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The 5 gift ministries, from the Baptist view, as I understand it: Apostle = someone sent, thus church planter, missionary. Apostle title discontinued by tradition. Prophet = one who foretells (future events) or forthtells (current issues), thus gospel preacher. Prophet title discontinued by...

I personally knew more people who died of the Covid-19 “vaccine” than the disease itself, including my mother-in-law and one of my best friends. While some churches quit meeting in person due to COVID fears, many brave churches are meeting in person these days in spite of such behavior...

Apostle just means someone sent. Old English apostol, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apostolos ‘messenger’, from apostellein ‘send forth’. Today they seem to be church planters or missionaries. I know of no scripture declaring apostles will cease to exist after the first century. The lady...

My first question is when did pastors usurp the other ministries in the church? We note that no church epistle is addressed to a pastor. Ephesians 4:11 “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;” I Corinthians 12:28 “And in the...

Jesus said this: John 14:12 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.” NOT this: John 14:12 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I...

Yet Jesus commanded “Repent” not “Let God give you the gift of repenting” which indicates we are instructed to do something. That “something” that we do (repenting) does not save us, but it results in God granting us salvation, because of our obedience. Jesus speaks of us needing to have faith...

The leading and informing guidance from the Holy Spirit is called word of knowledge, word of wisdom, discerning of spirits in 1 Corinthians 12:8-10.

@easternstar — I basically have 5 signs that the Holy Spirit is residing within me: (1) my heart resonates with the scriptures as being true (though sometimes hard to fully understand) when I read them (2) I receive good ideas from Him, that seem not to be coming from my own intellect (3)...

@Van — I always understood “mystical” to mean “direct, sincere, independent, subjective, deep connection to God”. Mystical to me means spiritual and immaterial. Knowing God personally and intimately, instead of just knowing things about God. Heart knowledge resulting in devout obedience, instead...

Baptizing a household does not specifically prove any babies were there. There may have been babies or there may not have been babies. Notice what else is said about the households — actions that no babies could actually engage in…believing in the Lord and devoting themselves to the ministry.

Jesus was not baptized as a baby. If any baby should have been baptized as a sign of the new covenant of grace, one would surely think it would be the baby Jesus. But Jesus was baptized as a man of about 30 years old. And again, there is no record of any babies being baptized in the New...

I don’t believe that paedobaptism, baptizing babies of Christian parents, is biblical. There is no record of it ever being done in the New Testament. Water baptism is a conscious obedience as a result of believing in Christ, which a baby is unable to do. However, I think dedicating a baby to...

@Scarlett O. — You made my day beautiful by telling me your cancer is gone! Praise God who works directly and also through means like doctors!

Jesus knew that some will say “Lord, lord, did we not cast out spirits and do many mighty wonders in your name?” but not be truly following and obeying Him. But Jesus did say we could do the same works He did and greater. Greater in number of people taught and saved? Certainly. Greater in...

@Ben1445 Long commute times to church would be a challenge. If a sizable proportion of church members live a long distance from the church, Zoom meetings might be good. If quite a few live close to each other, but distant from the church, small group meetings in homes could be arranged. But most...

@atpollard said paedo, in paedobaptism, means “family”. Wrong. Paedo is from the Greek word pais (paid-), meaning "child". Paedobaptism is baptizing children.

Got Questions says: https://www.gotquestions.org/elect-angels.html The Greek word for “elect” found in 1 Timothy 5:21 refers to being chosen or picked. This would indicate that God chose some angels not to fall with Satan. The same word in the verse, eklekton, is used elsewhere for...

I don’t care for Zoom services, I prefer in person meetings, but some churches do Zoom only events since Covid. A real Christian church, in my view, ideally should have Sunday morning worship, Sunday night worship, Tuesday men’s group / women’s group, Wednesday night prayer meeting, Friday...

Leading people to Christ is just a single type of work. But Jesus said the works (plural) that I do shall they do also. Jesus drew individuals to His Father, taught, healed, raised the dead, calmed the storm, fed thousands, cast out demons, etc. John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He...

I think the lack of healings and miracles today is due, not to them passing away when the original apostles died, but due to the lack of faith in current church leadership. It makes no sense to say the “sign gifts” were given just to establish the first century church. There is absolutely no...