Again you say most and yet you are not correct in ref to: Pentecostals. Sorry your not correct in that. So if you want to talk about the Biblical accounts of this Move of God, great! I am willing to do that.
" The only scriptures who can confirm this, we find in the book of acts. 3 events showing that receiving the Holy spirit is connected with speaking in tongues:"
I think you did not read all of Acts . that being said how many events do you need to establish a normative in scripture? and your dates are not correct about the teaching of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. the doctrine of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit was taught by 1. Jesus in the Gospels 2. shown in the starting of the early church in the book of Acts, and instruction given on them in 1cor 12, 13, 14. and in many other scriptural ref too.
This statement too is a strawman
" If it is true, that this would be the measure (speaking in tongues) to receive the Holy Spirit, then the most believers, including me, don’t have the Holy Spirit.".
If you are going to say things like this then at least ensure that is what is being said. Because I am not saying that.
hear is what I think the bible teaches on the topic; you can agree or if you do not agree Great
Your salvation and mind has nothing to do with tongues ok, Now In the Gospel of John 20:22 Jesus said this "And when he had said this, he breathed on
them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:"
Again you say
most and yet you are not correct in ref to: Pentecostals. Sorry your not correct in that. So if you want to talk about the Biblical accounts of this Move of God, great! I am willing to do that.
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So I should say all? In the teaching of the Pentecostals and charismatics we can found of course today different meanings. A) the sign of receiving the Holy spirit is speaking in tongues.
B) A believer can be saved without having the Power of the spirit, but without the Baptism with the Holy Spirit he will lack something in his christian life. And as sign for that is talking in tongues (this we cant find in the Bible) if yes pleas show me!
The word of god nowhere prophecies a second Pentecost. If yes, then show me. I know that some take Joel 3. As reason for that. But it is addressed to the volk of Israel. (literally) And this event we will see in future.
I said. If the teachings from the Pentecostals/Charismatics are right. Then all other Christians before 1906 (out of the apostolic time) are wrong! And all Christians which deny this teachings are wrong!
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" The only scriptures who can confirm this, we find in the book of acts. 3 events showing that receiving the Holy spirit is connected with speaking in tongues:"
I think you did not read all of Acts . that being said how many events do you need to establish a normative in scripture? and your dates are not correct about the teaching of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. the doctrine of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit was taught by 1. Jesus in the Gospels 2. shown in the starting of the early church in the book of Acts, and instruction given on them in 1cor 12, 13, 14. and in many other scriptural ref too.
This statement too is a strawman
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What you mean with strawman?
I found in the book of acts only these 3 events ( acts 2,2-11; acts 10,44-46; 19,3-7) where the receiving of the Holy spirit is mentioned along with speaking in tongues. If you found more, please show me! And the mentioning had a special purpose which we can find in the context itself.
To 1. Where in the gospel Jesus taught about the doctrine of the gifts of the Holy Spirit?
To 2. The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost has nothing to do with the doctrine of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is right, that 1. Cor. taught about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but this has nothing to do with receiving the Holy Spirit. And that what the Pentecostal/Charismatic doctrine teaches how to become the Holy Spirit ore to be filled with the Holy spirit to be empowerd is not biblical.
The believers in Corinth are the best model to show that getting the gifts is not a question of how holy somebody lives. (I mentioned the Verses before: 1. Cor. Chapter 1-14 and 2. Cor.12 the last verses.)
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" If it is true, that this would be the measure (speaking in tongues) to receive the Holy Spirit, then the most believers, including me, don’t have the Holy Spirit.".
If you are going to say things like this then at least ensure that is what is being said. Because I am not saying that.
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Yes, you have not say this, it is a logical conclusion! But with most believers I am maybe wrong. If we count 600-800 Millions of Pentecost and Charismatics and the most of the official called Christians are only nominal Christians, then I am wrong in this.
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hear is what I think the bible teaches on the topic; you can agree or if you do not agree Great
Your salvation and mind has nothing to do with tongues ok, Now In the Gospel of John 20:22 Jesus said this "And when he had said this, he breathed on
them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:"
Jesus had already risen from the dead and I believe after Jesus said this to them they were saved. NOW this was said BEfore Pentecost
after Jesus did this
Luke 24:49 sayes : " And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.".
These saved People were told by Jesus to wait. They had the Holy Spirit because they Knew Jesus as Lord and we all know no one can know Jesus as Lord unless the Holy Spirit is in them.
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Well, then some points I want give you for thinking about concerning this.
- John 20,22 speaks about that Jesus blows the disciples on for receiving the Holy Ghost. I would understand it in this way that Jesus gave to his disciples a special authority which is never repeated after that. The authority to forgive sin Vers 23.
- Notice that Thomas was not among them, when they was blowed on from Jesus.
- What is the condition to be saved? Only faith!
- People believed without having the Holy Spirit in them: f.e. Martha (John 11,24-27); the blindborn man (John,9,36-38); are t, hey saved? Yes, because of their faith. Did they got the Holy Spirit? No, because he was not yet given to them before Pentecost.
- Thomas met Jesus eight days after he shows himself to the disciples. And he confessed: My Lord and my God, without having the Holy Spirit.(John 20,26-28).
- Jesus reply in vers 29 is interesting: “Blessed are those who believe without seeing.” For me it seems for believers it is important to feel Jesus, to have special experiences, more then to believe him. They want have Jesus us friend. What Jesus said in John 15,14?.” You are my friends when you do what I command to you.” For me it seem that many like to read only the first part of this vers.
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So Then Acts 1:8 instruction by Jesus and manifested in Acts chapter 2; this was another work of the Holy Spirit in the Believer; "again a work in the Believer" = a person already saved. So how a pentecostal could say that you are not saved if Jesus is your Lord is not biblical.
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Because, Pentecostal teaches (this was special in the beginning ) that as sign of receiving the Holy Spirit it talking in tongues. And born again without the holy spirit is not possible. And if somebody is not born again he is not saved. I know today not all teaching this.
Yes, I agree the 120 had been believers and if they would be killed before the day of Pentecost, they would be in heaven, because of their faith.(According the OT condition) But to say that they all had the Holy Spirit before the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost is speculation and nowhere written in the word of god.
The event on Pentecost was a special sign, as well in Cornelius house ore with the disciples of John the Baptist. That Jesus has sent his paraklet. Which we can´t bring into a doctrine which stated that Christians need a special baptizing with the Holy Spirit. This is not exegetic from the text, but eisegeses for to try to proof a certain doctrine.
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You stated that some pentecostals say this is second event I would not use that word but something happen to the 120 After Jesus breathed on them in John 20:22 .
I would like to hear what you think. and You really have to look at the Spirit of God in the Old testament too. I would like to talk about that.
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How you came to the meaning that the 120 were together in John 20,22?
Many Pentecostals and Charismatics using this termination. Without having the baptizing with the Holy Spirit you lack something.
Yes of course something happened to them, they became the Holy Spirit living in them, what was not before! And if you notice please the reaction from the Apostels after getting the Holy Spirit. They don’t hide anymore, they became bold and brave to spread the gospel. This was not before the day of Pentecost.
In the OT we see that Gods spirit was temporary on special people for special purpose. But since Pentecost the Holy Spirit is constant living in every person who is born again.
So far, hope you can follow my writings.