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1 | baptizem | Gal 5:19 | Shaul | 226166 | ||
You are right - there is no difference to Father whether we are Jew or Greek etc. Since you are Baptist - I believe in all the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Do you? I hear over and over that Baptists say the Gifts are not valid anymore. I believe I understand Pre-destiny and Free Will but need to study your thoughts when adding in faith and repentence. the way you presented the case is new to me - so I go study it. |
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2 | baptizem | Gal 5:19 | Beja | 226170 | ||
Shaul, The particular brand of baptists from which I come do teach that most of the dramatic spiritual gifts are done away with. I drift a bit from my particular theological heritage in that regard. My understanding of 1 Cor 13 is that as the word of God becomes more abundant and accessable in a particular culture, the more "knowledge based gifts" fade away, oracles being replaced by study, exegisis and familiarity with the word of God. This is quite different from saying that they are gone. Rather in various cultures of the world they are all in the process of fading away although at different points in that process in different cultures. As far as the predistination goes, perhaps it will help if you think of them as predestined to reject or accept the gospel. As you seemed to have indicated in a previous post, nobody accepts Christ without the grace given them to do so (John 6). However, I believe when grace is given them to do so, it is grace that they actually do so. As Christ said, "All that the Father gives to me WILL come to me." That is John 6 also. I'd quote more specifically but my daughter is sitting in my lap watching me type so I can't grab my Bible. Anyways, I hope this helps. In Christ, Beja |
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3 | baptizem | Gal 5:19 | Shaul | 226172 | ||
May I digress a bit and say that if I believed as you do regarding the Gifts of the Spirit - it would be much easier to descern who the Wolves in Sheeps clothing are as well as who all the additional false prophets are and so on. I will say good bye for now - but I have not forgotten your constructive comments. Thank you |
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