How many times did you ask God for the Holy Ghost?

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by mfblume

You distorted what I said again!?

lol

The bible says what to do. Repent, ask the Lord for the Holy Spirit. And if one refuses to repent, then guess what. We are not going to read of people seeking the Spirit while willing to indulge into sin, or any number of possible variables, when the bible said to repent and then ask for the Spirit.

Yes, I see that your post included this:

. . . but it is only lack of repentance that keeps people back from receiving anything from God.

The slew of variables you mention: are they the many ways that a lack of repentance might actually occur?

Now, if you really mean what you say above, then we must conclude that every instance of someone asking and not receiving is an instance of someone not repenting. And by that you mean that they are willing to indulge in sin. This is no distortion. It's the conclusion from what you actually said. Unless you didn't quite mean that. Feel free to clarify.