Boring ?
Acts 10, Cornelius's conversion, was a one of a kind event designed by God to convince the Jews that the Gentiles too were eligible to be in the body of Christ.
Besides having nothing to do with the Mark 16:16 scripture I was discussing, those Gentiles were water baptized right after having received the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Because they had Peter there preaching to them, if we believe without Peter or anyone, directly from Christ, we are baptized directly from Him already, stop you boring disputing.
Don't fool yourself.
Peter laid out the sequence of events on the day of Pentecost, in Acts 2:38.
Repent, be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Why make up new answers for the men questioning Peter on that day ?
Because they had Peter there preaching to them, if we believe without Peter or anyone, directly from Christ, we are baptized directly from Him already, stop you boring disputing.
No repentance from sin leaves one still a sinner, and a child of the devil, as per 1 John 3:10.
No baptism leaves one with a still polluted "temple"...unfit for the Holy Spirit's residency.
Blasphemy, the Holy Spirit went into people who had believed, therefore repented, fit for the Holy Spirit, and as I told you..
Because they had Peter there preaching to them, if we believe without Peter or anyone, directly from Christ, we are baptized directly from Him already, stop your disputing.
There is the one of a kind event to convince the Jews of Gentile faithfulness.
Followed by water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.
Thank God for that verse, as it was the first one I obeyed to become a Christian.
If we have a lack of the Apostles now, and the churches are corrupted, that is why baptism is believing in Christ risen, and as we seen in Acts 10, they heard about the rising of Christ, that is being saved, stop your empty dispute.
There is no way you can sp3ak in righteousness and instruct others that they are not saved without water. ( not without me stopping you all too easily, when I can answer.)
Acts 10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even
baptism doth also now
save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Here is the answer, but it is only more for you to dispute.
David had a similar problem to what we have today, ( being on the run from Saul.) and we have the problem of the churches corrupted.
David needed bread ( for survival.) and had to change the law for a moment, ( because of need) to take the shewbread, because there was no bread there. ( the saving for us/survival, is being baptised, if we cant have water, as nobody is worthy to baptise anyone any more, we have the Holy Baptism of the Holy Ghost.)
Everything Peter spoke about baptism was right for then, the times have changed, now the faith is on the run, as David was from Saul.
1 Samuel 21:3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
John 7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Matthew 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Judge righteous judgement, in this time evil men are crept in and we have to instead contend for the faith once delivered to the saints. and if we cannot be baptised by water, we are saved by the baptism of belief, of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly
contend for the
faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
1 Peter 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.
21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
