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Can one be “born of the Spirit” through the Spirits word? We are “born” through obedience to the teaching of the Spirit. That is what that means. It does not mean we all literally receive the Spirit. They didn’t even receive it in the first century. Read acts 8 and you will see the Samaritans...

Says who??? You? Your “pastor”? Do you know what it means to “call on the name of the lord”? Check out my thread on that subject. You think that is just some prayer or some call out to God from the foot of your bed? If so then we should find it in Gods word for the Bible is its own best...

acts 10 does NOT say we will ALL receive the HS before baptism. The only reason Cornelius was baptized in the HS was to convince the Jews that were there that God will accept gentiles just as well as Jews. It took three miracles to get Cornelius and his household saved. Are you saying we...

Amen. But you first have to become a child of God and you don’t get there all by yourself..

This story is teaching us the importance of obedience. Let’s make application to today. Today the Lord commands and promises.... He that believes and is baptized shall be saved. Man teaches...... he that believes, is saved, and then maybe later you can be baptized if you feel like it.. Now...

I never saw Jesus but I believe. There is plenty of credible evidence to support it. now why would I believe a story like that? It is unverifiable. Anybody can make any claim like that they want. You want to compare believing in that garbage compared to believing in Christ? You can’t be...

We are not clear. John the Baptist DID NOT teach “baptism in the name of the lord”. Johns baptism was a different baptism then what Jesus commanded in the great commission. The OT NEVER foretold of people being saved all by themselves through the operation of the Spirit. Read acts 3:21-26. I...

I’m sorry but I think I missed your post. All one needs to do is study the book of Acts.. In acts 2, after the first gospel sermon, believers were told to repent and be baptized for remission of sins. They were then added to the church. Acts 8 we find Samaritans believing and being baptized...

Do Bible examples matter? Does anybody care to engage in this study? If they do....then what authority do they hold? Are they binding on Christians today? Does anybody care about this?

You just made every bit of this post up. This is 100% your opinion. You don’t like the facts so you explain it away by your own reasoning. That is what all of “Christendom” does. For instance... John NEVER baptized “in the name of the lord”. His baptism was looking forward to a coming...

I want to deal with this idea about me asking a question “coming through the window”, as if it is something dishonest. Did Christ ever do that? Let’s look... Matthew 21:24-27 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you...

Sure, Barnabas was an even apostle in that sense of the word, acts 14:14 , but he was not one of the twelve promised the power of the HS in John and in acts 1. And he was not Paul. Philip and Barnabas were NOT apostles in the same sense that the twelve and Paul were. That is a fact. What’s...

The Philip of acts 8 is the evangelist mentioned in acts 6.. In Acts 6:2 the 12 called on the church to choose some men to be servants. One of them was Stephen and another was Philip. Chapter 7 is an account of Stephen preaching and acts 8 is an account of Philip preaching. This was not...

I still dont even know what “snip” means.

Let’s post your comments again.. Where in any of the above do you see evidence of more then the twelve. I challenge anybody to read John 13-17 and show me all the evidence that proves there was more promised the HG then the apostles present..

Ma’am I truly believe you could learn so much from this thread if you would open your mind and study what is presented.

Where did I ever say...”it is impossible for you to be a child of God”?

It had nothing to do with his preaching. This Philip was not an apostle. Only apostles could impart the HS. If you read the text it does not say Peter and John came down and preached. They came down and prayed and laid hands on these converts so that they would receive the gift of the HG. It...

I have not seen a refutation but your welcome to post one again.

Marks I just went back through and cannot find what you mean by... “I notice that you did not respond to my answers.” I guess you’ll have to refresh my memory..