You see Aineo, that is why I said I won't bother you. Becaue you listen to no one's opinion but your own or those who agree with you. You don't understand what I write and assume that what I'm saying is wrong. Though you ignore the scripture I qoute. Then you say I ignore your scriptrues which is untrue. I believe in the scripture you qoute, but I don't believe in your interpretation of them, which takes a few scriptures and then bases a theology on them, which is contradicted in other scriptures. Don't apply your beliefs to what someone else is saying, you can never understand them that way. But to my response...
You wrote
"You have not refuted that believers are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Baptismal regeneration is a false teaching and a traditional teaching of men."
I was not trying to refute we are saved by grace, which shows you did not understand.
You wrote:
"Even our ability to have faith is from God and only God"
I have not suggested otherwise, so what is the point of this argument?
You wrote:
"However you have decided to ignore what follows these two sentences by pulling them out of context, which is what those who deny the full authority of Scripture always do in an attempt to teach false doctrine. Here is the balance you did not quote:"
I did not chose to ignore it. I just didn't need to qoute it. The person has already shown that they are guessing. If you are trying to prove your doctrine correct, you should not be guessing. The rest of it would have been a waste of space if you understood what I was talking about.
You wrote:
"Your attempt to justify your false belief that baptism is required for salvation is based on a superficial knowledge of Scripture. "
Again, you show that you cannot understand a person's words because you put your own meaning to what is said. I am not arguing that baptism is a requirement. I am arguing that following Christ is a reqiurement and have posted many scriptures that say we should walk even as He did. Try understanding what points people are makig before you call something false. If I call something false and don't know what it is talking about, I would be acting foolish.
You Wrote:
"We are saved, justified, sanctified, and able to repent only through the grace of God plus nothing else."
Amen to that, and it is by His grace that we take up our cross and follow in the Shepherds foot-steps. If a man will not follow Him, he does not abide in Him according to scripture.
1 John 2:6 - He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Again, I am not arguing baptism as a requirement. I am saying that following Him is a requirement. He broke water again and we are to follow Him. Do you disagree that we are to follow Him?
With Love,