tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post7093350173438620558..comments2023-10-09T03:39:02.388-06:00Comments on Expository Lutheran: Baptized with the Holy SpiritBror Ericksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913133289813136695noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post-89835703147366344462008-12-09T06:27:00.000-07:002008-12-09T06:27:00.000-07:00“…because it doesn’t merely ask for the forgivenes...“…because it doesn’t merely ask for the forgiveness of sins, but gives it out, and sanctifies”.<BR/><BR/>Merely asks versus gives, again that is such a small thing but yet a huge thing. The difference between day and night, the difference between two religions. It reminds me of what the prophet says and the apostle quotes, “I revealed Myself to those that did not seek Me, I was found by those that did not ask for Me”. How can this be? Because it doesn’t merely ask for it, it GIVES it. If you hand me a billion dollars I never asked for nor ever sought, then I have it singularly because you gave it. So much for the endless sinners prayer and aisle walking.<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/><BR/>LarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post-23684473098089098862008-12-08T09:29:00.000-07:002008-12-08T09:29:00.000-07:00Two fingered, fast typing lends itself to new word...Two fingered, fast typing lends itself to new words like 'baptims'and 'ti'...aw...you knew what I meant (you see...the law is even at work in post comments!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8261814012053869943.post-56271965573619687032008-12-08T09:27:00.000-07:002008-12-08T09:27:00.000-07:00You got it, Bror.That law does crush us. It does s...You got it, Bror.<BR/><BR/>That law does crush us. It does show us just how effective our active repentance is. Not very!<BR/><BR/>We like being in our sins! Otherwise we wouldn't keep doing the same ones...over and over and over again.<BR/><BR/>True repentance, comes in our baptims. It is the repentance that God leads us ti out of the kindness of His heart. It is the repentance that does not rely on the 'will of man' (whatever that is worth...not much)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com