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NASB | Luke 23:43 And He said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 23:43 Jesus said to him, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise." [2 Cor 12:4; Rev 2:7] |
Subject: why was the thief saved without baptism? |
Bible Note: Hello Country Girl, Please exceuse the first posting. I messed up. :-( "The baptism of the Holy Spirit was the primary source for these miraculous powers..." The purpose of baptism is for identification. This is the use of the term throughout Scripture. The primary source for miraculous power was the filling of the Spirit which was periodic. And even then, the primary use of that power in Acts was preaching the gospel. "This also is in harmony with Paul's teaching in 1 Cor as there tends to be much strife and immature bickering between christians when they are blessed with these powers." Any of God's gifts can be misused--even helps and administration. That is not a good measuring stick for appropriateness today. "If we had physical manifestations or demonstrations of miracles all the time like the Jews did in their world, they would become commonplace like they did then." They weren't commonplace. Some were not even witnessed by anyone but the author who recorded it (see Jonah). What we have in Scripture is a condensed timeline of history. Take a Bible history chart and note the miracles against the chart. You'll find several decades, even centuries, between miracles. "The conclusion cited above is shared now and has been promulgated by christians by the tens of millions plus throughout all 2000 years of the church's existence." Which of the church fathers agrees with you? I only request one citation. Steve |