Christmas Gifts

[BeenThinkin]

NOW this has been a great analogy. And from years gone past I always had a problem with "begging for a gift!" That just some way destroys the idea of it being a "GIFT"!

And you know, according to what I read in the New Testament, your son should have received "the gift" at the same time as the rest of you received it! Wasn't that the way it was, "it fell on all those who heard...!"

I just believe what happened then was for a particular time and purpose. There was no Bible at that time and what happened wasn't a bunch of "gibberish" it was languages so that men could hear what was being said to them. And I've never seen the "tongues as of fire!" Oh, I'm sorry I got off the subject!

BT

[notofworks]

Originally Posted by BeenThinkin

NOW this has been a great analogy. And from years gone past I always had a problem with "begging for a gift!" That just some way destroys the idea of it being a "GIFT"!

And you know, according to what I read in the New Testament, your son should have received "the gift" at the same time as the rest of you received it! Wasn't that the way it was, "it fell on all those who heard...!"

I just believe what happened then was for a particular time and purpose. There was no Bible at that time and what happened wasn't a bunch of "gibberish" it was languages so that men could hear what was being said to them. And I've never seen the "tongues as of fire!" Oh, I'm sorry I got off the subject!

BT

Well, I don't know if analogy all that good. Truthseeker said it was terrible and that just crushed me.

Really though, by the verse the multiple-step salvation folks use for their mandatory tongues theology, it says "ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." So if the Holy Spirit is truly a "Gift", why do we have to jump through hoops to get the gift? ARen't gifts just given without having to earn them? Seems simple, really.

[notofworks]

Well, tomorrow is the big day. Please be praying.