Do you even read my comments?
The sign gifts were for the Apostles.
The ability to do that was given in Acts 2 when only they received the baptism of the Holy Spirit just as Jesus told them they would. Only the Apostles could impart a gift to someone else.This was done as they seen what was needed.
People throw the word miracle around all the time.
OK, let me ask you, how old is the Earth? Ballpark figure.
You keep your Holy Spirit two dimensional, on the pages of a book. You fear experiencing Him unleashed, because doing so would totally disrupt your world. And you can’t lose control, you exhibit that trait repeatedly in your posts.
Again, one of the sheep cannot lose their salvation. God himself said that noone can take them out of my hand. You can take that up with God if you'd like. He knows who the sheep are, you dont..I don't. Judas was a goat & Jesus always knew this, the disciples did not.
Darwin's natural selection is a better explanation of our world than the existence of a supernatural being.
DNA is a genetic code. Code requires a programmer. Who is the programmer?
I know this won't be popular, but I'm leaning towards a superior civilization visited Earth and set things in motion. There are too many interactive systems in a human body to believe imo that it isn't intelligent design. I think that the Bible has clues about this such as "chariots of fire" and talking about the sons of God mating with the daughters of men and producing the Nephilim. I see the story of Noah and the flood and it's very similar to the Epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian mythological hero. Abraham happened to live in the Sumerian city of Ur. There's strong evidence that the Mediterranean broke through a narrow land bridge near what is now Istanbul and flooded a huge area, leaving what is now the Black Sea. Everyone wants everything to make sense to them, presented in a nice package they can wrap their minds around. I think we've only scratched the surface of our past. I also believe that Jesus Christ is the best thing that ever happened to mankind but as @Fred's Myth pointed out, there's much we don't know today because the early Catholic Church gathered together all the available writings and decided which would be allowed into what we call the Bible. I do know this though, every civilization where they started allowing open sexual behavior, especially homosexuality, they fell into an abyss of immoral decadence and decay. How the defenders of such behavior can push this as ok when we see what goes on at gay pride parades, at shows aimed at children, the placing of literature depicting graphic sex acts in school libraries, is beyond me. This is a free country but there used to be standards to abide by. Keep your sexual activity behind closed doors. Insisting that they be allowed to act out in public is a sure sign that our society is collapsing. Not talking about being prudish. Talking about our focus as a culture should be on aspiring to a better society as free of crime and decadence as possible. Where people feel safe to pursue their dreams. Anyone suggesting that God is ok with the moral rot around us, that God told them directly, is a false prophet. Yeah, I don't know what the true nature of God is. Primitive man may have seen a superior civilization visiting us as gods. But I do know the writings of the New Testament described a man sent to us from God to show us a better way. That man, God in the flesh, never promoted a society of lascivious behavior. OK, rip into me if you will, but I hope I gave someone something to think about.
Darwin theory is impossible. They need to get their heads together & come up with a better idea. Only the simple minded buy it
Original Darwin theories have been completely thrown out by everyone. At most some people cling to modified theories.
I’m still waiting for a fossil that shows a fish becoming a mammal
Absolutely no proof of macro evolution. At most there is just micro. Which is changes withing the same species and not changing into a different species.
Plenty of info out there about all that I posted. Every time anyone says anything about anything classified as "out there", the responses remind me of the Under Armour" commercial where the guys in the locker room are screaming "WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!!!"
Again..
Just maybe your verse isn't teaching what you claim.
Sure you can. The Bible teaches plainly how you can know we are his children are. Romans 8:16
Sounds like you have something here to out work ,also. I need people to lose their salvation?
So the Bible teaches that individuals have no control or choice in their Salvation? Gotta verse Calvin?
Deity has done all their work. My salvation is conditional on me responding to what they have done. I do have it. I have faith God will do what he promised.
Humbling oneself is submitting to his will in simple obedience so to be found in Christ, where all spiritual blessings are, which includes the forgiveness of sins. Ephesians 1
Two dimensional?lol
Can you give me a passage in the "a book" where "unleashing" the Holy Spirit is done? Command, example, or inference? I'd be glad to "unleash" if you could show where the snap on his collar is.
"Whole lotta shakin'goin' on"!!! Can you give me the text where the Holy Spirit causes one to "lose control"
I hope so.
My relationship with God is a joy that's inexpressible and beyond measure because God is in control.
After seeing your post, I'm anything but the status quo.
You think everyone who doesn't see things your way is corrupt.
