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The part here began with the words: Third, Paul proves in 6:1-8:39 that those justified by faith receive a spiritual life that encompasses not justification only, but also progressive sanctification and glorification.
CAN MEN, TODAY, BE SAVED LIKE ENOCH?
Did you ever notice that the hydrophobic believers in Jesus want to be saved like the thief on the cross? Their argument is the thief was not baptized in water, and was still saved. Thief proponents fail to mention that the thief was also saved without being born of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit of promise had not been given at that time. So the logical conclusion would be that men, today, can be saved without being born of water and the Spirit. (John 3:5 Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.")
The question is why do men, today, not petition to be saved like Enoch?
Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
1.Enoch did not believe Jesus was the Son of God. Was Enoch saved? YES.
2. Enoch did not confess that God raised Jesus from the dead. Was Enoch saved? YES.
3. Enoch was not baptized in water. He was not immersed for the forgiveness of sins. Was Enoch saved? YES.
4. Enoch did not believe that Jesus shed His blood on the cross so he could have his sins washed away. Was Enoch saved? YES.
5. Was Enoch born of the Spirit? No. The Holy Spirit of promise was not given until the Day of Pentecost. Was Enoch saved? YES.
WAS ENOCH SAVED? YES.
Can men, today, be saved like Enoch? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
Men, today, can only be saved by meeting the terms for pardon under the New Covenant; also know as the New Testament, the New Will, the New Agreement, the New Promise.
THE THIEF ON THE CROSS
Luke 23:39-43…And He said to him, :Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise."
1. The thief believed Jesus was the Christ. Was the thief saved?YES.
2. The thief repented. (He turn from sin and turned toward God). Was the thief saved? YES.
3. The thief did not confess that God had raised Jesus from the dead. Was the thief saved? YES.
4. The thief was not immersed in water for the forgiveness of his sins. Was the thief saved? YES.
5. The thief was not born of the Spirit? The thief did not receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Was the thief saved? YES.
WAS THE THIEF SAVED? YES.
Can men, today, be saved like the thief on the cross?ABSOLUTELY NOT. Men, today, can only be saved by meeting the terms of pardon under the New Covenant.
The New Covenant came into effect after the death of Jesus, on the Day of Pentecost.
Hebrews 9:16-17 For where a covenant is, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it. 17 For a covenant is valid only when men are dead, for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.
MEN,TODAY, CANNOT BE SAVED LIKE ENOCH NOR SAVED LIKE THE THIEF ON THE CROSS. ENOCH AND THE THIEF WERE NOT SAVED UNDER THE NEW COVENANT.
Note: The book of Acts contains several conversions that took place under the New Covenant. There is no record of anyone saying.
A. I do not have to believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
B. I do not have to be born of water and the Spirit.
C. I do not have to confess that Jesus was resurrected from the grave by God in order to be saved.
D. I do not have to be immersed in water in order to be saved.
E. I do not have to repent, (Turn from sin and turn to God), in order to be saved.
IN ORDER TO BE SAVED UNDER THE NEW COVENANT; WHICH STARTED ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST. YOU NEED TO MEET THE TERMS FOR PARDON.
FAITH: John 3:16
REPENTANCE: Acts 2:38
CONFESSION: Romans 10:9-10
BAPTISM: Acts 2:38, 1 Peter 3:21, Mark 16:16
YOU CANNOT BE SAVED LIKE ENOCH!
(All Scripture quotes from:NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE)
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Steve,
Your comment has practically nothing to do with the content of the post. Did you even read the post? Or is your comment really nothing but an attempt to drive people to visit your blog, so that they can hear your false gospel of baptism for heaven?
You have now posted several of these sort of unrelated, "please come visit my blog" type comments on my series on the just shall live by faith. If you wish to argue for your false gospel in The comment section of my posts, could you at least indicate even a little bit of desire to interact with what the post is actually about?
While ridicule and slander, such as saying that those who believe salvation is by faith alone are "hydrophobic," may seem a good argument to you, if you actually wish to interact with what the Bible actually teaches, please read the book that I've written on the specific question of whether all the unbaptized are damned, as you believe, or whether that is a false gospel, here:
http://faithsaves.net/heaven-only-for-the-baptized-the-gospel-of-christ-vs-baptismal-regeneration/
And please stop using the comment section of my posts as a bulletin board to try to direct people to your blog so you can promote your damnable heresy of justification by baptism.
Then again, perhaps it is not surprising that there is so little evidence of interaction with the content of my post, Steve, when your comment evidences very little interaction with the content of the passages of God's Word you yourself reference. You will use Christ's evangelizing Nicodemus in John three to prove a plan of salvation that allegedly did not exist until after the resurrection, although Christ spoke the words in John 3:5 several years before the resurrection and rebuked Nicodemus for not having been born again in the way he explained. The thief on the cross also died after the Lord Jesus did, and he did believe in the resurrection, and even confessed it, saying to the dying Savior, "when" Christ would come in his kingdom, etc., a declaration that required the resurrection.
Steve, repent and believe the true gospel, and then reject your false religion and unite yourself with a true church by baptism. And please stop using the "What is Truth?" Blog comment section as a bulletin board to spread false doctrine that is not even related to the content of my posts.