55 Are you telling me that the way the Lord accepts his people when their sins are forgiven is that he BLINDS THEM.
What?
No. Rather, God's forgiveness IS His acceptance of the sinner
That is what happen when Saul met the Lord.
That's not what happened when writer met the Lord
The Lord did not tell Saul what to do to have his sins remitted either,
That's becuz one can't do anything except receive it
the Lord told Saul to go listen to a preacher.
Thas not mutually-exclusive with listening to the GodMan!
Ananius told Saul the solution.
The solution to? Ananias never used the word, or the thought, "solution"
He said BE BAPTIZED AND WASH YOUR SINS AWAY.
Calling on the name of the Lord (Ac 22:16)
when we obey the Lord we are calling on the Lord according to (Acts 22:16).
That's fair (1 P 3:21). However calling strictly is "epikaleo." Like when you call audibly and someone hears your voice, as throughout Acts and the NT and O
Here the words baptized and washing, together in the same sentence helps us to understand how (Titus 3:5) has a bearing on the plan of salvation.
To the contrary: Titus 3:5's washing is strictly "of regeneration." Not baptism
The word of God amazes me.
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as man is baptized in the water, it is God who washes our sins away (Eph.1:7) (Rom.6:18).
God can, and duz, wash away sins both before, and after, and outside of, water. He's neither limited to only baptism, nor to the time of baptism.
Additionally, Ephesians 1, and 1:7, and chapters 2 and 3 mention not baptism. Baptism's first and only mention in Ephesians is 4:5.
Romans also discusses and mentions not baptism until chapter 6. 'Long' after the matter of justification and forgiveness is discussed: Rom 3:21-5:11
Can you see two different things happening there?
Romans 6, baptism into His death, involves sanctification. Not justification as Paul uses that term. It involves freedom from the power of sin. Not forgiveness strictly, nor freedom from the guilt of sins. This can be seen in Paul's different uses of the plural "sins," and the singular "sin." Which switch takes place topically between 5:11 and 5:12.
In any case, to try to directly answer your question: there's only the matter of baptism and freedom from the power of sin, and enslavement to God, in Rom 6:18. Washing away of sins in the sense of forgiveness transpired way back in chapters 3 and 4.
Before baptism. And, in the absolute sense, for Paul: before his baptism
This is all explained in (Col.2:12). When were 1. buried with him in baptism....we have faith that 2.God is washing our sins away like he promised to do in
(Acts 2:38) (Heb.8:12) (Acts 22:16).
Just like washing from sins, and forgiveness for sins: faith too is not limited to the act or time of baptism. There is a Christian sect which i'll designate as CoC which, sadly, appears to involve itself, or want to involve others, in a kind of water-worship. Seeing baptism as the center and crucial thing of God's NT. Not Christ.
One positive example is Acts 13:39 where Paul told his audience: In this One everyone who believes is justified. This duz not contradict Ac 2:38. Ac 2:38 duz not contradict 13:39. Both r tru. Hebrews 8:12 also has zero to do with baptism. Either explicitly. Or implicitly
1John 1:9). This verse has NOTHING to do with those outside of Christ (non-christians).
To the contrary: sinners outside of Christ can confess their sins (and get inside of Christ) just the same way, and as easily, as one already in
The book of (1John ) was wrote to Christians.
The entire NT was written, firstly, to Christians. Another positive example is Acts 3:16 where, like Saul of Tarsus, "faith in His name--His name--has healed this man," before he was baptized
To become a Christian one follows (Acts 8:5,12) & (Acts 8:35-39).
And/or one invokes Jesus (Romans 10; Ac 2:21; Rv 22:14, 17). Or simply believes (Jn 3:16; 20:31; Ac 3:16; 10:44-47) into God's living, only begotten, Son. Who is a person. Not a religion nor CoC ritual, religion, or 'law'
...second law of pardon
And third, fourth, fifth, sixths...r the same, in essence and content, as first
Rom.6:17,18) tells us that when you OBEYED that form of DOCTRINE you were THEN MADE FREE FROM SIN .
That form of teaching: is "whoever believes into Him has eternal life..."
When did they obey ? It tells us in the first part of (ROM.6:3-6), when they were baptized in water.
Both faith and baptism are obedience. The "obedience of faith" as Paul wrote in Romans 1:5. Faith necessarily precedes baptism. The obedience of faith both precedes, and then includes, the obedience of baptism. Unless one (and i hope Baerly duzn't) propounds forced conversions, or baptisms etc of babies, or on pain of torture, exile, or death. But then: none of those have any Spiritual value
So when we are baptized in water were made free from SIN. That is what the bible says PLAINLY, NOT ME. Please believe it.
Ac 9, for instance, indicates that Saul ceased his sin of persecuting saints once he met his Messiah. Saul didn't have to wait for that til his baptism.
Please read it. Thanks Baerly