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1 | Receive Spirit with salvation or later? | Acts 2:38 | rdupont | 21794 | ||
In Lu. 11:13 Jesus says that the Father will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask. Does this mean that we must ask to receive the Spirit? How does this compare with Jo. 3:15 where "whosoever believes...has everlasting life"? | ||||||
2 | Receive Spirit with salvation or later? | Acts 2:38 | Tim Sheasby | 22299 | ||
In the same context as John 3:15 -- John 3 starts out discussing the fact that you must be born again. You must be born of water and spirit. True belief always results in obedience and this obedience or the obedient spirit is what saves you in one sense. James speaks extensively about faith verses works and how the two are in fact inseparable. If you truly believe you WILL be baptised for the remission of your sins as did the 3000 on the day of Pentecost. And to forestall any arguments about "what if" situations where a person cannot get baptized -- I also believe implicitly in the providence of God. I do not believe He will allow one who truly believes to die without the opportunity to be baptized ... even in the middle of the Sahara desert! | ||||||