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1 | When does one receive the Holy Spirit? | 2 Cor 1:22 | DocTrinsograce | 183899 | ||
Dear Jon, Thank you for clarifying. In America we have a terrible malady. We rush to assure the man who walks the isle, joins a church, utters a prewritten prayer, or is baptized that he may be certain of his salvation. We spend all kinds of effort assuaging guilt. We render the gospel palatable to the world, by guaranteeing the benefits, and hiding the cost. We relegate perseverance to those who want the optional "deeper walk." We minimize sin where ever possible, and when its not possible, then we assure people that God is love. We relish victory, but we rarely speak of repentance. We talk a lot about end times, but never about the call to holiness. We carefully avoid teaching about repentance, confession, turning from sin to God, contrition, or impending judgment. Ours is a world of cheap grace and easy believism. Hence my concern. Thank you, again, for taking the time to explain. In Him, Doc "A living faith is a working faith (James 2:17). Two things are plainly and uniformly taught throughout the New Testament. Justification is by faith, and not by works, (Romans 4, etc.). Yet, such justifying faith is a living, operative, fruitful faith, evidencing itself by obedience to the commands of God (1 John 2:4, etc.). Christ gave Himself for us that 'He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works' (Titus 2:14). This greatly needs emphasizing today and pressing repeatedly upon those professing to be believers in the Lord Jesus, for multitudes of these have a name to live, but 'art dead' (Rev. 3:1). Their faith is not that of God's elect (Titus 1:1), but nothing better or different than that which the demons have (James 2:19)." --A. W. Pink |
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2 | When does one receive the Holy Spirit? | 2 Cor 1:22 | stjohn | 183903 | ||
Greetings Doc; I really appreciate your message. I agree, it is so very important for the mature believer to take and keep that in there heart. If I may though, I would like to add. For the broken, lost world, drowning in sin, our words should be a life line of mercy and grace. To them that think God is angry, to them that think that they are to filthy for God to look at them, to them we say... You cant out sin God! thanks Doc; with all respect stj |
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