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  1. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    Okay this is interesting, but my first thought is they are taking the modern biblical critics approach which is very skeptical and known to take too far a step back in saying 'this is an accurate description of what the people of these Jewish and Gentile communities claimed to believe' rather...
  2. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    Think about deeper context. Go below the surface.
  3. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    Yeah that's the better way.. straight from scripture itself! Thank you.
  4. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    From the article: https://godsbreath.net/2011/04/28/reject-paul-but-accept-jesus/ 'By rejecting Paul’s writings, one would have to dismiss the Gospel of Luke since Luke was with Paul and agreed with Paul (Acts 16:10). Paul quoted Luke’s Gospel as Scripture (1 Tim 5:18; cf. Luke 10:7; 2 Tim...
  5. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    Yes COC goes way off on salvation and baptism. But this article itself is mostly right on biblically
  6. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    https://godsbreath.net/2011/04/28/reject-paul-but-accept-jesus/ Says it better than I can
  7. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    You don't understand biblical analysis..I'll agree to disagree.
  8. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    Wait... the teaching of how they are to be corrected remains with the same doctrine from Jesus thru Paul and John. The same admonishments Jesus has fir these churches are what Paul was writing about in different situations. It's the sane teaching! End.
  9. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    Well, if you go down this road of denying Paul was inspired in some of his writings, you'd be putting your own opinion above the weight of scripture. Some of the greatest scholarly minds agree Paul's writings in total are inspired. It's true the bible does also, being true, show men's...
  10. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    Oldest doesn't mean best. You gotta apply other tests to historical texts. The KJV textus receptus agreed with the majority of over 5000 manuscripts when compared with their findings later unearthed. Even though it was based on not many manuscripts, what those manuscripts had agreed with the...
  11. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    In regards to the deaconess reference.. not all bible translations call Phoebe a deaconess. The KJV says 'servant'.. and the Greek behind the word is more akin to this than the official role of deacon. Along with this though..if she did actually have a deacons role..she would still be bound by...
  12. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    It takes a long time for Jesus to become number 1 in every area of your life. It's a whole lifetime journey. So we can't 'make' Him Lord at salvation. Me thinks you are mixing up daily service with salvation here.
  13. wattie

    Do you believe that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only?

    Different contexts. Acts pleasing to God as just in His eyes are different to conversion at justification by faith in Christ for getting initially saved. James is mainly writing about THE faith ..what happens after conversion. Paul though writes alot about freedom from the Law thru...
  14. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    This Acts 2 passage is in a different context to the apostles. But even so.. it was still mostly fulfilled right then with Peter talking about it. It still doesn't support continuationism. The prophesying etc.. was happening right then and there.
  15. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    https://www.the-highway.com/cessation1_Warfield.html This is all you would need to know about cessation of some of the gifts of the Spirit. I'll leave it there.
  16. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    Paul gave up pharisical teaching big time in his conversion. That's his testimony. Going from Judaism to being a christian. He fully understood being saved by grace through faith in Jesus. Romans is a great book for this. He knew freedom from the OT law. How was he going back to past...
  17. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    Can you elaborate? Then we can discuss.
  18. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    God superintended over Paul's writing for it to be exactly what He wanted. There is also more context around this passage again. The verse does not stand on it's own. But in regards to the law. It isn't the OT law Paul would be referring to. It's about laws for governing a church rightly...
  19. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    Well.. yeah.. Jesus was very good to women against the culture of the day. But at the same time, He inspired Paul to write about how a church is run and the right roles in a church for it to run Godly. In the case of women to be silent in the church.. this is not about not talking at all...
  20. wattie

    Who is receiving the Spirit?

    There is the New Testament law of faith.. the system of serving God in churches. It's not the OT.. but it is a system for running churches. So that is probably part of this.