Debate with Campbellite Preachers #4: Acts 2:38 & Baptism

Larry Wessels, director of Christian Answers of Austin, Texas/ Christian Debater (YouTube channel CANSWERSTV; websites: BIBLEQUERY.ORG, HISTORYCART.COM & MUSLIMHOPE.COM) is joined by Bob L. Ross, author of "Acts 2:38 and Baptismal Remission," "The Restoration Movement," "Campbellism, Its History & Heresies" (website: PILGRIMPUBLICATIONS.COM) for a review of a debate with two "Church of Christ" preachers named Don Bennett & George Williams. A brief exposition of "Church of Christ" history is given along with actual debate clips. For much more on "Church of Christ," "Disciples of Christ," "International Church of Christ," "The Christian Church," etc. go to YAHOO VIDEO (type in LARRY WESSELS in the search box once on their homepage). The rise of many modern cults (Mormonism, Christadelphians, etc.) came out of this19th century Campbellite religious movement. This particular episode has a Campbellite preacher declaring that "no reputable translation of the Bible would translate Acts 2:38 with the words 'because of.'" Greek Bible scholars & translations would beg to differ with the self confident "Church of Christ" preacher whose interpretation of Acts 2:38 comes from Alexander Campbell.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• David Lipcomb
• Freed
• NB
• Hardeman
• University of Cincinnati
• Synecdoche
• Ancient Gospel
• Acts 2:38
• Restorationism
• Baptismal Regeneration
• Max Lucado
• Charles
• Haddon
• Spurgeon
• Christian Church
• Second Law of Pardon
• Creed
• Disciples of Christ
• Spiritual Sword
• Getwell
• Antis
• Missionary
• Societies
• Acts of the Apostles
• Gospel Plan
• Gospel
• Pattern
• water
• baptism
• repentance
• salvation
• Alexander Campbell
• millennial
• harbinger
• Book chapter & verse
• Abilene
• denomination
• sect
• foreknowledge
• works

[ey372]

The Church Of Christ is a movement, but not by man's will. but by God's Will, because its in the Holy Bible along with the Form(pattern) Of teaching that was left by Christ-Romans, 6:17. Chruc Of Christ-Minister Dennis Melton

[CAnswersTV]

@ey372 Do you realize we have 172 comments on this video? Obviously you haven't read them or our replies. You're only proving to everyone reading this that you're a true Campbellite since you're simply saying what all the other Campbellites (like a broken record) say. The problem you have is the same problem that all the other Campbellites have, namely, you haven't been indwelt by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19-20, 1 Cor 3:16, Romans 8:8-17, etc) & thus you can't understand (1 Cor 2:14).

[Yeppr]

HAAAVE MERCY I DON'T NO MORE KNOW WHAT THESE MEN ARE TALKING BOUT THAN THE MAN ON THA MOON. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S FOR THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AND WHO'S AGAINST THEM.

[CAnswersTV]

@Yeppr Let's see if we can help your understanding but it may be impossible in your case since it would require basic intelligence. There may be hope since even public schools have special education departments for their mentally deficient students so we'll try to make this so simple a moron would get it. The "Church of Christ" guys in this video say only "Church of Christ" members who are water baptized are saved & everyone else is going to hell, get it? The guys that don't agree aren't "CoC."

[MrRoycelong]

Churches of Christ are a pro-homosexual cult and they take their name from the very scripture they knowingly pervert to their own destruction.

Rom 16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.

[CAnswersTV]

@sorens70601 You can be a "missionary" & claim to "know" the Bible all your life but at the same time never come to a knowledge of the truth (2 Tim 3:7). The apostle Paul ran into people like you all of the time. People have been Jehovah's Witnesses all of their lives (see our Youtube series "JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES: DECEIVED DECEIVERS") & they claim like you do, "conditional security" for your salvation. In other words you say to "keep on doing enough good works" to be saved. Wrong, Eph 2:8-10!

[CAnswersTV]

@bullawaya You can study the Bible all your life & never come to a knowledge of the truth (2 Timothy 3:7), that's why you need God to save you by His Holy Spirit (Acts 10:44-48) as Cornelius & his household were. They did not "save" themselves, but God did it by His sovereign GRACE (not by any water baptism that Cornelius performed either). They were BORN AGAIN by a supernatural act of God BEFORE they were baptized. God sent the angel to both Cornelius & Peter, get it? God ORDAINED everything.

[CAnswersTV]

@bullawaya There's where you're wrong my friend. You lamely CLAIM that the word "foreknow" means "to know beforehand, nothing else" which ignores the base Greek word "proginosko" found not only in Rom 8:29 but also Acts 26:5, 1 Peter 1:20, 2 Peter 3:17 but has as its derivative Greek word "ginosko" meaning to "know experientially, to know intuitively, to have a relationship with" (as mentioned before in Matthew 7:23, Amos 3:2, etc), get it? Thus "foreknew" implies a relationship like marriage.