Salvation is a Free Gift.
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Read the text again.
Acts 19:2
He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him,
“On the contrary, we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit.”
Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?
The text tells you that you can believe and not have the Holy Spirit.
The apostles did not receive the Holy Spirit until the day of Pentecost, fact.
The apostles believed in Jesus, after all, they observed the risen Christ.
You can believe but not have the Holy Spirit.
Acts 19:2
He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him,
“On the contrary, we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit.”
Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?
The text tells you that you can believe and not have the Holy Spirit.
The apostles did not receive the Holy Spirit until the day of Pentecost, fact.
The apostles believed in Jesus, after all, they observed the risen Christ.
You can believe but not have the Holy Spirit.
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Then it confirms preaching the Gospel is inspired Word of God and Paul explains what the Holy Spirit is doing in that process.
17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ
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13 when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit
And we see it matches when Peter was preaching.
44 While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word
17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ
and
13 when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit
And we see it matches when Peter was preaching.
44 While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word
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I agree that salvation is a free gift! Absolutely - see Ephesians 2:8
I think, though, that the last sentence would be better better stated as something like this: We are privileged to believe in Jesus and his death and resurrection and then to live a life of realness and relationship with God.
"All we are required to do is accept it by faith" in my view is a very poor presentation of Christianity.
I think, though, that the last sentence would be better better stated as something like this: We are privileged to believe in Jesus and his death and resurrection and then to live a life of realness and relationship with God.
"All we are required to do is accept it by faith" in my view is a very poor presentation of Christianity.
a yeah th scripture says it but no single verses never say but what they say ….
“I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word.”
John 8:37 NIV
“Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.”
John 5:45-46 KJV
It’s pretty obvious why they didn’t hear him isn’t it ? As he was teaching they repeatedly asked about what Moses said trying to accuse him ….because they had no room for his word they already thought the law of Moses was all there would ever be
they didn’t accept Jesus words because of this
“and not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: but their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.”
2 Corinthians 3:13-15 KJV
Moses words blinded them to his
they had no room for new doctrine they trusted in the law instead
“I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word.”
John 8:37 NIV
“Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.”
John 5:45-46 KJV
It’s pretty obvious why they didn’t hear him isn’t it ? As he was teaching they repeatedly asked about what Moses said trying to accuse him ….because they had no room for his word they already thought the law of Moses was all there would ever be
they didn’t accept Jesus words because of this
“and not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: but their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.”
2 Corinthians 3:13-15 KJV
Moses words blinded them to his
they had no room for new doctrine they trusted in the law instead
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Yes, it sure is crazy isn't it?
A denomination will have something to do with it but I believe it goes beyond that.
Agreed, 100% Mainly we have to let God speak for Himself.
Indeed it is. But yet, in your next line, you say it is received through repentance and faith. So which is it, free? Or is there something we must do to receive it?
Respectfully, here you go again. You say it's completely paid for by Jesus and indeed it is. But if that be the case, why do we now have to have faith "and repent" before we receive it? What am I repenting for, what Jesus already paid for? Would it make more sense that we receive the gift of repentance also?
It would seem so since Jesus is also our sanctification.
But you said repentance also.
You see, this could be confusing.
Would you mind explaining a little more into this? Thanks
A denomination will have something to do with it but I believe it goes beyond that.
Agreed, 100% Mainly we have to let God speak for Himself.
Indeed it is. But yet, in your next line, you say it is received through repentance and faith. So which is it, free? Or is there something we must do to receive it?
Respectfully, here you go again. You say it's completely paid for by Jesus and indeed it is. But if that be the case, why do we now have to have faith "and repent" before we receive it? What am I repenting for, what Jesus already paid for? Would it make more sense that we receive the gift of repentance also?
It would seem so since Jesus is also our sanctification.
But you said repentance also.
You see, this could be confusing.
Would you mind explaining a little more into this? Thanks
