For salvation, we just need to follow the way they did it in Acts? They repented, were baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and received the gift of the Holy Ghost, Acts 2:38! Here's why! The gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. If we are to follow him, we must do the same thing. Death= repentance, Burial = baptism, and resurrection = being filled and rising again from the dead and walking in the newness of life. That's what Acts 2:38 is. It harmonizes with Matthew 28:19, and all the other salvation scriptures. We can't pick and choose which scriptures we like or dislike. We must obey the gospel, 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL of our Lord Jesus Christ... Matthew 7:21-23, Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that DOTH THE WILL OF MY FATHER which is in Heaven. St John 3:3-5, EXCEPT for a man be born of WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT, he cannot enter the kingdom of GOD. We can't come up with our own gospel. Galatians 1:8-9, But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Don't be cursed. One way for all people. Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans. Our salvation has to match up with the scriptures, and no scriptures on the subject can be taken away. Eternity is TOO long to be WRONG! St, John 5:39, search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. The gospels show what Christ has done on the cross for us. The book of Acts shows us the beginning of Christ's Church and how to enter the Church, obeying Acts 2:38. The letters were written to the Church to show us how to behave now that we are born again into the Church. It's better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction. Are we supposed to follow the teachings of the apostles? Acts 2:42, And they continued steadfastly in the apostle's doctrines. Ephesians 2:20, We are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone. Don't get Titus 3:5 mixed up with James 2:14-26, about WORKS. One is a WORK of your OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS OR GOOD DEEDS, and the other is a WORK OF FAITH or OBEDIENCE TO GOD. If I buy you a cake and tell you to come to get it, and you refuse to, then you won't have the cake even though it's been fully paid for. Christ set up the way, and we must come the way he set up to be saved or to receive it. Noah believed or had FAITH, BUT THEN WORKED OR OBEYED TO BUILD THE ARK TO BE SAVED. LOT believed or had FAITH, BUT THEN OBEYED AND LEFT SODOM. This is why Jesus said, He that believes and is baptized shall be saved. FAITH EQUALS OBEDIENCE TO GOD! All scriptures have to harmonize together .
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON (JESUS) THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVE IN HIM (JESUS) WILL NOT PERISH (IN HELL) BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE (IN THE NEW HEAVENS AND EARTH) SALVATION IS A FREE GIFT OFFERED BY GOD FOR ANYONE WHO WILL SIMPLY BELIEVE IN THE DEATH BURIAL AND RESURRECTION OF HIS SON JESUS CHRIST, ONCE YOU ARE SAVED YOU ARE SAVED FOREVER BECAUSE YOU WILL BE "SEALED" WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE AND NOTHING CAN EVER BEAK THAT SEAL
@@rossdaboss1959 WE ARE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST'S DEATH NOT A POOL OF WATER IN ORDER TO BE SAVED (ROMANS 6:1-3) WATER BAPTISM IS NOT THE ONLY JEWISH ORDINANCE CARRIED OVER INTO CHURCH TEACHING TODAY. OTHERS INCLUDE TITHING, SPECIAL PRAYERS, ANOINTINGS, AND THE COMMANDMENT-KEEPING SADLY, MANY ARE VAINLY DECEIVED THAT THEIR CHURCH-GOING, TITHING, OR GOOD BEHAVIOR KEEPS THEM IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. ABOUT THIS PAUL STRONGLY WRITES THAT CHRIST BLOTTED OUT THE " HANDWRITING OF OUR ORDINANCES THAT WAS AGAINST US" (COL 2:16)
