Believers of Acts 2:38 down through history?

[Aquila]

I'm a work in progress. I lay no claim to having it all figured out or having all my questions answered.

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I'm a work in progress. I lay no claim to having it all figured out or having all my questions answered.

Well buddy, if you don't have it figured out before death or rapture, off to hell you will go.

[Aquila]

Hey guys. Instead of ganging up to bash me, because it always takes a hand full of ya, why don't we conserve our energy and look at the original posts and examine the information. Is there anything contained in that article that you find interesting? Anything that provided some form of validation for you? Or perhaps is there something you'd call into question?

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Originalist

Well buddy, if you don't have it figured out before death or rapture, off to hell you will go.

I assure you that I will not know all things and have everything figured out prior to the rapture. I'm human. If repentance, being baptized in His name, and being filled with the Holy Ghost isn't enough... I'm toast anyway. And agreeing with a single strict interpretation and pretending like I do know it all isn't going to help one bit.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Aquila

You're so like Jesus. I wanna be like you when I grow up. lol

But that's just it Chris. We aren't your reference, because you sure as shootin aren't ours'. Listen, Chris, with what you believe you wouldn't of been able to win me when I was in the world. Bro, I had already been through the sinner's prayers. The ripped jeans and sandals of the Charismatic movement, complete with doctrine isn't necessary. The Bible means different things to different people. My old pap, would rear his head back in laughter! Screaming what a bunch of baloney! You are a softy? No, you are a product of the State, the 1980s Ecclesiastical Buy the World a Coke and Keep it Company. Has nothing to do with Christianity in any form. My lands, this counrty was started mostly by Puritans, who because of their predestination all those who couldn't live righteous were excommunicated the hard way. Baptists would preach it hotter than Hell. Roman priests like Padre Pio would smack your smile off your face if you believed another way. Yet, we in the 2000s are supposed to be ecumenical, and inclusive? Just have a sincere belief in a messiah figure and its good? Chris this No Bible Needed and In God's Hands doctrine is getting snowflaker by the post.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Originalist

Well buddy, if you don't have it figured out before death or rapture, off to hell you will go.

But, you don't even need to have it figured out. All you need is to believe.

Without a Bible it gets a little sketchy, but it seems you got it all figured out.

So, what exactly is salvation when a Bible is unavailable?

Originalist hasn't said he believes this but Chris, would you like to explain?

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Hey guys. Instead of ganging up to bash me, because it always takes a hand full of ya, why don't we conserve our energy and look at the original posts and examine the information. Is there anything contained in that article that you find interesting? Anything that provided some form of validation for you? Or perhaps is there something you'd call into question?

Chris, I'm sorry, but you know what you do? Let's see if you recognize this, you make yourself the lighting rod. You may post something from the web, and ask us if we find it interesting. But then you take information which we have already been discussing in other threads and start to post them in a new thread. Why? because the new thread is part of an old discussion. Hence we end up posting the same arguments over and over again. But, you never answered my questions, what about those who never lost their Bibles? Those who lived in areas where vulgar Latin was still in use? Greek was still lingua franca? Your Googled history mostly speaks of a Western Christendom. Which your's and my ancestors were apart of. But my wife's ancestors were from the Eastern part which never migrated to the new world to conquer. That was Spanish, Italian, and English. Therefore the Western Northern portion of the Roman church didn't translate their liturgy into English, or their Bibles. So, you walk around thinking the Bible was extinct? Dark ages? Bro, what about those Latin liturgies? Greek liturgies, Latin, Greek, Spanish, Bibles?

[Scott Pitta]

As per the original post, I would suggest focussing on finding Oneness Pentecostals in the USA prior to 1913.

To the best of my knowledge, there are none in the USA prior to 1913.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I'm a work in progress. I lay no claim to having it all figured out or having all my questions answered.

Sweet Jesus, may God have mercy on my soul and help you.

Bro, I thank God I never met someone like you when I needed the Lord.

thank you JESUS for the Apostolic Pentecostal message!

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Really? You take yourself way to seriously.

Chris, is it because your arguments cause more questions than they answer?

Bro, I just don't buy what you are peddling.