ACTS, CHAPTER 8

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homwardbound

homwardbound

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Beckworth said:
God has given us his completed, revealed Word. 2 Tim. 3:17 says that the scriptures make the man of God COMPLETE. It also says we haveveverything we need in the scriptures. Therefore, I must find my answers there and believe what it says. 1?Cor 13:9 says that the miraculous gifts of the Spirit will CRASE when the “Perfect” will of God has cone. See Romans 12:2 and James 1:25. We have that which is “perfect” today. Therefore, today, the only way anyone can receive the Holy Spirit is to obey Acts 2:38– be baptized into the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of sins. The Holy Spirit is promised to every person who obeys Christ in baptism. Paul tells in 1 Cor that our bodies are His temple and He lives in us.



It’s true that the saved have an in dwelling of the Spirit, but they got it when they obeyed Peter’s instruction to “be baptized for the remission of sins” as stated in Acts 2:38. Peter says it was a “gift” from God when they were baptized. It was never given “in order to save” anyone—it was given “because they were saved”. There is a huge difference. Notice that the promise of the “Spirit” comes AFTER having your sins forgiven which means receiving the Holy Spirit comes AFTER salvation—not before. Romans 8:9 does not prove the Spirit “saved” them; it only proves that saved people have the Spirit. As Paul says in 1 Cor. 6:19 that our bodies are a temple for the Holy Spirit to dwell. That does not mean that the Spirit saved us, but it means that only the saved have the Spirit living in them.
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Winner, I see it is God that has been by his Holy Spirit straightening me out and up as in Romans 14:1-4 tells me about God. I also see God only wants what is best for us the people, otherwise Son would not have willingly done what he did going through that suffering of the cross for people to begin with. Baptism is of God and we the people in belief see to get water baptized as a good coinscience towards God. Not to become a member of Churches
Or others. as Peter said, when he saw the Spirit of God fall on the Gentiles in Acts, he said who can refuse water now. I can't and so got that done in willing Thanksgiving and praise to God, for giving this reconciliation to learn new from God to me personally as others do that too.
It is between God and you each personally above everything else first, to me at least, thanks for the explanation, God gave you to state. I get it
 
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