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Hmmm. I believe the Holy Spirit is in both Father and Son .. but I don't believe it stands for the one or the other. My thought is that the Holy Spirit of the Holy Ghost (pre-incarnate and post-resurrection Christ) is the "mind of the Lord -- the Holy Ghost being in direct communication with...

The "kingdom of heaven" is more than just the church .. it is the whole of creation that the Son rules only in the spiritual sense and only over those who are saved (OT and NT). B/c of Adam's fall, Satan is the god of this world (2Cor 4:4). Eph 5:32 calls Christ's headship of the church a...

Well, I think when we say that God is a Spirit, we are talking about the Father whose body is seen in visions (Rev 4:2-3 for instance) which makes Him a Person. I think you are going to like how that plays out. God is also the Holy Ghost and God is also the Son, both of which embody the...

No. And you are right. Paul only preached one gospel .. same gospel as Peter at Pentecost .. same sinful man, same repentance, same salvation. Now there did come a time in 1Cor 2 that Paul felt that the church was divided by the same thing you are saying -- that Paul preached a different...

Yeah, I'm sorry if that set you on a confrontational footing. But what I am seeing you say here is, if we have the Bible (Spirit of God), "He will teach us." First, I don't believe that the Spirit is a Person. Second, a lot of people make that mistake (IMO) of confusing the Spirit with the...

See, this right here anticipates the Gentiles(underlined). Like I said, the gospel doesn't change just because it is to the Jews. In fact, Jesus said, "To the Jews first and then to the Greeks." BTW, I'm not about "baptismal salvation" and neither is the Bible. The gospel of Jesus Christ is...

The gospel is the gospel, HR. Observe that both Peter and Paul preached a gospel of repentance from sin (Acts 3:19, 17:30, 20:21, 26:20, etc.). Sure, his sermon included prophecy for Israel. That has no effect on what the gospel is or is not. skypair

I realized last night in my prayers that I was a little "cheeky" with you in saying "your problem is…" It's actually our problem in not understanding one another and, perhaps, the scriptures correctly. But back to the subject at hand. First, every member of the Trinity is of the same one...

OK, first I would ask where you get your gospel from if not Acts 2:36-40. Second, like the newspaper that comes with "news" every day, the gospel you seem to be talking about is a gospel that doesn't affect your life. Are the "great commissioned" simply old world newspaper boys? Next I would...

That's good 101G. :) Obviously that teacher does reveal but the revealer doesn't teach, right? Not sure I see the problem here. I believe that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and Holy Ghost and Son whereas the Holy Ghost proceeds only from the Father. So Holy Ghost = Spirit of truth =...

That would be a lie, of course. Thanks for clearing that up. skypair

I only add the command that God gave according to the gospel of the new covenant. You can't say that there is nothing commanded of believers of the gospel because disobedience brings blindness and death. skypair

I am sure I don't understand what you mean here, but 3000 people were added to the CHURCH that day. "Go therefore and teach all nations..." Teach them what? The gospel of Jesus Christ .. and Peter did just that. Then he baptized "them in the name of ..." Now if you are purporting to have...

What's to be aware of? Is Acts 2:36-40 the gospel or is it not? Does it command us to, not just believe ("faith alone," 2:37), but to repent in order to receive forgiveness and the Holy Ghost? skypair

The thief came to Christ under the OT "gospel of the kingdom." That was repentance in the form of turning to God from sin and trusting in the coming of Messiah when sins would be forgiven. We do see the thief acknowledging his sin and turning to Messiah, right? He did ask Jesus for...

You should be able to see the difference in these verses in the KJV: Jn 7:39, 1Cor 12:3, 1Cor 2:7 vs 10 (Spirit reveals, Ghost teaches mysteries, hidden/deep things of God), Acts 2:17 vs 2:4, 2:38. Let me know if you can see the difference or not. :) skypair

"Appears to me" is just another way of saying that there is a difference in definitions between belief and faith. I am familiar with pistes and convinced that the Greek doesn't tell the whole story. So belief leads to repentance leads to faith. If you believe (Acts 2:37), you act (2:38), and...

The Holy Ghost is not the Holy Spirit as your paradigm assumes. So Jesus is the "Son of God," right? Well, the Father is God and the Holy Ghost is God -- so the Holy Ghost overshadows Mary and the Spirit of God conceives Jesus. Remember, the angel told Mary that she would be the mother of...

I have diagramed them with a van diagram -- three circles overlapping in one central triangle which is the Holy Spirit (much like you would have 2 circles overlapping). But there are 3 persons, as I explained above .. 3 actual embodiments of the Holy Spirit .. 3 bodies that have been witnessed...

The phrase "by faith" indicates to me that there was some act done by faith, no? So yes, the relationship began with belief. But belief is not faith .. it is simple agreement or assent. So one might say instead of "by faith," showing faith Abraham obeyed. In fact, it would be unbelief not to...