Tag: Baptism
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You Must DO Something!
Today’s Monday Bible Meme is Two-for-One opportunity. Both of the memes discuss the necessity of belief and action for salvation. The caption reads: “God is in control, but he doesn’t expect you to lean on a shovel and pray for a hole.” This is the epitome of “Faith only” salvation. No work is required, just…
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No Appointment Necessary
Introduction There are some who believe that you must wait for the assembly of the local congregation to come together before they are able to be baptized. There is nothing in scripture to support that. In Catholicism, the idea of the season of Lent is to allow prospects the chance to study for 40 days…
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The Conversions in Acts
Complete Article Series Early last year, I wrote a series of article on the different conversions found in the book of Acts. You can easily find all of the articles in that series on this easy-to-find blog entry. Conversion in Acts; Series Introduction The 3000 on Pentecost Simon and The Samaritans The Ethiopian Eunuch Saul…
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What Must I do to be Saved?
Introduction Not every religious blog or website is going to have the information available for those who are interested in becoming a Christian. There are those who will simply tell you to pray the “Sinner’s Prayer”, and that automatically makes you saved. But there is no example, in the New Testament, of an individual becoming…
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John’s Disciples in Ephesus
Conversions in Acts, Part 8 Introduction This is usually not listed as part of any sermon series on conversion. I added it here because it helps answer a question that brethren, today, might have concerning their baptism. Please read Acts 18:24-28; 19:1-7. Meet Apollos During Paul’s second preaching tour, he encountered a husband-and-wife team of…
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The Philippian Jailer
Conversion in Acts, Part 7 Introduction In the latter half of chapter 16, we come to the next conversion. How it comes about is rather interesting but is, essentially, the start of Paul’s frequent “Jail Time”. Read Acts 16:15-40. The Profitable Prophetess As Paul and Silas, went to a place of prayer, a young slave…
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Lydia of Thyatira
Conversion in Acts, Part 6 Introduction We continue our series on Conversions in Acts as we reach chapter 16. An interesting event takes place and two conversions are discussed in this chapter. We’ll look at each one individually. Please read Acts 16:1-15. Meet Timothy As chapter 16 begins, we note that Paul is on his…
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The Gentile Conversion
Conversion in Acts, Part 5, Cornelius’ P.O.V. Introduction We come to a very significant event in all of history; when Gentiles are permitted to be saved from their sins and added to the body of Christ (Acts 2:41,47; Col. 1:18; Eph. 1:22-23). It’s been about ten years since the Holy Spirit descended on the apostles…
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Saul of Tarsus, continued
Conversions in Acts Introduction In our previous article, we met Saul who was destined to destroy that which was known at The Way. On the way to Damascus, he encountered The Lord and was instructed to go into the city where he would be told what he must do. We learned that just because he…
The Christian Caravan 