Questions and Answers

Answer: Two scriptures can help clarify this question. In 1 Corinthians 2:10 Paul explains that God reveals things to us via His Spirit and Acts 2:38 says, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

These scriptures tell us that God reveals things to us (His way of life) prior to baptism via His Spirit but we actually receive it after being baptized. Put another way, God's Spirit works with us prior to baptism and becomes part of us (dwelling within us) after we are baptized.

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Table of Contents that includes "Questions and Answers - Apr/Jun 2004"

Predestination:

• _Where Do We Go From Here?
• _Questions and Answers - Jul/Aug 2000
• _Predestination: Are You Just a Pawn?

Holy spirit - giving of:

• _Should We Want to Be Baptized With Fire?
• _Water Baptism and Laying On of Hands
• _The Feast of Pentecost: The Firstfruits of God's Harvest
• _The Holy Spirit: God's Transforming Power
• _Why Be Baptized?
• _What About Matthew 28:19?
• _Gifts from God: The Foundation of His Relationship with Us
• _The Need for a New Covenant
• _Why We Need the Holy Spirit
• _God's Promise of a New Era
• _God's Spirit Before the Church Era
• _How to Overcome Sin
• _The Holy Spirit: God's Power at Work
• _The Role of the Holy Spirit
• _Baptism: Beginning of a New Life

Passover:

• _The Passover: Why Did Jesus Christ Have to Die?
• _The Chronology of Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection
• _The Passover
• _'Christ, Our Passover, Was Sacrificed for Us'
• _What Is the Value of a Life?
• _The Passover Bread and Wine
• _If I Knew Then What I Know Now
• _The Lesson of Foot-Washing
• _The Good Friday-Easter Sunday Question
• _Why Did He Have to Die?
• _A Lesson for All Time
• _Why Should Christians Keep the Passover?
• _Questions and Answers - Mar/April 2000
• _Should We Celebrate Jesus Christ's Resurrection?
• _Are We Missing the Message of God?
• _Do You Know Why Christ Died?
• _The Biblical Festivals That Teach Us About Jesus Christ
• _The 'Feasts of the Lord' in the Book of Acts
• _What Religious Days Did Jesus Observe?
• _Questions and Answers - Mar/Apr 2008
• _Had a Mental Checkup Lately?
• _Who Really Killed Jesus?
• _Are We Missing God's Message?
• _The Destroyer Passed Over
• _The Dings Will Fade
• _Lessons of the First Passover

Easter:

• _Europe and the Church Part 4: Union of Church and State
• _Crucial Questions
• _Easter: Masking a Biblical Truth
• _God's Days of Worship
• _Fertility Symbols: Beneath the Dignity ofGod
• _The Resurrection Connection
• _When Was Jesus Christ Crucified and Resurrected?
• _Are the Biblical Holy Days for New Testament Christians?
• _Does Easter Commemorate Jesus Christ's Resurrection?
• _Does God Allow Us to Choose Our Own Religious Holidays?
• _Letters From Our Readers - Jul/Aug 1997
• _Modern Christianity's Forgotten Roots
• _Would Jesus Keep Easter?
• _Does Easter Really Commemorate Jesus Christ's Resurrection?
• _Do You Know Why Christ Lives?
• _Letters From Our Readers - May/Jun 2003
• _Good Friday -- Easter Sunday: It Didn't Happen That Way!
• _Does the Bible Say Jesus Rose on the First Day?
• _'The Third Day'
• _'The Son of Man Will Be Three Days and Three Nights in the Heart of the Earth'
• _How Were Original Biblical Practices Replaced in Christianity?
• _What Are the Real Origins of Easter?
• _Jesus Wasn't Crucified on Friday - or Resurrected on Sunday!
• _Christians Who Don't Celebrate Easter: What Do They Know?
• _Would Jesus Christ Celebrate Easter?
• _Questions and Answers - Oct/Dec 2004
• _Questions and Answers - Apr/Jun 2005
• _College Professor Discusses Differences in Christianity
• _Why Don't You Celebrate Easter?

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