Sister God does live in buildings? And Church is a mistranslation from Ecclesia. Church means building and Stephan was stoned to death for saying God does not live in buildings as Saul at that time watched it happen.
Sister we the believers are the Ecclesia of Christ, the called out ones that speak the mysteries of God in Christ from heaven where Christ is seated justified in Spirit of God, and we are to receive that same Spirit if we believe and be set free in God through what Christ has done for us at the cross
[h=3]Acts 2:17[/h]New International Version (NIV)
[SUP]17 [/SUP]“‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
Have you not received the Spirit of God yet and been given your gift to edify the Ecclesia in Christ?
You are stating that the reception of the Holy Ghost is over. And if this is so then you are not born again are you?
My greatest gift from God through the Holy Ghost for me is life forever in him. How about you?
you keep making this accusation.
the rest of your post is evidence you didn't understand what i wrote. and you don't understand what happened.
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and let's take a look at this (always
conveniently out of context):
Acts 2
The Holy Spirit at Pentecost
(Joel 2:28-32; John 14:15-26; John 16:5-16; Acts 10:44-48; Acts 19:1-7)
1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
they were all with one accord in one place. 2And suddenly there
came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it
filled all the house
where they were sitting. 3And there appeared
unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and
it sat upon each of them. 4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? 8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? 13Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
Peter Preaches to the Crowd
14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 15
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
21And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.........
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Joel foretold of the Day of Pentecost (so did most of the prophets - surprise!).
Peter stood right there ON THAT DAY and said what
THEY, right there, way back then,
SAW AND HEARD WAS exactly what Joel had foretold.
where was it? -
Jerusalem
what was it? - Power from on High - The Promise of The Father
what happened? - your sons and your daughters shall prophesy (of Israel - the faithful DISCIPLES who did what - prophesied - what? THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD - His Plan in Christ - and your young men shall see visions (didn't Peter see the vision of the gentiles - unclean food), and your old men shall dream dream.....this PROMISE was for ISRAEL for 3000 years.
are we going to excise it from it's HISTORICAL context where it's clearly in the past, a fulfilled Promise.....and drag it ahead 2000 to today and make it NOT what Peter said it was?
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And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit
upon all flesh
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men,
out of every nation under heaven
unless you are a Universalist (either for them back there or for us here today) - EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD - ALL FLESH ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH - is not being "Baptized in the Holy Ghost" (though there's most definitely a counterfeit thing happening BECAUSE of the corruption of this passage - even Muslims; Catholics; Mormons and MOST religious pagans speak "in tongues"
. so it obviously means something else.
how can we know? read it:
And there were dwelling
at Jerusalem Jews, devout men,
out of every nation under heaven
EVERY NATION UNDER HEAVEN?
did devout Jews travel from Argentina to Jerusalem and stand there with peter? how about from Canada?
it clearly means something else.
what does it mean. exactly what it says. the PROMISE went to exactly the people it was promised to FIRST - Israel.
beginning at Jerusalem.
they received DIRECT real time REVELATION from God that everything he had Promised for thousands of years was happening RIGHT THERE.
On the Road to Emmaus
13That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven milesa from Jerusalem, 14and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 16But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17And he said to them, “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still, looking sad. 18Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19And he said to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 21But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. 22Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, 23and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 24Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” 25And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
28So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther, 29but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. 30When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. 31And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight. 32They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” 33And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 34saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!” 35Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
36As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, “Peace to you!” 37But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. 38And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42They gave him a piece of broiled fish,b 43and he took it and ate before them.
44Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48You are witnesses of these things.
49And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
The Ascension
50Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53and were continually in the temple blessing God.
so WHO received POWER from on High? His Witnesses. the very disciples He handpicked and called. and all He added to their NUMBER - FROM ISRAEL....just as Promised.
then what? the Gospel went to the GENTILES....right?
Romans 1"16
I am Not Ashamed of the Gospel
16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for
it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,
to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17For
in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."
i...........do..........not.............understand why this is scoffed at.
i do not understand why this is glossed over.
i don't get why it's NOT ENOUGH that God fulfilled the promises to the people He said He would, and continues to SAVE according to His Wisdom -
through the FOOLISHNESS of the PREACHING of the VERY SAME Gospel they heard.
1 Corinthians 15:3
3For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. 9For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11
Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
Acts 2:38
37Now when they
heard this,
they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "
Brethren, what shall we do?"
38Peter said to them, "
Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39"For
the promise (FORGIVENESS OF SINS - THE HOLY SPIRIT GUARANTEE) is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself."
Repent,
and
be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ,
for the forgiveness of your sins;
and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
You are stating that the reception of the Holy Ghost is over. And if this is so then you are not born again are you?
My greatest gift from God through the Holy Ghost for me is life forever in him. How about you?
did you receive The Spirit through the Works of the Law?
did you receive the Spirit by the laying on of hands?
did you receive the Spirit because you were in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost?
or did you HEAR THE GOOD NEWS OF YOUR SALVATION PREACHED - CHRIST CRUCIFIED for your sins......and you:
Repented,
and
were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ,
for the forgiveness of your sins;
and you received the gift of the Holy Spirit?
