Quote Hi One Spirit,”I know I have the Holy Spirit because my message lines up with scripture”How many thousands have we met that would make such a statement and yet few of them would agree about serious matters. Every denomination is based on the premise that they hold the truth in their hands.The Spirit is not divided.I admire your confidence if…[Read more]

Quote Hi One Spirit and Nick,At the risk of sounding contrary:Who do you think was the author of this passage, and what do you think it meant to them?I ask this, because I think we have vastly different approaches to scriptural interpretation. Casiphus,According to the passage, the words I quoted come straight from YHWH.Quote Deuteronomy…[Read more]

Nick wrote:Quote What you highlight is important but not exclusive. Nowhere does it say the Spirit will be given but only in understanding and boldness and all other powers are counterfeit. Neither does it say all professing christians have the Holy Spirit any more than it says any denomination is so blessed.I already wrote:Quote Of course, there…[Read more]

Nick,I am not going to argue with you about whether or not these commands are for all men of all times.  I think that that is a ridiculous statement, afterall the entire context for these passages comes from:Quote 1 Corinthians 7:1Now for the matters you wrote about … .I would much rather see you address my other post above.

Quote Hi OS,Tongues is only one of the gifts and perhaps a lesser one. But Paul still said”I thank God I speak in tongues more than all of you”and” I wish that you all spoke in tongues” Was he speaking also to us? then we should listen not to me but to him. Nick,I think that David addressed this already, but let me add this:Quote 1 Corinthians…[Read more]

Nick wrote:Quote Hi One Spirit,What does “having the Spirit” mean to you in your experience?Your question misses the point.  “My experience” is not scripture.  “My experience” could be nothing more than self-deception.  What is more important is what scripture says about what “having the Spirit” means.  If “my experience” lines up with that, the…[Read more]

Casiphus,Interesting theory, but how do explain:Quote “ your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren.  Him you shall hear, according to all you desired of your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly saying, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.…[Read more]

Quote Luke 11:9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he g…[Read more]

Quote ps,The gifts are given to be used according to the leading of the Spirit and not our foolish imaginations. How many lepers were healed in the time of Naaman?I have spoken little about gifts in the time I have been on this site. I am astounded that so few seem to have had any experience of them frankly.Well, tell us more about your gifts.…[Read more]

Quote Hi One Spirit,Sound doctrine includes the seeking and receiving and the using of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Unsound doctrine excludes these vital blessings. Such also is lawlessness. Show me that in scripture.

Nick,No, not all gifts are false, but gifts are not the proof of our faith.  Again:Quote Matthew 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawles…[Read more]

Quote Hi,One Spirit. Do I take that as a no?Scripture tells us we should seek the gift of the Spirit. Scripture also tells us the Spirit manifests in individuals in power and grace.The Spirit wrote scripture through men so we should trust and obey it.Do you agree?Wow.  Nick, I asked you a straightforward question, and you completely ignored it.…[Read more]

I thought that I was simply speaking common sense scriptural truth.Quote Isaiah 8:20″To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”Nick, do you think the Spirit contradicts scripture?

David,Try this without the extra spaces in the brackets: This is how you make some thing bold. It will look like this: This is how you make some thing bold. You can also use a “u” for underlining as well.

Nick wrote:Quote Hi david,Do you rely on your teachers and your experience and your understanding to grasp the things of God? Have you asked God yet for the Spirit as we are urged to do? God will surprise you as He longs to give all His blessings to His children. Nick,I am amazed by how easily you ignore scripture in favor of your own opinion.…[Read more]

Nick wrote:Quote Hi eliyah. Do you walk by the Spirit? Did you read the rest of the chapter?  Here's what Paul considers “walking in the Spirit”:Quote Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are…[Read more]

Nick wrote:Quote This gift is for private use and not public performance as Paul has said.That goes completely against scriptural example.Quote Acts 2:5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. 6 And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them…[Read more]

Nick,Based on your response to David in the “gift of tongues” topic, I can see that you are not interested in a scriptural study of what you claim to be your personal evidence of being “baptized in the Spirit”.  So I won't pile on.  But let me ask you this:Are you aware that millions of catholics and protestants claim the same evidence as you?  …[Read more]

Quote Just to be clear, as I've already said a couple times, I've never “shunned” the use of Yahweh or any of the many many many other possible correct transliterations.  To use God's name, and to reflect the glory of his name is the important thing.David, by picking a name to use in common parlance, you have shown a preference.  You favor one n…[Read more]

Thanks for the clarification Eliyah.  I will consider your words, (as I have in the past), but I certainly can not say that I agree with you at this point.Your words are strong, but I am not quite convinced that they are completely grounded in scripture.  I agree with you that substituting the Almighty's name in scripture with titles is c…[Read more]