This debate was held from May 3-7, 1943 in Huntsville, AL. Disputants were Gus Nichols and C. J. Weaver.
Proposition 1:
The Scriptures teach that baptism with the Holy Ghost is for the sanctification of all Christians, the eradication of evil nature, or inborn sin, and is to continue throughout the gospel dispensation, or Christian age.
Affirmative: C. J. Weaver
Negative: Gus Nichols
Proposition 2:
The Scriptures teach that the signs and miracles done by the apostles and other disciples, as recorded in the New Testament, were to cease, or to be done away, at the close of the apostolic age, or by the time the complete will of God was revealed and confirmed in the New Testament.
Affirmative: Gus Nichols
Negative: C. J. Weaver
Proposition 3:
The Scriptures teach that water baptism to a penitent believer of the gospel is unto the remission of alien sins, or is a condition of salvation from past sins.
Affirmative: Gus Nichols
Negative: C. J. Weaver
Proposition 4:
The Scriptures teach that alien sinners are saved from their past sins upon the conditions of repentance, confession of sins, and faith, before and without water baptism.
Affirmative: C. J. Weaver
Negative: Gus Nichols
Proposition 5:
The washing of the saints’ feet, as an act of worship in the church (in connection with the Lord’s Supper or other such items) is authorized in the Scriptures.
Affirmative: C. J. Weaver
Negative: Gus Nichols
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