Biblical Argument or Private Interpretation?

[renee819]

Originally Posted by renee819
I see this is going to be a long discussion, but that is great

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Jason wrote,
Sis. Renee, I'm going to start to answer some of your posts, and in doing so I mean no disrespect to you. You are a sincere lady, and your gentle spirit, love for God, and zeal for His Word comes across in your posts. I mean no personal offense to you in any way, but I do not believe that all of your assumptions are correct here, nor about the initial evidence doctrine. I am going to begin my response now, and in my future posts on this thread, please read them with the backdrop of my respect towards you as an older godly woman in the church, I seek to intreat you as a mother, as commanded in 1 Timothy 5:1-2, not come across as some young disrespectful know it all

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Jason, Thank you very much, I appreciate that you Post in such a loving manner. And I will also treat you as a son.

Originally Posted by Jason Badejo

I think a strong argument can be made that Acts 8 is not the normative experience for all believers for all time.

Originally Posted by renee819

It was at the foundation of the Church for about 100 years. And then what happened? Did Wolves come in like Paul told the Church, that they would? Absolutely!
Philosophers, joined the church, bringing in the Trinity doctrine, which led to the Catholic Church. Little by little God led His people out of the RCC, until 1900's, He then started pouring out the Holy Ghost, again. And then He opened their eye's to the truth of Oneness.

The Church was then back on the original foundation

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I should add, the outpouring in the 1900's was the “latter rain” promised in Joel
And if Acts 8, was the only place where we were told that they received the Holy Ghost, there might be room for argument. However, Joel and Isaiah promised it. John and Jesus told them that it would come. Jesus told us several places that He would send it down. And if He didn't go away, it could not come.
An He sent it down at Pentecost. ad then we have the other accounts of people receiving the Holy Ghost, speaking in other tongues.

Jason wrote,

So your position is that the gospel that Jesus left and that the apostles were given barely endured beyond their lifetime, as was essentially lost for 1800 years?

No! If you read Historians, like David Bernard Calfant and others you can see that the Gospel didn't die out. There were small groups, that clung to true Salvation, especially receiving the Holy Ghost with the evidence.

What died out, after the Council of Niecia, was the baptism in Jesus name. It seems from history, that no one cared if people spoke in other tongues, and had the gifts of the Spirit, as long as they were baptized in the Trinity. That is, to this day, the Catholic Churches stance.

To be continued