[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by tv1a

Some lingering questions.

If one is saved @ repentance, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost is gravy how do you explain the fact many get the Holy Ghost before completing the other two steps?

On the surface it seems like the pci view doesn't reflect a "oneness" theology. Does a pci view differentiate between Jesus and the Holy Spirit? By most writings I've seen on this thread, it doesn't appear to be the case.

How can the pci position reconcile their views with the parable of the ten versions. If the oil represents the Holy Ghost, and five virgins were not able to join the bridegroom in the wedding, how can one say the infilling of the Holy Ghost is not essential to salvation?

The glass half full/half empty analogy doesn't stand up to what Jesus taught about the Holy Ghost. Either you have it or you don't. If one claims the Spirit of Jesus lives in them without receiving the Holy Ghost, than one is espousing something more than a oneness viewpoint.

These are a few lingering questions that doesn't seem to reconcile the validity of salvaion at repentance in my book. I'm no theologian, but I am a thinker, and I play chess. From what I see, the logical implications of the pci view changes does more than than just a salvational formula...

Very good.