Jim B
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Acts 2:38, " Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Where is the church mentioned here?
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Acts 2:38, " Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." Where is the church mentioned here?
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.
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.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Jim B
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As I said, the church is not mentioned here, even with the addition of the two following verses (which weren't part of your earlier post). BTW, here is verse 41 in English: "Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day."
The 3000 baptized were added to the church.
Don't you see that?
That was the church right there.
They were baptized per Acts 2:38 into the church.
It is called being "baptized into Christ".
Bob Carabbio
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To Be HIS BODY on earth, just like the Bible teaches (if you ever read it). Jesus could only be in ONE PLACE as a human, but his "Body" on earth is everywhere.
Next question??
Bob Carabbio
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Jim B
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Scripture says what it says; there is no mention of the church in Acts 2:38 "Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." It addresses future baptism, forgiveness, and the future giving of the Holy Spirit.
so what those in authority (apostles) in the church teach
And lk 10:16 applies to them until Christ returns?
He who hears you hears me!
Bob Carabbio
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The "Apostles" are all dead. There never was such a thing as "Apostolic succession" That's just a pathetic myth the Catholics cooked up so they could be in control of the "Sheep".
What weve got NOW are Born Again Christian Saints Led by the Holy Spirit (as Jesus promised).
Jim B
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Great post! Thanks for all your great and true posts. You are a light in the spiritual darkness.
Bob Carabbio
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ABSOLUTELY!!!! 100% Correct!!!
Of Course that WASN'T, ISN'T, and Never will be the "Roman Catholic System" (or the Baptist system, or the Assembly of God System, etc).
Bob Carabbio
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There was briefly even though it was already fragmenting in the Apostolic times, and there are, and have been plenty of partially flawed Denominational paradigms which serve in a place of Ministry. Right now the most effective MISSIONARY system in the world is the Assemblies of God. But the Claim of the "ROman Catholic system" that it's THE ONLY TRUE CHURCH IN THE WORLD is laughably false. In the Protestant world, any church making that ridiculous claim is immediately dismissed by the greater Christian community as a FALSE CULT.
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One of the things that I'm convinced of is that the Church's doctrine was built on the infallible truth spoken by Peter. The error among the people is corrected by infallible truth inspired by the Holy Spirit. I don't believe it disappeared. I believe Jesus built His Church on infallible truth.
I would expect that early Church to be a laughing stock then if it were still around.
Any church that disobeys Peter per rejecting Acts 2:38 is not God's church, but man's church.
Every sin they have ever committed remains with them.
spiritual anarchy that’s you’re answer
God established peace and order by obedience to hierarchical authority of the apostles! Matt 28:19
There must be apostolic succession
They nations still need the gospel the disciples still need baptism
And Jesus to his apostles “I am with you until the end”! Matt 28:19-20
Acts 1:15-26 apostolic succession
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