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1 Corinthians 15:29 (EHV) Otherwise, what will those people do who get baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why do they even get baptized for them? My understanding is that there were martyrs who died before baptism but desired baptism. In honor of them, one would be baptized…
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Was Judas Iscariot ever a believer in Jesus Christ? Some hold the view that Judas was, and those who do not. We can hold different interpretations without any arguing or fighting about this question. My translation and note on John 6:67-71 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Will youp also turn away?” 68…
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Calvinists believe this passage teaches that people are sheep before they believe. B1 John Piper, “We believe because we are God’s chosen sheep, not vice versa” (Piper, 5 Points, 54). B2 A. W. Pink, the elect “are ‘sheep’ before they believe, yea, before they are born” (Pink, Sovereignty of God, 338). Answer: B1 Passage with…