A BASIC DEFECTIVE PREMISE OF THE FALSE CHRISTIAN CULTS
The "believe only" cults are basing their salvation upon the defective premise that the early Christians to whom the original epistles were addressed, "believed" the apostles, but didn't obey them. Then they are also building upon their defective premise that the apostles accepted as "brethren" folks who refused to obey them.
Every time that a deceiving cultist leads a victim to the book of Galatians, or Romans, or Ephesians to "explain" to them why obedience
to Acts 2:38 isn't necessary for salvation; they deceptively ignore the fact that the addressees of the epistles of the Bible were those who had OBEYED the Acts 2:38 plan of salvation.
Unless a person BECOMES a Christian, they are NOT even the individuals that epistles containing the benevolent promises are addressed to. It's as if they are holding a promissory note that is addressed to someone else. They rejoice about its promised value (which is real), but don't realize that it's not addressed to them. The benevolent promises of God are only for those who OBEY Him.
A brief glance at just a couple of scriptures serves to expose the majority of these cultists.
True preachers teach why the Bible needs to be obeyed, while the Satanic cultists "proclaim" their "salvation without obedience".
The book of Romans shows that a "non-believer" was recognized by "lack of obedience" to the original Apostolic message (Acts 2:38)
Romans 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
Deceivers often take verses from Ephesians (a letter to the CHURCH at Ephesus), and ignore the fact that the Ephesian Church was FOUNDED upon the Acts 2:38 plan of salvation. The membership of the Ephesian Church had ALREADY OBEYED Acts 2:38.
Notice carefully the founding of the Ephesian church and pay careful attention to Paul adhering faithfully to the Acts 2:38 plan even though John the Baptist had already baptised those individuals.
Acts 19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
Acts 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much
as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Here also is clear proof in verse 2 that a person doesn't receive the Holy Ghost just because they "believe". The "believe only" cultists will often teach that lie.
Acts 19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
When Paul saw that they had not received the Spirit (of Christ), he questioned the validity of their baptism.
Acts 19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe
on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
Believers were/are ALWAYS obeyers.
Acts 19:5 When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Folks who had been baptised by John the Baptist himself had to be RE-Baptised in Jesus name in order to become Christians.
Acts 19:6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
After obeying Christian baptism they did receive the same Spirit of Christ that the Apostles had received in Acts 2:4.
When the folks in Acts 2:4 spoke in tongues they were speaking in Earthly languages, just languages that they did not know.
Acts 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Other tongues was the only evidence that the Apostles accepted that anyone had received the Holy Ghost.
Acts 10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
Acts 10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
Regards,
Bro. Winter
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