“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness<\/em>” (II Timothy 2:15-16).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Question: Just read\u00a0your article on Acts 2:38. Satan certainly has you fooled! Answer: I assume you are referring to “Is Acts 2:38 Heresy?” Given that you offer only an empty opinion, not answering according to scripture as God commands (I Peter 4:11), the evidence in regards to foolishness doesn’t point in the direction you think.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[144,52],"class_list":["post-22929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-acts","tag-baptism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20518,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/isnt-acts-238-under-the-old-covenant\/","url_meta":{"origin":22929,"position":0},"title":"Isn’t Acts 2:38 under the Old Covenant?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello, I have a question for you. Isn't Acts 2:38 still under the Old Covenant? I notice that everyone saved after Acts 2:38 was told to just believe. 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