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Originally Posted by Timmy
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Yes, they were disciples, i.e., "learners"; "pupils" as the early church was being established.
We don't exclude anyone in our congregation knowing they have not received the Holy Ghost, but we certainly don't teach that it is not necessary for salvation and only an empowerment. It is both as you cannot dismiss
Romans 8:9. And as there is no supportive scripture that the Holy Ghost is evidenced by anything other than speaking in tongues (
Acts 2:33), I take
Romans 8:9 very seriously, as seriously as I do repentance and baptism.
And finding certain disciples - Certain persons who had been baptized into John’s baptism, and who had embraced John’s doctrine that the Messiah was soon to appear, Acts .
Act_19:3-4. It is very clear that they had not yet heard that he had come, or that the Holy Spirit was given. They were evidently in the same situation as Apollos. See the notes on
Act_18:25. - Barnes
finding certain disciples — in the same stage of Christian knowledge as Apollos at first, newly arrived, probably, and having had no communication as yet with the church at Ephesus. - JFB
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