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1 | what does the word pentecostal mean | Acts 2:4 | kalos | 154480 | ||
Pentecostal www.m-w.com '2 : of, relating to, or constituting any of various Christian religious bodies that emphasize individual experiences of grace, spiritual gifts (as glossolalia and faith healing), expressive worship, and evangelism' (www.m-w.com) www.biblicist.org/systematic/26.htm 'Pentecostal, or charismatic believers generally teach that in addition to the baptism of 1 Corinthians 12:13 which unites believers into a body, there is a second baptism subsequent to conversion which endows the believer with power. This baptism is associated with the "filling of the Spirit" which took place at Pentecost (Acts 2:4), and which they teach does not necessarily occur automatically at conversion; it is a kind of "second blessing." This baptism they call the "baptism in the Spirit" which Jesus bestows (Matthew 3:11). They explain 1 Corinthians 12:13 as a baptism by the Spirit into the body which the Spirit bestows at conversion. However, the problems with this view are: 'it is a distinction between Matthew 3:11 (also Acts 1:5) and 1 Corinthians 12:13 based on what they perceive as differences in circumstances and descriptions rather than actual wording (the same Greek words, en pneumati, meaning in or by the Spirit, occur in all of the manuscripts); and 'they equate "baptism in the Spirit" with "filling" of the Spirit, an identification that cannot be borne out by careful comparison (See Dale Bruner's thorough study of this whole issue in A Theology of the Holy Spirit, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1970).' (www.biblicist.org/systematic/26.htm) |
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2 | what does the word pentecostal mean | Acts 2:4 | Ray | 154490 | ||
Hi Kalos, Thank you for this writing by biblicist.org. 1) Baptism IN the Spirit which Jesus bestows (Matthew 3:11) Baptism BY the Spirit into the body (1 Corinthians 12:13). That is what these charismatic believers teach according to biblicist.org. (the emphasis of IN and BY is mine). Biblicist.org goes on to say that charismatic believers do not distinguish so much between IN and By but rather look to differences in circumstances and descriptions. Charismatic believers equate "baptism in the Spirit" with "filling" of the Spirit. a) The problem I see developing is whether the focus is on "baptism" and "filling". Or is the focus on "baptism in" and "filling of"? What should our focus be? b) Another problem I see is the "filling" of the Spirit. "Of" is not one of the choices of the Greek words, en pneumati, meaning in, with, or by the Spirit. So one of the questions that is not being addressed at all is whether one is filled "with". 2) The Greek words, en pneumati, could mean in, by, or with; and it could mean spirit or Spirit. From the heart, Ray |
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