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1 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194385 | ||
Good question, I'll do my best! First off at the end of Luke's gospel we have Jesus telling his disciples what today most of us call the 'Great Commission' its the go into all the world and preach the Gospel, see Luke 24:47. However, if you keep reading Jesus tells them that they indeed are his witness, but before they can go and witness to anyone, they need to wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Holy Ghost. In the book of Acts chapter 1 Jesus is telling them again, that they will recive power when the Holy Ghost has come upon them. He is telling these born again followers that even though they are called to be his witness, they aren't allowed to do so untill they have been endued with power from on high. In Acts 2:4 we see the Holy Ghost comes into this planet, and he sat upon each of the 120 that were in that upper room that day and it says 'They were all filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke with other tongues as the Spirit gave them the utterance' This was their total immersion into the Holy Ghost. Peter taught who could have this total immersion he said that the promise is for everyone ( Acts 2:38-39) Peter tells them that if they repent and turn from their sins, that they too can recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost, and he says that this promise is not just for them, but for anyone who will come to God. In the Scriptures I referenced in my earlier post I used 1 Cor 12, there we can keep reading and see that Paul said when we were born again the Spirit baptized us into the Body of Christ, everyone who is born again has been baptized into the Body of Christ by the Spirit of God, and has partaken, or as he said been made to drink, into one Spirit. This of course he speaks about when we are born again. This is what those in the upper room had, yet even thought the Spirit had baptized them into the body of Jesus, they had not yet been baptized into the Spirit of God, ie. baptize meaning 'immersion' So to answer your question, immersion is to be totally covered, its where he is not only with you, but also in you ( John 14:17) And those who have it, are those who have asked for it (Luke 11:13) And it does appear that being filled with the Holy Ghost does bring a life change in the persons life with the gift of speaking in other tongues, which is for another discussion I assume, but as Paul pointed out he uses it in his prayer time, as do I. |
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2 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | lionheart | 194388 | ||
miller, I believe Acts 2:38,39 is pretty conclusive. We either have the Holy Spirit or we don't. Within the context of Acts 2:38,39 why would we have to ask God for something we already have. There are gifts and manifestations of God's Spirit as so stated in 1 Corinthians 12. It's vital that we nurture that which God has given us. 2 Timothy 2:15- Study to show ouseves approved unto God. 2 Peter 1:3-11 here Peter is showing us the building blocks that will nuture and benifit our walk with God and our witness to the lost. If I come off critical or judgemental here please forgive me as that is not my intention. In Him, lionheart |
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3 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194389 | ||
Acts 2:38 and 39 give us Peter telling them that if they were to repent, they can recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost, they can recieve the same thing that these men who they called 'drunk' have, which they called them drunk because they were boldy out in the street, speaking in other tongues. Peter is adressing to them that they too can have this same thing in their lives. He even tells what the prophet had said about it. His context shows us he is talking about what happend to the 120 from Acts 2:4. Its like this, I can have water inside me, and it can be working in me to do what the natural body needs to live, but I could still dehydrate because I don't have enough. I'm saying that according to the book of Acts, these men got more than just a measure of the Spirit inside of them that we all get at the new birth. They allowed themselves to be totally immersed into the Spirit. I'm not denying that every born again believer has the Holy Spirit in them, I am just saying they don't have at the new birth all that God wants for them to have. He wants to totally immerse you into that anointing, into that Spirit so that you can have power to live a successful life. |
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4 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | lionheart | 194391 | ||
miller, In Acts 2:38 Peter isn't saying we can but we shall. We shall is an absolute; Do we have any more of God's Spirit today than we did when we were saved? 2 Peter 1:3 tells us that God has given us all things pertaining to life and godliness. I would think that God got the job done the first time. It is up to us to nurture what God has given us all. 2 Timothy 2:15, 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:3-11. Paul tels us in Colossians that we are complete in Christ. The question is do we believe it or not. In Him, lionheart |
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5 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194394 | ||
Yes he is saying we shall, because they asked him, what can we do to have this, and he told them what to do, and said do that and you shall. All of God's promises are yes and amen we know that. He said they shall, because they were seeking it. And Peter knew that all you had to do was ask for it and you'd get it. Look at Acts 4:31, here we have believers who were filled with the Holy Ghost according to Acts 2:4, yet the bible says here they were filled, this shows they did not have all they needed at the new birth. |
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