What does James Dunn mean by “conversion-initiation”?
Salvation or entrance into the Kingdom of God
What is the OT paradigm of salvation?
- Encountered by God
2. Call upon the name of the Lord
What is the NT paradigm of salvation?
- Having the name called over you
2. Infilling of the Spirit
What is the point of showing other places in Scripture than Acts to establish our doctrine of pneumatology?
Baptism & receiving the HG is more than just an acts experience but a whole Bible experience. It showed the apostles agreed and were in unity.
How does Jn. 3:3-8 inform soteriology and pneumatology?
You have to be born of the water and of the spirit in order to be saved.
What is Jn. 3:5 a repetition and expansion of?
John 3:3
What does Jesus show about the two components regarding water and spirit baptism in Jn. 3:5?
It’s two parts of one thing. They are both needed for entrance into the kingdom of God.
What does the Greek in Jn. 3:5 clearly show (even according to Belleville)?
There is unity between “water-spirit”… Both are unmet conditions
How does 1 Cor. 6:11 inform soteriology and pneumatology?
The text is not about baptism alone
