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    John of Japan replied to the thread It is Finished.
    I don't believe it is the suffering, but the atonement. Everything must be according to context, but there is not enough context to be...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread how to become a baptist?.
    I had a pastor friend who went on a trip, and his assistant baptized for the first time. He goofed, and said the words while holding the...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread how to become a baptist?.
    To my knowledge, Southside BC ceased to exist, maybe as a judgment from God about how they treated my Dad. (One leader against my Dad...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread how to become a baptist?.
    I visited the church back in the day, and knew the pastor, but I don't remember anything about a Bible college there. As far as I...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread It is Finished.
    I have absolutely no desire to get into the Cal/Arm debates. That would be paraphrase, so no. Nobody does that. There is no contextual...
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    I'm a Lifeline Bible Only advocate! ;) That is the Japanese NT translation from the TR that I was the lead translator for. (We were in...
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    Lantz's 2nd example is "pineth away" in Mark 9:18. He appears to have never heard "pine away" in modern English, but it is definitely...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread It is Finished.
    I have to correct my own grammar. Τετέλεσται is actually a passive, so there would be no direct object. However, there is no stated...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread how to become a baptist?.
    Dad pastored Southside Baptist Church (IFB) in Millington 1962-1965. The church is no longer there, but we had a lot of sailors come...
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    Goes without saying bro! Is there any sort of baptism?:Roflmao Interesting how such things work out!
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    John of Japan replied to the thread It is Finished.
    No, but that form of the word occurs only here in Scripture. As I said, some lexicons have simply the word "pay" as one meaning, so yes...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread how to become a baptist?.
    One is a Baptist if one holds to the "Baptist distinctives." There are some different lists, but here is a quick list: 1. Salvation by...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread how to become a baptist?.
    By immersion, or you're not a Baptist. That is exactly what happened to famous Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson on the ship over to...
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    John of Japan reacted to JonC's post in the thread It is Finished with Like Like.
    The theology student part of me wants to examine it from a Catholic perspective. The 57 year old part me does not have that much time...
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    John of Japan replied to the thread It is Finished.
    Τελέω (of which τελεῖτε is the present active indicative 2nd person singular) certainly can mean "pay," as Martin has shown. Mounce...
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