Conditions:

a)   You must believe (Acts 8:35-39; Hebrews 11:6; James 2:14-26)

b)   You must repent (change) as in Acts 2:36-38

c)   You must be baptized (immersed) Acts 2:38; Acts 22:16; 1 Peter 3:20-21; Mark16:16

d)   You must be baptized ‘into’ Christ to be ‘in’ Christ Romans 6:3-11

e)   You must be baptized ‘into’ Christ where grace and redemption are- to come in contact                  with them. Romans 3:23-24; 2 Timothy 1:9; 2:1

f)    You must be ‘added’ to God’s church: Acts 2:38; 40-41; 47

       ‘For’ (Greek- eis- means ‘for’) the forgiveness of sins- Acts 2:38; Acts 22:16

g)   You must receive the Holy Spirit-God’s seal of redemption- 2 Timothy 2:19; Ephesians                    1:13- 14; 4:30 and our ‘connect’ to the Godhead- Romans 8:26-28; Acts 5:32

h)   You must continue in Faith- James 1:12; James 2:14-26; Hebrews 11; 1 Corinthians 2:7-14                esp. 9. There’s no such thing as ‘once saved, always saved’ in this life.

Well, there you have it in a ‘nutshell’. Anyone, any ‘man-made institution who tells you there            are no conditions or that salvation is unconditional is a liar and a cheat.

b)   You must repent (change)

​The word repent 

Merriam-WebsterMerriam: REPENT is to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one's life.

Repentance is reviewing one's actions and feeling contrition or regret for past wrongs, which is accompanied by commitment to and actual actions that show and prove a change for the better. Wikipedia

In Greek the word 'repent' is a combination of two words. 

Repent: 'metanoeo'  3340 (met-an-o-eh'-o): to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider

From Greek 'metanoia' 3341 (met-an'-oy-ah); from NT:3340; (subjectively) compunction (morally, feel compunction): for guilt, including reformation; by implication reversal.

Compunction: feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.
"spend the money without compunction" (Oxford)

Compunction implies a spontaneous feeling of responsibility or compassion for a potential victim (Merriam-Webster) (Acts 2:36-38) 

Repent is a combination of two Greeks words. 'Meta': NT:3326

a primary preposition (often used adverbially- An adverbial phrase is a group of words that function as an adverb. While an adverb is a single word in many cases, an adverbial phrase consists of more than one word to add more information to a verb, adjective, another adverb, or an entire sentence.

properly, denoting accompaniment; modified variously according to the case (genitive case association- Genitive case definition: The genitive case is an English grammatical case that is used for a noun, pronoun, or adjective that modifies another noun with which it is joined.

'in'-the name of Jesus Christ. Modifies 'baptism' with additional information (no other name given)

'for' the forgiveness of sins.    Modifies 'baptism' with additional information (what for/why be)

Direction: as in 'they went that-a-way or 'this road will take you there'. Thus if you want 'forgiveness of sins',  'the gift of the Holy Spirit', 'redemption', 'reconciliation', 'the grace that is in Christ', 'to be saved', 'to get into Christ', 'to put your faith into Christ', 'to put your works into Christ', 'to be added to the Lord's church', then-

being 'baptized in the name of Jesus Christ' is the road in the right direction to/that will get you there. New Testament Christians went 'that-a-way' folks.

​

The second word- latter part of repent - Greek noeo thus meta-noeo 3539

NT:3539 
noeo (no-eh'-o) or noieo (noy-eh'-o); to exercise the mind (observe), i.e. (figuratively) to comprehend, heed: KJV - consider, perceive, think, understand.

NT:3540  GREEK> noema (no'-ay-mah); from NT:3539; a perception, i.e. purpose, or (by implication) the intellect, disposition, itself: KJV - device, mind, thought.

KJV - after (-ward), hence, hereafter, together, when, Often used in composition, in substantially the same relations of participation or proximity, and transfer or sequence.

​Repent, be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins- 'in' preposition

'in' preposition: It only happens 'here'- in the name of Jesus Christ- no other name given

'proximity'- it only happens here, Romans 6:3 as have been baptized into Christ have been buried with Christ, old self crucified with Christ on the cross, raised to new life with/through Christ 'participation' 

'Transfer' Colossians 1:13-14: For He rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross. NASU

Reconcile- to bring together, harmonize

Participation and proximity- through the blood of His cross Romans 6:3 is our participation and proximity 

Second part of the word 'repent' means to exercise the mind- go and discern what this means, train to discern between good and evil, walk by faith and see more than you ever can or could with the eyes in your head- you want to envision and see through the eyes of your hearts which enlightens and for what purpose, If the eye has not seen, the ear has not heard nor the eye imagined what God has in store for those who love Him- stop trying to understand spiritual things with physical means- spiritual things can only be discerned spiritually- are you Missourian? Are you doubting Didymus? Who? Doubting Thomas. Blessed are those who have not 'seen' (human eye's physically) and believe. With enlightenment that only comes through the eyes of the heart- even a blind man can see what 20/20 vision cannot. 

​Do projector out of focus  to start sermon- then bring into focus- see what glasses will do for you if you need them? Phyical blindness though wish on nobody- is not the worst kind of blindness.

​Preposition: a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element... A preposition is a word—and almost always a very small, very common word—that shows direction. A preposition is a word that tells you where or whensomething is in relation to something else. The word 'for' is a primary preposition. So, consider when Acts 2:38 uses the word 'for' as in for the forgiveness of sins it is both linking ' be baptized' - Christ (

'and' is a conjunction joining two things of equal value or importance each of which must happen to make something happen. Such as 'Repent (change) and  be baptized (immersed) in the name of Jesus Christ' (no other name given under heaven) for 'forgiveness of sins and you will receive the gift (Greek: gratuity) of the Holy Spirit'.

Mark 16:15-16, "And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. NASU

John 3: 16-18,   "He who believes in Him is not judged/condemned; he who does not believe has been judged/condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God". NASUuse

Don’t think for a moment that God’s grace or salvation is unconditional.  

According to His Word It never has been right from the Garden of Eden and, will never be. Genesis 3:1-7.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”

Condition: The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;

3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’”

4 The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! 5 “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be  opened, and you will be like God, knowing  good and  evil.” 6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. NASU

Even when the one and only church that Jesus built was established there were conditions. After Peter gave the first Gospel sermon during Pentecost AD 33, when asked by those listening who believed, “What shall we do?” this was his response. “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins and you shall receive the gift (indwelling) of the Holy Spirit.

SCRIPTORIALS

YOUR PLACE TOO!

Let's Talk...

ALL ABOUT  YOU!

GOOD NEWS!

WELCOME HOME

DIRECTIONS

a)   You must believe (Acts 8:35-39; Hebrews 11:6; James 2:14-26)

James 2:14-26

14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. 

18 But someone may well say,

"You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works."

19 You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.

20 But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

22 You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected;

23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God.

24 You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone.

25 In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. NASU

HOME AT LAST

ABOUT US!

a)   You must believe (Acts 8:35-39; Hebrews 11:6; James 2:14-26)

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. NASU

a)   You must believe (Acts 8:35-39; Hebrews 11:6; James 2:14-26)

Acts 8:35-39

35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him. 36 As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, Look! "Water! What prevents me from being baptized?"

37 And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." 

38 And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized (Greek - immersed) him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his way rejoicing. NASU

GET IN TOUCH

There's an old saying that goes, 'Seeing is believing'. There's another that runs, 'I'm from Missouri- show me!' Missouri- its nickname, 'the Show Me State'. Popular legend says the name was coined when a Missouri congressman said "I am from Missouri. You have got to show me." Apparently his statement meant that actions speak louder than words. Another version circa 1897 postulates that hundreds of free railroad passes were issued to people with connections to the Missouri legislature. The conductor, when told that passengers on the train had passes, would insist, “You've got to show me.”

By that reasoning, one would think the Gospel would be a tougher sell in Missouri and tougher yet in the state legislature inasmuch as Christians walk by faith not sight. With Amtrak's record some might say you take the same approach to riding the train where 'taking a pass' has different meaning.

b)   You must repent (change) as in Acts 2:36-38

Acts 2:36-38

Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ—this Jesus whom you crucified."

37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?"

38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift (Greek - gratuity) of the Holy Spirit. NASU

THE LORD'S DAY

AT  YOUR SERVICE

Conditions