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After the Crucifixion, that is.
At the time they died, hundreds of years prior to that, they were not allowed to go to heaven.
That's the point of the Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection of the Son of God, our Savior, that humanity would become eligible for heaven. In the meanwhile, the...
Excuse me, but a Lutheran congregation that sings contemporary Christian music instead of using the hymnal, and follows the lyrics and the music of a band as projected on a wall screen? :unsure:
No one has claimed that God intended anyone to be FAITH-LESS.
That, however, is not what we have been talking about.
Before the coming of Christ, there were men and women who were Faithful, believed God and trusted God.
HOWEVER, heaven was not included for them at that time. As has been...
I think so, too.
All right, but surely you agree that the Law was given by God to the Hebrews for a reason and that obeying it was understood by them to be the way that they could be saved.
Abraham may be an exception because of his particular place in God's plans, but the way to salvation...
That's fair. But it also means you didn't have any answers since what you gave me there didn't have anything to do with "Baptisms in the Holy Spirit" or, in some of the cases, with the Holy Spirit at all.
Yes, he does say that; but you understand that this isn't the "Baptism with the Holy...
Yes. So? There's nothing about Jesus receiving a "Baptism with the Holy Spirit" in that.
No reference at all to the Holy Spirit there.
Again, nothing about the Holy Spirit, let alone the Baptism in the HS.
Ditto.
...and the Law was to be obeyed. Salvation was based upon keeping the Law. Because perfect compliance was impossible or near-impossible, God deigned to do for Man what he could not do for himself...and that accomplishment is made available to humans by Faith.
Do not doubt that WHOEVER the Republicans elect, the Democrats will give him or her the same treatment.
Not only have they been doing this to every nominee since Nixon (albeit in a somewhat less vicious way than was directed at President Trump), but because it worked to damage Trump, they will...
You are referring to the Son of God being born of Mary as the Angel Gabriel announced, but this does not mean that Jesus was "BAPTIZED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT" with all that is meant by that term and as you've described to us. Those are two different matters altogether.
Where'd you get that notion...
Agreed
The Old Testament saints who had already died?
There is nothing in the Bible that suggests Jesus was baptized in the Holy Spirit. Being God himself, that would not have been necessary for any reason.
The usual reasoning of people who follow this false theory of Jesus being baptized in...
But wait a minute. I seems like the picture is changing. To pray for someone's healing is not what a faith healer is all about. We all know to pray God for healing for ourselves or someone else. There's no controversy about that. BUT we here had been speaking of people who you said could perform...
I see a lot of bad fruit.
Some of these folks are certainly unorthodox in their confession/beliefs.
So, wouldn't that be cause for caution when dealing with others of that sort?
Okay, so then...?
But this is either Jesus himself or his church doing that healing. You said at one place or...
Let's get this clear. WHO has the "gift of healing?" HOW do we know it's genuine?
So...valid churches, not any individual making claims on his or her own, and not some cult built upon a Jim Jones kind of leader.
That's Jesus! It's not the many people we encounter in daily life who are making...
I'd think we all should be able to answer without hesitation.
The Devil is the ruler of this Earth only because God allows it. Obviously, a god who is omnipotent--as we proclaim that the god of the BIble is--cannot be some sort of an equal with his opposite number, which is what some other...
No. In the OT, compliance with the Law, i.e. performance was expected. In the NT, as a result of the sacrifice of Christ, it is Faith in in him and HIS act that became the standard.
Indeed.
I wouldn't say "obviously," but I'll take your word for it.
Hardly anyone agrees with his thinking on...
I've seen at least one, but I don't recall seeing any on a highway as was pictured.
If so, and I have forgotten, it was one among hundreds of the bigger, enclosed variety.
Haven't seen that.
I don't know if I've ever encountered an Amish buggy on a state or county road that's like the one shown.
Almost always they're of the style shown in the drawing on the yellow sign shown in the picture. I say "almost" because some are even larger than that (and of course, nearly totally black...
So, you mean a buggy that doesn't have the required reflective sign, and in conditions that would make encountering even a car be a risky thing? And kerosene lamps only? No, and I have seen and passed quite a few Amish buggies.
I suppose that it would be possible to speculate about all sorts...