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Is it like wof? Do they believe or practice something different from wof?
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Jan
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Jan
Is it like wof? Do they believe or practice something different from wof?
thanks
Jan
is water baptism like a focal point though?
good testimony!I guess I became "apostolic" sort of...
The main difference is they teach strong on water baptism. So... repent, water baptize, and then get Holy Spirit with tongues or prophesy. Acts 2:38
Where I might not agree with apostolic is that failing to do all this would send a person to hell. I would say rather, it is absolutely required but should a person fail to do it, they may not go to hell.
I believe repentance of the heart in Romans 10 will get the Holy Spirit inside of us.
But because I was in WoF type of teaching, I got born again in my spirit, and then I spoke in tongues like Cornelius, but then I waited 2 years to get water baptized!!! It was terrible.
Toward the end of that, I literally had supernatural manifestations of flies around my body. Like flies would manifest from nothing and fly out away from me. And even like this, I was doing better than any lost person, so I thought it was fine... "Just have to resist and confess more!!!" ... No. You got to bury that old man that you still wear.
There is Spirit, Soul, and Body. WoF and Pentecoastal teaches a lot of you get your spirit sealed and born again, but what apostolic teaches is that you can also get a clean soul miraculously through baptism.
This is required. Otherwise you drag a dead body around trying to do the works of Jesus. Now, what WoF/Pentecoastal teach is that baptism is symbolic but you're supposed to learn that you were crucified in Christ. Ok... but in the NT, they just baptized people and in a short while they were ready to go, having been fully cleansed from sins in their soul from the onset of that. It didn't take them long at all to get into the ministry.
WoF makes it seems like you got sit reading your Bible multiple years before you are ready. It's not true! You get that new breath of God in you, but then you dunk the soul in the deep, and when you come up you have a new soul cleansed of sin.
That new soul can grow in revelation of God's word. Jesus was perfect but he grew in Wisdom. Luke 2:52
Because of this huge, huge difference after being water baptized + holy spirit with tongues, most apostolic types think everyone else is lost.
In my view, no. But before I was baptized in water, sometimes I would have to pray all through the night and not sleep because the devil was so strong in my soulish realm I had to hang on to my salvation with everything I had.
WoF people focus a lot on their gut where the Holy Spirit is at. But really, the Holy Spirit is supposed to live in your whole body, soul, and spirit. Not just your spirit. And the old man is just supposed to be gone by the supernatural power of God to crucify the flesh.
I would again just say because I came out of WoF, I realize WoF people are saved. They got born again. And if they are obedient to baptism, they are fine because they wont struggle so bad.
But!!! The power available from God gets amped up if you get revelation of water baptism and put faith in it. You can see miracles when you water baptize people! You can see them healed by allowing people to put faith in the old man going down into the deep. It makes a lot of sense if you understand spirit, soul, and body. Most apostolics I do not believe understand spirit soul and body, so they see a rotting soul in a lot of people and think "Oh, lost person! They weren't baptized!"
But apostolic isn't good either because it's a denomination that is living in a box like other denominations. Preach the gospel directly, spread it, and train others to do Acts 2:38. Do Acts 2:38 and then train others to do it, and then they train others, so on.
Just last Saturday because we were following this model, we saw miracles on the streets. It was great. You flow in God's power easier when we correct this doctrine on water baptism and stop saying it is symbolic. No, it's like communion. Joseph Prince realizes there is power in communion. Well, there is power too in water baptism!
I don't know Apostolic doctrine and I find your comment above interesting. I have only known of either heaven or hell as destination on departing this earthly life. Are you suggesting that there may be a third destination?I guess I became "apostolic" sort of...
Where I might not agree with apostolic is that failing to do all this would send a person to hell. I would say rather, it is absolutely required but should a person fail to do it, they may not go to hell.
I don't know Apostolic doctrine and I find your comment above interesting. I have only known of either heaven or hell as destination on departing this earthly life. Are you suggesting that there may be a third destination?
How do you know that the baptizm of Mark 16:16 is water baptizm and not Holy Spirit Baptizm. The context of Mark 16:17-18 refers to gifts of the Spirit in operation--"heal the sick", "speak with other tongues". Further, VS 16 comes first as if it prepares the way for activities of VS 17 and VS 18.And so I personally had to figure who is right and who is wrong. God showed me from scripture both are wrong. The word says in Mark 16:16 you are not saved unless you are water baptized.
How do you know that the baptizm of Mark 16:16 is water baptizm and not Holy Spirit Baptizm. The context of Mark 16:17-18 refers to gifts of the Spirit in operation--"heal the sick", "speak with other tongues". Further, VS 16 comes first as if it prepares the way for activities of VS 17 and VS 18.
Holy Spirit baptism isn't required for salvation. Almost no one teaches that. It would be false for many reasons.
The Holy Spirit baptism is called, "clothed with power from on-high" Luke 24:49... but power clothing from on-high hasn't anything to do with whether you enter heaven or not.
So trying to say that Mark 16:16 is Holy Ghost baptism doesn't line up well with anything, because then no one would be saved unless they had power clothing. But what does power clothing have to do with the salvation of Spirit, Soul, and Body?
Also, there are other reasons that are longer to explain. But even WoF people do not teach that you require Holy Spirit baptism with speaking in tongues / prophecy in order to be saved... not anyone I have listened to at least.
The church first received the Holy Spirit for salvation of their spirits in John 20:22. The Acts 2 Holy Spirit is clothing, and a further infilling for ministry purposes, not salvation purposes.
Ephesians 5:26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
Problem is, it's difficult to pull that into a gospel written by a different author, just because an epistle says it.
Water in John, just means water. What you're doing is only slightly better than going back to the OT, and saying, "See spiritual water in the OT, so that's what John's Gospel must mean because it's convenient for what I already believe."
But it's simpler just to believe what the word says, not what we want it to say. And what it says is just fine, and doesn't disagree with WoF teaching even... just we were deceived on other points, like "What is salvation?"
Most WoF teachers today have already caught-up though so this isn't an issue (didn't even Hagin teach it?), the word sozo includes an all-encompassing package that includes physical healing for today.
Sozo isn't really talking about going to heaven when you die. So saying that a part of your salvation is water baptism, doesn't threaten the doctrine of eternal life through believing in Jesus with justification by faith.
They're not 1 for 1 the same. And if you study spirit, soul and body teachings from Andrew Wommack, I think you'll realize this is true.
Jesus and the apostles weren't actually all that concerned with getting people into heaven. Their primary concern was rather the kingdom of God and the preaching of the good news of this kingdom. It is the gospel that delivers us in this life, and redeems in this life. It produces fruit in this life.
Part of seeing this fruit is enabled by water baptism. But water baptism is never stated in scripture as a requirement for no condemnation under the laws of God for your new eternal spirit.
People think water baptism is a threat because they don't understand why it is a benefit and not a threat. Just believe Romans 6... either you believe it or you don't. It's stated plainly there. If you want to cherry-pick verses and exclude Romans 6, then why not also exclude Romans 10? Why is Romans 6 worse than Romans 10?
It's all the truth, just believe it, and fix the dumb parts of the doctrines that were wrong.
I believe that we are saved by Gods mercy. I don't believe a simple act of water baptism, or rather the lack of it, can thwart Gods mercy. I believe what Paul says, that its with the heart that we believe and are saved.
Ephesians 5:26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”[
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
Problem is, it's difficult to pull that into a gospel written by a different author, just because an epistle says it.
Water in John, just means water. What you're doing is only slightly better than going back to the OT, and saying, "See spiritual water in the OT, so that's what John's Gospel must mean because it's convenient for what I already believe."
But it's simpler just to believe what the word says, not what we want it to say. And what it says is just fine, and doesn't disagree with WoF teaching even... just we were deceived on other points, like "What is salvation?"
Most WoF teachers today have already caught-up though so this isn't an issue (didn't even Hagin teach it?), the word sozo includes an all-encompassing package that includes physical healing for today.