You show a surprising lack of scriptural knowledge. Fortunately for me, this is what it says:
Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
I've done so and have received God's Holy spirit.
If that is the truth, and I most assuradely believe that it is, I don't know how I can considered to have "outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions" for simply telling you how to be saved.
The problem with your attitude is that *you* make the determination on who is "saved". You put yourself in the place of God. You sit in the judgement seat of Christ.
May the Lord bring you out of your natural state, Douglas, and into spiritual truth.
I pray the same for you.
I've done so and have received God's Holy spirit."
Except, Douglas, that you happened to "pick" the wrong Jesus as defined by Scripture:
Luke 3
21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
And as professed by the Christian Church of the ages:
The Nicene CreedI believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Douglas, this is the testimony of the Christian Church through the ages. *I* am not remotely determining who is saved, nor am I putting myself in the place of God, nor do I sit in the Judgement seat of Christ.
It is Christ himself who will condemn you for your sin and for rejecting the truth he has revealed to the historic Christian Church of the ages through the Scriptures.
Jean
Is that Holy Spirit God ? Is He a part of the Trinity? I think it is important to clarify our beliefs don't you?