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NASB | Acts 19:2 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said to him, "No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 19:2 He asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [in Jesus as the Christ]?" And they said, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." |
Bible Question: in this verse,why dont people believe ,any more ,,some say we dont have this today ,,,well i guess the devil done come to late ,to tell me any thing different ,,so way dont they believe in the holy ghost and its powers ,,he is the same GOD today as he was back then |
Bible Answer: Hello God's lady, welcome and please take a few minutes to enter a brief prfile of yourself. Samuel 8 Yes, the devil came to late to tell me the Holy this truth had passed away as well, thank God! There are probably several threads on this forum where this is discussed. Just type Baptism of the Holy Spirit into the Word search and you will find many various statements of belief. Personaly from my brief historical study of church history and prayer believe that after the death of the disciples the 'churh' did the same thing the Jews did in in Samuel chapter 8. And the people said to Samuel"Give us a king to rule over us". Note what God's response was..a king will rule over you, and he will take your wealth and your daughters and make you his servants. God told Samuel "Listen to the people, to everything they say to you; for it is not you they are rejecting; but they are rejecting Me; they don't want Me to be king over them." So men were appointed to sek God for the people and and to interpret scripture for them. It is easy to se how the teaching of the supernatural working of the Holy spirit would become discouraged. The people forgot John 6:45.."They will all be taught by ADONAI". Many Christians have been taught, and as Paul taught in Corinthians, that there is a deceiving spirit and that they should 'try the spirits'but no where did he imply they were to be fearful. But 'fear' of being deceived led them to reject the supernatural working of the Holy spirit altogether...the path of least resistence..human nature. thus Satan convinced the religious community to reject the supernatural working of the Holy Spirit. 2 Timothy 3. God bless |
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