Pictured to the left is a copy of a version of the Holy Bible, known as the REVISED STANDARD VERSION ( RSV ). Acts 4:5-12 read as follows:
"5 On the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem, 6 with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, 'By what power or by what name did you do this?' 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, 'Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a cripple, by what means this man has been healed, 10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.'"
When one is baptized in the church of God religious denomination, for example, and confesses that Jesus Christ is the Son of God prior to being baptized, that one is correctly confessing that salvation is in the name of Jesus Christ ( see John 3:16, 17 and verses 8-12, above, for example ).
However, when that one is raised from the watery grave of baptism stating that he or she is a member of the church of God religious denomination, that one is demonstrating that he or she believes that salvation is in the name of the Tomlinson family, for example ( see 2 Corinthians 4:13, for example ). Thus, we have one making a sinful ( see Psalm 119:65-73, 142, and 151; John 17:1, 3, and 17; 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:16, 17; and 1 John 3:4, for example ) claim that salvation is in two names, Jesus Christ of Nazareth and the Tomlinson family, for example. Religious denominations, therefore, have taken something holy ( see also 2 Timothy 3:14, 15, Titus 1:1, 2; and 1 Peter 1:16, for example ), baptism, and turned it into a sinful mess of confusion ( see James 3:16, for example; KJV, for example ).
Moreover, since that one actually believes that salvation is in the name of the Tomlinson family, for example, this means that his or her confession that salvation is in the name of Jesus Christ was insincere ( see Philippians 1:10, for example; KJV, for example ). It is evident that that one intended, prior to being baptized, to call himself or herself a member of the church of God religious denomination. Furthermore, this means that that one told a lie ( see Ephesians 4:25, for example ) prior to being baptized.
Since a similar argument can be used for all other denominational baptisms, it is clear that all denominational baptisms are not valid, they do not save the ones who receive them. It is not possible to be saved outside of the New Testament church ( the church of Christ - see Matthew 16:13-18 ( especially verse 18, for example ); Acts 2:38, 41, and 47 ( KJV, for example ); Romans 16:16; and Ephesians 1:15-23 ( especially verses 22 and 23, for example ), for example ). Please read the Holy Bible ( which is God's word - see Luke 8:19-21 ( especially verse 21, for example ); 11:27, 28 ( especially verse 28, for example ); and Revelation 1:1-8 ( especially verse 3, for example ), for example ).
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NOTE: Please read the Saturday, February 27, 2016 entry to this weblog to find the source of information regarding the church of God religious denomination and the Tomlinson family, for example. Also, the word "lie" is defined as follows: ". . . v.i. . . . 2 To give an erroneous or misleading impression: Figures do not lie. . . ." [ See NEW ILLUSTRATED WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY Including THESAURUS of SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS, PMC Publishing Company, Inc., 118 EAST 28th STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10016, dictionary portion: pages 1-1150, Copyright 1992, by J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, p. 565 ( see homograph "lie2" ). ]
Thus, the person referenced above told a lie prior to being baptized, in the sense that he or she gave an erroneous or misleading impression that he or she believed that salvation is in the name of Jesus Christ. To be sure, it is certainly true that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God.
Thus, the person referenced above told a lie prior to being baptized, in the sense that he or she gave an erroneous or misleading impression that he or she believed that salvation is in the name of Jesus Christ. To be sure, it is certainly true that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God.
