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1 | Baptism not necessary to be saved | Acts | 4givn | 92469 | ||
Thank you for your input, but I believe you are in error concerning baptism. The scripture reference you gave "unless one is born of water"..., is that John 3:5? If so, then the context in which it is given is clearly referring to being born of water as being born a natural birth (when the water breaks). Look at the very next verse: "Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit." Also, if we are to believe Eph 2:8,9, then there is absolutely nothing we can do to determine our salvation that is a "work". And getting baptised, although one of only two ordinances of the church and certainly important, does not in any way have any saving power. If it did, and a person had to do it in order to be saved, then it would become a "work" (something you have to "do"). Salvation is a "gift". If you add any conditions to it, it is no longer a gift. You cited: Rom 6:1-6 - Are you familiar with 1 Cor 10:2? "They were all baptised into Moses...". The Romans passage you cited is similar to this one in that it is "figuratively" speaking. Acts 2:38 - Peter is telling these Jews to get saved. He is telling them if they get saved they will be indwelt by the Holy Spirit. (vs. 41 says "Those who accepted his message were baptised...". Now, which came first, the "acceptance" of the message or the baptism? To "accept" the message is to "believe". John 5:24 that says "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life". In this verse there is no mention of having to be baptised. I know you probably belong to a denomination that teaches what you have said, and I'm sure you are fairly convinced that what you believe is true. But please consider what I have said, and then ask the Lord to confirm or reject what I have said. |
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2 | Please define "infilling" | Acts | 4givn | 92387 | ||
1. Is "infilling" the same as "indwelling"? I believe that when you are born again, the Holy Spirit regenerates you into a new creation and resides within you, (2 Cor 5:17). I do not believe in the "installment plan" like some do (maybe you, too?) that teaches one can be born again but not indwelt by God's Spirit. I DO believe that a believer can have his/her cup overflowing or can "quench" the Spirit, it just depends on that persons walk with the Lord. We are told to "flee" from all sorts of behavior that marked our past, and in so doing we are living Romans 12:1,2. Our witness and testimony will also bear witness of Jesus as Savior and Lord. But if we stubbornly cling to past sinful behavior, God will, as a loving Father, "chasten" us to remove the behavior from our lives, because He is "faithful to complete" the good work began in us. During these times, our fellowship with the Holy Spirit is severely limited, but our "indwelling" remains the same. 2. Can you please tell me scripture for your questions? I want to make sure I understand what you mean. As far as what the Holy Spirit does in my life: He convicts (John 16:8-11), He illuminates (John 16:12-15), HE teaches (John 16:12-15), He guides (Rom 8:14), He assures (Rom 8:16), He intercedes (Rom 8:26), He directs (Acts 20:22), and He warns (Acts 20:23), to name a few. Thank you for your input, but I am afraid e-mail is out of the question. I am married and am very careful about my affiliations with women in any setting. On an open forum like this it is ok. But thanks anyway. You can click on my moniker to see my testimony. May the Lord bless and keep you! |
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3 | Sleep speaking in tongues? | Acts | 4givn | 92174 | ||
Hi Ken, Dave here... I was wondering if you could help me understand something that has happened to me a couple of times. Both times I was asleep, and I became aware as I was waking up that I was speaking some strange language that I could not understand, and that I was not at all familiar with it through the hearing of it (as some language like German, or Japanese or whatever - nothing familiar), yet I was SPEAKING it myself! I WAS, however, somehow aware that it was the very word of God, and that the Holy Spirit was speaking THROUGH me, and that I was involved with some type of spiritual warfare, possibly protective in nature over myself. What do you think was happening and why? What scriptural reference comes to mind to explain this? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks. |
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4 | Tares/wheat | John 3:3 | 4givn | 91467 | ||
Do you remember that "the tares must come up with the wheat"? And that Satan can appear "as an angel of light"? The enemy has sown his seed in amongst the church. It is no wonder that you see what you do, as I am sure many of us do. But we are to be "wise". What all do you "witness" on Sunday that makes you "wonder"? Do you REALLY feel you "can't see the witness for the Kingdom of God anywhere in the church"? Anywhere? Jesus said whatever we do to our brethren (feeding, clothing, visiting, etc.) we are doing to Him. Surely you must see SOME of this going on. What about evangelism? missions? Have you found any scripture yet for your contention that one can be saved but not born again? |
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5 | "Somehow"? | John 3:3 | 4givn | 91465 | ||
Where do you get the idea that "somehow some could be saved"? | ||||||
6 | Saved apart from Christ? | John 3:3 | 4givn | 91325 | ||
What does Romans 1:20 or Romans 1:18 have to do with this? This part of Romans Chapter 1 has to do with God's wrath against mankind. When the wrath of God is finally poured out, we, whose life is in Christ, will not come under condemnation but will be saved (our final salvation). The salvation we are now experiencing is being "worked out" in us. It is "sanctification". We are "justified" (saved) through the blood at the point we first believe and accept what Christ did for us on the cross. One day we will recieve the ultimate form of our salvation and enter into His eternal presence. No where do I find in all of God's word any scripture that supports your contention that any are saved other than through Christ. | ||||||
7 | Saved, but not born again? | John 3:3 | 4givn | 91323 | ||
So what you are saying is that you can be saved and not be "born again"? Please give scipture for that. | ||||||
8 | Supposed to "DO" something? | John 3:3 | 4givn | 91308 | ||
I have started looking for your replies throughout this thread and I must say you have some very interesting thoughts. Are you saying that we must EARN our salvation? My take on this passage is that anyone who is saved will automatically walk in the good works prepared beforehand, with the understanding that we are "God's workmanship". Therefore if WE are HIS work, then that supports what He also said about HIM being "faithful to complete the good work He began" in us. Also, our salvation comes by faith through grace, not of ourselves, "not of works". It is God's "GIFT". The very idea of a "gift" is that it is received. Now if we receive that gift, then what is there to do besides that, because if there is anything ELSE to do it no longer becomes a "gift", and it becomes something else. And that is very unlike the wages of sin that we once "EARNED", which was death. But John 5:24 says that we have passed "from death unto life". I am trying very hard to understand where you are coming from, so please help me if you can, but if you are saying that we must "earn" anything in relation to our salvation, then I must point out to you that is not what the bible teaches us. |
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9 | Many people who have never heard??? | John 3:3 | 4givn | 91307 | ||
Revelation 20 refers to the "great white throne". My understanding of this judgment is that all that appear before God at this point are without Christ and without hope and will suffer the same fate as Satan, the anti-Christ, the false prophet, and the demons. "No man comes to the Father except by Me". Where do you find in the word of God that their is any other provision for salvation other than Christ's work of atonement? |
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10 | It's hard to understand | John 3:3 | 4givn | 91304 | ||
Thank you for the kind reply. I am, however, having some diffuculty understanding where you're coming from. I guess it's the way you ask questions or something, I'm not quite sure, but you have sparked some curiosity because I have sensed for a long time that the enemy has lulled many Christians into a stupor and we have dozed off on the job, so to speak. (Is this close to what you are saying as one of your points?) As far as Jesus going "straight to the cross", I don't understand why you are asking this. My understanding is that it was in "the fullness of time", and because God is perfect, it is a perfect plan. Are you questioning God from a standpoint of child-like curiosity, or from a standpoint of judgment as to why He did the things He did - the WAY He did them? I also did not understand, as you said, placing myself IN Jesus, and then saying "but I don't know God's will perfectly". Jesus is the "fullness of the Godhead bodily". As God incarnate, He MUST have known God's will perfectly, because God the Father said that Jesus pleased Him well. Again, thank you for your insights and may the peace of God be upon you. |
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11 | Please explain | John 3:3 | 4givn | 91141 | ||
Romans 12:2 says that the will of God is "good, and acceptable, and perfect". It was the will of the Father for Jesus to live the life He lived. Jesus said that he did not speak His Own words, but only what the Father gave Him. I am curious as to what prompted your reasoning here. Your knowledge of the scriptures includes, I'm sure, that Christ had to keep the law for our sakes because of our inabaility to do so. It was the Father's plan for Him (Jesus) to live the life He lived. When you say "go straight to the cross", are you inplying that as an infant, Christ could have suffered and died, or are you saying that He didn't even need to be born? What are you saying? | ||||||
12 | I don't understand your reasoning | Matt 16:6 | 4givn | 91136 | ||
Rom 8:16 to says that the Spirit of God "bears witness" (agrees) with our spirit that we are "children of God". The passage speaks of being dead to sin and alive in Christ. What does this have to do with the spirit "overwhelming" someone? RE: 1 John 1:7. What is your reason for quoting this particular scripture? Please help me to understand your reasoning. RE: 1 Tim 3:16. Please help me out here, too! |
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13 | Still not convinced | Matt 16:6 | 4givn | 91128 | ||
It just seems that in the context that it is written, it is referring to "spiritual" healing. And ultimately that will be all that really matters, since we will one day be given a new body. But I think I am just beginning to see what the argument is all about, and I concede that the passage may also refer to physical healing. But I am not convinced. But thank you for the kind and gracious way in which you have addressed my inquiry. It was very Christ-like of you, unlike some of the responses I get sometimes in this forum, by folks, I think perhaps, who are unsure of their positions and feel they must lash out at what they perceive are "attacks". | ||||||
14 | Please explain | Matt 16:6 | 4givn | 91117 | ||
Re: John 18:4-7. Are you saying that those to whom Jesus spoke were, in the same context as your postings, "overwhelmed" by the Spirit. You are using THIS scripture as an example to support your contentions???? I fail to see the connection. Please help me. Re: Rev.1:7. I must be missing something. Please explain. |
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15 | Kind of harsh, don't you think? | Matt 16:6 | 4givn | 91078 | ||
Listen to yourself. Why the "attitude"? And who said I did not want "healing, prosperity, etc."? My inquiry said "could it be". Perhaps, madame or sir, that same Word you say you trust God for also says to bear with those whose faith is not the same as your own? There is also instruction for judging others. Only the Lord knows the thoughts and intents of my heart! | ||||||
16 | Kind of harsh, don't you think? | Matt 16:6 | 4givn | 91077 | ||
Listen to yourself. Why the "attitude"? And who said I did not want "healing, prosperity, etc."? My inquiry said "could it be". Perhaps, madame or sir, that same Word you say you trust God for also says to bear with those whose faith is not the same as your own? There is also instruction for judging others. Only the Lord knows the thoughts and intents of my heart! | ||||||
17 | God limited? | Matt 16:6 | 4givn | 90699 | ||
So in other words, God has to have certain conditions met in order to "minister to you better"? Doesn't that sound like an omnipotent God being limited in some way? And you mentioned "no scriptural reference". Where are the scriptural references for being "overwhelmed" by the Spirit? Didn't Jesus say that the Spirit would bear witness of HIM (Jesus)? | ||||||
18 | spiritual healing | Matt 16:6 | 4givn | 90697 | ||
Are you saying that the scripture "by His wounds we are healed" (1 Pe 2:24) is referring to physical healing? Could it be that it is referring to spiritual "healing", especially in light of the same passage referring to living by righteousness? | ||||||
19 | Hearing and believing only required? | John 5:24 | 4givn | 90426 | ||
Are "hearing" and "believing" the only requirements for salvation, and how can one lose their salvation if they have "heard" and "believed"? Where this verse says "has eternal life", is it from that moment on, when that person first "believed"? And does "will not be condemned" mean at the judgment? | ||||||
20 | Spreading the gospel | NT general Archive 1 | 4givn | 89529 | ||
Based on the great commision, what do you find to be the most effect personal tool for spreading the gospel of Christ? | ||||||
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