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excluded by either heresy (1 Cor 11:19, Rev 22:18-19) or sin (Gal 5:19-21, 1 John
1:8). Remember in spirit all Christians are perfect (1 Cor 2:6) and in rejecting a
Christian one rejects Christ (Mat 25:40).

There can be a tendency to encourage dependency amongst the flock and to try and
control people. This often takes the form of implicitly and erroneously suggesting
that a Christian may not, in fact, be in the complete Love (Rom 5:5), Presence
(Mat 28:20) and Peace of God (Rom 5:1) on account of this or that sin or failing.

A Christian is baptised in Spirit upon conversion (see Baptism) and therefore there
are no second-class Christians unbaptised in Spirit (1 Cor 12:13).

A Christian is fully and eternally filled with the Holy Ghost, as long as he remains
a Christian, and can not be re-filled or topped up see Spirit and Flesh below (2
Kings 2:9-12; Acts 6:5, 7:55, 9:17, Rom 8:1, 9, Eph 4:4-5, Col 1:27, 2:9-10, Heb
6:4, 1 John 3:9). A Christian has no need to be replenished internally with the
Holy Ghost (John 1:16). A Christian, can not whilst he remains a Christian,
backslide in righteousness or grace (John 1:16).

All Christians continually overflow in Spirit by virtue of faith, fruit and works
which are all guaranteed (Acts 8:37, Gal 5:22, Jam 2:17, 20). Some however do
produce more fruit than others pre-resurrection (Mat 13:8, 23, Mark 4:8, 20) and
there is differential gifting and ministries (Rom 12:3, 1 Cor 12:11, 28-30) and
differential interaction with God to produce differential incremental spiritual fruit
whilst in the flesh, compatible with ongoing Salvation (1 John 3:9), over pre-
resurrection time (Mat 13:12, Mark 4:25, Luke 8:18, 1 Cor 12:11). Understanding
leads to more understanding but also to a corresponding greater expectation (Luke
12:48).

God does not ‘turn up’ to some Christian meetings and not to others or more at
some than at others (Mat 18:20).

As for Ananias and Sapphira, they were not Christians at the point of their death
(Acts 5:3, ‘why hath Satan filled thine heart...?’). Christians can not be possessed
in their hearts (Rom 5:5, 2 Cor 3:3, Eph 3:17) or at all (Mat 22:20-21, Mark 12:16-
17, Luke 20:24-25 -the last three verses relate to Col 3:10-, 1 Cor 3:16-18, 6:17, 2
Cor 6:14, 17-18, Col 1:27, 3:10, Heb 1:3, 1 John 1:5, 4:15). A Christian’s heart in
this context is the total amalgamation of their basic spirit and their flesh which is
the soul (1 Thes 5:23) and which is totally righteous in the Christian (Rom 8:1, 26,
Col 1:22). When Jesus said to Peter 'Get thee behind me, Satan' (Mat 16:23, Mark