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1 | How is Holy Spirit imbued? | Rom 8:9 | TruthInGod | 193772 | ||
I see in the Bible that there were instances where people had not yet recieved the Holy Spirit but they had confessed Jesus as Lord...(Acts 8:15-17) and they had even been baptized! My question is this...is there elsewhere in the Bible that states you can recieve the Holy Spirit without laying on of hands? In acts, I always see only the Apostles imbuing the Holy Spirit... |
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2 | How is Holy Spirit imbued? | Rom 8:9 | canawedding | 193773 | ||
Have you ever studied the word "Power" in the full context of the NT Scriptures? The Samaritans of Ac 8 had believed in a false power that Simon Magus claimed to have. They did believe Philip and they were baptized with physical water before the believing Jews understood that non-Jews are saved in the same Way as believing Jews -- through repentance and faith that leads to obedience, Mk 1:14-15; Ac 11; Ac 15; etc. But, were they saved? NO! It seems that they had not repented of the false power they had believed in. There is only one baptism now, the baptism we must spiritually drink according to 1Co 12:12-13 and Eph 4:4-7. They were not saved until Peter and John came and prayed over them, laying hands on them, except for Simon Magus even though he had believed and had been baptized with physical water. Paul told Timothy not to be hasty in the laying on of hands, 1Ti 5:22. Why? Only God knows our hearts and minds. Only the LORD baptizes with His Holy Spirit, Ac 1:1-11; Ac 2:47. Without the one and only Holy Spirit baptism, we are not saved, Jn 3:1-21; Ro 8:1-17. And, that is not physical water in Jn 3; it is the very same Water of Jn 4; Jn 7; etc. Ro 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 2Co 13:5: Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith. Prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobate? |
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3 | How is Holy Spirit imbued? | Rom 8:9 | miller521 | 193836 | ||
Luke 11:13 shows us through the words of Jesus that if you ask the father for the Holy Spirit, he will give it to you. I must point out that Paul was saved on the road to Damascus, he was saved, BEFORE he recieved the total immersion into the Holy Ghost. So to say that you can't be saved without having recived the Baptism in the Holy Ghost according to Acts chapter 2, thats wrong. We do see through the book of Acts the laying on of hands as a way to infill a believer, but just like the healing of the body, God works in many ways. The 120 in the upper room in Acts chapter 2 were born again, and when they recived the Baptism into the Holy Ghost, they did not have hands laid on them. So I do not see scripture that shows us that it can only be done by laying on of hands. |
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4 | How is Holy Spirit imbued? | Rom 8:9 | canawedding | 193879 | ||
I don't think i made the original comment about the laying on of hands that you are referring to. I did say that Paul told Timothy not to be hasty in the laying on of hands. Why? Only God knows our hearts and minds. However, let's see what the Scriptures say about Saul/Paul's conversion: Ac 9:7. And Ananias departed and entered into the house and laying his hands on him said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." [Remember that Jesus Christ sends true Christians as His Father sent Him, Jn 20.] Ac 22:14. And he (Ananias) said (to Saul/Paul), "The God of our fathers hath appointed thee to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear a Voice from His Mouth. 15. For thou shalt be a witness for Him unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. 16. And now why tarriest thou? Arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins, calling on His Name!" [Does this reference to the Righteous One have anything to do with Mt 6:33? Yes, it does. Read Jn 10 and Rev 1 about His Voice. How does "calling on His Name" wash sins away? Is this the baptism Saul/Paul experienced? Yes, it is. He called on the Name of the Lord as the 3000 of Ac 2 did. Ac 26:15. And I said, "Who art thou, Lord?" And the Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. [Now, why would Jesus Christ say that Saul/Paul was persecuting Him?!] 16. But arise and stand upon thy feet, for to this end have I appeared unto thee, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things wherein thou hast seen me and of the things wherein I will appear unto thee, 17. delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee, 18. to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to Light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. [Sanctified by faith in the real Jesus Christ who is the Lord of Heaven and Earth, not by being washed with some dirty physical water! And, as Paul followed the example of Jesus Christ, so he told us to follow his example. Turning people to God's Light has nothing to do with physical water either.] As for Lk 11-13, not only must we ask, we must seek and knock. Is the seek the "seek first" in Mt 6:33? Yes, it is. Is the knock about that Scripture for the loaves of bread? What kind of bread must we work for according to Jesus Christ's Teaching in Jn 6? I'm not asking these questions because i do not know the answers, anne |
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