Acts Chapter 8 Discussion Page 3

I can say the same Bro. Mike it feels like fire shut up in my bones anxious to tell the good news I got the Holy Ghost inside of me feeling free like I have wings to fly there is no high like the Holy Ghost High... Just try it for yourself Repent, be baptized in Jesus Name and be filled with the Holy Ghost.. Blessings

Simmon in his thoughts thought that he could purchase the Holy Spirit with money and a lot of ways today the same exist. People want things instantly. They want proof but, God is a God who looks at the heart he does not look at our material possessions. God created every thing including money so how can a man buy God? It is impossible except threw repentance and a sinner heart can we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is a gift from God one that can not be bought with silver or gold. That's why the word says ask and you shall receive so that your joy may be complete. And when you study and pray and truly seek Gods word will in come to live within you. You must be born again and walk in Christ to be filled with the holy spirit it is such a beautiful and wonderful thing to have the creator of the world and universe live inside of you man it is the best feeling in the world. No drug could replace Gods spirit! being washed and clean from the inside is beautiful amazing, awesome. There is nothing like having Jesus live in you twenty four hours a day seven days a weak. God truly in living inside of you how great is that god living in me wow no better thing in the world than that man to be touched by Jesus is awesome truly awesome! It is truth, it is life, it is Christ living and breathing inside of you and not to testify and tell some one is a crime man when god first touch me with the holy ghost I was blown away so clean so pure it is love literally love living in you.

In Acts chapter 2:38 Peter was addressing Jews on the day of Pentecost, when they asked what must they do verse 37, He Peter said unto them, repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. That was the requirement of the early church. Now, turn to Acts 10:44 While Peter yet spake these words the Holy Ghost fell on them which heard words. In Acts 2:38 the Jews had to repent, be baptized everyone of them in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of their sins in order to receive the Holy Spirit. But, Acts 10:44 they The Gentles received the Holy Spirit without being baptized. They early believers who were Jews still under the old Mosaic covenant at that time. Which was a different dispensation, were required to be water baptized to be saved. But, under the new dispensation according to the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 1 4 all that is required for salvation, "both Jews and Gentles is truly believing in the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, plus nothing. Then we will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Look Acts 16: 30-31 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said Paul and Silas Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. He did not saw they should repent and be baptize. No. all they said was believe!

When I believed , able to receive the truth .. I was rebaptized in the Name of JESUS Christ .... Then, what I thought was three , became "One " again ! ... It is definitely a commandment of GOD through HIS apostles by the HOLY SPIRIT !

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? Ephesians 4:5 One Lord, one faith, One Baptism meaning One way to be baptized in water. In Matthew 3:11-17 is where John baptized Jesus in water as a demonstration for us to follow if you notice Jesus told John for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness and this was done with Water. Acts 8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the Water, both Philip and the eunuch and he baptized him. 1Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: faith without works is dead James 2:14-17 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Not by faith only James 2:24 the Bible does say we shall by faith but it says the Just not the Unjust can live by faith because they are still lost until they obey then they can live by faith .

The earliest antiochan vesrsions carry this text but the Codex Vaticanus and Siniaticus do not. Constantine, who mixed Sol Invictus worship with Christianity, ordered new versions in c.335AD it is highly likely that the editing was done then. The Textus Receptus canon was agreed c.250 during the Smyrna or persecution period. Sadly very few of the older fragments remain but El Shaddai oversees His Word and this scripture follows the tenets of the Word. At a stroke it removes any assumptions of the heresy of infant baptism or Augustinian notions of rebaptism.

Isn 't it amazing that people wrest the scriptures to their own destruction. The eunuch believed with his heart. Look at Romans 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed FROM THE HEART that form of doctrine which was delivered you. How did he obey? HE was reading Isaiah and look at Romans 10:16 But they have not all OBEYED the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath BELIEVED our report? In the Church Age believing the gospel is obeying what God requires for salvation. Look at Romans 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the OBEDIENCE OF FAITH Water baptism doesn 't connect you with the blood or anything of the kind. It 's not part of our Gospel for today. Show us a passage stating that the disciples were water baptized according to Acts 2:38 or any other water baptism. The eunuch was water baptized AFTER he was saved not in order to get saved and not part of his salvation. Salvation today is not of WORKS, Romans 4:5.

Isn 't it amazing that the eunuch was reading a prophecy about Jesus in the book of Isaiah and Philip then started at that point and taught him about Jesus and the plan of salvation. The eunuch was then taught baptism played a part in salvation and asked to be baptized. What joy he must have felt after becoming a Christian! Praise God! Think of how many people the eunuch must have told that story to.

I think this refers to the point that christ was abandoned....no friends no voices to declare who he was..who was his father and his father and past generations, declaring his lineage. But instead he was treated as a reject...no one to speak for his righteous acts, or righteousness.

It didn 't make sense to the eunuch because it was partially reversed from the passage in Isiah. In Isiah it reads lamb to slaughter and Jesus was referred to as the Lamb of God.

God is able

Paul did not know what he was doing just like many of us today. What we need is God s grace

PRAISE GOD FOR THE HOLY GHOST BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM WE CAN DO NOTHING AND HE IS NOT FOR SALE ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS LIVE FOR GOD AND HE WILL REWARD US

The Holy Ghost in which Philip was full of is still the same Holy Ghost today. If we will live a Holy Sanctified life before God, we too can be full of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking with other tongues, and have this same Power that Philip had.

Let His grace transform His leaders

To acquire Holy spirit in a great way even like that of Philip is not a big deal but it requires one to fully and permanently give his life to Christ. One thing that believers need to know is that, the Holy spirit appears to a believer according to as the believer needs its service.

I wish that,the holly spirit that existed during those days is there even today especially when Philip was sent to the ethopian and agreed to Baptist.

No one read and understand the bible except he or she is guided by d holy spirit because d holy spirit gives knowledge and understanding to every believer to interpret d bible.

wOULD Only own KJV BIBLE ALL other versions got satans Footprints corrupted perverted .

Who shall declare HIS generation? for HIS LIFE is taken from the earth...means that Our LORD JESUSCHRIST did not had any children decendants.

We should go out to promote and advertise the good tidings of the word of GOD

That scripture I believe in.My daughter has been hearing a spiritccrying I told her to tell to leave in the name of Jesus.

Im baptized... I want to obey the Lord.

This scripture is not present in most modern bible because since the king james was 1st penned much older manuscripts have been found. In those earliest MSS we have currently available this verse is not found so is believed to be a later addition

It seems to be hard. "only" in The Name of Lord Jesus. Lord of Lords, King of Kings, who is only He can open The Book of Life( Revelation 5:3-5)....

May nations in GOD be blessed, rulers of the nations,and his throne.

Praying and reading our bibles daily make us grow in the Lord. Any revelation, we have must go through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation, without contradicting the Scriptures.Laying on of hands is not the only way to receive the Holy Ghost. In the book of Acks11:15 as Peter began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them. Amen God bless

verses 15 and 16. Please note that they had believed and had been baptized (in Jesus name) and still had not received the holy spirit. Just believing does not guarantee that you automatically receive the Holy Spirit as some preach.

I don't think he was terror-stricken, after reading what he ask for, which was "that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me" come upon me suggest that it not in or on him. He speaks of a prayer for him for future not present...and Im careful not to follow traditions, being that some are subliminal and could be leading down the wrong path

I think it's the truth