https://tinyurl.com/j9vs9jw (Women Preachers)

But then Paula White wouldn't even be kosher if women preachers were allowed biblically!

The organization sent a letter to Ainsworth, asserting his comment was unconstitutional."

The reason it is so important that believers are baptized in the Holy Spirit is because eternal life is a result of being in Him.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.�
‭‭Romans‬ ‭6:23‬

It is in Christ that believers become a new creature.

V12, who gives the power to one become a child of Child. As the Bible teaches we are children of wrath, apart from Christ Alone! Can’t please God in the flesh of the 1 ST Adam, one is in Hostility against Christ; Rom 8:5-9! Repeating picture how Doctrines affect other Doctrines!

V-13; It’s clear who is seeking who, Jesus isn’t knocking on my spiritual heart door to let Him. Dead men don’t seek, & I don’t need to ask Jesus into my heart, when that is a huge problem I face specifically; Jer 17:9. I need a new spiritual heart of Flesh; Ezk 36:24-26

I agree with you about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, but you are leaving out so much more.

You are correct to point out that baptism is only for believers!

“...the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."�
‭‭Acts‬ ‭5:32‬

“...you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.�
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭6:11‬

Believers are washed of sins, sanctified, and justified by the Spirit. As you pointed out already, believers don’t receive the Holy Spirit until they believe and therefore they aren’t washed, sanctified, and justified until they have been baptized in the Holy Spirit.

“In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,�
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1:13‬

10/21/19 4:33 AM John for JESUS wrote:
The fact is God chooses who He will save. He chooses to save those who believe!

John 6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

The Son was charged, by the will of the Father, to lose none that were given Him. So all who were, are or will be saved belonged to the Father and were given to the Son to redeem in time. So your statement that God chooses to save those who believe is a half truth at best.

John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Draw = by inward power, lead, impel.

John Yurich wrote:
Jim Lincoln,
How do you know for certain that John Paul II did not receive Christ as his Savior on his death bed? Are you able to see into the heart of anybody like Chirst can to tell who has and has not received Christ as their Savior? Only Chirst knows if John Paul II did or did not receive Christ as his Savior before passing away.

By the way,

https://tinyurl.com/y2jtzr9t (What is the fascination with the Illuminati conspiracy) The original ones were good guys

I’m not sure if God had a moral justification for saving people or not. I just know it is for His own good will.

As I keep pointing out, Lazarus died and was raised from the dead. The Bible says why and this is not even close to a good proof text for irresistible grace as it doesn’t speak to his salvation and was in fact so that others might believe.

John 1 says that Jesus gave the right to become children of God to those who already were believers. Not sure what you don’t understand about that. These were people made children of God and then were forced to believe.

John UK,