~Anastasia~
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Thanks once again Kylissa. What do you view the fire as, as in " baptise you with Holy Spirit and with fire"
To be honest, I have thought on that a little, but I never had a real answer. I offered the verse (with the qualifications) that it was simply a place that mentioned a Baptism in/with the Holy Spirit. It is repeated in other Gospels as well, I think.
That verse is the one that makes me feel kind of bad for not wanting to call it the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, since the Bible apparently does. It's just that so much misunderstanding has grown up, and so much controversy, and I've seen some pretty vicious disagreements, and it ought not be that way.
Many more Christians can agree with being filled with the Holy Spirit, however they view that happening.
I see GratiaCorpusChristi gave an answer on that verse. I would put his sources above my own.
I would be curious about your experiences regarding the Pentecostal church, if you happen to care to elaborate.
I've attended a few churches as my home church that I suppose would fit within the broad area of Pentecostalism (two non-denoms, one of which had Messianic leanings, and a FourSquare). But in searching for a new church since moving away from the FourSquare years ago, I have visited many various Pentecostal churches (and some non-Pentecostal as well) and while I saw a couple I would be satisfied to stay in, I have seen a spectrum of things that concern me. Some of them concern me very, very much, and are starting to seem the norm in many churches.
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