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To: PROLIFE who wrote (352)	3/3/1999 5:34:00 PM
From: gregor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 423

>>>GOD PREPARED WORKS IN WHICH I AM TO WALK. <<< Thanks Dan ....for me too.....it is a wonderful thought to realize we are so helpless God must prepare our works ,too. I would love to find out the Greek root of that word, "prepared" as quoted here..

To: PROLIFE who wrote (352)	3/3/1999 7:48:00 PM
From: John S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 423

Dan, Your response is far from fuzzy and your words are quite direct as I wish most people would be. Concerning..."...I am not trying to sit here and say 'I am right and you are wrong...'" I don't perceive that with you at all. I've avoided the AG thread for some time now for that reason as I've found the conversations were travelling in competitive circles repeating the same argumentative dialogue, with tremendous maliciousness on some peoples parts. That I want no part of. I greatly enjoy our conversations, and you know I won't ever claim expertise in the Bible or the Lord would quickly use one of you to put me in my place if not directly. I like learning from my family in Christ and being encouraged to greater study. "For if I believe that I am saved by grace (Eph. 2), then I also must believe that we are Christ's workmanship unto good works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." also "GOD PREPARED WORKS IN WHICH I AM TO WALK" Supporting you I see a theme throughout scripture where God says as a loving parent to His children, "Believe me and obey me or there are consequences" Baptism and the Lord's table were instructions given for us to follow, "that we should walk in them." As such, we must be obedient and follow God's word or we are disobedient children. Regarding the Ethiopian eunuch.... We know that Philip preached Jesus to him Acts 8:35 so he heard the message of salvation and undoubtedly heard about the act of baptism. He asked if there was anything that prohibited him from being baptized. vs 36 37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. We know his response and IMO I believe the eunuch was convicted by the testimony of Philip and was saved before baptism having "believed" in his heart and he "confessed with his mouth" that belief to Philip. The baptism was an act of obedience in response to what he heard Philip preach. Everywhere in scripture after the Lord's resurrection we see people believing first, and then being baptized. To carry on in this obedient frame of mind he would have had to preach the same thing in his household and to his charges which would include obedience to the act of baptism. A question for you dealing with this issue. Would you agree that the Holy Spirit cannot dwell in an unsaved individual in the age of grace? I'm thinking of John 3:18 and Ephesians 4:30 as it applies. God bless! John