If that's what you mean, God said in the last days I will pour out my spirit on all flesh.
I explained in post #30 about your comment
#30 "Getting back to that "all flesh" verse you quote from Acts 2:14 above; It really didn't indicate that 'that baptism' was 'their choice' on the day of Pentecost. The
whole body of Christ received that baptism in a sovereign move of God. And that was the same pattern used at the house of the Gentile Roman Cornelius, when Peter preached the gospel, for the first time, to Gentiles, and they also spoke in tongues.
I'd like to share a teaching one time years ago, which said that the Greek words "
pas sarx" were translated as "all flesh". Then he said those 2 words could have, just as correctly, been translated as "whole body". And on the day of Pentecost it was the "whole body" of believers, that the supernatural power from the Holy Spirit was poured out upon them, and supernatural tongues was spoken out of them."
"If a person does not want to be baptized by water, it means he is not obedient, then how can he be baptized by the Holy Spirit."
Like I shared earlier. It happened on the day of Pentecost and it happened at the house of Cornelius and it happened to me. We all received the baptism from/of the Holy Spirit of God, before being water baptized which is a baptism that accomplishes what?
1PE 3:21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
If you think this is a contradiction in terms.
Not sure I understand this comment.
I always feel that as a follower of God, why do we always take ourself to compare with unbelievers? As we boast how good we are?
God wishes all men to be saved, then we should wish all men to be saved.
KJV 1TI 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
God doesn't "
wish" or "
desire" in that verse in 1Tim 2:4. Those are simply bad bible interpretations of the Gr. word 2309 THELO explained below. He "
wills" or determines salvation of all. That's why I said earlier I believe in "
predestination" from God concerning when someone gets "
called" "
drawn" or "
chosen" by God to even hear the gospel for the first time. He gives you the "
ears to hear" His will
2309
thelo: to determine (as an act option from subj impulse;
whereas 1014 prop
denotes rather a passive acquiescence in obj considerations), ie choose or prefer (lit or fig); by impl to wish, ie be inclined to (sometimes adv gladly); impers. for the fut tense, to be about to; by Heb. to delight in
No matter what whether a man believes in Christ,only God can make a man believes in him.
Cuz God said no one seek him.
Agreed as shown above'
Sorry this post is so late
@soberxp . I was on too many threads, and
I just found this thread again. I am also done with those others which I can't keep up with either. As to your post above;
I agree they are in disobedience. But show me any body here who isn't in disobedience somewhere in their life. If you commit 1 sin after being born-again, you are in disobedience.
