Last week I was riding home from work and we had to slow down to 40 mph on I-15 because a cowboy was trotting on his horse across the highway, apparently after some wayward cattle. Not galloping, just a measured trot.
It gave me Vu-ja-dey: the feeling that I've NEVER experienced Anything like this before. Hurray for life in the semi-rural American West!
posted by Kibble @ 10:04 AM
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KERI! thanks so much for posting on my blog. i didn't know if you had a blog, but now i do, and i like your post. thats utah for you. ;) anyway, im sad that you guys can't make it, but i'm sure its expensive and short notice... and i'd give you my address right here and now, but if i did that i wouldn't have any reason to call you guys! and since i haven't talked to you both for a reallly long time, i'll probably call you this weekend. tell erock that i love him and miss him, and hope you guys are doing well. :)
well i just realized that this is a community blog, so that last post is for Keri/Eric... and now i say hi to d-bo, the kibbys (i assume thats who this is) amy, lucandira...? and anyone who reads this blog. i like it.
CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD?
What is the meaning of calling on the name of the Lord? Many assume that believing in Jesus and saying a form of a sinner's prayer constitutes, calling on the name of the Lord. The problem with that theory is none of the conversions under the New Covenant support that assumption. Not one time is anyone ever told to believe and say the sinner's prayer in order to be saved.
The apostle Peter on the Day of Pentecost quoted the prophet Joel, Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." (NKJV)
The apostle Peter preached the first gospel sermon under the New Covenant. Peter did not tell the 3000 converts to believe and say the sinner's prayer.
Peter preached the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. He preached Jesus as both Lord and Christ. When they heard this they asked Peter and the rest of the brethren what they should do?(Acts 2:22-37) Peter told them what to do. Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(NKJV)
How did the 3000 on the Day of Pentecost call on the name of the Lord and become saved?
1. They believed that Jesus was both Lord and Christ.
2. They believed that God raised Jesus from the grave.
3. They repented. Repentance is a change of heart. Repentance means to be converted so that God may forgive your sins. Repentance is to make the intellectual commitment to turn from sin and turn toward God. (Acts 3:19, Acts 2:38)
4. They were immersed in water (baptized) so that their sins could be forgiven.
How did the 3000 on the Day of Pentecost not call on the name of the Lord?
1. They did not say a sinner's prayer.
2. Not one person was asked to pray for forgiveness.
3. Not one single man was told to be baptized as a testimony of his faith.
4. No one was told that water baptism was a just an act of obedience.
5. No one was informed they were saved the very minute they believed.
6. Not one person was told that water baptism was not essential for the forgiveness of sins.
7. Not one person was told to be baptized so they could join a denominational church.
Jesus said he that believes and is baptized shall be saved. (Mark 16"16) Jesus did not say he who believes and says a sinner's prayer shall be saved.
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