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Acts 16 — Lydia and the Philippian Jailer

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Acts 16:31–34 — “Having Believed” Means the Jailer Did Not Complete Believing Until After BaptismActs 16:31–34 An Illustration Cannot Rewrite the GospelActs 16:31 The jailer was not told that belief remained ineffective until waterActs 16:30 “Acts 16:31 Was Only the Beginning of the Answer; Baptism in Verse 33 Completes It”Acts 16:31 “Lydia Was Not Judged Faithful Until After She Was Baptized”Acts 16:15 “Paul Said Believe — But the Jailer Wasn't Saved Until After He Was Baptized”Acts 16:31 “The Faith Verses Are Only Shorthand for the Full Plan”Acts 16 “The jailer was baptized immediately, so the water must have completed his salvation.”Acts 16:33 “Thou shalt be saved” is the promise attached to believingActs 16:31 “When Paul said ‘Believe,’ baptism was silently included in the word believe.”Acts 16:30

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A person taught that he was saved before baptism is said to have been baptized for the wrong reason and therefore to need baptism again.YOU MAY HEAR Acts 16:31 Was Only the Beginning of the Answer; Baptism in Verse 33 Completes ItYOU MAY HEAR Acts 16:34 says the jailer “believed in God” after baptism, so his faith was not complete until after water.YOU MAY HEAR An Illustration Cannot Rewrite the GospelYOU MAY HEAR But He Was Baptized That Same HourYOU MAY HEAR Church of Christ response to objection: “Acts 16:31 says ‘believe on the Lord.’YOU MAY HEAR Church of Christ response to objection: “Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.YOU MAY HEAR History Does Not Rewrite DoctrineYOU MAY HEAR HOUSEHOLDS: Lydia, the jailer, and other households are invoked because ancient households could include children.YOU MAY HEAR If Works Are Required Later, Baptism Can Be Required at the BeginningYOU MAY HEAR Lydia is baptized with her household, and Luke does not narrate every individual's faith separately.YOU MAY HEAR Lydia Was Not Judged Faithful Until After She Was BaptizedYOU MAY HEAR Lydia's Household and the Argument from SilenceYOU MAY HEAR MOVE 2 — “No one passage gives the whole plan.” This is used against Acts 16:31.YOU MAY HEAR MOVE 6 — “The jailer wasn't saved until after baptism.” Acts 16:31 names belief as the condition of the salvation promise.YOU MAY HEAR Naaman Had to Dip Seven Times, Yet He Could Not Boast — So Baptism Can Be Required Without Being a WorkYOU MAY HEAR Paul allegedly personally baptized jailer, Corinthians, Ephesians and many others he could not track; used to neutralize 1 Corinthians 1:17.YOU MAY HEAR Paul Baptized the Jailer, the Corinthians, the Ephesians, and So Many Others He Could Not Keep TrackYOU MAY HEAR Paul Said Believe — But the Jailer Wasn't Saved Until After He Was BaptizedYOU MAY HEAR The Faith Verses Are Only Shorthand for the Full PlanYOU MAY HEAR The jailer was baptized immediately, so the water must have completed his salvation.YOU MAY HEAR Water baptism is “an essential part of the plan of salvation.YOU MAY HEAR What About Lydia’s Household?YOU MAY HEAR What happens after the salvation answer is inserted back into the answer as an omitted condition.YOU MAY HEAR What If Someone Says "Baptism Is How You Call on the Name of the Lord"?YOU MAY HEAR When Paul said ‘Believe,’ baptism was silently included in the word believe.YOU MAY HEAR