, and compassion.
Even He said it would not be easy. Judging others is warned about. How can you judge others when your own life can be held in question by God. Each person is allowed to make their own choice, freely. The consequences will be delivered from the choices, freely.
When your life ends, so do your choices. Live well and choose carefully.
2006-11-27 15:10:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Yes.
BTW..."in Jesus Name" means "by Jesus' power". The Baptismal formula is "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost...
For a sacrament to be valid, three things have to be present: the correct form, the correct matter, and the correct intention. With baptism, the correct intention is to do what the Church does, the correct matter is water, and the correct form is the baptizing "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 28:19).
Unfortunately, not all religious organizations use this form. In fact, Jehovah’s Witnesses sometimes use no formula at all in their baptisms, and an even larger group, the "Jesus Only" Pentecostals, baptize "in the name of Jesus." As a result, the baptisms of these groups are invalid; thus, they are not Christian, but pseudo-Christian.
Both groups also reject the Trinity. Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that Jesus is not God, a heresy known as Arianism (after its fourth-century founder), and the "Jesus Only" Pentecostals claim that there is only a single person, Jesus, in the Godhead, a heresy known as Sabellianism (after its inventor in the third century; see the Catholic Answers tract, God in Three Persons).
"Jesus Only" Pentecostals note that Jesus told the apostles to baptize in "the name" (singular) of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, but they make the mistake of assuming that name is Jesus. There may not be a single name that Jesus has in mind at all, just as when we say, “Stop! In the name of the law,” we do not have a personal name in mind. If he did have such a name in mind, it may have been something such as God or Yahweh or Lord.
"Jesus Only" Pentecostals also argue that the New Testament talks about people being baptized "in the name of Jesus," but there are only four such passages (Acts 2:38, 8:16, 10:48, and 19:5). Further, these passages do not use the same designation in each place (some say "Lord Jesus," other say "Jesus Christ"), indicating that they were not technical formulas used in the baptism but simply descriptions by Luke. These four descriptions are not to be considered as a substitute for or contradiction of the divine command of the Lord Jesus Christ to: "make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 28:19).
Rather, the phrase "baptized in the name of Jesus" is simply Luke’s way to distinguish Christian baptism from other baptisms of the period, such as John’s baptism (which Luke mentions in Acts 1:5, 22, 10:37, 11:16, 13:24, 18:25, 19:4), Jewish proselyte baptism, and the baptisms of pagan cults (such as Mithraism). It also indicates the person into whose Mystical Body baptism incorporates us (Rom. 6:3).
The early Church Fathers, of course, agreed. As the following quotes illustrate, Christians have from the beginning recognized that the correct form of baptism requires one to baptize "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."
2006-11-27 14:45:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes and no I am saved and have been baptized. But no one is perfect and everyday we all sin. You can sin by overeating. So I ask the God everynight to forgive me for my sins and I try to live a good and moral life as described through the Bible.
2006-11-27 15:25:26 · answer #4 · answered by crystal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
saved??? i didnt know i was in danger.....
come on, now, get a grip; your religion is not the only one in the world, you know so if you have to put a question forward, at least make it an interesting and relevant one.
how about the question that should say: heavens saves us from the bigots and the narrow minded?
2006-11-27 14:42:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I really don't believe in a 2000 year old book, let alone OBEY it..Just try to be a good person and treat EVERYBODY w/ kindness and tolerance...
2006-11-27 14:50:36 · answer #6 · answered by Art 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Saved from what? I'm just living life. Nothing to be saved from.
2006-11-27 14:40:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have been purchased by the blood of Jesus. I am saved!
2006-11-27 14:43:36 · answer #8 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes Im born again and baptized twice
2006-11-27 14:40:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
repent means to turn from sin. i have done this but like an addict i do have relapses. i do my best to make things right again afterwards though.
2006-11-27 14:41:57 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋