I wasn't alone when I was saved.. I had people praying over me with laying of hands. While my knees buckled and I felt uplifted, I did not feel the HS until about 4 months later, I was alone. And it was AMAZING!!! I don't debate my faith.. so I have to pay better attention when I click Trending Topics.
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The key words here are....”I don’t debate MY faith”. The Bible talks of a COMMON faith. That’s the problem today, everybody has their own way of doing it. When Jude wrote to Christians he said...
Jude 1:3
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Paul taught that their is ONE faith. Eph 4:5
To Titus Paul wrote..
To Titus, mine own son after the
common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Paul didn’t seem to think we could each have our OWN faith.
Peter wrote to those of “LIKE precious faith”. Like meaning same. You and I aren’t of LIKE precious faith.
Jesus prayed for unity...
John 17:20-21
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Paul commanded unity..
1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
You can’t have your “own faith” and be obedient to any of the above. This is the problem. This is why I started this thread, to have this discussion. This mindset of being alone and dong whatever I feel for salvation did not exist in the NT, but yet it seems many want it their own way.