Apples of Gold - March 28

The Scriptures clearly teach that if one does not have the Holy Spirit, one is not saved and therefore, one is not a Christian. There is no intermediate state of belief. To state otherwise is once again to add words that obscure both plain meaning and context. As Acts is a historical account (and not a doctrinal book) of what happened to specific people at specific times for our admonition, we must look to the epistles for the explanation of why and how and what happened. Too many groups have tried to stamp out cookie-cutter Christians by exalting Acts above the witness of the rest of Scripture. In this, they forget that God doesn’t stamp out uniform bricks, but He is building His church with living stones. To make one’s experience the determinant of interpretation is a doorway to error. Too many people confront the plain teaching of Scripture and dismiss it with, “So what? I’ve got a testimony.”

"But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his."

—Romans:8:9But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
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