@Anthony D'Arienzo. I have several questions for you, in particular about how you have no qualms about serving the Accuser of the Brethren, as will be demonstrated below. Keep in mind, I'm not posting this resentfully, but it nevertheless has to be done. We cannot have established members here at Christianity Board going around serving the Devil in the name of serving the Lord Jesus Christ, so your behavior will have to be corrected. You wanted to have a conversation with me as per the following words you posted in another thread, so here we go:
The Army Of The Lord
Let's start here: As you know, we had a new member join our forum a few days ago, and he was sharing his testimony of when he got saved. Included in his testimony he shared a vision He received that He remembered vividly. His words were, "7 years to the week, if not the day, after I had this vision, I led worship for the first Sunday morning service of the new Brantford Vineyard. I was part of the church plant. That time for me was almost like living in Heaven. All God, all the time. I was so in love with Him that I'd stay up late just to talk with Him. He was more important to me than sleep. When I had the vision, I hadn't talked to God in years...
He was talking about what happened to him AFTER he had the vision, yet your immediate accusatory response was along the lines of:
So you led worship and it was like living in Heaven.. yet you hadn't talked to God in years?
You then quoted him again, as saying, "I had my first vision, though I didn't know what it was at the time. As I stood there listening, I saw somewhere else. It was like a curtain was in front of me, like a Jewish prayer shawl. A hand holding a sword burst through the curtain and plunged it into my belly."
Your response to that was:
Oh yeah, the new convert getting stabbed by a sword in the belly dream, of course!
People don't just receive visions about who and what they are at the time, but also about who and what they will become; what they are called to become. But you yet again had no problem sitting in the office of the Accuser and condemning him, not only concerning a complimentary vision God gave him but even questioning his salvation (And I can go on and give more quotes from you if needed).
Do you not see a problem in acting like this, Anthony?
While I am at it, I asked you another question, TWICE, that you have flatly refused to answer, so here it is again.
101G posted the following about Acts 2:
Your response was:
My question to that was:
How about it, Anthony? What's your response? This will be my third time asking you now.
The Army Of The Lord
Let's start here: As you know, we had a new member join our forum a few days ago, and he was sharing his testimony of when he got saved. Included in his testimony he shared a vision He received that He remembered vividly. His words were, "7 years to the week, if not the day, after I had this vision, I led worship for the first Sunday morning service of the new Brantford Vineyard. I was part of the church plant. That time for me was almost like living in Heaven. All God, all the time. I was so in love with Him that I'd stay up late just to talk with Him. He was more important to me than sleep. When I had the vision, I hadn't talked to God in years...
He was talking about what happened to him AFTER he had the vision, yet your immediate accusatory response was along the lines of:
So you led worship and it was like living in Heaven.. yet you hadn't talked to God in years?
You then quoted him again, as saying, "I had my first vision, though I didn't know what it was at the time. As I stood there listening, I saw somewhere else. It was like a curtain was in front of me, like a Jewish prayer shawl. A hand holding a sword burst through the curtain and plunged it into my belly."
Your response to that was:
Oh yeah, the new convert getting stabbed by a sword in the belly dream, of course!
People don't just receive visions about who and what they are at the time, but also about who and what they will become; what they are called to become. But you yet again had no problem sitting in the office of the Accuser and condemning him, not only concerning a complimentary vision God gave him but even questioning his salvation (And I can go on and give more quotes from you if needed).
Do you not see a problem in acting like this, Anthony?
While I am at it, I asked you another question, TWICE, that you have flatly refused to answer, so here it is again.
101G posted the following about Acts 2:
Acts 2:38 "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost."
Acts 2:39 "For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."
we ask, is the Lord still calling people unto himself, even today, this very hour? well if yes, (and he is), then the gift is for them as well as us when we was called.
Your response was:
The promise is of resurrection unto life, not weird dreams
My question to that was:
Anthony, where in the context of Acts 2 is the subject matter about the resurrection and not the outpouring?
Acts 2:14-19 is about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Yes, Acts 2:22-31 is about the resurrection of Christ, but Peter brings it up to explain what has made the outpouring possible in verse 33. He then addresses the promise of his hearers receiving the outpouring in Verse 38, and he identifies this as the specific promise he is referring to in verse 39.
I think you are reinterpreting the word to fit your doctrine rather than letting it interpret itself.
Blessings in Christ,
- H
How about it, Anthony? What's your response? This will be my third time asking you now.