Why hadn't the baptized believers in Samaria received the Holy Spirit?

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amigo de christo

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Two questions:
1) How did the disciples/Apostles know that the Samaritans had NOT received the Holy Spirit?
2) Why did they Holy Spirit fall spontaneously on the gentiles at the house of Cornelius while Peter was still preaching?

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And simeon saw that through the laying on of the hands of the apostels the HOLY ghost given
SAID to them , HERE is some money GIVE ME that power so as i too can do this .
But true as that is
Anneus was not an apostel , so how did the APOSTEL paul then receive it .
Because its quite obvious HE DID .
ONE THING i do know and this I KNOW without a doubt .
WITHOUT a doubt . THE RCC is total bad news .
And its bishops , its so called popes SOUND and behave far more as did SIMEON
who desired the POWER to be SEEN OF MEN and peter CALLED HIM OUT for his error .
That unholy place is deadly . and i would not go running to and putting all ya trust and hope
IN the PROTESTANT realm EITHER .
THE DELUSION of the INCLUSION which is of anti christ has TAKEN THEM ALL captive to a lie
THEY BELEIVE IS LOVE and is OF GOD . BUT IT of the dark one .
We had better BIBLE UP right now , right this instant and learn for ourselves .
 

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And simeon saw that through the laying on of the hands of the apostels the HOLY ghost given
SAID to them , HERE is some money GIVE ME that power so as i too can do this .
But true as that is
Anneus was not an apostel , so how did the APOSTEL paul then receive it .
Because its quite obvious HE DID .
ONE THING i do know and this I KNOW without a doubt .
WITHOUT a doubt . THE RCC is total bad news .
And its bishops , its so called popes SOUND and behave far more as did SIMEON
who desired the POWER to be SEEN OF MEN and peter CALLED HIM OUT for his error .
That unholy place is deadly . and i would not go running to and putting all ya trust and hope
IN the PROTESTANT realm EITHER .
THE DELUSION of the INCLUSION which is of anti christ has TAKEN THEM ALL captive to a lie
THEY BELEIVE IS LOVE and is OF GOD . BUT IT of the dark one .
We had better BIBLE UP right now , right this instant and learn for ourselves .
Here is the precedent: Order of Heaven down to earth

a.) First Order = the Holy Spirit Baptized Apostles
b.) Second Order = only those who have been Baptized in the Holy Spirit = example Annanias
c.) Today's Order = only those who have been Baptized in the Holy Spirit Speaking TRUTH

Today, Blood washed Saints do not need the apostles of Acts because we have a Eternal Apostle at the Right Hand of the FATHER

Today = Requirement to be Baptized in the Holy Spirit:
a.) must first be SAVED thru FAITH in Christ and HIM alone
b.) must love Christ and believe/faith in the Word and pray for the Baptism = John 14:15-17 ,

Loving religion can never grant that which comes down from Above = James

Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.


9“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
 
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Two questions:
1) How did the disciples/Apostles know that the Samaritans had NOT received the Holy Spirit?
I would say because of the absence of the Holy Spirit's manifestation, which typically accompanied conversion at that time. Apparently the Samaritans had not yet experienced the visible signs with the Spirit's arrival, like speaking in tongues, which they were familiar with from their previous experience in Acts 2.
2) Why did they Holy Spirit fall spontaneously on the gentiles at the house of Cornelius while Peter was still preaching?
This demonstrated God's acceptance of the Gentiles into the body of Christ. This outpouring, evidenced by speaking in tongues, occurred before Peter could even finish his message. This event would have challenged the Jewish belief that Gentiles needed to convert to Judaism to receive God's blessings. It showed that salvation was available to all who believe in Jesus Christ for salvation, regardless of ethnicity. This experience confirmed to Peter the message he received in a vision about God's acceptance of the Gentiles.
 
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Here is the precedent: Order of Heaven down to earth

a.) First Order = the Holy Spirit Baptized Apostles
b.) Second Order = only those who have been Baptized in the Holy Spirit = example Annanias
c.) Today's Order = only those who have been Baptized in the Holy Spirit Speaking TRUTH

Today, Blood washed Saints do not need the apostles of Acts because we have a Eternal Apostle at the Right Hand of the FATHER

Today = Requirement to be Baptized in the Holy Spirit:
a.) must first be SAVED thru FAITH in Christ and HIM alone
b.) must love Christ and believe/faith in the Word and pray for the Baptism = John 14:15-17 ,

Loving religion can never grant that which comes down from Above = James

Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. 18Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.


9“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
Notice it says HOW much more will your heavenly Father give the HOLY SPIRIT to those who ask Him .
exactly my friend . We have all WE NEED IN CHRIST . To the trenches my friend .
 
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I would say because of the absence of the Holy Spirit's manifestation, which typically accompanied conversion at that time. Apparently the Samaritans had not yet experienced the visible signs with the Spirit's arrival, like speaking in tongues, which they were familiar with from their previous experience in Acts 2.

This demonstrated God's acceptance of the Gentiles into the body of Christ. This outpouring, evidenced by speaking in tongues, occurred before Peter could even finish his message. This event would have challenged the Jewish belief that Gentiles needed to convert to Judaism to receive God's blessings. It showed that salvation was available to all who believe in Jesus Christ for salvation, regardless of ethnicity. This experience confirmed to Peter the message he received in a vision about God's acceptance of the Gentiles.
We know that Cornelius and family/friends who were there received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit to include Gentiles into the
One New Covenant of His Blood and Grace

There is more in that passage that is VERY important and part of the precedent that God established in Acts

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