BreadOfLife
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Once AGAIN - you haven't "proven" anything. And YOU have repeatedly failed to address the questions I asked.One thing you have in common with protestants, when you are proved wrong by scripture you ignore it. You say the bible states we must be baptised with water in order to have sins forgiven and receive the Holy Spirit, but again, that was not the case with cornelius and his household was it:
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. 16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?” Acts11:15-17
Which shows your wooden literalistic interpretation of a few choice scriptures is obviously the wrong way to read the bible isn't it. Here's a hint, don't put God in a box, he can do what he chooses and when he chooses.
In all Paul's letters, or any of the apostles letters, when did they once say you must be baptised in water before you can receive the Spirit? You can quote Acts2:38, but then, your first pope had to change his mind when he went to visit cornelius didn't he.
These should be EASY for you if you are THAT sure pof your position. Apparebntly, you're NOT . . .
As for Acts11:15-17 - John Baptized ONLY with water, Einstein. He wasn't imparting the Holy Spirit.
Thsy vsn ONLY happen in Christ.
The Baptism of Christ is with Water and the Spirit (John 3:5).
Your understanding of Scripture is pathetic - but that's what happens when you invent your own little "doctrines" . . .