On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 someone@aol.com wrote:

>-->The book of Acts is where one starts to build theology on.  Jesus says in 
>-->John 3:starting at verse 3, "you must be born again to see or even enter into 
>-->the kingdom of God.  To understand the spiritual application of the word of 
>-->God, one need the infilling of the Holy Ghost.  All of those who were born 
>-->again, had their beginnings in the book of Acts. Then they were educated 
>-->further throughout the scriptures. If the foundation is not right, the rest 
>-->of the building will not stand long.
>-->
>-->God bless you, 
>-->someone
>-->


I'd say the last place to build your theology upon is the book of Acts,
it records the early church's development.  The letters from Paul and
the Gospel accounts are where you need to go.  Notice in Acts 2:40
that there is much that was NOT recorded in Acts.  Acts is a book of
transition, much like the book of Judges in the Old Testament.  Building
theology on such a book is not a good idea.  One must use all of God's
Word with an understanding of what each book's purpose is.

john