Subject: baptismal regeneration - true or false |
Bible Note: You stated "There's no record that anyone else received holy spirit before they were baptized" I would just like to say that I personally received the Holy Spirit first and then became baptized afterwards, just like in Acts chapter 10. Not only that but thousands upon thousands like myself experienced the same order of events in their new found faith. Are we to say that the people in Acts chapter 10, or the many people today who have experienced an Acts chapter 10 conversion, were not truly converted? Through our inward witness we Acts chapter 10 converts know that we now belong to Him just as Romans 8:16 and other such verses say; Romans 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: Maybe your experience differed from others, but don't discount the conversion of others whose experience differs from yours or others. Lets not limit the operations of the Holy Spirit. |