Bible Discussion Thread

Jacob, read Gr 's comment of Jul 28, 2014 under the 1 Corinthians 1 comments. Paul in Corinthians 1 was saying believers were talking about the status of the person baptizing them. They were focused on the person that baptized them instead of being baptized by water into Christ. Paul wasn 't devaluing water baptism. He did baptize a few people as it says in Corinthians. Instead he wanted them to focus on Christ and the power of the cross. In Galatians when Paul was talking about a different gospel, that had to do with certain Galatian Jews who were trying to mix the old law which was nailed to the cross with the new gospel of Christ, given in Acts 2. Jesus told the apostles to stay in Jerusalem so they could receive the Holy Spirit and deliver the gospel the way God wanted it delivered. We are to follow that same example set forth in Acts 2 today. The Holy Spirit delivered the gospel the way He wanted it taught. As I said before the purpose of tongues back then was to build the church. The purpose of the gentiles receiving the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues before being baptized was to show the Jews that God accepted them where before the Gentiles were unclean. Great is the mystery of godliness. In a lot of Paul 's letters, he was writing to get Christians to mature, grow, see that the Christian walk is a race, repent and other things. Satan was trying his best to change the gospel and destroy the church.