Didn't you just contradict yourself? You just said that the Corinthian church was not the only ones that had spiritual gifts...they said that only Apostles had the gifts?
No I did not. The Corinthian church is the only church that Paul wrote to about spiritual gifts. It is the only epistle from which we gain any doctrine about spiritual gifts except for this one verse:
Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard
him;
4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
--We see clearly that the gifts of the Holy Spirit bore witness to the Apostles giving them witness, confirming that that "great salvation first spoken by the Lord" was indeed an authentic and genuine message. It wasn't something made up by just any man. It was confirmed by them that heard him--the apostles--by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. That is what the function of the gifts of the Holy Spirit were for.
Yes, He did! Did he save you? How and when? how do you know it was Him?...do you see how silly your questions are?
It is not I that is silly. I was baptized of the Holy Spirit when I was saved. That is the only spiritual baptism that I will ever receive or that any believer will ever receive. That is the only one that is spoken of in the Bible. The Bible does not speak of three, four, five baptisms etc. It speaks of two: one when you are saved, and one when you obey the Lord when you are baptized in water. That is it. There is nothing more.
THat is in a church setting! It also tells you to pray for interpretation. So why can't you pray in the spirit and pray for the interpretation at home? There is so much you do not understand about tongues and the benefits!
You are the one without understanding.
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are given for the edification of the church ONLY. They are not selfish prideful gifts as you use them. You are definitely in the wrong here. When you say you build yourself up, the accurate word is "puff up." It means being proud, think yourself to be above everyone else, more spiritual than others because you have this secret knowledge, this "better" gift than others do. Yet, that is the very thing that Paul rebukes. Tongues is only to be used in the church and that with an interpreter. There is no such thing as a private prayer language. You can't prove that from Scripture.
Acts 12 speaks of Peter being jailed. You are the one in unbelief.
You cannot demonstrate any of the gifts being manifested in contemporary times. They have all ceased. And you have no evidence to the contrary. You are blind and follow the blind. Why would you do that?
I meant Cor. 12 but you probably knew that! Your opionion and unbelief does not change what is real!
You are the one that stands in unbelief; the unbelief that even when shown to be wrong you go on in your unbelief that these gifts continue to this day. The evidence piles up against you. You say things that you don't know. You could be worshiping Satan. You don't know. You can't know, because you have no idea what you are saying.
Name calling must be a regular thing on this forum..because when someone can not back up there beliefs they resort to it! A heritic..liar..now a hypocrite! Boy! your fruits are really showing...:thumbs:
You can't answer my post so you stoop to what you think is name calling when it is not. The truth is you are being hypocritical and you think that is name calling. It isn't. I will say it again. This time let it sink in. You are a hypocrite. You say one thing but cannot demonstrate it, have no evidence for it. If it were true you would be able to back it up. But hypocritically you just claim something to be true without evidence. It is not name calling to state something that is true. Swallow your pride and accept it.
Demonstrate that any of the sign gifts are operational today. I challenge you to do so. Where are they operational as they were in the Bible. I have been asking for this evidence and you cannot give any. Therefore it is only reasonable to conclude that you are a hypocrite claiming something to be true when it is false, or you would produce the evidence.
I am not going to even answer this childish stuff anymore!
Childish?? You don't know what you are saying when you pray?? How do you know it is from God? You don't! It is an emotional psychological experience that very well could be influenced by Satan himself, and you won't even consider that possibility!! That is not childish! That is you being foolish! Test the spirits to see whether they be of God. How do you know?
One thing for sure. They are not Biblical on this one count alone. They are not within the confines of the local church. And if they are not being used to edify the local church they are not Biblical. Every gift is used to local church; none was ever used for private use. You are doing something that is very dangerous and outside the realm of the Bible.
and then the knowledge which we now possess will appear so dim and obscure, that it will seem to have vanished away and disappeared,
