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Yes, the gifts of the Spirit is synonymous with manifestations of the Spirit. They are one in the same.

Not my attempts, it's what the words say and suggest, which words are not mine. At this point in this dialog, believe what you like.

1 cor12:7 Does that mean every, single, person, or everyone to which a gift has been given according to God's will and purpose as 1 Cor 12:28 and the other scriptures I cited infer? And the other 2 scriptures you cited are irrelevant to the discussion. Yes, all those baptized into the body of...

If you read 1 Cor, it's obvious that they were DESIROUS of spiritual gifts inferring that not all received a gift of some sort when the letter was penned by Paul. Don't forget, it's gifts or manifestations of the Spirit being discussed here and not the Spirit itself which all baptized believers...

Most translations say might, a few say to receive, the Greek interlinear says might receive.

Not sure what your point is. The power from on high was promised to the 11 apostles per Luke 24:49 and was fulfilled starting with Acts 2 at which time the Spirit manifested itself by falling on them. If you're trying to find significance by how many times the Spirit did such along with Acts 10...

No, I wouldn't agree cuz if you follow the text as I laid out, it appears that it was the apostles, and if so, they were the ones on which the power from on high was bestowed

Why? Because they're stupid and have been lead astray.

See post 132 which was a reply to your 126 post but for some reason didn't get posted there

My view is that you must look atvthe broader text and not just verse 31. If you look at verse 23 and beyond, you see that Peter and John returned to their own, but it's not exactly clear who that was since it's not specifically stated in exact terms. But you then read that they prayed for...

Don't look at Acts 10 and 2 to justify your statement. Acts 2 and 10 were very unique and not at all the norm, and the Spirit fell unilaterally and miraculously without the laying on of the apostle's hands fir a very good reason: to validate what was occurring in both instances in which the...

Previous posting of mine addressing this issue and logic thereof. Stephen was already a baptized believer, so according to Acts 2:38, he had already received the gift not gifts, which are the miraculous manifestation of the Spirit. It wasn't until they (the apostles) laid their hands on him...

A short discourse on this subject previously posted First of all, what is the soul? Some equate it with the spirit, but that's not correct. Some think that God gives you a soul which is also not correct. See below repost of mine. The bible says you become a living soul; you are not given one...

Just for clarity, the spirit is not the soul. The spirit and soul can be separated. Heb 4:12 12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the...

You're missing the entire point which is that the 1st day and the beginning didn't happen simultaneously which most tend to believe. The beginning which OBVIOUSLY God created was a separate event in advance of the 1st day. Poetry? I don't think so nor does that make sense. Your comments are...

Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning" - what does this really mean? "1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." God says exactly what he means and means exactly what he says, and his use of even the simplest of words cannot be overlooked, assumed, or taken for granted without careful...

More like light and darkness as opposed to night and day, day as we understand it

"In the beginning" preceded the 1st day on which light was created. And yes, there are 24hrs/day, which measurement criteria commenced on day 4. You can only assume days 1 thru 3 were measured similarly, but it's not definitive since the sun and moon were placed in the heavens "to divide...