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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
Jason, You cite these scriptures focusing on genuine belief as the main point. When I read Ephesians 1:13-14; John 1:12; John 7:37 and Romans 8:11, I see both genuine belief and the importance and emphasis placed upon receiving the Spirit.
There is just as much evidence in scripture that genuine belief is as important and as much a focus, you can't begin to go anywhere without it, as the necessity of being Spirit filled.
I conclude that Believers and those who are born again are interchangeable terms as much as I believe Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit are speaking of one and the same. |
I agree with ALL of this.
I think the confusion comes about because pentecostals have a hard time distinguishing the Sprit and tongues, due to their soteriology and initial evidence doctrine. Thus anyone who doesn't believe in the necessity of speaking in tongues is assumed to believe that someone can be saved without the Spirit of God, which is simply not the case. (At least in my case).
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