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Lots of fluffy words and thoughts of yours that sound nice but no scriptural foundation

I thought I laid it out concisely in my OP. But in a nutshell, the gifts, or enabling of the spirit to manifest itself in certain individuals, was done by the laying on of the apostle's hands, as promised to them by Christ as the power from on high in Luke 24:47. They are dead, so by virtue of...

You're doing exactly what you're questioning, by cherrypicking a few scriptures and ignoring the rest. So you're relying solely on John 3, 4, 5, 6? What about the various NT letters or the conversions in Acts? What about Mat 28:19 or the aforementioned Mark 16:15-16? Do you think the entirety of...

Baptism in that passage is water baptism no different from the baptism commenced by John. You do realize that it's upon baptism that you receive the Holy Ghost and not before. And what do you mean by Spirit baptism and based on what scripture?

Your words and not consistent with the words of the bible. Being a believer means nothing in and of itself. If you're a believer then you must obey. Mark16:15-16 15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16He that believeth and is baptized...

Jesus had many followers during his earthly ministry but just being a follower doesn't mean you are his. A follower doesn't mean you are a Christian. Believing in and having morals based on Christian principles doesn't mean you're a Christian. Believing in God and/of Christ doesn't mean you are...

Baptism saves us according to 1 Peter 3:20-1. It's NOT a public declaration of anything. That's man contrived nonsense not found in the bible. In Acts 8, Philip baptized the Ethiopian eunuch in the middle of nowhere in front of no one. Who was his baptism a "public declaration" to?

Just for clarification, the church is not the "followers of Christ", but rather is comprised of those believers who have been baptized into his body which is the church (Acts 2:38-47). Those in the church are his, and are owned by him since he "purchased it with his own blood", Acts 20:28.

You've deviated from the specific subject with macro scriptures. Let's get back to specifics related to spiritual gifts

What you quoted is irrelevant

I am not scripturally ignorant. Cite scriptures to support your words or say nothing.

I couldn't be more wrong, why, because you said so? The scriptures bear me out.

Please regard this ad supplemental to my initial response to which was rushed due to time constraints this A.M. Regardless what you call them be it gifts or manifestations of the spirit, they have all ceased long ago and will not be present until the Lord returns. 1 Cor 13:8-10 still is...

You are correct regarding gifts and the proper term for them as manifestations of the spirt. I simply referred to them as they are most commonly referred to today, as gifts, not manifestations of the spirit. Regarding churches of God, the letter was addressed to the church of God at Corinth, so...

A continuation of my previous post entitled "Spiritual gifts: Unconfusing them" There is obvious confusion and lack of understanding in what is meant by the scripture "and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (Spirit)" as per Acts 2:38, versus the various miraculous spiritual gifts...

I'm a Christian who simply reads and studies the bible and trys to understand what it meant then and what it now means to us. The problem with most people is that they erroneously assume it was written to us; it wasn't, but does have peripheral meaning and application to us. We just need...

Not quite on the same page with you but for sure, this is a good and timely topic due to relative confusion of it. The gifts did diminish in importance and rightfully so. The gifts were akin to parts of the body, in this case, the body of Christ, the church. There was no written NT word, just...

Very difficult subject (spiritual gifts) which is why there's so much controversy, and equally difficult to unravel and explain. But let me explain it this way. First, look at the way Paul started his letter to the Corinthians starting at 1 Cor1:10 where he's discussing contentions and...

The sinners prayer, so-called or anything similar, is not found in the bible and will not save your soul.

Facts regarding Easter. Easter, is pagan and a pagan holiday in worship of queen Eostra which holiday coincided with the Jewish passover at the time of Jesus's crucifixion in Jerusalem. The Greek word in Acts 12:4 where the word Easter is found only once in the KJV (King James Version) bible...