Results 1 - 2 of 2
|
|
|||||
Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
1 | Why Holy | 1 Cor 12:11 | CarlosDF | 204197 | ||
Ah, you have alighted upon one of the wrestlings in my own heart. Every good gift is from above. And for certain good gifts are for the edification of the saints. If our walk is dedicated to the body, even our lives will be given by Him as gifts. Yet I want it, to be useful to God, so badly that frustration can result, indicating a lack of maturity and transformation. The gifts are for the body, not for my satisfaction. As to tongues, which in the case of 'tongue of angels' as opposed to unknown foreign language, a topic with sides for sure, is it not for the one whom it is given? By faith we speak, and confounding the natural mind at that, leading to transformation. I do not believe God holds back such tools, whether by speaking or another act of faith. Yet it is the exercise of faith that strengthens. He will provide ways to exercise faith for certain. One simply asks in faith, yes? Now, the fire is a wonderful thing! In Psalm 39:3, there is such a picture! The mind is thinking, the heart is burning, then does he speak. In the room during Pentecost, when tongues of fire were there, was there anyone in the room on whom it did not alight? But does not the fire burn in your own heart? And if one were looking from before the throne, would they not see that fire? The Spirit descended upon the Lord like a dove. Nothing in His soul, his life, his very body, was impure. There was nothing to burn. Yet everytime we come into contact with the Spirit... John (baptist) said He will baptize you in the Spirit and in fire. I don't believe anyone can walk an inch with the Lord without some fire. And keep close to your heart Psalm 84:11, we walk uprightly in Christ, by His life, no good thing is withheld Him. I love the question, "Why Holy?" Blessings |
||||||
2 | Why Holy | 1 Cor 12:11 | Tamara Brewington | 204343 | ||
Dear Carlos, I have been thinking about this for a bit and this is what I came up with; The first group of people the Holy Spirit fell on at Pentecost in Acts 2 on the Jews gathered at Jerusalem who were disciples of Jesus and they were speaking in other languages to other Jews the great deeds of God. In the end of the chapter a great many of these Jew from other countries believed after Peter the apostle preached to them and they were baptized and they also recieved the Holy Spirit. That is the fist group to be included in the church. Then the second group of people the Holy Spirit fell on was in Acts 10:34-48 Peter goes to Cornelius a Gentile and he and all of his household heard the gospel and even before they got baptized in the Holy Spirit fell on them, they spoke in tongues and then they got baptized. The third group of people who got brought in were the Samaritans in Acts 8:4-18 who received the Holy Spirit after believing in the gospel and being baptized. The fourth group of people that got brought in whom the Holy Spirit fell on where those who had the baptism of John and once Paul had them baptized the Holy Spirit fell on them and they spoke in tonuges. So there was a reason people were having the Holy Spirit fall on them in this way and in some instances speaking in tongues. God was brining the four major groups into the church. After these groups; the Jews to whom the promises belonged, the Samaritans who worshipped the right God the wrong way, all the pagans the Gentiles, and those who had received the repentance and baptism of John were brought into the church, you don't find the Holy Spirit falling on people in the Bible making them speak in tongues quite like you do in Acts. In Acts people had tongues of fire fall on them and they spoke in real languages as evidence that the Holy Spirit had included a group. God bless, the hat lady |
||||||