Renew.org.Baptism.What.The.Bible.Teaches.Bible.

David Young Renew.org dedicated to Joanne and Gerald Coggins, Don Craig,  Nancy and Bob Webb
How to "Transition" YOUR congregation to the Instrumental Music Sect as the MARK of the BEAST.
Rev 8.4.19
Rather than. REINTERPRET the Word of God, this is MY study as a Disciple or Student.
Renew.org, A New Day, the NACC and a host of other of the MERCHANT CLASS. Have TRIBULATED those who refused and refused to AFFIRM their apostasy.

1.  The Role of Leadership to Senior Preaching Pastor Person or APOSTLES and PROPHETS.
2.  Rejects The role of Scripture as the only resource for STUDY as CHRISTIANS or STUDENTS.
3.  The role of IMPOSED MUSIC of any kind Purpose Driven to impose Mechanical Machines defines as "for doing hard work or create the laded burden anxiwty or shock and awe of Religious Observations.[
4. The role of women as self-exhibition and authorities by speaking beyond that which is written.  There is no ROLE and therefore excludes both make and female because:
1Tim. 2:5 For there is ONE GOD
        and one mediator between God and men,
        the MAN Christ Jesus
;

I have marked statements or referenced verses with Renew.Org. I have added Scripture and historical knowledge which will never be able to pass over a podium which isi EXCLUDED in the Kingdom of Jesus.

1.Corinthians.1 - Certifying Isaiah 33

Baptism: What the Bible Teaches: Tony Twist, David Young, Bobby Harrington.

Bobby Harringdon Lead Pastor Harpeth Christian Church.
Founder and Lead Servant at Discipleship.org, Renew.org and Harpeth Christian Church
Bobby Harrington
RUNS WITH Ray Downen whose life is dedicated to attacks against the NON-INSTRUMENTAL CHURCHES OF CHRIST. Those who are not permitted to read because of Strong Delusions begin by rejecting "instruments" (machines for doing hard work or introducing David Young's SHOCK AND AWE) but repeat, repeat, repeat that they are not "judgmental."  The end of the Confessed effort is to slowly infiltrate and DIVERT your congregation.  I have reviewed many of Ray Dowen's posting of Dwaine Dunning more hostile way to "take the axe" to the ANTI instrumental "sect."

Ray.Downen.2.Chronicles.29.html

This For Sale Book follows the normal pattern of listing a passage and then both RETRANSLATE it or Further expound it.  This is the Private Interpretation which is outlawed by Peter because it would REPUDIATE God's Spirit informing Jesus to "make the prophecies" more certain.

Therefore, since I have only a few more years, I will take a shortcut and just. list the Renew.Org or "A New Day" "revelation" and then adding what God put into the Mouth of Jesus (the meaning of "spirit") and He delivered face to face and mouth to mouth.  I hope to put the randomness of the book in some kind of Scriptural order by passage. 

Without exception those who go beyond "that which is written" or as Apt elders "teach that which has been taught", or use rhetoric, singing, playing musical instruments, acting or any thing beyond the command to READ or TEACH the text, somehow believe that they are the fourth member of their godhead.

These same false teachers will INFILTRATE and DIVERT (heresy) YOUR Congregation for their OWN fun and PROFIT.  The School of Christ becomes their THEIR THEATER for rhetoric, singing, playing instruments and TITHES AND OFFERINGS.  This is best facilitated if you you cause people to HATE those who believe that the historic TEXT has now become obsolete.  And so, this document uses a lot of self-write to MAKE VOID the Scriptures.  Why else would people sell and you buy songs and sermons claiming to ENHANCE the Words of the Spirit of God?

THE MEANING OF IS IS--

The Hidden Agenda (used to steal church houses of widows) is that a SECT has emerged from the smokey pit claiming that they are guided by A Spirit.  This obsoletes for trash heaping the OTHER congregations who are still in the MODERN age. However, at the Biblically-Prophesied time A new Hermeneutic or Paradigm to replace the old Jesus PATTERN.  Hermeneutic is outlawed as Private Interpretation or further expounding which DESPISES or BLASPHEME the Certified Prophecies by the Spirit OF GOD.   A paradigm IS a PATTERN which they have made up to launch a great tribulation against their parents and grandparents who can be tolerated because they were ignorant.

Renew.org REFUTES inspiration: Baptism: What the Bible Really Teaches Baptism is the ceremony;
        God’s forgiveness and OUR faith in Jesus
                are the REASON for the CEREMONY

Jesus in the STATE of Holy Spirit guided Paul into all truth.  The Holy Spirit REPUDIATES.

Gal. 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:27 For [What I mean is that]
        as many of you as have been baptized into Christ
        have put on Christ.

David Young claims that Baptism is like any INITIATION in which a child is admitted into a community.  

1.
a formal religious or public occasion, typically one celebrating a particular event or anniversary.
        "the WINNERS were presented with their prizes at a special ceremony"

Jesus said He that believeth AND is Baptized SHALL BE Saved.  He says that one is not SAVED before a believer IS BAPTIZED

Peter said of the Jewish WASHINGS:

Mark 7:6 He answered and said unto them,
        Well hath Esaias prophesied of you HYPOCRITES, [self-speakers for hire, singers, instrument players]
        as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mark 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me,
        teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Mark 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God,
        ye hold the tradition of men,
        as the washing of pots and cups:
        and many other such like things ye do.
Mark 7:9 And he said unto them,
        Full well ye reject the commandment of God
,      [The Logos, Regulative Principle which FORBIDS]
        that ye may keep your own tradition.                   [whatever God has NOT condemned WE can do]
Mark 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God,
        ye hold the tradition of men,  [Ceremonies]
        as the washing [baptismos] of pots and cups:
        and many other such like things ye do

These baptism could NOT make the conscience clean.  However, as ANTITHESIS

1 Peter 3:21ESV 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this,
            now saves you,
            not as a removal of dirt from the body
            but vas an APPEAL to God for A good conscience,
            through the resurrection of Jesus Christ

Those trying to infiltrate and confiscate  your congregation have ANOTHER Purpose Driven Reason

Anti-Scriptural: Membership in First Christian is by Confession of Faith.

A person desiring to join the church is asked to publicly testify
        that they believe Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God
        and is accepted as their personal Lord, Savior, and Friend.
If someone is not baptized, we also require water baptism by immersion
        as a SIGN of committing one’s self to the grace and forgiveness
        afforded at the cross and
PLEDGING oneself to live in Christ.

A Church, Assembly or School (Rest) of Christ is defined by the Prophets both Inclusively and Exclusively.  SPIRIT is never a person or PEOPLE but a figurative or PARABLE Word to HIDE from the Wise or Sophists: speakers, singers, instrument players, actors or Counters of Shekels.  1.Corinthians.1.html

Spirit defines how God put His WORD directly into the MOUTH of A Moses, The Prophets and LASTLY into the Mouth of the MAN Jesus of Nazareth.  Jesus spoke DIRECTLY to the Apostles and the Apostles put the Certified Prophets into a MEMORY for the rest of we wee mortals.  The Holy Spirit OF God (His breath) repudiated the Law and defined BAPTISM both Inclusively and exclusively.  Jesus REPEATED Isaiah by his Example and direct commands for baptism without which THERE IS NO REMISSION of Sins, You will never receive A holy spirit or A good conscience.  You will never be able to READ BLACK text on BROWN paper.

North Boulevard and Renew.Org by David Young agrees:

If someone is not baptized, WE also require water baptism by immersion
        as a SIGN of committing one’s self to the grace and forgiveness
        afforded at the cross and PLEDGING oneself to live in Christ.


Despises the Holy Spirit meaning that God put these words into the Mouth of Jesus.

JESUS: He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.

Belief is (g4100) pist-yoo'-o; from 4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by impl. to entrust (espec. one's spiritual well-being to Christ): - believe (-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.

g4100.  pisteuo, pist-yoo´-o; from 4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one’s spiritual well-being to Christ): — believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
2. comply, hōs oukh hupeixōn oude pisteusōn legeis; S.OT625, cf. 646 ;
Opposite to apisteō, Id.Tr.1228

I believe in cruise ships: I do not have faith in them and do not place my body in its body. People who call the Spirit OF Christ a liar cannot believe because that is blasphemy. If one debunks most recorded history and all scholarship intending to sow massive discord they have their reward. Believeth not does not mean "don't yet have enough knowledge."

Opposite to apisteō, Id.Tr.1228  Disbelieve, distrust, cannot be sure of what you are saying, to be disobedient, unfaithful, faithless, treacherous

If you get DEprogrammed as the once-Christian schools boast about, they will never let you read the classics because they don't know where to find them.  Alexander Campbell home schooled his children including 3 hours a day in Latin.  Nor is a year or two of Greek give you access to the literature of the day:

Soph. Trach. 1228
Heracles

Yes, child. This is the charge I lay upon you:
if you revere my memory when I
have died, remembering the oath you swore,
make her your wife, and do not scorn my wish.
No other man but you must ever marry
this woman who has lain with me in love;
no, you, my son, must take her for your own.
        Consent! [Pietho  listen to, obey)
        To disrespect [Apisteo disobey]
                me in small matters
                destroys the greater favors you have done.
GREEK: Apistos To express doubt that it is possible. 2. disobedient, disloyal, S.Fr. 627: c. gen., A.Th.876; ekhein apiston . . anarkhian polei, i.e. anarkhian ekhein apeithousan polei, ib.1035, cf. E.IT1476.
2. Act., distrustfully, suspiciously, Th.3.83; “a. tina diatheinaiD.20.22. b. TREACHEROUSLY

Peter was an Eye and Ear Witness to Jesus fulfilling the Prophecies including BAPTISM (Isaiah 1)
He wrote to leave us a MEMORY.
This Text cannot be private interpreted or Further Expoundied.
The Word, Logos or Regulative Principle is a MARK for anyone who does not "teach that which HAS been taught."

1 Pet. 3:21 The like figure (Antitupon or Antitype counterpart) whereunto
..........even BAPTISM doth also now SAVES us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh,
..........but the answer of [Appeal FOR not PLEDGE] a good conscience toward God,)
..........by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin,
but ye have obeyed from the heart that form (tupos a model for imitation) of doctrine
which was delivered you. Ro 6:17
............ But now being
............ made free from sin, and
............ become servants to God, ye
............ have your fruit unto holiness, and
............ the end everlasting life. Ro 6:22
2 Thess 3:9 Not because we have not power,
        but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

The Type: Tupos (g5179) too'-pos; from 5180; a die (as struck), i.e. (by impl.) a stamp or scar; by anal. a shape, i.e. a statue, (fig.) style or resemblance; spec. a sampler ("type"), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning): - en- (ex-) ample, fashion, figure, form, manner, pattern, print.

Anti (g473) an-tee'; a prim. particle; opposite, i.e. INSTEAD or because of (rarely in addition to): - for, in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast, requital, SUBSTITUTION, correspondence, etc.

  1. We are baptized by GRACE instead of having to build an Ark or drown
  2. We are baptized by GRACE instead of having to cross the Red Sea or be destroyed by FAITH ONLY when God said "Quit whining, lift up your arm and MOVE into the jaws of death.
  3. We are baptized by GRACE instead of having to be pinned on a stake and shed OUR blood.
JESUS MADE THE PLEDGE: He that Believeth (obeys) AND is baptize SHALL be Saved.
BAPTISM saves us BECAUSE "ANSWER" ls Old English and meass We REQUEST A Holy Spirit or A good conscience by the Holy Spirit defined MEANS of being Baptized.  We receive Remission of Sins because Jesus had the only power to PLEDGE.

Baptism, which corresponds (type) to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an APPEAL to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 1 Peter 3:21

A good conscience or A holy spirit is not the same as SAVES or REMISSION of sins: Al supposes that he is good enough to be saved without obeying the approved example and direct command of Jesus.  A good conscience is the intellectual ability to READ the Word (Logos or regulative principle) which is required to be a disciple of Christ.

-Suneidêsis , knowledge shared with another, [as with a midwife]

2. communication, information,

Heurēseis find that, find means, be able,
eisēnegkan tois kollēgais autōn carry with one, sweep along, of a river,
2.
bring in for oneself, 3. bring in with one, introduce,

3. knowledge, lue tauta panta dialeipsas agathē s. (v.l. agathē tukhē)
4. consciousness, awareness, [tēs hautou sustaseōs] 2 Ep.Cor.4.2, 5.11, 1 Ep.Pet.2.19; “tēs kakopragmosunēsDemocr.297, cf. D.S.4.65, Ep.Hebr.10.2; “kata suneidēsin atarakhoi diamenousi
Conscience is  g4894  suneido, soon-i´-do; from 4862 and 1492; to see completely; used (like its primary) only in two past tenses, respectively meaning to understand or become aware, and to be conscious or (clandestinely) informed of: — consider, know, be privy, be ware of.

BAPTISM DOES NOT SAVE BLASPHEMES.

Anti-Scriptural: Is baptism the next step in your relationship with Jesus? At WRCC, we believe that baptism is the next natural step of obedience the life of every repenting sinner who's placed their faith and trust in Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. The Bible reminds us that it's NOT our baptism itself that saves us
afforded at the cross and PLEDGING oneself to live in Christ.

THAT IS NOT THE CONFESSION OR THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM

Isaiah Preached the Gospel and defined BAPTISM as the only MARK of a lost spirit as a small Remnant of Isreal and Gentiles who would be INVITED. Jesus' sacrifice was adequate for everyone, But Jesus said that He didn't PRAY for those OF the World.  They are the Children of the World Ruler.  They are DUST or Aboriginals into which God never put His Spirit.  God HIDES from these WISE Sophists meaning Speakers, singers or instrument players beyond the WORD.

HERE IS THE MARK OF LOST SPIRITS THE FATHER GAVE TO JESUS TO RESCUE.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent,
        AND be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
        FOR the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children,
        and to all that are afar off, even
        as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying,
        Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his WORD WERE BAPTIZED:
        and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.


1Cor. 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren,
         how that not many wise men after the flesh,
        not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
1Cor. 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things
        of the world to confound the wise;
        and God hath chosen the weak things of the world
        to confound the things which are mighty;

4680.sophos, sof-os´; akin to safh/ß saphes (clear); wise (in a most general application): — wise. Compare 5429.
 

săpĭo , A.voice, whether in speaking, shouting, lamenting, or in singing, “Kirkēs . . aeidousēs opi kalē” Kirke is the Holy Harlot of Revelation 17 and was buried where John could see her grave from Patmos.  CHURCH in the "worship" or WORKship sense is named after Kirke.  ; also of cicadae, “opa leirioessan hieisi  of the cicadae, opa leirioessan their delicate voice, 3.152; of the Muses' voice, Hes.Th.41;
sophos , mantisId.Th.382; “oiōnothetas” “mantisId.Th.382; “oiōnothetas”  also en oiōnois, kithara,
of poets and musicians


Acts 8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
Acts 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Acts 8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Acts 8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
Rom. 10:16 But they have not all OBEYED the gospel. For Esaias saith,
        Lord, who hath BELIEVED our report?
g5219 hupakouo, hoop-ak-oo´-o; from 5259 and 191;
        to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively;
        by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority: — hearken, be obedient to, obey.

2Th. 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God,
        and that OBEY not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:


1Pet. 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the HOUSE of God:
        nd if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that OBEY NOT the gospel of God?


At First Christian we believe God is active in baptism across all Trinitarian Christian traditions

Jesus identified "trinitarians" BLASPHEMERS and John called them ANTICHRISTS.


Anti-Scriptural: Is baptism the next step in your relationship with Jesus? At WRCC, we believe that baptism is the next natural step of obedience the life of every repenting sinner who's placed their faith and trust in Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. The Bible reminds us that it's NOT our baptism itself that saves us, but only by the blood of Jesus Christ and His amazing grace that we are saved. Ephesians 2:8-9

THESE PEOPLE WERE ALREADY QUICKENED WITH A HOLY SPIRIT.  Verses 8-9 shows them HOW to KEEP SAFE from The Christian Churches marked by the PSALLO or SOP word.

Ephesians 2:8-9 defines how to BE SAFE by Grace (which teaches titus 2) and faith which obeys.  These people WERE already saved in Ephesians 1:
Eph. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
         to the SAINTS  [g40 hagios. or the gift of A holy spirit]
         which are at Ephesus,
         and to the FAITHFUL in Christ Jesus:  [not just one's faith but being FAITHFUL]
Eph. 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory,
        who first trusted in Christ.
Eph. 1:13 In whom ye also trusted,
        AFTER that ye HEARD the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation:
        in whom also after that ye BELIEVED,  [commit, comply]
        ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of PROMISE,

The PROMISE of A holy spirit or A good conscience is available only by REQUEST: that's how BAPTISM SAVES.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent,
        and BE BAPTIZED every one of you
        in the name of Jesus Christ
        FOR (in order for] the remission of sins,
        AND ye SHALL receive the gift of the Holy Spirit

Heb. 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn,  [CHURCH OF CHRIST]
        which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all,
        and to the spirits OF JUST MEN made PERFECT


Eph. 1:14 Which is the EARNEST of our inheritance
        until the redemption of the PURCHASED POSSESSION unto the praise of his glory.

Eph. 1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
Eph. 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
Eph. 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
        may give unto you the spirit OF wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Eph. 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;
        that ye may know what is the hope of his calling,
        and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

The gift of A holy spirit or A good conscience, consiousness ia a CO-PERCEPTION and the ability to read BLACK text on BROWN paper.

Eph. 2:1 And you hath he QUICKENED, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Eph. 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of THIS WORLD,
        according to the prince of the power of the air,
         the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
Eph. 2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past
        in the lusts of our flesh,
        fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; a
        and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others

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SAVED FROM OR MADE SAFE FROM WHAT: The Anti-Batismites or Believeth Nots are NOT eligible for baptism as long as they impose INSTRUMENTS always to silence Jesus and always a SIGN OF burning.

Eph. 2:8 For by grace are ye saved [MADE SAFE] through faith;
        and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

SAVED OR MADE SAFE FROM WHAT IN AN ONGOING LIFE OF FAITHFULNESS?

Eph. 2:1 And you hath he QUICKENED, who WERE dead in trespasses and sins;

Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time PAST ye walkED according to the course of this WORLD, [KOSMOS]
        according to the prince of the power of the air [aer BREATH
       
the SPIRIT that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

The BELIEVETH NOTS who refused to be Baptized TO BE SAVED.

G543.  apeitheia, ap-i´-thi-ah; from 545; disbelief (obstinate and rebellious): — disobedience, unbelief.

Kosmos II. ornament, decoration, esp. of women; “hieros k.”metaph., of ornaments of speech, such as epithets osing sweet songs of praise, Ecumenical or the kingdom of Satan.

Hieros I. filled with or manifesting divine power, supernatural, of the Nethinim, LXX 1 Es.1.2, al.; hiero-doulos esp. of temple courtesans at Corinth [Dios Korinthos, used of persons who are always repeating the same old story], and elsewhere

Strab. 8.6.20 Again, Demaratus, one of the men who had been in power at CORINTH, fleeing from the seditions there, carried with him so much wealth from his home to Tyrrhenia that not only he himself became the ruler of the city that admitted him, but his son was made king of the Romans
        And the temple of Aphrodite was so rich that it owned more than a thousand temple slaves, courtesans, whom both men and women had dedicated to the goddess [ANATHEMA]. And therefore it was also on account of these women that the city [CHURCH] was crowded with people and grew rich; for instance, the ship captains freely squandered their money, and hence the proverb,
        “"Not for every man is the voyage to Corinth."”Source unknown Moreover, it is recorded that a certain courtesan [hetair-a] said to the woman who reproached her with the charge that she did not like to work or touch wool: "Yet, such as I am, in this short time I have taken down three webs." [three ship's captains] [These are the. MAD WOMEN OF CORINTH Paul silenced]
Spīrĭtus LITERALLY NOTHING MORE THAN: a breathing or gentle blowing of air, a breath, breeze
The fire or glow of passion, in a good or bad sense; of anger, rage, fury: “exarsere ignes animo,Verg. A. 2, 575
raving, inspiration, Stat. Ach. 1, 509: “quae simul aethereos animo conceperat ignes, ore dabat pleno carmina [vocal and instrumental] vera dei,Ov. F. 1, 473: “(Dido) caeco carpitur igni, the secret fire of love, Verg. A. 4
Stat. Ach. 1, 509 RAVING INSPIRATION FOR THE LITERATE
       Then Chiron prays her to taste the banquet
       and the gifts of Bacchus,  [The New Wineskins Thesis]         
       and contriving various amusements for her beguiling [Sorcery]
       at last brings forth the lyre and moves the care-consoling strings,
       and trying the chords lightly with his finger [psallo] gives them to the boy.
             Gladly he sings of the mighty causes of noble deeds:
             how many behests of his haughty stepmother
ē-lĭcĭo B. In partic., in relig. lang.: Jovem, Manes, etc., to call forth, call down a god by religious rites; to raise, conjure up a departed spirit by magic arts.  [Worship Teams Claim]
 
chorda Catgut, a string (of a musical instrument), A rope, cord, for binding a slave
Stat. Ach. 1, 509 [491] There, while the princes, surrounded by the mingled multitudes of their folk, hold counsel of times for sailing and for war, Protesilaus amid great tumult rebukes the prophet Calchas and cries – for to him was given the keenest desire to fight, and the glory even then of suffering death the first: “O son of Thestor, forgetful of Phoebus [APOLLON] and thy own tripods, when wilt thou open thy god-possessed lips more surely, or why dost thou hide the secret things of Fate?

ignis , ore dabat pleno carmina vera dei

Incentor, o-ris, m. [id.] , one who sets the tune or begins to sing, a precentor, singer (post-class.).

I. Lit.: carminis, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 32 : [1] incentore [2] canam [3] Phoebo [4] Musisque [5] magistris, Avien. Perieg. 895 ; Isid. 6, 9, 13.--

II. Trop., an [A] inciter, exciter: [B] IGNIS [C] turbarum, Amm. 15, 1, 2 : civilis belli, [CIVIL WAR] Oros. 5, 19 : rebellionis [renewal of war] totius, id. 6, 11 . Flamen Hislop

Anyone who has DEDICATED themselves to a religious profession automatically says that they can adorn or contribute something to that god.  A person so dedicated or athenated cannot be redeemed and MUST BE BURNED. BURNING is many times associated with musical instruments being the cause or mark of God driving them into HELL or ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

Anatithēmi , pf.  II.set up as a votive gift, dedicate.   Rhēneian anethēke ApollōniTh.1.13; “anathēma anatithenaiHdt.1.53, 2.182; “a. ti es Delphous   2. impart, communicate something one's own metaph., dedicate,makr agorian lura Pind. P.
Pind. P. 8 She is praised in song for having fostered heroes who were supreme in many victory [NIKE] -bearing contests and in swift battles; and she is distinguished in these things even for her men. But I do not have the time to set up [30] their whole long story to the lyre and the gentle voice, for fear that satiety would come and distress us. But my debt to you, child, which comes running at my feet, your latest fine achievement, let it fly on the wings of my artfulness.  [Don't impose the LADED BURDEN with hired BURDEN LADERS].
THIS IS WHAT SATAN AS WORLD LEADER HAD THE RIGHT TO OFFER JESUS

Hēdu^-melēs , A. sweet-singing, “khelidoiAnacr.67, cf. Sapph.122(Comp.), Pi.N.2.25; sweet-sounding, “xoanaS.Fr.238, etc.: poet. fem., “hēdumeleia surigxNonn.D.29.287.

Surigx , iggos, , A. shepherd's pipe, Panspipe2. cat-call, whistle, hiss, as in theatres, Id.Lg.700c; cf. “surizō11.2, surigmos:—the last part of the nomos Puthikos was called surigges, prob. because it imitated the dying hisses of the serpent Pytho, Str.9.3.10. 3. mouthpiece of the aulos,  


ANOTHER DANGER OF THOSE WILLING TO "ROB YOUR TEMPLE" AND GIVE IT TO THE MUSICAL SECT.

The Christian Church used the PSALLO (sop) word in 1878 and don't know about the MARK.  What the New Day and Renew cults don't want you to read.  Calling the Spirit, Jesus and the writers LIARS invites the MARK where the BEAST is a New Style of Music or Satyric Drama.

HYPOCRITES: The Spirit OF Christ said of those who do NOT teach the commandments THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM

Is. 29:9  Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry:
        ob-stupēscō  terror   ad-mīror  thaumazein; [Lying wonder] “
        acc. to Pythagoras 
mŏdus  Melody spectacula

they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

        fluctŭo   rise in waves, undulate, are driven about by the waves, to be restless, unquiet
       
văcillo be untrustworthy, to vacillate, wavering in fidelity
       
mŏvĕo   et fila sonantia movit,struck, Ov. M. 10, 89:
           citharam cum voce,id. ib. 5, 112: “tympana, id. H. 4, 48; DISTURB

cantus  the production of melodious sound, a musical utterance or expression, either with voice or instrument; hence, song, singing, playing, music B. An incantation, charm, magic song, etc.: cantusque artesque magorum.  magici

magici   artes,Verg. A. 4, 493: or belonging to magic, magic, magical (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):    superstitiones   di magici, that were invoked by incantations (as Pluto, Hecate, Proserpine), but lingua,skilled in incantations. magicae resonant ubi Memnone chordae,mysterious, id. 15, 5.

Moses wrote the common "garden" stories to condemn the Instrumental-Trinitarian-Perverted "play" at Mount Sinai.  Paul repeats the BAD pattern in Romans 1,  Romans 9-11 debunking "predestination to salvation and .1 Corinthians 10

Verg. A. 4.493 
From thence is come
a witch, a priestess, a Numidian crone,
who guards the shrine of the Hesperides
and feeds the dragon; she protects the fruit
of that enchanting tree, and scatters there
her slumb'rous poppies mixed with honey-dew.
Her spells [dulce caput] and magic promise [Invitus against one's will] [ARS]
           LEGALISM   ARS grammatica,
rhetorica, musica
          
ars Apollinea --Orpheus, Ov. M. 11, 8: ars, both the art of soothsaying, id. Ib. 264,
          and that of healing, id. Tr. 3, 3, 10: “cantus

to set free
what hearts she will, or visit cruel woes
on men afar. She stops the downward flow
of rivers, and turns back the rolling stars;
on midnight ghosts she calls: her vot'ries hear
earth bellowing loud below, while from the hills
the ash-trees travel down. But, sister mine,
thou knowest, and the gods their witness give,
how little mind have I to don the garb
of sorcery.

rĕ-sŏno: aura crepitu musico, Pac. l. l.: late plangoribus aedes,Verg. A. 12, 607:“arbusta cicadis,id. E. 2, 13. With ad: “qui (cornus) ad nervos resonant in cantibus,  Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; cf.: carmina resonantia chordis Romanis, to the strings,

David Young says that neither Faith nor Baptism saves: we are saved by Jesus ALONE.

DESPISING (blaspheming) Jesus Who said that HE

Eph. 5:26 That HE might SANTIFY [Gift of A holy spirit] and cleanse
        it with the washing [baptism] of water [H2O]
        by the word, [En or Into the School of Christ alone]

We are giiven A holy or sanctified spirit by Jesus when we are able to HEAR the WORD (Rgulative Principle) and respond:

Heb. 10:22 Let us draw near with
        A true heart in full assurance of faith,
        having our hearts sprinkled FROM an evil conscience,
        and our bodies washed with pure water.

Meaning that THEIR faith saves them and baptism is just a ceremony.

Renew.org  Please carefully note our words: biblical baptism was given to us by God
        to express our faith in Jesus Christ and his gospel.
        But the saving power, according to the Bible, is Jesus himself.          

DESPISING (blaspheming) Jesus: Working really hard to DENY how God, working through Christ, and OFFENDING thousands when just offending ONE gets you fitted for a Millstone

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
        but according to his mercy
        HE SAVED us,

                BY the washing [BAPTISM] of REGENERATION, [g3824 paliggenesis rebirth spiritual renovation]
                AND  RENEWING of the Holy SPIRIT; [g342 Anakainosis renewing OF our once holy spirit]

           Renew.org OUR faith RELIES on Jesus ALONE (and HIS saving power).

Jesus put His Judgment into His Word which has been delivered to us.
Your believing something has NO value unless you COMPLY.

Col. 2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised
        with the circumcision made without hands,
        in putting off the body
        of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Col. 2:12 Buried with him in baptism,
        wherein also ye are risen with him
        through THE FAITH OF THE OPERATION OF GOD
        who hath raised him from the dead.

DESPISING (blaspheming) Jesus:

THE SEAL OR MARK OF THE LITTLE FLOCK: the WAY that is called a SECT.  Way or Hodos is the PATTERN which is NARROW and almost no one can find they.

Mark 16:16 He that BELIEVETH [Pistis, trust, COMPLY]
        AND is baptized SHALL be saved;

THAT IS HOW JESUS ALONE SAVES US: IF YOU REJECT HIS "PATTERN" YOU REJECT HIM AND YOU ARE MARKED AND CAN NEVER BE Washed WITH Water INTO the Word or into the School of Christ.        

BUT he that BELIEVETH NOT shall be DAMNED.

BELIEVETH NOT DEFINES A RACE OF PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, THE KOSMOS, THE ECUMENICAL OR THE KINGDOM OF THE DEVIL.
They are not just JUSTIFIED people who have not YET been baptized. The Baptism of Spirit (wind) and Fire is for the Race of Vipers.
Apistos  I. Pass., not to be trusted, and so:  thrasei a. epairomenos by untrustworthy, groundless confidence, Th.1.120; ,   UNRELIABLE, Pl.Lg.775d. ekhthre kai anthrōpoisin apiste” 
ayou do not believe what you say yourself, Pl.Ap.26e; “ēthē a.Id.Lg.705a; to a., = apistia, Th.8.66; “doulois pōs ouk apiston;
            b. in NT, unbelieving, 1 Ep.Cor.6.6, al.
2. disobedient, disloyal, S.Fr. 627: c. gen., A.Th.876; ekhein apiston . . anarkhian polei, i.e. anarkhian ekhein apeithousan polei, ib.1035, cf. E.IT1476.
Eur. IT 1476 Thoas
[1475] Lady Athena, whoever hears the words of the gods and does not obey, is not thinking rightly
THOSE WHO REFUSE TO OBEY THE GOSPEL ARE BECAUSE THE ARE:
Anarkh-ia  lack of a leader, anarkhiēs eousēs since there was no commander, a. kai anomia  a. doulōn kai gunaikōn their independence, ib. 1319b28.
ekhthros A.hated, hateful, of persons and things, freq. from Hom. downwds e. glōssaekhthros is one who has been philos, but is alienated; polemios one who is at war; dusmenēs one who has long been alienated and refuses to be reconciled.

Asteres
  II. metaph. of illustrious persons, etc., “phanerōtaton aster' AthēnasE.Hipp.1122 (lyr.); “Mousaōn astera kai KharitōnAP7.1.8 (Alc. Mess.)
opōr-inos , ē, on,
A.of opōra or late summer, aster' opōrinō enaligkion, i. e. Sirius, the star whose rising marked the beginning of that season (v. opōra),
FROM: Haidēs or hadēs  ein' Aidao domoisi in the nether world,  2. gen. hadou with nouns in adjectival sense, devilish, “thuousan ha. mēter'A.Ag.1235; “ha. mageiros
Hdt. 6.60 The Lacedaemonians resemble the Egyptians in that their heralds and flute-players and cooks inherit the craft from their fathers, a flute-player's son being a flute-player, and a cook's son a cook, and a herald's [PREACHERS] son a herald; no others usurp their places, making themselves heralds by loudness of voice; they ply their craft by right of birth. Such is the way of these matters.
Of mode of living, neat, fine, elegant, smart, genteel: “cultus justo mundior,too elegant dress,
Of speech, neat, fine, elegantin Gallos mundius
The world, i. e. the earth, the inhabitants of the earth, mankind (poet.   
Euphemistically for the Lower World, the infernal regions. the world as opposed to the church; this world, the realm of sin and death, as opposed to Christ's kingdom of holiness and life
princeps hujus mundi (i. e. Satan) Ephesians 2.2


--Gallus
, the priests of Cybele, so called because of their raving a priest of Cybele,
resupinati cessantia tympana Galli,Juv. 8, 176.—And satirically (on account of their emasculated condition) 2. (Acc. to II. A., of or belonging to the priests of Cybele; hence, transf.) Of or belonging to the priests of Isis, Gallic: “turma,the troop of the priests of Isis, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 18.
turma In gen., a troop, crowd, throng, band, body: “feminea,Ov. P. 4, 10, 51: “Gallica,” i. e. of priests of Isis, id. Am. 2, 13, 18.

Ov. Am. 2.13
And where swift Nile in his large channell slipping,
By seaven huge mouthes into the sea is skipping,
By fear'd Anubis visage I thee pray,
So in thy Temples shall Osiris stay,
And the dull snake [serpo  bestias] about thy offrings CREEP,
And in thy pompe hornd Apis with thee keepe,
pompa , ae, f., = pompē, “pecuniae pompa,ostentation
rhetorum  Dionysia pompam
     
mŏdus  with pomp 2. The measure of tones, measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time; in poetry, measure, metre, mode: “vocum,Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9: “musici,Quint. 1, 10, 14: “lyrici,” saltare ad tibicinis modos, to the music or sound of the flute,

Renew.org:   Baptism is EFFECTIVE because it is God’s method of EXPRESSING our FAITH.
        It will be helpful to review the following passages on this point:

1Pet. 3:21 the like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (
        not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, [Jewish CEREMONIAL washings]
        but the REQUEST FOR a good conscience  [C0-perception of the Word]
        toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

JESUS PLEDGED: Jesus promised that Baptism REMITS SINS and gives one A holy spirit.

Refutes: Jesus said that he that BELIEVETH (complieth) AND is baptized shall be saved.  Faith JUSTIFIES both Jew and Gentile but BAPTISM is for the Remission of Sins, being added to the Church, and be able to read BLACK text on BROWN paper.

Faith is what ENABLES a person so that BAPTISM SAVES because it is Christ's pattern for REQUESTING that He give us A good conscience which is A holy spirit (ours)

Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers 
        Rejected the counsel [Purpose] of God 
[God PRE purposed that all be Conformed to the image of Christ]] 
              against themselves,                           [They believed that the Law predestined them[              
              being not baptized of him.

God Counselled them to be Baptized for the remission of Sins by John's Baptism
The Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites (speakers, singers, instrument players REJECTED God and His commands.

Mark 16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the ELEVEN as they sat at meat,
        and upbraided THEM with their unbelief and hardness of heart,
        because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Mark 16:15 And he said unto them,
        Go ye into all the world, and PREACH the gospel to EVERY creature.
Mark 16:16 He that BELIEVETH  [Pistis demands to Comply]
        AND is baptized SHALL BE  saved;
        but he that
BELIEVETH NOT 
        shall be damned.

Apistos identifies those who BETRAY and call Jesus a liar. They already exist as the Race of Vipers]

The race of VIPERS could not be baptized in WATER and were to be Baptized by Spirit (WIND) and by FIRE because they were OF the World and were NOT those Jesus was sent to rescue.

John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
        but that the world through him might be saved.
John 3:18 He that BELIEVETH on him is NOT condemned:
        but he that BELIEVETH NOT
[Apistos marks treachery of anyone calling Jesus a liar]      
        is condemned already,
            BECAUSE he hath not believed
            in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

They loudly preach that Jesus was really GOD (Jehovah) in the FLESH. Jesus calls the BLASPHEMERS because He claimed to be the SON OF GOD and only God the Father gave Him power.  Antichrist deny that Jesus of Nazareth CAME IN THE FLESH. He was neither Lord Nor Christ until more than thirty years after he was born in the flesh.

He that believeth not does not COMPLY and loudly proclaims that HE does not HAVE to be baptized FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS.

1John 5:10 He that believeth on the SON of God hath the witness in himself:

        he that BELIEVETH NOT God hath made HIM A LIA
        because he believeth not the RECORD that GOD gave of his SON.

Renew.org says "
John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him SHALL not perish but have eternal life.

Whosoever believeth in him SHALL not perish.  They believe that their FAITH saves them BEFORE they are baptized to "join the club."

John guided by Jesus in His STATE of Holy Spirit did not say that.

John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him SHOULD not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
         that whosoever believeth in him
SHOULD not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
        but that the world through him might be saved.
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned:
        but he that
BELIEVETH NOT God  is condemned already,  [And cannot be baptized]
        because he hath NOT believed in the NAME of the only begotten Son of God.


Belief AND baptism SHALL Save.
Believeth not REFUTE Jesus because they believe that Jesus is GOD THE FATHER in the flesh

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a MAN
        be born of water and of the Spirit,
         he CANNOT enter into the kingdom of God.
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life:
        And he that
BELIEVETH NOT God the Son
        shall not see LIFE; but the WRATH of God ABIDETH  on him.


WRATH is an ORGY displayed in rhetoric, singing, playing instruments or ANYTHING which intends for "All to be SAFE and Come to a knowledge of THE TRUTH.  When people claim to be a preacher and cannot SPEAK THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN FOR OUR learning it is because God's wrath is on him.

John 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead,
        and quickeneth them;
        even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
        He that heareth my WORD [Logos, Regulative principle, outlaws rhetoric, singing, playing instruments.]
        and believeth ON him that sent me,
        hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation;
        but is passed from death unto life.

John 12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many BELIEVED on him;
        but because of the Pharisees they did not CONFESS him,
        lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
John 12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me,
        believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.


SEE MORE UNDER ROMANS

Baptism gives one A new, holy spirit, washes away sin asks Jesus to add you to His School (only) and has one's spirit translated into the heavenly kingdom.  Other SAVED passages do not do that.  Ephesians 2 is deliberately taken out of context.  Paul, is telling already-saved brethren how to be KEPT SAFE.

Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him:
        for he that cometh to God must believe that he IS,
        and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God,

He that believeth  

him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. Matt 10:32

being baptized with the baptism of John. Luke 7:29 AND is baptized shall be saved

But whosoever shall deny me before men,

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves,   but he that believeth not  
him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. Matt 10:33 being not baptized of him. Luke 7:30 shall be damned Mark 16:16

 
Matt. 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you,
        Except ye be converted [baptized Acts 3:19]
        and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
         Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, [A new spirit]
         he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
        but according to his mercy he saved us,
        by the washing [BAPTISM] of REGENERATION, [g3824 paliggenesis rebirth spiritual renovation]
        and RENEWING of the Holy SPIRIT; [g342 Anakainosis renewing OF our once holy spirit]

The Assembly of Christ is defined inclusively and exclusively in the PROPHETS.  God put His WORDS into the MOUTH of the Prophets. Spirit is never a person but a PARABLE to compare our breath (spirit) to God's.  There is never a spirit GOD enabling God claimed.  The Gospel is PREACHED by God's Spirit in Isaiah.  Baptism is the SPIRIT'S prophetic promise of how BAPTISM is a MARK between the believer who will want to be baptized and the DAMNED.

An Original Isaiah Scroll found with the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Isaiah.Wash.DSS.gif

Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
        and preach the GOSPEL to every creature. [Not just the Calvinists]
Mark 16:16 He that BELIEVETH (Pistis includes to Comply)
        AND is baptized SHALL BE saved;
        but he that believeth not [Apistos marks treachery of anyone calling Jesus a liar]
        shall be DAMNED.

Bobby Harrington GCM The Holy Spirit is the SEED of God’s life in our hearts (1 John 3:9)

The SPIRIT of Christ meant that God put His WORDS into the MOUTH of men like Isaiah which is parallel to Mark 16 in Isaiah 1.  Here is why Jesus called the Scribes and Pharisees A RACE OF VIPERS.

Isaiah 8
Isa 8:19
And when they shall say unto you,
        Seek unto them that have familiar SPIRITS, [Witch of Endor, empty wineskins or Nebel]
        and unto WIZZARDS that PEEP, and that MUTTER:
                should not a people seek unto their God?
                for the living to the dead
[19] et cum dixerint ad vos quaerite a pythonibus et a divinis qui stridunt in incantationibus suis numquid non populus a Deo suo requirit pro vivis a mortuis
 
The Pythian Spirit which Paul cast out of the young girl is connected to Apollon.

-cantus , ūs, m. id., 2. With instruments, a playing, music: “in nervorum vocumque cantibus,Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134: citharae,Hor. C. 3, 1, 20: “horribili stridebat tibia cantu,Cat. 64, 264: “querulae tibiae, Hor. C. 3, 7, 30:
B. An incantation, charm, magic song, etc.: cantusque artesque magorum. Ov. M. 7, 195; 7, 201: “at cantu commotae Erebi de sedibus imis Umbrae ibant,Verg. G. 4, 471: “magici,
To the law and to the testimony:
        if they speak not according to this word,
        it is because there is no light in them. Isa 8:20

Matt. 13:23 But he that received SEED into the good ground
        is he that heareth the WORD, and understandeth it;
        which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth,
        some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Luke 8:11 Now the parable is this: The SEED is the WORD of God.


1Pet. 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible
SEED,
        but of incorruptible, by the
WORD of God,
        which liveth and abideth for ever.

1John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil;
        for the devil sinneth from the beginning.
        For this purpose the Son of God was manifested,
        that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin;
        for his
SEED [g4690 sperma] emaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1John 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil:
        whosoever doeth not righteousness is NOT of God,
        neither he that loveth not his brother.

JESUS KNEW THAT ALL PAGANS WOULD BE OFFENDED IF DEPRIVED OF A PERSONAL MEDIATOR BY VISIBLE-AUDIBLE WOMEN WHO SERVED AS ORACLES.

John 6:61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it,
        he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
John 6:62 What and if ye shall see the SON OF MAN  ascend up where he was before?
John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth;
        the flesh profiteth nothing:
        the
WORDS that I speak unto you,
        they are
SPIRIT, and they are life.
John 6:64 But there are some of you that believe not.
        For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not,
        and who should betray him.

BAPTISM IS THE TIME AND PLACE WHERE GOD SEPARATES THE GOOD SEED FROM THE TRAITORS
Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth AND is baptized shall be saved;

David.Young.Mark.16.Pistis.Apistos.Calling.gif

Luke

Luke 24:19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him,
        Concerning Jesus of Nazareth,
        which was a PROPHET mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

Peter said that Jesus made the prophets more certain and no one can private interpret or FURTHER EXPOUND without despising the Spirit OF God Who put His WORD into the MOUTH of Jesus without a spirit helper.

Luke 24:43 And he took it, and did eat before them.
Luke 24:44 And he said unto them,
        These are the WORDS which I spake unto you,
        while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled,
        which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets,
        and in the psalms, concerning me.

Holy Scriptures for the Church is limited to:
Eph. 2:20 And are built upon [Educated by] the foundation
        of the apostles and prophets,
        Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone

2Pet. 3:2 That ye may be mindful [the worship concept]
        of the WORDS which were spoken before by the holy prophets,
        AND of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

Luke 24:45 Then opened he their understanding,
        that they might understand the scriptures,
Luke 24:46 And said unto them,
        Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
Luke 24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name
         among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Luke 24:48 And YE are witnesses of these things.

testis ,  II. Transf., an eye-witness, spectator, i. q. arbiter (rare; cf. “also conscius): facies bona teste caret,Ov. A. A. 3, 398: “puduitque gementem, Illo teste mori,Luc. 9, 887: “ac lunā teste moventur,Juv. 6, 311.
Luke 24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you:
        but tarry YE in the city of Jerusalem,
        until
YE be endued with power from on high.

YOU cannot perform this power so you have never been baptized with the Holy Spirit

g1411 dunamis miraculous power, worker of miracles,

Acts 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven
        as of a rushing mighty wind,
        and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
4157.  pnoe, pno-ay´; from 4154; respiration, a breeze: — breath, wind
Acts 2:3 And there APPPEARED unto them cloven tongues [language]
        like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy SPIRIT,
        and began to SPEAK with other tongues,
        as the SPIRIT gave them UTTERANCE.


 
Acts 2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesse
Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted,
        and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost,
        he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

John

Renew.Org:  "We believe God SOVEREIGNLY SAVES as he sees fit,
BUT we are bound by Scripture to uphold THIS TEACHING about
       surrendering
to Jesus in faith through repentance, confession, and baptism."

JOHN DEFINES WHAT GOD ABSOLUTELY DEMANDS IN 6:45 BELOW.

John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,

        even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

John 6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph,
        whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith,
        I came down from heaven?

God is WORD in the same sense that He is LIGHT PERSONIFIED.  God the Father put His Word into the Mouth of Jesus without measure or METER. Spirit is never a person bu  is a figure or parable to HIDE from those OF the World.

John 6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
John 6:44 No man can come to me,
        except the Father which hath sent me draw him:
        and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you,
        that no man can come unto me,
        except it were given unto him of my Father.

It is NOT a Holy Spirit god but the FATHER who draws.  However, the Father uses MEANS vested with His power. However, book and sermon writers CANNOT read how Jesus said the Father Draws Him. Not by some effeminate WOOING.

John 6:45 It is written in the PROPHETS,
        And they shall be all TAUGHT of God.
        Every man therefore that hath HEARD,
                and hath learned of the Father,
                COMETH unto ME


IF YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THE DAMNED

Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his WORD were baptized:
        and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

JESUS WAS NOT OF THIS WORLD AND HE WAS SENT TO SEEK LOST SPIRITS WHO ARE NOT OF THE WORLD BUT PILGRIMS AND SOJOURNERS.

The little flock, the WAY that is called a SECT A Narrow, exclusive, invisible kingdom COULD NOT contradict god their father.

John 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
John 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

The MAN Jesus of Nazareth did not come from heaven.  Jesus Is the MANNA or BREAD OF LIFE.

John 6:48 I am that bread of life.
John 6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
John 6:50 This is the BREAD which cometh down from heaven,
        that a man may EAT thereof, and not die.
John 6:51 I am the living bread
        which came down from heaven: if any man EAT of this bread,
        he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my FLESH,
        which I will give for the life of the world.

John 6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven:
        not as your fathers did eat manna,
        and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

This is the Direct Command and the universal EXAMPLE of Jesus once each week, free of charge.

John 6:59 These things SAID he in the SYNAGOGUE, as he taught in Capernaum.
John 6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
John 6:61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

What would offend their little pagan-trinitarian UNholy spirit is that God would not let them set up another TEMPLE and fleece the widows.  Anyone with reading ability would have access to God's Spirit or MENTAL DISPOSITION just by reading.

Col. 4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.

John 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of MAN ascend up where he was before?
John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth;
        the flesh profiteth  [your songs or sermons] nothing:
        the WORD that I speak unto you, they are
SPIRIT, and they are life.


John 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
John 6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go?
        thou hast the WORDS of eternal life.

IT IS A FLAT CONTRADICTION TO SAY THAT:
        We are saved (initially) by Faith Through Grace
                AND that Baptism does NOT save but is a demonstration of Faith
                so that we are saved by Christ Alone.

They didn't even NEED to read the Word

Eph. 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins,
        hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Eph. 2:6 And hath RAISED us up together,
        and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Eph. 2:7 That in the ages to come he might SHEW the exceeding riches of his GRACE
        in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

The ORDER in Scripture.

Eph. 2:8 For by GRACE are ye saved through FAITH;
        and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Grace TEACHES and faith OBEYS.

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The One God the Father put His WORDS into the MOUTH of the MAN Jesus of Nazareth..
Jesus Confirmed that PATTERN defined by the Prophets to eye-- and ear-- witnesses.
These WITNESSES put that confirmation of the PATTERN into EPISTLES intended to be READ.

John 12:47 And if any man HEAR my WORD [The spoken LOGOS or Regulative Principle]
        and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
John 12:48 He that rejecteth me,  [g114 atheteo disesteem]
        and RECEIVED not my words,
        hath ONE that judgeth him:
        the WORD that I have SPOKEN,
        the same shall judge [g2919 krino DAMN]
        him in the last day.

PARALLEL TO:

Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
        and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; 
        but he that believeth not  [g569 Apisteo DISOBEY]
        shall be damned. [g2632 Katakrino]

BAPTISM IS THE SEAL TO MARK THE LOST SPIRITS TO THOSE OF THE WORLD OR THE KINGDOM OF THE DEVIL.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them,
        Repent, and be baptized every one of you
        in the name of Jesus Christ FOR the remission of sins,
        and ye shall receive the gift of the [A] Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you,
        and to your children,  [Jews]
        and to all that are afar off, [Gentiles]
        even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
        saying, SAVE YOURSELVES FROM this untoward generation.

g4646. skolios, skol-ee-os´; from the base of 4628; warped, i.e. winding; figuratively, perverse: — crooked, froward, untoward.

g4628. skelos, skel´-os; apparently from ske÷llw skello (to parch; through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank): — leg.

Is. 59:8 The way of peace they know not;
        and there is no judgment in their goings:
        they have made them crooked paths:
        whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Phil. 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke,
        in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
        among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly RECEIVED his WORD were baptized:
        and the same day there were ADDED unto them
        about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
        And the Lord [JESUS] added to the [HIS] church daily such as should be saved.

Heb. 12:23 To the general assembly
        and CHURCH of the FIRSTBORN, [Church of Christ]
        which are written in heaven, a
        and to God the Judge of all,
        and to the SPIRITS of just men made PERFECT,

THIS IS THE MEANING OF THE GIFT OF A HOLY SPIRIT

IF YOUR PREACHER CLAIMS GUIDANCE FROM "A" SPIRIT, DON'T DRINK HIS KOOLAID.

Is. 59:20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion,
        and unto them that turn
        from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.

Is. 59:21 As for me,
        this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord;
        My SPIRIT that is upon thee,
        and my WORDS which I have put in thy MOUTH,
        shall not depart out of thy
MOUTH,
        nor out of the
MOUTH of thy seed,
        nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord,
        from henceforth and for ever.

THE EUNUCH WAS READING ISAIAH

Acts 8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth,
        and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

Rom. 10:16 But they have not all OBEYED the gospel.
        For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath BELIEVING our report?

Acts 8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water:
        and the eunuch said, See, here is water;
        what doth HINDER me to be baptized?

Acts 8:37 And Philip said,
        IF thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.
        And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Acts 8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still:
        and they went down both into the water,
        both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Acts 8:39 And when they were come up out of the water,
        the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, t
       that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

Luke 7:29 And all the people that heard him,
        and the publicans, justified God,
        being baptized with the baptism of John.
Luke 7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers
        rejected the counsel of God against themselves,
        being not baptized of him.

John 12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also
        many believed on him;
        but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:


http://www.piney.com/RSLogosp.html

Renew.org:

We have a choice to make when it comes to Jesus Christ.
        God leads us to himself,
        as he WOOS us to Jesus and his gospel BY HIS SPIRIT


We must respond to the gospel. The English words belief and faith come from the same Greek word in the Bible.
        We must believe or place our faith in Jesus Christ.
        God initiates and draws us to place our faith in Jesus,

        but unfortunately,
many resist God’s Spirit (Acts 7:51; 1 John 2:20, 27).5
        We must say yes to the Spirit and turn to God by faith in Jesus.

Acts 7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
        and the star of your god Remphan,
        figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Acts 7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness,
        as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses,
        ghat he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
Acts 7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Acts 7:46 Who found favour before God,
        and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Acts 7:47 But Solomon built him an house.
Acts 7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Acts 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Acts 7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things?

(Acts 7:51 Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears,
        ye do always RESIST the HOLY SPIRIT: as your fathers did, so do ye.

WHICH MEANS:

Acts 7:52 Which of the PROPHETS have not your fathers persecuted?
        and they have slain them
        which SHEWED before of the coming of the Just One;
        of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Acts 7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

1John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1John 2:18 ¶ Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1John 2:20 ¶ But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1John 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
1John 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

HOW THE SPIRIT WAS MADE KNOWN

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1Pet. 1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time
        the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify,
        when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ,
        and the glory that should follow.
1Pet. 1:12 Unto whom it was revealed,
        that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things,
        which are now REPORTED unto you
        by them that have PREACHED the gospel unto you
        with the HOLY SPIRIT sent down from heaven;
        which things the angels desire to look into

HOW TO HONOR THE SPIRIT. RENEW.ORG SAYS we are built upon having APOSTLES as the FOUNDATION in your congregation.

Eph. 2:20 And are built upon  [Educated by]
        the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
        Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

Rev. 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me,
        See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant,
        and of thy brethren that have the TESTIMONY of JESUS:
        worship God: for the
TESTIMONY of Jesus IS the spirit of prophecy.

John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth;
         the flesh profiteth nothing:  [Anything you can do or say]
         the words that I speak unto you,
         they are
SPIRIT, and they are life.


Acts 7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

1John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1John 2:18 Little children, i t is the last time:
        and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,
        aeven now ARE THERE MANY ANTICHRISTS
        whereby we know that it is the last time. [day]

1John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us,
         they would no doubt have continued with us:
        but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

1John 2:20  But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1John 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth,
        but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

1John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
1John 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.


We have a choice to make when it comes to Jesus Christ.
        God leads us to himself,
        as he WOOS us to Jesus and his gospel BY HIS SPIRIT But we must decide to believe. We must make the decision to place our faith in Jesus Christ and accept all 16  that God offers to us through him. Baptism is central because it is the METHOD by which we EXPRESS this decision to God.

The Glorified Jesus in the STATE of Holy Spirit connected FAITH or Pistis which demands compliance as REQUIRED to be BAPTIZED which Peter said SAVES US

SEE 1 PETER BELOW

Jesus said that it was the GOSPEL which can be written, taught and obeyed which has the POWER because Jesus said that He left the SPIRIT in His WORDS.  SEE MORE UNDER JOHN

John 6:44 No man can come to me,
        except the Father which hath sent me draw him:
        and I will raise him up at the last day.

It is NOT a Holy Spirit god but the FATHER who draws.  However, the Father uses MEANS vested with His power. However, book and sermon writers CANNOT read how Jesus said the Father Draws Him. Not by some effeminate WOOING.

John 6:45 It is written in the PROPHETS,
        And they shall be all TAUGHT of God.
        Every man therefore that hath HEARD,
                and hath learned of the Father,
                COMETH unto ME

The Wedding Ceremony logically includes COURTING people in person since they SAY that Jesus was God in the FLESH.

A FAITHFUL PERSON COMPLIES WITH WHATEVER GOD COMMANDS. Faith, by definition and literature means that you must believe and COMPLY by being baptize SO THAT your sins be forgiven.

John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
        but that the world through him might be saved.
John 3:18 He that BELIEVETH on him is NOT condemned:
        but he that BELIEVETH NOT
[Apistos marks treachery of anyone calling Jesus a liar]      
        is condemned already,
        because he hath not believed
        in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

The Believeth Nots demand that Jesus was GOD IN THE FLESH.
They cannot confess that "Jesus is the Christ the SON of the Living God."
AntiChrists confess and publish that God was in the FLESH.


John 3:19 And this is the condemnation,
        that LIGHT is come into the world,  [Kosmos, Ecumenical, kingdom of the Devil]
        and men loved darkness rather than
LIGHT,
        because their deeds were evil.

HOLY SCRIPTURE IS THE PROPHETS AND OTHER PROPHECIES "CONCERNING ME."  God put His WORDS into the MOUTH of the prophets without a SPIRIT PERSON to make Himself Intelligible.  The Holy Spirit BREATHS or puts INSPIRATION into the SCRIPTURES and does not appear in the SALUTATIONS of each Epistle which is PART of the PERFECT Scriptures.

Rom. 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle,
        separated unto the gospel of God, [Theos]
Rom. 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by his PROPHETS IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
Rom. 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord 
[Kurios],
         which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
Rom. 1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power,
        according to the spirit OF holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Rom. 1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship,
         for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

Rom. 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the GOSPEL of Christ:
         for it is the power of God unto salvation
         to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

IT IS BLASPHEMY TO SAY THAT GOD WAS INCAPABLE OF PUTTING HIS WORDS INTO MOUTHS WHO PUT THE WORD INTO EPISTLES.

Rom. 1:17 For therein [GOSPEL] is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:
        as it is written, The just shall LIVE by faith.
Rom. 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness
        and unrighteousness of men, who hold the TRUTH in unrighteousness

The Truth is the Word or Logos as God's Regulative Principle which OUTLAWS and MARKS rhetoric, singing or playing instrument

Rom. 16:25 Now to him that is of POWER to stablish you 
        according to my GOSPPEL,
        and the PREACHING of Jesus Christ,
        according to the revelation of the mystery,
        which was kept secret since the world began,
Rom. 16:26 But now is made manifest,
        and by the scriptures of the prophets,
        according to the commandment of the everlasting God,
        made KNOW to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Rom. 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.

2Tim. 1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the TESTIMONY of our Lord,
         nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God

Rev. 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write,
        Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.  [SAVED by being CLOTHED with Christ at Baptism]
        And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Rev. 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not:
        I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the TESTIMONY of Jesus:
        worship God: for the
TESTIMONY of Jesus is the SPIRIT of prophecy.

Heb. 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past
        unto the fathers by the prophets,

Renew.org: But we must decide to believe. We must make the decision to place our faith in Jesus Christ and
         accept all 16  that God offers to us through him. Baptism is central because it is the method by which we express this decision to God.

Heb. 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his SON,
        whom he hath appointed heir of all things,
        by whom also he made the worlds;  165. aion, Messianic period

The MAN Jesus was NOT God but was in the FORMA or IMAGE: God wants us to see a SINGULAR Being and a Servant.

Heb. 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;


Renew.Org: John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son,
        that whoever believes in him SHALL not perish but have eternal life.

John affirming Jesus:  John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him SHOULD not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world,
        that he gave his only begotten Son,
        that whosoever believeth in him SHOULD not perish,
        but have everlasting life.

John 12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
John 12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers
        also many BELIEVED on him;
        but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him,
         lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Contrary to those Jesus marks as BLASPHEMERS and John identified as ANTICHRISTS. Jesus was not declared the Son of God, Lord or Christ until 30 years after He was born in the FLESH.  After His baptism God's SPIRIT SPOKE and confessed Jesus who had confessed the Father. While Jesus was sinless, He was not SANCTIFIED or ordained to speak for God until He was SANCTIFIED to serve as Priest.

The Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites [rhetoricians, singers, instrument players] claimed that Jesus made Himself God and Jesus responded.

John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified,  [given A holy spirit]
        and sent into the world,
        Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
Only after Jesus was REGENERATED and Glorified:

Rom. 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived,
        THAT he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

Rev. 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
        and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
        Unto him that loved us,
        and washed [baptized] us FROM OUR sins in his own blood,
Heb. 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart
        in full assurance of faith,
        having our hearts sprinkled FROM an evil CONSCIENCE,
        and our bodies washed [baptized] with pure [purifying] water.
Only after Jesus was REGENERATED and Glorified:

Rom. 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived,
        THAT he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

Rev. 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
        and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
        Unto him that loved us,
        and washed [baptized] us FROM OUR sins in his own blood,
Heb. 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart
        in full assurance of faith,
        having our hearts sprinkled FROM an evil CONSCIENCE,
        and our bodies washed [baptized] with pure [purifying] water.

Acts of the Apostles:

The PROMISE [Evangelistic Office] of the Holy Spirit meant that, as promised, Jesus in His Glorified state would return to the upper room and "pour out what you SEE and HEAR."  The baptism of Spirit (wind) and fire is promised for the RACE OF VIPERS who can NOT be baptized as the SEAL that one is a Lost Spirit FOUND.


Renew.org.  In Acts 1:4-5, Jesus promised that the baptism in the Spirit would soon come.

This was a one time event because something that has been POURED OUT is not available for modern preachers except through what was POURED OUT--the Word.

Mark 9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto YOU,
        That there be some of them that STAND HERE,
         which shall not taste of death,
         till THEY have seen the kingdom of God come with POWER.

The POWER was-is the Preached Gospel vested in the WORD which is Spirit and Life.  Only the Apostles and those given the power by a LIVING APOSTLE could perform Miracles which was God Working With them.

No one today is old enough nor selected by God.  At the end of John which looks backward several decades he said.

John 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you:
        as my Father hath sent me, even so send I SEND YOU
John 20:22 And when he had said this,
        he BREATHED on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit (BREATH]:
John 20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them;
         and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

Acts 1:4 And, being assembled together with them,
        commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem,  [You don't qualify]
        but wait for the PROMISE of the Father, which, saith he,
        ye have heard of me.
Acts 1:5 For John truly baptized with water;
        but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

In His glorified state, Jesus would return to bestow this power. In his state of Holy Spirit He is the COMFORTER or Paraklete promised. He is still in charge and as SPIRIT He has not given anyone the authority to change His Words.

PROMISE IS:
Epagg-elia A. command, summons, profession, undertaking, public exercise of a profession
tou agōnos gathering, assembly, main argument of a speech (b. Rhet., Opposite prooimion, epilogos),

Opposite Prooimi-on   A. opening, introduction; in Music, prelude, overture, Pi.P.1.4; in Ep. poems, proëm, preamble, Id.N.2.3, Ar.Eq.1343; in speeches, exordium, Critias 43 tit., Arist. Rh.1414b19, Phld.Rh.1.56S., Stoic.2.96, etc.; prooimiois hēdonēs with prefaces about pleasure, X.Mem.2.1.27
II. hymn or short poem, such as those attributed to Homer, “Apollōnos”  [Apollon, Abbadon, the "musical" Washer]  Th.3.104,

Opposite
Epilog-os , ho,

A.  reasoning, inference, only Ion., Hdt.1.27; tēs gnōmēs poieesthai epilogon give a reason for their opinion,  
II.  peroration of a speech, Arist.Rh.1414b12, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.96, Phld.Rh.1.202 S., Longin.12.5, etc.
2.  the concluding portion of a play, = ekthesis,Sch. Ar.Ra.1548: metaph., “e. tēs kosmopoiias 
3.  subjoined or explanatory sentence, Arist.Rh.1394b8, cf.a11.—In E.El.719 (lyr.), epilogoi is corrupt.

IV. personified, Agōn, divinity of the contest, Paus.5.26.3.

Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted,
        and having received of the Father the promise [the thing promised] of the Holy Ghost,
       
he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

Ekkheō
2. of words, pour forth, utter, Ar. Th.554; “molpasE.Supp.773; “pollēn glōssan ekkheas matēnS.Fr.929, cf. A.Ag.1029 (lyr.).
3. pour out like water, squander, waste, “olbonId.Pers.826; “ta pantaId.Ch.520, cf. S.El. 1291; “plouton exekheen eis dapanasAP9.367 (Luc.); “e. ta te hautou kai heautonPl.R.553b; spoil, “to pan sophismaS.Ph.13.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them,
        REPENT, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ
        FOR the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:41 Then they that gladly received his WORD were BAPTIZED:
        and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people.
        And the Lord added to the CHURCH daily such as should be saved. [Were Being Saved]
Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be CONVERTED,
        THAT your sins may be blotted out,
        when the times of REFRESHING shall come from the presence of the Lord

That is the Greek:
Pros , Prep., expressing direction,
III.  of dependence or close connexion: hence,
1.  dependent on one, under one's protection,p. Dios eisi xeinoi te ptōkhoi teOd.6.207,14.57;
The phrase: Dios eisi xeinoi te ptōkhoi te
A. Eimi I. ibo, In Prose eimi serves as future to erkhomai, I SHALL go

B. Xen-oō , Ion. xeinoō , (xenos) A. make one's friend and guest, entertain: a stranger under protection. 2. to go in a ship metaph. usages, ienai es logous tini to enter on a conference with one,
By washing of water INTO the Word (Logos) or School of Christ.
1. enter into a treaty of hospitality with one, “polies allēlēsi exeinōthēsanHdt.6.21, cf. Pl.Lg.642e, X.Ages.8.5 ; “basileusin exenōmenosLys.6.48 : abs., X.HG4.1.34.
2. take up one's ABODE with one as a guest,

AS A HUNGRY BEGGAR

C.   Ptōkhos , ē, on, also os, on A.Ag.1274, S.OC444,751: 2. metaph., “hoi p. pneumatiEv.Matt.5.3, cf. Ev.Luc.6.20. [hunger]

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

A beggar HUNGRY for the Word of God COULD NOT make a major industry out of trying to convince people that Baptism is not an absolute condition of being FILLED with the Word of God, or Spirit which is the "flesh and blood" of the body of Christ.

Acts 3.20 hopōs un elthōsin kairoi anapsuxeōs apo prosōpou tou kuriou kai aposteilē ton prokekheirismenon humin khriston Iēsoun,

Ana-psuxis
A/ cooling, Posidon.72; exposure,helkeosHp. Fract.25.
2. drying up, Str.10.2.19.
3. relief, respite, LXXEx.8.15; “kakōnJul.ad Them.258c;kairoi -eōsAct.Ap.3.20.

Alexander Campbell Regeneration:

The law of God is hid in his heart. The living oracles dwell in his mind, and he grows in favor with God as he grows in the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ his Lord. As a newborn babe he desires the unadulterated milk of the WORD of God, that be may grow by it; for as the thirsty hart pants after the brooks of water, so pants his soul after God. Thus he lives to God, and walks with him. This is the character of the regenerate - of him that is born of God - of the new man in Christ Jesus. This is that change of heart, of life, and of character, which is the tendency and the fruit of the process of regeneration, as taught and exemplified by the apostles, and those commended by God, in their writings.

Our opponents
contend for a regeneration begun and perfected before faith or baptism -

a spiritual change of mind by the Holy Spirit,
antecedent to either knowledge, faith, or repentance,
of which infants are as susceptible as adults; and , therefore, as we contend, make the gospel of no effect.

By way of reprisals, they would have their converts think that we go for nothing but water, and sarcastically call us the advocates of "water regeneration."

They think there is something more sublime and divine in "spirit regeneration"; and therefore claim the title of orthodox.

A TYPE g5179 tupos a sampler (“type”), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning):

If you IMITATE that pattern and are baptized IT WILL SAVE YOU.

1Pet. 3:21 The like figure [ANTITYPE] whereunto even BAPTISM DOTH ALSO NOW SAVE US

Based on the PATTERN prophesied, practiced and commanded by Jesus BAPTISM DOES SAVE.

Why would you give someone an UNLAWFUL wage to CONTRADICT the one who died to set the PATTERN?

Jesus appeared to Paul as the PROMISED Comforter or Paraclete.

Acts 22:13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me,
         Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee,
        that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One,
        and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Acts 22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou?
         arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins,
        calling on the name of the Lord.



Zeph. 3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction;
        so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them:
        but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
Zeph. 3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey:
        for my determination is to gather the nations,
        that I may assemble the kingdoms,
        to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger:
        for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Zeph. 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language,
        that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

Romans

Romans 6:3-4:

Renew.org:  Let’s look more closely at baptism in this passage. We are to make disciples of all nations by “baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”


Baptizing “into the name of ” means we are baptizing people by the authority of the TRIUNE God and into a relationship with him as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Father, Son and Spirit are NOT NAMES. Trinitarians CANNOT be baptized FOR the Remission of sins.

Acts 8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee,
        of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
Acts 8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth,
         and began at the same SCRIPTURE, and preached unto him Jesus.
Acts 8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said,
        See, here is water; what doth HINDER me to be baptized?
Acts 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.
        And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Acts 8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still:
        and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

There’s more: baptism is the inauguration into a life of being a disciple.
        We have been baptized in the authority of the triune God
         so that we can now obey all the commands of Christ.
        And we know that he is with us—“to the very end of the age.

Baptismal Formula - Rejects Trinity of Persons

Name here means NAME of the singular Jesus who is God's Image of the always-pagan family of Gods.

The Jews: Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for (in order to) the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38 Discussion of Eis,... Part Two,... Doctor Jack Lewis on Eis or For.

The Samaritans: (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Acts 8:16

The Gentiles: And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. Acts 10:48 (not lords)

Rebaptized after Pentecost: When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 19:5
They could not be added to the Church by Jesus Christ until after Pentecost.

Apostle Paul: And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Acts 22:16 [This is the clear proof that the "pastor" has no authority to pronounce but Paul was to call on the name consistent with Proselyte baptism]

And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. Ac.22:8

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Ac.26:9

Romans 6: Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Romans 6:3

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4

Corinthians: Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? 1 Corinthians 1:13

And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11

Galatians: For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Galatians 3:27

James: Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? James 2:7


There is One God the Father and One Mediator Between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus.  In respect to creative Power and the Regulative Principle God is, in a parable sense, Father of His own thoughts, Breathes His own Spirit and articulates His Own Words. God is UNITARY and he is ONE with Jesus.

1Tim. 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Mark 11:10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
John 10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.

Matt. 28:18 And JESUS came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matt. 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
         baptizing them in the NAME [singular] of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Jesus claimed to make Visible and Audible all of the PAGAN triads in SINGULAR form.  As eye-- and ear-- witness Peter and everyone else in Scripture baptized in the NAME of Jesus Christ.
Col. 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed,
         do all in the NAME of the Lord [one Kurios] Jesus,
         giving thanks to GOD [one Theos] and the Father by him.
Rev. 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment;
        and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life,
        but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

Renew.org:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. and Romans 6:1-17 explicitly connect baptism to our commitment to live a new life.

Baptism is OBEYING the Form, TUPOS or a pattern of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus TO BE IMITATED. Baptism is not just a COMMITMENT.


Rom. 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you:
         for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Rom. 6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Rom. 6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye YIELD yourselves servants to obey,
        his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
        whether of sin unto death, or of OBEDIENCE unto righteousness?
Rom. 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye WERE the servants of sin,
        but ye have OBEYED from the heart
        that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

g5219. hupakouo, hoop-ak-oo´-o; from 5259 and 191; to hear under (as a subordinate), i.e. to listen attentively; by implication, to heed or conform to a command or authority: — hearken, be obedient to, obey.

g 5179 Tupos .e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning): — en-(ex-)ample, fashion, figure, form, manner, PATTERN, print.

Rom. 6:18 BEING THEN MADE FREE FROM SIN
        ye became the servants of righteousness.
Rom. 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh:
         for as ye have yielded [conform, lay beside] your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity;
        even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Rom. 6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Rom. 6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
Rom. 6:22 But now  BEING THEN MADE FREE FROM SIN,
        and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end EVERLASTING life.

The gift OF God is not God inside of your carnal body"

Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the GIFT of God is ETERNAL LIFE through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Heb. 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn,
        which are written in heaven,
        and to God the Judge of all,
        and to the SPIRITS of just men made PERFECT,

Heb. 12:24 And to Jesus the MEDIATOR of the new covenant,
            and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Heb. 12:27 And this WORD, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Heb. 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
Heb. 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Col. 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
        and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

Renew.org:  Romans 10:8-11: The WORD is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is, the word of faith weare proclaiming: That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame.”

A right standing with God is grounded in a simple faith and a simple confession, which leads into a transforming relationship with God based on trusting and following Jesus Christ.

Romans 10 involves all of the STEPS naturally followed in order to become a DISCIPLE of Christ.

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God,

He that believeth  

him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. Matt 10:32

being baptized with the baptism of John. Luke 7:29 and is baptized shall be saved

But whosoever shall deny me before men,

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves,   but he that believeth not  
him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. Matt 10:33 being not baptized of him. Luke 7:30 shall be damned Mark 16:16
Matthew Henry in Joel 2:28-32 notes that: "The promise began to be fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out, and it was continued in the converting grace and miraculous gifts conferred on both Jews and Gentiles. "The judgments of God upon a sinful world, only go before the judgment of the world in the last day.

"Calling on God supposes knowledge of him, faith in him, desire toward him, dependence on him, and, as evidence of the sincerity of all this, conscientious obedience to him. Those only shall be delivered in the great day, who are now effectually called from sin to God, from self to Christ, from things below to things above.

Acts 22:13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me,
         Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
Acts 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee,
        that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Acts 22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou?
         arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins,
        calling on the name of the Lord.

Zeph. 3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction;
        so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them:
        but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
Zeph. 3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey:
        for my determination is to gather the nations,
        that I may assemble the kingdoms,
        to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger:
         for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Zeph. 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language,
        that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

Rom. 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived,
        THAT he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
And now you also have heard the truth, the good news that God saves you.
        And when you believed in Christ,
        he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit
,
        whom he promised long ago.

The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us everything he promised
and that he has purchased us to be his own people. This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God” (NLT).

Eph. 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, t
        he forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Eph. 1:8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Eph. 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will,
        according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Eph. 1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance,
        being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Eph. 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Eph. 1:13 In whom ye also trusted,
        after that ye heard the word of truth,
        the gospel of your salvation:
        in whom also after that ye believed,
         ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Eph. 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance
         until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Rom. 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
2Th. 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1Pet. 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?


1 Cor 6:19 What? know ye not that

1 Cor 6:20 For ye are bought with a price:

       YOUR body

... therefore glorify God in YOUR BODY,

        is the temple of the Holy Spirit
 
      which is in YOU, which ye have of God,

.
.....
and in YOUR SPIRIT

        and ye are not your own?

       which are Gods.  [your spirit is not GOD'S Spirit]

Walter Scott Wrote:

Again--Some will say, What does the expression Holy Spirit mean? Well, in scripture

it stands first for God the Holy Spirit,
and secondly for the
HOLY MIND or SPIRIT of A believer-

When do we know that we are born of the Spirit? I answer, when we know that our spirits are holy

But it will be asked again, when do we know this? 

I reply, when we behold our minds producing the fruits of A holy spirit.


Renew.orgGalatians 3:16-26: So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Gal. 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Gal. 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Gal. 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Gal. 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Gal. 3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Gal. 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith IN Christ Jesus.
Gal. 3:27 ĕt-ĕnim , (What I mean to say is)
        as many of you as have been baptized into Christ
        have PUT ON Christ.
One never gets the Bridal Garment without washing.

[27] quicumque enim in Christo baptizati estis Christum induistis

Enim why because, for, for instance, namely, that is to say, I mean, in fact I. To corroborate a preceding assertion, yes indeed, yes truly, of a truth, to be sure, certainly, indeed: A. To prove or show the grounds of a preceding assertion

ĕt-ĕnim , I. conj., subjoins a corroborative clause, or one which contains the reason of a preceding statement, for, truly, and indeed, because that, since (not freq. till class. times,
Baptism is like a wedding ceremony. We have verbal commitments (our confession of faith and the words of the one baptizing us) and we have a sacred ritual (going under water). This ceremony commits us to a covenant-relationship with God. The ceremony expresses faith and is grounded in the “by grace through faith formula.”

Baptism is where the FAITHFUL buys OIL for their LAMPS and a Wedding Garment in order to even get in the front door to the wedding.


God comes to live within us through the Holy Spirit when we enter into this special relationship. The Bible describes it this way:

“And now you also have heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, He identified you as His own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom He promised long ago” (Ephesians 1:13, NLT).

The Holy Spirit is the seed of God’s life in our hearts (1 John 3:9). This biblical doctrine has important practical ramifications.

Eph. 1:14 Which is the EARNEST of our inheritance
        until the redemption of the PURCHASED possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Eph. 1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus,
        and love unto all the saints,
Eph. 1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

THE PLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST TO GIVE US A GOOD CONSCIENCE OR A HOLY SPIRIT (OURS) IS THE GIFT AND WHY BAPTISM DOES NOW SAVE US.  This gives one the ability to read BLACK text on BROWN paper when we are WASHED with Water INTO the WORD or into the School of Christ.  Jesus said My WORDS are SPIRIT and LIFE so that we continue to have a spirit but NOT a GOD to live inside of us.


Eph. 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
        may give unto you the spirit OF WISDOM and REVELATION in the KNOWLEDGE of him:
Eph. 1:18 The EYES of your UNDERSTANDING being ENLIGHTENED;
        THAT YE MAY KNOW what is the hope of his calling,
        and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Eph. 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who BELIEVE,
        according to the working of his mighty power,
Eph. 1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead,
        and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,


They HAD been saved or rescued from their old lifestyle.  However, Paul shows how they are KEPT safe.

Renew.org.: What is baptismal regeneration?

It is the view that the act of baptism saves a person. In theological jargon, this means that baptism is the instrumental cause of regeneration

Ephesians 2:4-5: But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

Ephesians 2:8-9: For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.

The Bible teaches that we are saved by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8-9), as we pointed out above. So the ground, or basis, of salvation is God’s grace, and we receive it by faith.


Please carefully note our words: biblical baptism was given to us by God to express our faith in Jesus Christ and his gospel. But the saving power, according to the Bible, is Jesus himself. Our faith relies on   alone (and his saving power). Baptism is only effective because it is God’s method of expressing our faith. It will be helpful to review the following passages on this point:


 

Ephesians.2.Salvation.by.Grace.Through.Faith.htmlp3

Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time PAST ye walkED according to the course of this WORLD, [KOSMOS]
        according to the prince of the power of the air [aer BREATH
       
the SPIRIT that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

The BELIEVETH NOTS who refused to be Baptized TO BE SAVED.

G543.  apeitheia, ap-i´-thi-ah; from 545; disbelief (obstinate and rebellious): — disobedience, unbelief.

Kosmos II. ornament, decoration, esp. of women; “hieros k.”metaph., of ornaments of speech, such as epithets osing sweet songs of praise, Ecumenical or the kingdom of Satan.

Hieros I. filled with or manifesting divine power, supernatural, of the Nethinim, LXX 1 Es.1.2, al.; hiero-doulos esp. of temple courtesans at Corinth [Dios Korinthos, used of persons who are always repeating the same old story], and elsewhere

Strab. 8.6.20 Again, Demaratus, one of the men who had been in power at CORINTH, fleeing from the seditions there, carried with him so much wealth from his home to Tyrrhenia that not only he himself became the ruler of the city that admitted him, but his son was made king of the Romans
        And the temple of Aphrodite was so rich that it owned more than a thousand temple slaves, courtesans, whom both men and women had dedicated to the goddess [ANATHEMA]. And therefore it was also on account of these women that the city [CHURCH] was crowded with people and grew rich; for instance, the ship captains freely squandered their money, and hence the proverb,
        “"Not for every man is the voyage to Corinth."”Source unknown Moreover, it is recorded that a certain courtesan [hetair-a] said to the woman who reproached her with the charge that she did not like to work or touch wool: "Yet, such as I am, in this short time I have taken down three webs." [three ship's captains] [These are the. MAD WOMEN OF CORINTH Paul silenced]
Spīrĭtus LITERALLY NOTHING MORE THAN: a breathing or gentle blowing of air, a breath, breeze
The fire or glow of passion, in a good or bad sense; of anger, rage, fury: “exarsere ignes animo,Verg. A. 2, 575
raving, inspiration, Stat. Ach. 1, 509: “quae simul aethereos animo conceperat ignes, ore dabat pleno carmina [vocal and instrumental] vera dei,Ov. F. 1, 473: “(Dido) caeco carpitur igni, the secret fire of love, Verg. A. 4
Stat. Ach. 1, 509 RAVING INSPIRATION FOR THE LITERATE
       Then Chiron prays her to taste the banquet
       and the gifts of Bacchus,  [The New Wineskins Thesis]         
       and contriving various amusements for her beguiling [Sorcery]
       at last brings forth the lyre and moves the care-consoling strings,
       and trying the chords lightly with his finger [psallo] gives them to the boy.
             Gladly he sings of the mighty causes of noble deeds:
             how many behests of his haughty stepmother
ē-lĭcĭo B. In partic., in relig. lang.: Jovem, Manes, etc., to call forth, call down a god by religious rites; to raise, conjure up a departed spirit by magic arts.  [Worship Teams Claim]
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Eph. 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Spīrĭtus , Sing.: “quoslibet occupat artus Spiritus,Ov. M. 15, 167; Tac. A. 16, 34: spiritum Phoebus mihi, Phoebus artem Carminis dedit, poetic spirit or inspiration, Hor. C. 4, 6, 29spiritus ore tonat Cămēna  B. Meton., poetry, a poem, song: “summā dicende Camenā,of or relating to the Muses

mendax a liar should have a good memory, lying, false, deceptive; feigned, fictitious, counterfeit, not real

tŏno , rattle, crash, etc. (cf.: “crepo, strepo): tympana tenta tonant,”—Of loud, thundering speech:

Eph. 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
 
Eph. 5:26WEB That he might sanctify and cleanse it
         with the washing of water
         [INTO] the word,   (In Verbo, En, Eis)
         Into Converto , epistles of a writer, to be occupied in,  Into
         Philo-sophos Love of educatioon, an academy Philo-mathes or Philo-Logos
               OPPOSIITE of A. master of one's craft, adept, expert, of diviners, musicians
                                   Parapaion Khelon (play the harp, Hieron Melon (Melody in a religious shrine).
                                   A quibbler, cheate, one who gave lessons FOR MONEY.
                                   Fides (not faithful to the community) but Fides (faithful to Apollon)
 IN VERBUM
Discourse, conversation, Oral by word of mouth urnio plura verbo quam
                scripturā mandata dedimus,   In eccl. Lat. as a translation of logos,

LOGOS  Opposite PATHOS (personal experiences), Opposite folly, Opposite reasoning, deliberation,

Logos OPPOSITE to
Epagoge  bringing in AIDS, alurement, enticement, incantations, oppositeof human reasoning, leading into captivity
EIS IS

Eis etc.; es Milēton into the territory of Miletus, ib.14
IV. to express RELATION, towards, in regard to,
with Verbs expressing rest in a place, when a previous motion into or to it is implied
2. to determine a period, eis eniauton
FOR a year, i.e. a whole year,
FOR telein perfection of andras, manhood

teleō , Ep. also teleiō , fulfil, accomplish, execute, perform, 5. bring to fulfilment or perfection): also, bring a child to maturity, bring it to the birth, E.Ba.100 
II. initiate in the mysteries,

Eur. Ba. 100 And he brought forth, when the Fates [100] had perfected him, the bull-horned god, and he crowned him with crowns of snakes, for which reason Maenads cloak their wild prey over their locks.

Please carefully note our words: biblical baptism was given to us by God to express our faith in Jesus Christ and his gospel.
It is the view that the act of baptism saves a person. In theological jargon, this means that baptism is the instrumental cause of regeneration.
Colossians 2:11-12: In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Col. 2:5 For though I be absent in the flesh,
        yet am I with you in the spirit,
        joying and beholding your order,
        and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
Col. 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,
        so walk ye in him:
Col. 2:7 Rooted and built up in him,
        and stablished in the faith,
        as ye have been taught,
        abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Col. 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you
        through philosophy and vain deceit,
        after the tradition of men,
        after the rudiments of the WORLD,
        and not after Christ.  (Philosophy, traditions, rudiments OF Christ.

Empor-euomai, ; e. tēn philosophian to make a trade of it

ECUMENICAL

--mundus , A  Of speech, neat, fine, elegant,
Of mode of living, neat, fine, elegant, smart, genteel: “cultus justo mundior,too elegant dress,
Of speech, neat, fine, elegantin Gallos mundius
The world, i. e. the earth, the inhabitants of the earth, mankind (poet.   
Euphemistically for the Lower World, the infernal regions. the world as opposed to the church;
        this world
, the realm of sin and death, as opposed to Christ's kingdom of holiness and life
princeps hujus mundi (i. e. Satan) Ephesians 2.2
--Gallus , the priests of Cybele, so called because of their raving a priest of Cybele,
resupinati cessantia tympana Galli,Juv. 8, 176.—And satirically (on account of their emasculated condition) 2. (Acc. to II. A., of or belonging to the priests of Cybele; hence, transf.) Of or belonging to the priests of Isis, Gallic: “turma,the troop of the priests of Isis, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 18.
turma In gen., a troop, crowd, throng, band, body: “feminea,Ov. P. 4, 10, 51: “Gallica,” i. e. of priests of Isis, id. Am. 2, 13, 18.

Ov. Am. 2.13
And where swift Nile in his large channell slipping,
By seaven huge mouthes into the sea is skipping,
By fear'd Anubis visage I thee pray,
So in thy Temples shall Osiris stay,
And the dull snake [serpo  bestias] about thy offrings creepe,
And in thy pompe hornd Apis with thee keepe,
pompa , ae, f., = pompē, “pecuniae pompa,ostentation
rhetorum  Dionysia pompam
     
mŏdus  with pomp 2. The measure of tones, measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time; in poetry, measure, metre, mode: “vocum,Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9: “musici,Quint. 1, 10, 14: “lyrici,” saltare ad tibicinis modos, to the music or sound of the flute,
)

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1 Timothy

2 Timothy
2 Timothy 1:8-10: So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord. . . who has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

2Timothy 1:6 Wherefore I put THEE in REMBRANCE
        that thou stir up the gift of God,
        which is in thee BY the putting on of MY hands.
1Timothy 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee,
        which was given thee by prophecy, [teaching]
        WITH the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
1Timothy 4:14NET Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have,
         given to you and confirmed by prophetic words
         when the elders laid hands on you.
1Timothy 4:14NIV Do not neglect your gift,
        which was given you through a prophetic message
        when the body of elders laid their hands on you.
2Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the SPIRIT OF fear;
        but
[SPIRIT OF] of power, and [SPIRIT OF] of love, and [SPIRIT OF] of a sound mind.
2Timothy 1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,
        nor of me his prisoner:
        but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel
        according to the power of God;
2Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling,
        not according to our works,
        but according to his own purpose and grace,
        which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
2Timothy 1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
        who hath abolished death,
        and hath brought LIFE and immortality to light THROUGH the GOSPEL:
2Timothy 1:11 Whereunto I am appointed a PREACHER, and an APOSTLE, and a TEACHER of the Gentiles.
2Timothy 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed:        
        for I know whom I have believed,
        and am persuaded that he is able to keep
        that which I have committed unto him against that day.
2Timothy 1:13 Hold fast the FORM OF SOUND WORDS
        which thou hast HEARD of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
2Timothy 1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee
        keep by the Holy SPIRIT which dwelleth in us.

AT Baptism we are given A good conscience, consciousness or a Co-perception.  This is OUR Spirit which has been REGENERATED so that we can read the whole context. God's SPIRIT is, by definition, His Mental Disposition.

1Tim. 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times
        some shall depart from the faith,
        giving heed to SEDUCING SPIRITS, and DOCTRINES. of devils;

2Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the SPIRIT OF fear;
        but
[SPIRIT OF] of power, and [SPIRIT OF] of love, and [SPIRIT OF] of a sound mind.

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Renew.org.:
What is baptismal regeneration?

It is the view that the act of baptism saves a person. In theological jargon, this means that baptism is the instrumental cause of regeneration

See Ephesians 5

The mean that the Olden Church of Christ He has usurped TAUGHT that dipping in water saved.  You have to cause people to HATE their own church family before you can creep in and take which is the meaning of HERESY.

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
        but according to his mercy he saved us,
        by the WASHING of REGENERATION
        and renewing OF the Holy Ghost; [our once-holy spirit]

Titus 3:6 Which he SHED on us abundantly
        through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
Titus 3:7 That being JUSTIFIED by his grace,  [including Gentile dogs and swine NOT disqualified]
        we SHOULD be made heirs according to the HOPE of eternal LIFE.

See 1 John

GET ALL POURED.
Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted,
        and having received of the Father the promise [the thing promised] of the Holy Ghost,
       
he hath SHED FORTH this, which ye now see and hear.

Ekkheō
2. of words, pour forth, utter, Ar. Th.554; “molpasE.Supp.773; “pollēn glōssan ekkheas matēnS.Fr.929, cf. A.Ag.1029 (lyr.).
3. pour out like water, squander, waste, “olbonId.Pers.826; “ta pantaId.Ch.520, cf. S.El. 1291; “plouton exekheen eis dapanasAP9.367 (Luc.); “e. ta te hautou kai heautonPl.R.553b; spoil, “to pan sophismaS.Ph.13.


In fact, no one teaches that baptism is the CAUSE or POWER of regeneration: baptism saves because it is a REQUEST for A good conscience or A holy spirit (OURS}

Why would you give someone an UNLAWFUL wage to CONTRADICT the one who died to set the PATTERN?

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
        but according to his mercy he saved us,
        by the washing [BAPTISM] of REGENERATION, [g3824 paliggenesis rebirth spiritual renovation]
        and RENEWING of the Holy SPIRIT
; [g342 Anakainosis renewing OF our once holy spirit]

Matt. 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you,
        Except ye be converted [baptized Acts 3:19]
        and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
         Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, [A new spirit]
         he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.


Philemon

Hebrews

Heb. 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart
        in full assurance of faith,
        having our hearts sprinkled FROM an evil CONSCIENCE,
        and our bodies washed [baptized] with pure [purifying] water.

James

1 Peter


 Renew.org: But WE must decide to believe.
       
WE must make the decision to place OUR faith in Jesus Christ and
         accept all 16  that God offers to us through him.
                Baptism is central because it is the method
              by which we express this decision to God.

AGAIN PETER BY THE JESUS AS HOLY SPIRIT SAYS THAT BAPTISM SAVES US.

The MASCULINE method of conveying God's WORD is either READ or SPEAK.  It is not possible for a man with a WORLD VIEW to speak without lying to God and about Him.

The Glorified Jesus is in the STATE of Holy Spirit:

1Pet. 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust,
         that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh,
        but quickened by the Spirit:
1Pet. 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
1Pet. 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient,
        when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing,
        wherein few, that is, eight souls were SAVED BY WATER
1Pet. 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us
        (
not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, [Jewish baptisms]
           but the REQUEST FOR a good conscience  [A holy spirit-ours]
          toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:T

The death, burial and RESURRECTION is the TYPE:  We obey a FORM or ANTI-type) without which there is no remission of sins.


Renew.Org: The WATER of baptism, or the ACT of baptism, 
       
has no merit in itself;

it is simply the God-ordained method  of appealing BY FAITH
        to the saving work of Jesus Christ.

Baptism, Peter teaches, is a PLEDGE of a good conscience
        based upon the resurrection of Jesus Chris

 


The Spirit had Peter say that BAPTISM SAVES because we ASK for A good conscience which is A holy spirit (ours) because only the Crucified Jesus could PLEDGE or STIPULATE and rest on HIS pledge. 

Which is "He that believeth (complies) AND is baptized SHALL be saved."
The Believeth Nots or Apistos means that they are "treacherous" and refuse to come to the LIGHT to be examined.

Many times the SAVED BY FAITH or Jesus Alone is the Mantra. Nothing else has merit: Baptism does NOT save us--refuting Jesus and Peter--Baptism is just the way to DEMONSTRATE our FAITH. And because we are saved by FAITH, Peter's saying BAPTISM DOES NOT SAVE US:

Contrary to the Greek: Baptism Saves because it is how we APPEAL to or ASK Jesus to add us to His Church.

In the remote sense where "answer" includes a PLEDGE, it is JESUS who pledged to save us by baptism and NOT the sinners PLEDGE or guarantee to be good.

There is nothing that a humanoid has to give in PLEDGE.  Baptism SAVES because God PLEDGED  to save believers and DROWN those who did not OBEY and got into the ARK (Coffin).  The WATER SAVED those who obeyed because the mockers were DROWNED.

The Red Sea was another prophetic Types.

Here is how God SOVEREIGNLY SAVES and He has defined WHO IS FIT.

Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
        and preach the GOSPEL to every creature. [Not just the Calvinists]
Mark 16:16 He that BELIEVETH (Pistis includes to Comply)
        AND is baptized SHALL BE saved;
        but he that believeth not [Apistos marks treachery of anyone calling Jesus a liar]
        shall be DAMNED.
1John 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself:
        he that BELIEVETH NOT God hath made him a liar;
        because he believeth not the record that GOD gave of his Son.
John 3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 12:44 ¶ Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
        even so must the Son of man be lifted up:


Renew.Org.  1 Peter 3:21-22: This water [Noah’s] symbolizes baptism that now saves you also



—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

REPUDIATES JESUS COMMAND AND PETER'S FAITHFULNESS. The flood was a "tupos" or a pattern intended to be imitated for salvation in the spiritual sense.

1Pet. 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust,
        that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh,
       but quickened by the [HIS] Spirit:

1Pet. 3:19 By which also HE went and PREACHED unto the SPIRITS in prison;

Spirit or the Breath always produces WORDS.  The God-human relationship is defined in 1 Corinthians 2

1Pet. 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient,
        when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah,
        while the ark was a preparing,
        wherein few, that is, eight souls were SAVED BY WATER

WATER IS GOD'S CHOICE FOR SEPARATING THE BELIEVERS FROM THE UNBELIEVERS OR BETRAYERS.
Baptism is the ANTITYPE which WE can imitate and BE SAVED.  Answer is not OUR pledge or a SYMBOL but the imitation of that symbol.  UNLESS you would like to build your own ark or be crucified which is ANTI GRACE.

1Pet. 3:21 The like Anti-Tupon whereunto
       
even baptism doth also now save us
        (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh,  [The uneffective Jewish Baptisms]
        but the answer of a good conscience toward God,)
        by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Answer is:

g1905.eperotao, ep-er-o-tah´-o; from 1909 and 2065; to ask for, i.e. inquire, seek: — ask (after, questions), demand, desire, question.
g2065.  erotao, er-o-tah´-o; apparently from 2046 (compare 2045); to interrogate; by implication, to request: — ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray. Compare 4441.
g1906. eperotema, ep-er-o´-tay-mah; from 1905; an inquiry: — answer.
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A.MH.Abridged.01 For it has been proved that these terms represent, states and not feelings, condition and not character; and that a change of views or of heart, is not a change of state. To change a state is to pass into a new relation, and relation is not sentiment, nor feeling. Some act, then, constitutional, by stipulation proposed, sensible, and manifest, must be performed by one or both the parties before such a change can be accomplished.
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1Pet. 3:22 Who is gone into heaven,
        and is on the right hand of God;
        angels and authorities and powers
        being made subject unto him

The Holy Spirit OF God says that BAPTISM SAVES. Period, hard stop.  God putting His Words into the Mouth of Isaiah as the Spirit concerning Christ defined Baptism in the same way as Mark. WE have nothing to pledge and so we  OBEY that form of Doctrine where God through Christ PLEDGED that we would be Reborn or Regenerated with A holy spirit or A good conscience.

ARK is defined as a COFFIN. It was covered outside and inside with blood-red bitumen and God ordained that WATER would save them while it judged those who "believeth not."

These twisters of Scripture say that Baptism was a SYMBOL.
Tupos is a PATTERN intended to be IMITATED.  The ark was the PATTERN
The Anti- (instead of) Tupos


1Pet. 3:21 The like Anti-Tupon
whereunto
        even baptism doth also now save us
        (not the putting aƒway of the filth of the flesh,  [Jewish Baptisms]
        but the answer of a good conscience toward God,)
        by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
1Pet. 3:21  The like figure whereunto even BAPTISM DOTH ALSO NOW SAVE US. Period.

FIGURE is imitating a TYPE or pattern intended to be imitated.

Baptism SAVES because we REQUEST A good conscience or A holy spirit because of Christ's Promise.


(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh,
 but the
REQUEST FOR a good conscience toward God,)
        by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:  [Because that is what Jesus Promised]

Answer is translated Request or Baptism Saves because we. REQUEST that  Jesus give us A holy spirit or A good conscience.  In the remote case where PLEDGE is used, it is JESUS who made the Pledge.  We stipulate that we now have A Good Conscience or A holy spirit.  In 2 Corinthians 3 we have to TURN, be Converted or Baptized before we can READ or HEAR the Word:
Suneidēsis , eōs, , A.knowledge shared with another, tōn algēmatōn
  2. communication, information, heurēseis s. P ).
3. knowledge, lue tauta panta dialeipsas agathē s.leib-ō
leib-ō    ANOINTING aleiphō 4. metaph., prepare as if for gymnastics,battle  agōnian encourage, stimulate, instigate
4. consciousness, awareness,
5. consciousness of right or wrong doing, conscience,
 Heurēseis find that, find means, be able, heu. hodon
 
eisēnegkan tois kollēgais autōn carry with one, sweep along, of a river,
2.
bring in for oneself, 3. bring in with one, introduce, get a chance of, be able
 
logous heurisketai deeds make themselves words
Renew.org (claiming a latter day pattern) says that FAITH saves and Baptism demonstrates our faith. As a way to dismiss Mark 16:16 they quote:
        
Then, Peter describes baptism as the point at which a person WAS saved
        BECAUSE it was at that time that they pledged a good conscience to God (1 Pet. 3:21; Acts 22:16).    
 


When PLEDGE is used, it is Christ's PLEDGE when He connected baptism AND salvation.
 
Alexander Campbell Millennial Harbinger Abridged 575

And Christian System Regeneration p 240 
  Our opponents contend for a regeneration begun and perfected before faith or baptism—a spiritual change of mind by the Holy Spirit antecedent to either knowledge, faith, or repentance, of which infants are as susceptible as adults;
        and therefore, as we contend, make the gospel of no effect.
 By way of reprisals they would have their converts to think that
        we go for nothing but water, and sarcastically call us the advocates of " water regeneration."
They think there is something more sublime and divine in "spirit regeneration."

He was immersed, and Into the kingdom of God he came. Do as Cornelius did, and then you will think of it in another light — then you would not for a world be unrege
nerate. To have the PLEDGE, the PROMISE, and SEAL of God
        of the remission of all your sins, to be adopted into his family,
        and to receive the Spirit OF A SON OF GOD. [never a person]

When people claim that they have a Spirit guiding them beyond the sacred pages, believe them. Spiritus personified in the Latin MARKED Apollo, Apollyon or Abaddon.  He was one of the stars the Jews brought with them out of Egypt.  He is the leader of the Locusts or his musical worship team.  The Babylon mother of harlots (Rev 17) has a priesthood of literal or physically emascuclated priests who were "lusted after fruits."  They are called Sorceers and  may already being CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.  CONSUMED BY THE SPIRIT OF THEIR MOUTHS.

In ALL instances where the Spirit falls, rests, baptizes etal IT (the Breath of God) produces WORDS.

GOD'S SPIRIT NEVER TOLD ANYONE TO GO BEYOND THE WEEKLY SYNAGOGUE OR CHURCH OF CHRIST {THE ROCK) IN THE WILDERNESS NOR TO TELLY YOU TO TITHE AND OFFER.




2 Peter

1 John

1 John 2:20, 2

Bobby Harrington GCM The Holy Spirit is the SEED of God’s life in our hearts (1 John 3:9)

4690.sperma, sper´-mah; from 4687; something sown, i.e. seed (including the male “sperm”); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting): — issue, seed.

We must respond to the gospel. The English words belief and faith come from the same Greek word in the Bible.
        We must believe or place our faith in Jesus Christ.
        God initiates and draws us to place our faith in Jesus,

        but unfortunately,
many resist God’s Spirit (Acts 7:51; 1 John 2:20, 27).5
        We must say yes to the Spirit and turn to God by faith in Jesus.

1John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1John 2:18 ¶ Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1John 2:20 ¶ But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1John 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
1John 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
1John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you,
         ye need not that any man teach you:
         as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie,
         and even as it HATH TAUGHT you, ye shall abide in him.

1John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin;
        for his seed remaineth in him:
        and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1John 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil:
        whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,
        neither he that loveth not his brother.

Rev. 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

The SPIRIT of Christ meant that God put His WORDS into the MOUTH of men like Isaiah which is parallel to Mark 16 in Isaiah 1.  Here is why Jesus called the Scribes and Pharisees A RACE OF VIPERS.

Isaiah 8

Isa 8:19
And when they shall say unto you,
        Seek unto them that have familiar SPIRITS, [Witch of Endor, empty wineskins or Nebel]
        and unto WIZZARDS that PEEP, and that MUTTER:
                should not a people seek unto their God?
                for the living to the dead
[19] et cum dixerint ad vos quaerite a pythonibus et a divinis qui stridunt in incantationibus suis numquid non populus a Deo suo requirit pro vivis a mortuis
 
The Pythian Spirit which Paul cast out of the young girl is connected to Apollon.

-cantus , ūs, m. id., 2. With instruments, a playing, music: “in nervorum vocumque cantibus,Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134: citharae,Hor. C. 3, 1, 20: “horribili stridebat tibia cantu,Cat. 64, 264: “querulae tibiae, Hor. C. 3, 7, 30:
B. An incantation, charm, magic song, etc.: cantusque artesque magorum. Ov. M. 7, 195; 7, 201: “at cantu commotae Erebi de sedibus imis Umbrae ibant,Verg. G. 4, 471: “magici,
To the law and to the testimony:
        if they speak not according to this word,
        it is because there is no light in them. Isa 8:20
1John 5:6 This is he that came by water and blood,
        even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood.
        And it is THE Spirit that beareth witness, because THE SPIRIT IS TRUTH

Even the Disciples were offended because God CALLS by "they shall all be TAUGHT."
John 6:61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
John 6:62 What and if ye shall see the SON OF MAN ascend up where he was before?

Also offensive and a STUMBLING BLOCK to the masses.

Num. 23:19 God is NOT A MAN, that he should lie;
        neither the
SON OF MAN, that he should repent:
        hath he said, and shall he not do it?
        or hath he SPOKEN, and shall he not make it good?

John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that quickeneth;
        the flesh profiteth nothing:
        the WORDS that I SPEAK unto you,
        they are
SPIRIT, and they are life.

Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted,
        and having received of the Father the promise [the thing promised] of the Holy Ghost,
       
he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

Ekkheō
2. of words, pour forth, utter, Ar. Th.554; “molpasE.Supp.773; “pollēn glōssan ekkheas matēnS.Fr.929, cf. A.Ag.1029 (lyr.).
3. pour out like water, squander, waste, “olbonId.Pers.826; “ta pantaId.Ch.520, cf. S.El. 1291; “plouton exekheen eis dapanasAP9.367 (Luc.); “e. ta te hautou kai heautonPl.R.553b; spoil, “to pan sophismaS.Ph.13.
1John 5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven,
        the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost:
        and these three are one.
1John 5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth,
        the
SPIRIT, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
1John 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater:
        for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
1John 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself:
        he that BELIEVETH NOT God hath made him a liar;
        because he believeth not the record that GOD gave of his Son.
1John 5:11 And this is the record
        , that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is IN his Son.
1John 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life;
        and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
1John 5:13 These things have I written unto you
        that believe on the name of the Son of God;
        that ye may know that ye have eternal life,
        and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
   




2 John

3 John

Jude

Revelation

Rev. 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
        and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
        Unto him that loved us,
        and washed [baptized] us FROM OUR sins in his own blood,


Heb. 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart
        in full assurance of faith,
        having our hearts sprinkled FROM an evil CONSCIENCE,
        and our bodies washed [baptized] with pure [purifying] water.





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