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41 | Created "in " Christ Jesus | Eph 2:10 | jelkins | 133031 | ||
Post 2 of 3. Regarding number 4 in post 1 of 3. Scripture teaches salvation comes by the Spirit but it also teaches salvation comes by the Word. Compare John 3:8 [“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit”] with I Peter 1:22-23 [“Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit … having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.”] Rom 1:16: “for it [the gospel – (the word)] is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.” More on how the HS regenerates us – directly, or through medium (the water and the word). John 3:5, “…unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” Again, John 3:8, “…So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” James 1:18, “Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth…” Rom 1:16: “for it [the gospel – (the word)] is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.” Titus 3:5, “…He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit…” Eph 5:26, “…that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word.” 1 Cor 3:16-17, Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. 1 Cor 6:19, Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? Again, from I Peter 1, “… having been born again…through the word of God” Col 3:16, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…” Psalms119:11, “Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.” 1 Thes 5:19, Quench not the Spirit. 1 John 5:8, And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 1 Peter 3:21, “…baptism doth also now save us…” My conclusion from studying these verses and more is that the Spirit dwells in a Christian to the extent that he lets the word of God dwell in him. There is power in the Word. “…and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) For your consideration, I offer this quote: “There are two schools of thought: there are those who are of the persuasion that man is born again or begotten by the word of God, then there are those that are born again or begotten by the Spirit. I know of no way of harmonizing the two views but by attributing regeneration to the agency of the Spirit and the instrumentality of the truth.” (J. M. Pendleton, “Christian Doctrine.” Also the author of a Baptist Manual used by Baptist Churches.) |
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42 | Created "in " Christ Jesus | Eph 2:10 | jelkins | 133032 | ||
Post 3 of 3. Tim, you say, “There is not a single verse that say the gifts would cease with the complete of the canon.” To that, I offer this: 1 Cor 13 “8Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.” I’ve learned it is acceptable to substitute “complete” for “perfect.” Now, who among us is going to say that the written New Testament is NOT complete knowledge and prophecy? For convenient reference, I’ve pasted the text here from I Cor 12 which shows the 9 spiritual gifts: “7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same[2] Spirit, 10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.” |
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43 | what brings on temptation? | James 1:12 | jelkins | 129451 | ||
Our desires. James 1:12-15 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. 13Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. 1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. |
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