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No I am not despising the small beginnings. They are very important. But we must go on to perfection. When Jesus blew on them the Holy Spirit, I believe it was for illumination or truth and that they would be prepared for the waiting for the Spirit to fill them. They were of one accord showing...

@Holy999 (weird monika!) If you are talking about childhood trauma, or complex post traumatic stress disorder, I would not ask on a Christian forum like this, otherwise you get stupid misinformed responses like, trust in Jesus, forget the past, just think of the future, all of which ignore the...

Indeed. It is a holy thing to be convicted of the Holy Spirit for the need for Theosis. We are to partake of His body and blood spiritually, moment by moment. They did indeed but the wolves would be a few then increasing, so as to fool the flock and that is why the pre- Nicene teachings are...

I think that believers were reprimanded over the Lord's supper because the purpose of it was in awaiting for the coming of Christ on them, as they 'showed forth His death', meaning I believe that they were prepared for Spirit baptism, admitting that they were repentant for their state of falling...

@Lizbeth, we are getting distracted from the reason for the thread. It is not in my remit to debate water baptism, I am answering you without deep study. That is not to say that I think I may be wrong.

Peter, the one who commanded circumcision right?

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. 1 Cor 11:26. The disciples were told to continue with the ritual, of demonstrating His death, till He returned to them alive, which He did after three days, which was a symbol of His...

Lizbeth, any texts that can rightly be interpreted as referring to water baptism, do not prove that it was commanded. It only proves that it was still taking place, and we know that circumcision was likewise, without commandment. John's baptism, a figure to be replaced by substance, was only...

I see where you are coming from however, I believe sister, that this interpretation came from Noah's ark where it saved eight people from the flood, and who were saved by 'water' as it were, and also the Jewish practice of water baptism of converts. And yes, natural then spiritual and was...

Praise and thank Him for all the trials in you life.

@Episkopos We standby and watch as you fall head-first into heresy. The following video shows the teaching of the early church, but you are following Roman Catholic theology and most of western theologies instead, with the addition of Augustines' heresy that the Holy Spirit is not a person but...

Jesus is talking here about being a hypocrite - judging others when you are sinning yourself. It does not say never judge, it says be ye perfect then ye shall judge correctly. The church is wrong when it bans judging outright.

Thank you Mark for answering the questions.

Wow! Good to meet you! I lived in Berlin for a while - in Lichterfelde West. I read St John of the Cross quite a long time before reading the ECF and was greatly helped by him during a 'dark night of the soul'. So good to find someone else who has studied these great spiritual people.

Bred from one, married one.

I don't want to go through the Greek @Johann . I want to know, in @marks words what he thinks it means. You know there are plenty of forums for Bible scholars out there arguing over Koine Greek. Amigo already complained to you yesterday.

But that means because God is three in one, we can multiply everything by three? I agree that everything was given to us from the cross and we have to appropriate it. But it is by faith so can be sprung up all together when we make our offering on the altar.

@marks would you break down that verse to show how you understand it. Paul is saying, is he not, that his hearers were not yet completely sanctified but he was praying for that which would be when? And what about the blameless?

Not sure I follow you here sister. There is surely one point of entry into Christ.