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41 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194403 | ||
Let me try to put it another way. If the Spirit baptizes us INTO the Body of Christ, it is the Holy Spirit who is at work to place us into that Body. If I am baptized WITH the Holy Ghost, I am saying I am immersed with the Holy Ghost. If I baptize you with water, I would immerse you into the water.I would dunk you all the way under, because I am immersing you. Like a submarine, a submersible ( spelling sorry ) So the distinction is one of great importance, in Corinithians we are being told about the Spirits work in our life, how He is baptizing us into the Body of Christ. In Acts we are talking about ourselves being baptized into the Spirit. I'm not sure how else to phrase it. But I'll ask you again, if a believer has all of the Holy Ghost they need at the new birth, what is going on in Acts 4, were they not born again yet? |
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42 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194401 | ||
Acts 1 and 2 we are told that 'you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence' Acts 2:4 tells us they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. Acts 4 shows us that it happened to them yet again ( which is whwere I ask if they had all the needed at the new birth where did this come from ) And Baptized BY the spirit, comes from 1 Cor 12:13 |
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43 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194399 | ||
We'll continue this below! | ||||||
44 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194398 | ||
Acts is the basis for this discussion. I am drawing a distinction from being baptized BY the Holy Spirit, which is what has happed at the new birth, to being baptized INTO the Spirit. Everyone who is born again has the Spirit, that doesn't mean they are immersed into it. Read Acts 4:31, if they had all they needed at the new birth, whats going on here? |
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45 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194395 | ||
When I say that the immersion will help us to live a successful life I am talking about Acts 1 when Jesus said that we would recieve power when the Holy Ghost had come upon us. I am saying that power of God, will lead to success in your life. Living in God's will is always going to bring success. |
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46 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194394 | ||
Yes he is saying we shall, because they asked him, what can we do to have this, and he told them what to do, and said do that and you shall. All of God's promises are yes and amen we know that. He said they shall, because they were seeking it. And Peter knew that all you had to do was ask for it and you'd get it. Look at Acts 4:31, here we have believers who were filled with the Holy Ghost according to Acts 2:4, yet the bible says here they were filled, this shows they did not have all they needed at the new birth. |
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47 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194392 | ||
I am saying that you have the Holy Spirit in your life when you are born again. It is actually the Holy Spirit which baptizes us into the body of Christ. However, you are not totally immersed into the Holy Ghost. The 120 in that upper room knew Jesus Christ as their Lord and savior, yet in Acts 2:4 we see that they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. This is to be something that happens throughout the life of the beleiver. When Paul wrote, be not drunk with wine wherein is excess but be filled with the Spirit speaking to yourselves in spiritual songs singing and making meolody in your heart to the Lord, when we read this the be filled with the spirit as it reads in the King James is taken from the Greek perfect present tense, its a continuous present, just like salvation, in other words it would be 'be being filled with the Spirit' We see this in Acts 4:31, they had already been totally immersed into the Holy Ghost, yet it happens again. This is because it is something that can keep happening to the beleiver. why it has to happen more than once, I'm not sure, God knows. But from Scripture we can see that it does happen. |
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48 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194389 | ||
Acts 2:38 and 39 give us Peter telling them that if they were to repent, they can recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost, they can recieve the same thing that these men who they called 'drunk' have, which they called them drunk because they were boldy out in the street, speaking in other tongues. Peter is adressing to them that they too can have this same thing in their lives. He even tells what the prophet had said about it. His context shows us he is talking about what happend to the 120 from Acts 2:4. Its like this, I can have water inside me, and it can be working in me to do what the natural body needs to live, but I could still dehydrate because I don't have enough. I'm saying that according to the book of Acts, these men got more than just a measure of the Spirit inside of them that we all get at the new birth. They allowed themselves to be totally immersed into the Spirit. I'm not denying that every born again believer has the Holy Spirit in them, I am just saying they don't have at the new birth all that God wants for them to have. He wants to totally immerse you into that anointing, into that Spirit so that you can have power to live a successful life. |
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49 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194387 | ||
I'm not talking about water at all. I'm confused as to what your confusion on my post is! Sorry. | ||||||
50 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194385 | ||
Good question, I'll do my best! First off at the end of Luke's gospel we have Jesus telling his disciples what today most of us call the 'Great Commission' its the go into all the world and preach the Gospel, see Luke 24:47. However, if you keep reading Jesus tells them that they indeed are his witness, but before they can go and witness to anyone, they need to wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Holy Ghost. In the book of Acts chapter 1 Jesus is telling them again, that they will recive power when the Holy Ghost has come upon them. He is telling these born again followers that even though they are called to be his witness, they aren't allowed to do so untill they have been endued with power from on high. In Acts 2:4 we see the Holy Ghost comes into this planet, and he sat upon each of the 120 that were in that upper room that day and it says 'They were all filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke with other tongues as the Spirit gave them the utterance' This was their total immersion into the Holy Ghost. Peter taught who could have this total immersion he said that the promise is for everyone ( Acts 2:38-39) Peter tells them that if they repent and turn from their sins, that they too can recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost, and he says that this promise is not just for them, but for anyone who will come to God. In the Scriptures I referenced in my earlier post I used 1 Cor 12, there we can keep reading and see that Paul said when we were born again the Spirit baptized us into the Body of Christ, everyone who is born again has been baptized into the Body of Christ by the Spirit of God, and has partaken, or as he said been made to drink, into one Spirit. This of course he speaks about when we are born again. This is what those in the upper room had, yet even thought the Spirit had baptized them into the body of Jesus, they had not yet been baptized into the Spirit of God, ie. baptize meaning 'immersion' So to answer your question, immersion is to be totally covered, its where he is not only with you, but also in you ( John 14:17) And those who have it, are those who have asked for it (Luke 11:13) And it does appear that being filled with the Holy Ghost does bring a life change in the persons life with the gift of speaking in other tongues, which is for another discussion I assume, but as Paul pointed out he uses it in his prayer time, as do I. |
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51 | The possible hindrance agsinst being use | 2 Cor 8:12 | miller521 | 194380 | ||
I would have to direct you to 1 Cor 12:4-11, here we see from the scripture that the Holy Spirit will divide gifts to every man as he wills. Gifts of healing, gift of faith, gift of tongues and all the other gifts that are used during a worship service as we call it today. The Spirit divides these gifts, however, the only hinderence I can see from scripture is to not believe on the name of Jesus Christ, and recieve total immersion into the Holy Ghost according to Acts chapters 1 and 2. Jesus said in Acts chapter 1 that the immersion into the Holy Ghost would bring power. And its that power, that allows us to operate to our fullest extent in the gifts of the Spirit. God can use anyone, even those who haven't been immersed into the Holy Spirit, but you can think of it as anyone can drive a car, but some cars, have more power, and can acomplish much much more. So in other words my thoughts would be to say that disobedience would have to be the only thing that can hinder us from serviing God. |
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52 | Can satan hear our thoughts? | 1 Cor 2:11 | miller521 | 194287 | ||
Hey David, welcome to the Kingdom. I would have to say that I do not beleive Satan can read your thoughts. I do realize that he can inject thoughts into your mind, we are to cast down those vain imaginations and evey thought that exalts itself against the knowledge of God 2 Cor. 10:5 So no, I don't believe he can read our thoughts, but he does try to persude us, and make us think what he wants us to. HOpe this helped, Mitch |
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53 | halloween | Bible general Archive 4 | miller521 | 194282 | ||
Michael, If you feel its wrong to participate in Halloween, then by all means you should not. If we do not listen to the Holy Spirit speaking to us and instead let others make decisions for us, then you will not make it very far. I to do not like most of halloween, my church has a thing they call Harvest Blast, the kids get to come and play games, and its a big family get together. Its free of all that scary stuff such as witches and ghosts and goblins. It doesn't really matter what others say, they might think you are cruel. I have family members who can't understand taht I refuse to lie to my children and tell them about Santa, but I chose to set a good example for them. I know it can get rough when others criticize your way of parenting, however just remember, God has allowed you to raise your children, don't take that for granted. Stand your ground brother. |
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54 | Can't we live like the early disciples? | Mark 6:8 | miller521 | 194236 | ||
Very good point Cheri, that could possibly be a very valid reason why they felt led to sell their possesions. I | ||||||
55 | God allowing things in our lives | 2 Tim 3:16 | miller521 | 194235 | ||
It doesn't have to be a failure as your dictionary would define it. It can simply be that the heart stops, as Christians we should understand that we have eternal life. That life could not be so eternal if we had to rely on heart always beating in order to be eternally living. | ||||||
56 | Should the church promte make up? | 1 Tim 2:9 | miller521 | 194230 | ||
Well first off, I don't see why the church needs to hand out free make up packs in the church. If they are trying to make some women feel that they need the makeup in order to serve Jesus Christ, then they are simply wrong. However, if we are to read the passage you used, it is not saying that there is something wrong with gold and pearls. It is the theme throughout much scripture that nothing can be above God in your life. If the pearls are more important to have on than being in Church and praising God, then there is an issue. But if a woman or man for that matter is wanting to present themself to their God and they want to look beautiful in doing so, we have no right to say anything negative about it. I mean if we take scripture out of context you can look at verse 8 and say that men can only pray while lifting up holy hands. But that would certainly mean a lot of us have broken that rule wouldn't it? So again, God is not against make up and earrings, he is a God of the heart, its what in your heart that concerns him. |
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57 | Can't we live like the early disciples? | Mark 6:8 | miller521 | 194229 | ||
I would have to say that the book of Acts is our best example of how they lived. There is no mandate that we MUST sell our posessions and combine then so that everyone is equal, however I have read articles, and I'll try to find one and post it back for you, about places where they are doing that. Not here in the U.S. but its alaways wonderful to hear the stories of missionaries who travel outside our nation and how they see the Gospel being demonstrated. But we should look to the so called 'early' church, and see how they acted. From the first chapters where Christ told those born again men and women that they could not even be his witness without recieving the baptism in the Holy Ghost, to Paul knowing he will lay down his life for the Gospel. The book is something which we should continue today, we should be doing the same things as they did, partciularily when it comes to those mandates that Jesus Christ himself gave, such as heal the sick and cast out devils. So I assume the best answer to the question is to Seek God first, and his his way of being right, and when you put his Word as first place in your life, living by the commandment of Love, you can begin to expereicne the same kind of life that the early church had. |
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58 | ALL things? | 2 Tim 3:16 | miller521 | 194114 | ||
Yes, and my point still is that the suffering doesn't originate with God. He will bring us through anything if we have faith in Him. God Bless |
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59 | ALL things? | 2 Tim 3:16 | miller521 | 194108 | ||
Well I see what you are saying, I guess we did get off topic here :) I am just trying to point out, that God sent his Word to teach us, and his Word is infallible and perfect. There is not even any need for him to steal from us in order to teach us. Though I must say, Romans 9 is a bit confusing at times. |
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60 | ALL things? | 2 Tim 3:16 | miller521 | 194102 | ||
So then that would mean that some are born homosexual etc? I'm not trying to be picky, I'm trying to get to a clear understanding of this scripture. It really seems to show predestination |
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