To all a Happy Pentecost! About 3400 years ago, God gave His Law and made a covenant with the people of Israel at Mt. Sinai written on tables of stone. Then about 2000 years ago, God gave His called out ones--the church---His Holy Spirit and wrote the spiritual aspects of His Law on the hearts of all believers. Happy birthday to the Ekklesia. Celebrate the salvation we have through Jesus our Lord.
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Same to you. Most are missing the most important remembrance of all. The birth of the Christian church as described in Acts 2.
I’m heading to a Pentecost celebration shortly. 🎉⛪️
Acts 1:5 hits the hardest.
Knock off the water baptism and move on to the immersion of the Holy Spirit.
Dispensationals!!
Jesus says "not many days from now"
Acts 2:3 -then there appeared to them, divided tongues as of fire and one sat upon each of them.
Acts 2:38 - Peter one of the 12 who had been baptized of the Holy Spirit tells those listening to be baptized and they will receive the Holy Spirit.
Also if we're writing off the entirety of water baptism then what Philip (also one of the 12) does with the Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts 8 is totally uncalled for. Acts 8:36-38
As well as Jesus' Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-19
And what Jesus told Nicodemus in John 3:5
Lydia and her household, the Philippian Jailer and his household, and those in Acts 19 who were baptized again because they hadn't heard of the Holy Spirit.
In those days the HOLY SPIRIT was evident in a person, if they spoke in tongues after being baptized! In Acts 2 tongues was described as other languages. How have speaking in Tongues changed in today's world? We have a few people speak in tongues in our church, but in unknown tongues not in a language. We do have certain people in our church that interpret the unknown tongue. I never hear any of the pastors get tongues or interpret, shouldn't they be speaking in tongues or interpreting if this is to be believed? This is the only thing that I find questionable in my church. BTW- My church is a Pentecostal church!
Hey friend, you're right tongues are different languages and if being spoken should be interpreted. Not everyone had the gift of tongues others had various gifts spoken about by Paul. If you would like I can give you exact verses for everything I said but it will have to be tomorrow.
First off the book of Acts is a historical account of the early church and the apostles. It is not a doctrinal book.
Once again water baptism only was meant for the time of John the Baptist until the Christ showed up in that specific region, and that's it.
To watch these idiots push water immersion today is just a way of separating people from their money.
Then why do Philip and Peter and Paul all use Baptism?
Separating from money? The water should be free... If not there is water in every civilization.