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I don't go by any man's "traditions." You do. Those false doctrines fly right in the face of the words of Jesus that He would take away our sin, and the nature that caused sin. However, we still have free will, just as Lucifer did when he was created perfect in all his ways. The Holy Spirit we...

Yes it does mean something, but only if the prerequisites of death of sin nature is true. You do not bury those who are alive to kill them.

We moved.

I've only been in one church/congregation like that back in the 1970's

The point is just getting baptized in water is like burying someone alive. It doesn't mean anything. Baptism is in recognition that your old nature is dead and that you rise up a new creature with a divine nature of God. It is out of a good conscience, meaning your sin nature is dead, and are...

I want to belong to a Church whose leader is the Holy Spirit flowing through the congregation and is lead by Him.

MM, I was baptized in water 3 times BEFORE I was born again. THEN after I was filled with His Spirit, God spoke to me and told me I was to be baptized in water, really for the first time.

Yes, but did you know I've been a "Christian" all my life, but wasn't actually saved for 30 years? We MUST be born again of the Spirit. Not everyone who believes they are a Christian, actually have God inside them. Most are just still being drawn by the Holy Spirit, but He remains outside of us...

The Bible has already told us what repentance is for. It is to receive the Holy Spirit! Acts 2:38-39. Now think! How many times do you need to receive the Holy Spirit and become born again. Once He is in you, does he go away again, and then you sin? So need Him back again? Do you find yourself...

What you are describing is someone with a carnal nature still. That is not a true Christian. The power of the new conscience Jesus puts in us PREVENTS US FROM SINNING in the first place, leaving nothing willful and lawless to repent of.

Sweet dreams, sis!

EG, read this whole post. Do not just scan it, but open your mind. Just as long as you do not believe we still have the old one, which I think you do believe. To take away our sin, that is actually taking away our sin nature, not adding to it. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in...

The sin nature HAS been eradicated in the born again of the Spirit. This doctrine that Jesus did not take care of the problem of sin by creating a new nature in us is a false doctrine. But the true bottom line is do you practice what you preach, or do you actually follow your new conscience, not...

Do you believe that you sin willingly, that you go against your own conscience? I'm curious if you believe 1 John 1:6 describes yourself, and therefore is about a born again Christian filled with the Holy Spirit, and your interpretation of 1 John 1 is the right one, because it is confirmed in...

Hi GG, Most westerners with a Greek mindset like us, read 1 John 1, just as you do. But those who really study learn the "mindset" of the eastern apostle which can mean something quite different than the simple way a westerner grasps the words. 1 John 1 is TO Christians, warning them of the...

Doesn't it depend on if the Epistle of Barnabas was inspired or not? Is it really up to man? It was on 6 lists of books to include. Did the men who decided which books should be in the Canon actually have the Holy Spirit leading them? When I read it I felt that it was definitely inspired, and...

The question should be, when did God create water? In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”...

"Destroyed" That would be annihilation. Except for the devil and his angels which hell was made for (not us)

But I could read that as meaning "the place of eternal punishment." As I said, I hope I never find out for sure. And there are enough scriptures on either side of the issue for me to not get pompous and judge another denomination's beliefs on this issue. I rarely join these debates on this...