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Post by TheFirebrand on Mar 16, 2015 8:43:02 GMT -6
"But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they."
Acts 15:11
Justification by faith and sanctification by the Holy Ghost cannot be separated and both are the gift of God.
We have great cause to bless God that we have heard the gospel. May we have that faith which the great Searcher of hearts approves and attests by the seal of the Holy Spirit.
Paul and Barnabas showed that God approved of the preaching of the gospel to the Gentiles without the law of Moses, and to press that law upon them was to undo what God had done.
We are saved not by these ceremonies, but by the mercy of God, the Redeemer.
The baptism is a necessary ceremony, an act of faith, but to maintain the salvation mandates that we uphold our end of the bargain in order to remain under His grace ...
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