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Originally Posted by Sheila
God is Holy and God is Spirit. This spirit has always been in man. We have always been married to God we just forgot.
Isaiah 54:5--For thine maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is His name......
If have yet only been baptized with water. God baptizes all His prophets and Apostles with fire. We too are to be baptized with fire. We haven't as yet. It's a process of burning, cleansing and purging ones sins. This process is done by God Himself. It's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
First, 1 Timothy 5:24 states that some come to judgment before hand. That's what the trial by fire is and what is gone through before God manifests His powers through someone. All prophets and Apostles were tried and baptized by fire.
New Testament
Luke 3:16-17, Romans 13:1-6, 1 Corinthians 3:13-20, 2 Corinthians 5:10, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Galatians 4:13-14, Philippians 1:29-30, 1 Thess. 1:6, 2 Thess. 1:4-5, Hebrews 10:31-32, Hebrews 4:12-13, 1 Peter 1:7, 4:1-2, Matthew 3:11, Luke 3:16-17
Old Testament
Job 23:10, 19:29, Zechariah 3:1-5, Malachi 3:2-3, Psalm 66:10-12, Jeremiah 9:7
Numbers 31:23-24--Everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water. 24--And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall come into the camp.---This is a parallel for baptism by water and fire. The seventh day is the day of rest for God and His chosen.
I think I have more somewhere, I'll check on it.
Yeshua Bless You
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You are not rightly dividing the word. Jesus "breathed' on his disciples and told them to receive the Spirit. This indicates that what was breathed into man in the garden of Eden had to be restored, namely, eternal life. Because of sin, God could no longer dwell in man. Christ had to shed his blood, rise from the dead, and be glorified in order for man to be a fit habitation for the Spirit to live in.
John 7 is CLEAR..."
The Holy ghost was NOT YET GIVEN because Jesus was not glorified..." Jesus did not come to remind us that we already had the Spirit, he came that we might have the Spirit, something that we did NOT have. To believe otherwise is to be clueless as to the gospel.