[LearsFool]

I read your post, thanks for it. Don't have time to reply tonight, but will do my best to write back in the morning.

Some of what you wrote seemed abbreviated, as if you might've wanted to elaborate more fully. If that's the case, please feel free to. I'm not among those with short attention spans. :-) Plus, it helps me understand others' positions better when they explain thoroughly.

Meanwhile, here's something to consider: We're told that Jesus "breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost", but we're not told that they received it immediately. We are told, however, that they received it on Pentecost. Which fits also with the following:

"For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence." - Acts 1:5

"But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you" - Acts 1:8

[Iscool]

Meanwhile, here's something to consider: We're told that Jesus "breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost", but we're not told that they received it immediately. We are told, however, that they received it on Pentecost. Which fits also with the following:

I don't disagree with that...

Some of what you wrote seemed abbreviated, as if you might've wanted to elaborate more fully.

I am guilty of that...I try to get what I want to say in the least amount of space...To prevent people from skipping over what I post due to it being too lengthy...Actually I don't really even know if that's an issue...