hi taken,
I refer you to
@BreadOfLife post #2. He articulates it very well. The only thing I would add is
Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit”. For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him” (2:38-39).
Mary, I have ZERO desire to be shuffled off to lend an ear to BOL.
I am Speaking TO YOU. If you do not know WHAT YOU DO, or WHAT you BELIEVE, or WHY you believe it...I surely am not going to ASK another person.
You stated, YOUR were BABY BAPTIZED...IN THE SPIRIT of God...
YOU ALSO Stated:
You have NO memory of that event.
There is NOT ONE IOTA of your claims THAT YOU Chose to BELIEVE IN God or Christ Jesus, BEFORE (you claim your received the Holy Spirit).
WHERE in ALL OF Scripture is it TAUGHT, A Confession of BELIEF IS NOT NECESSARY for a person to RECEIVE the Holy Spirit?
Instead of cherry picking scripture to fit what I believe both I look at ALL OF SCRIPTURE and what The Christian Church has practiced/believed for 2,000 years.
That's great YOU consider ALL of Scripture.
But yet NOT ONE SCRIPTURE do you Present says...
Anything about anyone receiving the Baptism of the Holy Spirit without Confessing Belief.
I already KNOW, wHAt your church men TEACH...
I already KNOW, you ACCEPT their Teacching.
I already KNOW, ou are IMPRESSED and ACCEPTING of a long TRADITION of your chruch.
NO need to keep repeating those facts.
So by all means...DO CHERRYPICK, and REVEAL THE BEST Scripture that SAYS, Confession IS NOT NECESSARY for a person to Receive the Holy Spirit!!!
Do CHERRYPICK the BEST Scripture that teaches for men to BAPTIZE ANYONE, who has not made a Confession of Belief.
You cherry pick Scripture
ABSOLUTELY, I DO CHERRYPICK BY quOTING the BEST Scripture to VERIFY the Point I am making.
Absolutely, there is no need for me to QUOTE the entire Scriptures. You are a big girl, you can read for yourself.
and accept what the Protestant's have believed/practiced for 500 years.
Stop trying to compare what I do, to what YOU do. I have never said, ANYTHING, about Baseing MY Beliefs ON Protestant men.
Scripture and your own Christian history teach opposite of what you believe.
You make a FALSE Scriptural Claim, then you make a FALSE Personal Claim against me.
Scripture DOES NOT TEACH;
Baptism of the Holy Spirit WITHOUT Confession.
(AS YOU CLAIM)
Scripture REVEALS CONFESSION of the Individual First, Before the individual receives the Holy Spirit.
It is YOUR church leaders, that IMPLEMENTED
(Baby) Baptism WITHOUT the individuals Consent, testimony, confession...
And YOUR church leaders, WHO proclaimed THEY accept that as the INDIVIDUAL having received the Holy Spirit....
And YOUR church leaders, WHO passed down through generations, MAKING Baby Baptism a TRADITION of YOUR church.
And IT IS YOU, who Accept your church leaders acceptance of their OWN devised ceremonies...
And it is YOU, who Accept the Proclamations, of your clerics,
And the Traditions of your Church...
Okie dokie....Acknowledged for the umpteenth time, what you accept...
NOW; WHERE IN SCRIPTURE Are THOSE THINGS "YOU ACCEPT" TAUGHT???
And YeS, Cherrypick...ie...PICK THE BEST Scripture that teaches,
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit IS RECEIVED WITHOUT Confession of Belief.
Glory to God,
Taken