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Prejudiced? Is that how you see it. I don't. There are two sides to Paul's story. We don't hear Peter's. I see Peter between a rock and a hard place. He did not separate himself from the Gentiles after Acts 10, but ate with them. But when he brought in Jews that were not free of Mosaic food...

Imagine that! Two Reformists agreeing with each other. “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?

Think about it. Just as the same people that received the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 and spoke in tongues as Mark 16:16-18 says, and therefore could not commit willful sins because of the seed of the Father, the same as Jesus, those same people received a second filling in Acts 4:29-31 for ministry...

Which kind of "sin" are you referring to when you say Christ overcame sin? There is a type of sin Christ was incapable of, just as we are incapable of committing if we have the seed of the Father. So what other type of sin is there that needs to be "overcome"?

I can relate to Hebrews 5:8 because even though I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the seed of the Father, and became born again in 1977, there were parts of "obedience" that needed to be perfected in me. That came through suffering for 12 years.

Actually John the Baptist was born with the indwelling Holy Spirit, but it wasn't his role to do anything but prepare the way for the Messiah through his preaching repentance.

There are also other reasons you may not have thought of that the Trinity has supplied. 1. It was the Tree of Knowledge of GOOD and Evil, not just evil. 2. The Trinity has given gifts. Romans 12 shows gifts from God, the Father, to mankind, and one is the measure of faith. We must choose...

Us, no, but to the Jews Jesus was preaching to, definitely. Jesus was conceived of the seed of the Father, therefore he couldn't sin. When we are born again of the Spirit of Christ, we also receive the seed of the Father and cannot sin. 1 John 3:9.

That's the point! There are many believing they are saved, but going to hell.

Not everyone is a prophet. And from what you are saying, you are definitely not! What you are now describing in the last days will be demonic supernatural phenomena from psychics and witchcraft, haters of God, not lovers of God. The testing of the spirits have to do what they believe about...

Wouldn't it be sad if they were real, but like the scriptures say, you didn't know what you were saying? So you threw them away like a piece of trash.

Yes, those are all signs of having the Spirit. The major one, of course, is being free from the desire to commit willful sins of lawlessness, especially sexual sins, lying, stealing and murder.

May I ask how you knew you had been baptized in the Spirit? My greatest concern for the Church is there are many Christians walking around and have never received the Spirit. They are dead men walking. This is even in Pentecostal circles. I can tell when someone is faking it, which is what you...

No, it was CBN - Christian Broadcasting Network, 700 Club's Pat Robertson.

Augustine had a much better understanding than Luther. He knew of the power of the Spirit to give us a new nature that loves righteousness and hates sin, therefore "do what you love." Luther's statement went directly against scripture. Paul said we are DEAD TO SIN, not that we will keep...

Absolutely, farouk! Some people do not discern the power of the all-powerful Holy Spirit in their lives, changing them, and believe they are saved, but show no signs of having the Spirit of Christ. That's concerning to just have head knowledge, but not experiential knowledge. I know. I didn't...

Dave's error is in thinking that tongues were for the purpose of writing the Bible. No, they were for perfect prayer saying the will of God. We still pray don't we???

I laughed out loud! You are soooooooo funny! (and true)

When Peter gave his sermon regarding the fulfillment of Joel 2 prophecy, he wasn't speaking it in tongues, and what is written was the interpretation. Is that what you thought? What happened with Miss Fox speaking in tongues, and the whole village received the interpretation, was exactly what...

Yes, I'm proud of you, friend! It is so nice to have friends that talk the same language!