*“You're using the term figuratively and I'm using it literally when I say ‘Breathed in’ yes.”
No, I’m using the term literally. But it was a spiritual transfer. Jesus said, “The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life (Jn. 6:63).” Then He is in us, and when we speak His words to others, spirit and life are transferred into them.
*“The spirit that day was poured upon them individually first...” I disagree. In Acts 1 it says “These all continued steadfastly with one accord in prayer (v. 14).” Then in Acts 2 it says that “they were all together in the same place” when the Spirit filled the whole house. They were all filled individually as members of the Body, not as separate individuals. They were a priesthood.
*Re: baptism, I don’t say it is not important. I just say it is a sign of a spiritual reality. It is the spiritual reality that is important. The spiritual reality of baptism involves being one with Christ in His death (through faith), and being raised with Him in resurrection (through faith) (Col. 2:11-12).
*“As for ‘brother,’ Paul called the Jews ‘brethren’ or brothers in Romans 9:3 and they very clearly have had no part in Christ.”
They were all sons of Abraham in the flesh, therefore, brothers.
*“Once Saved Always Saved is a False Teaching.”
This is according to Arminian doctrine. I’m not Arminian. Neither am I a Calvinist. Both sides have part of the truth, and oppose the Scripture that doesn’t agree with their theology. We should keep all God’s words (Rev. 3:8), even if it seems contradictory or we don’t understand how it can be. That’s a failure on our part, not on God’s.
*“You think these false teachers destroying the faith of Christians have a reward still?” Ah yes, the reward. You should look into what the difference is between those who receive eternal life, which is free and a gift, and those who receive a reward, which is based on what we do. Surely, Paul had received eternal life, but he was stretching forward to gain the reward in Phil. 3:14. Those who conflate the two find the verses confusing.
*“Hebrews 6:4-6 It is impossible to renew them again to repentance”
The context of this in chapter 5, where he says, “For when because of the time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you what the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God are and have become those who have need of milk and not solid food (v. 12). Then in chp. 6, he says, “leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be brought on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from death works and of faith in God, etc. We need to go on to maturity. He’s telling us, “GROW UP!’ Quit playing with the toys in the sandbox. Once we have laid the foundation, we don’t need to keep laying foundations every time we fall away and turn back. Christ doesn’t have to be crucified over and over. Once is enough. Verse 1 says, there is no need to lay the foundation again, Verse 4 says that it is not possible; and vv. 7-8 show that it is not right. We need to just go on to maturity.
*“You're using the term figuratively and I'm using it literally when I say ‘Breathed in’ yes.” No, I’m using the term literally. But it was a spiritual transfer. Jesus said, “The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life (Jn. 6:63).” Then He is in us, and when we speak His words to others, spirit and life are transferred into them.
*“The spirit that day was poured upon them individually first...” I disagree. In Acts 1 it says “These all continued steadfastly with one accord in prayer (v. 14).” Then in Acts 2 it says that “they were all together in the same place” when the Spirit filled the whole house. They were all filled individually as members of the Body, not as separate individuals. They were a priesthood.
*Re: baptism, I don’t say it is not important. I just say it is a sign of a spiritual reality. It is the spiritual reality that is important. The spiritual reality of baptism involves being one with Christ in His death (through faith), and being raised with Him in resurrection (through faith) (Col. 2:11-12).
*“As for ‘brother,’ Paul called the Jews ‘brethren’ or brothers in Romans 9:3 and they very clearly have had no part in Christ.” They were all sons of Abraham in the flesh, therefore, brothers.
*“Once Saved Always Saved is a False Teaching.” This is according to Arminian doctrine. I’m not Arminian. Neither am I a Calvinist. Both sides have part of the truth, and oppose the Scripture that doesn’t agree with their theology. We should keep all God’s words (Rev. 3:8), even if it seems contradictory or we don’t understand how it can be. That’s a failure on our part, not on God’s.
*“You think these false teachers destroying the faith of Christians have a reward still?” Ah yes, the reward. You should look into what the difference is between those who receive eternal life, which is free and a gift, and those who receive a reward, which is based on what we do. Surely, Paul had received eternal life, but he was stretching forward to gain the reward in Phil. 3:14. Those who conflate the two find the verses confusing.
*“Hebrews 6:4-6 It is impossible to renew them again to repentance” The context of this in chapter 5, where he says, “For when because of the time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you what the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God are and have become those who have need of milk and not solid food (v. 12). Then in chp. 6, he says, “leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be brought on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from death works and of faith in God, etc. We need to go on to maturity. He’s telling us, “GROW UP!’ Quit playing with the toys in the sandbox. Once we have laid the foundation, we don’t need to keep laying foundations every time we fall away and turn back. Christ doesn’t have to be crucified over and over. Once is enough. Verse 1 says, there is no need to lay the foundation again, Verse 4 says that it is not possible; and vv. 7-8 show that it is not right. We need to just go on to maturity.