What is the "whatever" in this statement ...? Please clarify
I find it hilarious that scripture plainly says those people were FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST (exact words!) and they deny it, yet they tell me I can't wear pants or cut my hair because the Bible says I can't........ROFL!!!
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I find it hilarious that scripture plainly says those people were FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST (exact words!) and they deny it, yet they tell me I can't wear pants or cut my hair because the Bible says I can't........ROFL!!!
Anyone who received the Spirit before the cross only received it for for a specific anointing, and not the indwelling of His Spirit like folks did since Acts 2.
...my opinion
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"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
Okay...I know you're probably at your game...but...here are my questions:
1. I'm still not really clear on your point of view (after skimming through the thread)...is it your consensus that some folks in the OT, and John, Elisabeth, etc., were filled with the Holy Ghost, the same as we are, and since they didn't speak in tongues, then that proves that tongues aren't necessary evidence? And, is your explanation simply that the Holy Ghost wasn't available freely to everyone, until the Day of Pentecost, but was more like God just filled whomever He pleased? Something like that?
2. With or without tongues, do you believe being filled with the Holy Ghost is necessary to salvation?
3. You did mention that no one needed to be filled with the Holy Ghost while Jesus was with them in the flesh...but what about the thief? Wasn't he saved while Jesus was there? Do you believe the thief was filled with the Holy Ghost?
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
The Holy Ghost was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified.
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"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
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