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Acts 9 & 22 — Paul, Ananias, and “Wash Away Thy Sins”

This Bible study keeps every distinct claim and common response for Acts 9 & 22 — Paul, Ananias, and “Wash Away Thy Sins” together. Start with the exact wording you just heard, then open that claim for the full Bible answer.

“Acts 22:16 Proves Paul Was Still in His Sins Until Water Baptism”Acts 22:16; Acts 9 “1 Peter 3:21 Proves Baptism Is How Saul ‘Called on the Name of the Lord’ in Acts 22:16”Acts 22:16; 1 Peter 3:21 “Arise, and Be Baptized, and Wash Away Thy Sins”Acts 22 “Paul’s Order Was Faith, Spirit Outpouring, Baptism, Then Permanent Indwelling”Acts 22

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A recent Church of Christ defense argues that “calling” is an adverbial participle of manner and that baptism and washing are the way Saul cal…YOU MAY HEAR Acts 22:16 is shortened to baptism plus washing, then used to make the water act the point at which guilt is actually washed away.YOU MAY HEAR Acts 22:16 proves water washes away sins OR can be grammatically severed from baptismYOU MAY HEAR Acts 8 proves faith → baptism → first indwellingYOU MAY HEAR Arise, and Be Baptized, and Wash Away Thy SinsYOU MAY HEAR be baptized and wash away thy sins” proves water efficiently removes guilt.YOU MAY HEAR believe -> baptism -> first saving/permanent indwelling.YOU MAY HEAR Brother Saul” alone proves salvation before water.YOU MAY HEAR But Acts 2:38, Mark 16:16, Acts 22:16, Romans 6, Galatians 3, and 1 Peter 3:21 Say OtherwiseYOU MAY HEAR encounter/faith -> Spirit outpouring -> baptism -> permanent indwelling.YOU MAY HEAR MOVE 7 — “Acts 22 grammar says baptism is calling on the Lord.” The grammar joins baptism, washing, and calling.YOU MAY HEAR Outpouring of the Spirit” is different from “indwelling,” and water is between themYOU MAY HEAR Paul’s conversion follows “outpouring → baptism → indwellingYOU MAY HEAR Paul’s Order Was Faith, Spirit Outpouring, Baptism, Then Permanent IndwellingYOU MAY HEAR Calling on the name of the Lord in Acts 22:16 means making an appeal to God; 1 Peter 3:21 identifies baptism as that appeal, so Saul called on the Lord through baptism and washed away his sins.YOU MAY HEAR Saul believed, confessed Jesus as Lord, obeyed, fasted in repentance, prayed, and received visions before baptism, yet Ananias still told him to wash away his sins; therefore those responses did not save him before baptism.YOU MAY HEAR If belief alone were sufficient, Peter would have told the Acts 2 hearers they were already saved, and Ananias would not have told believing, confessing, repentant Saul to wash away his sins.YOU MAY HEAR