Hill Top wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2026 11:35 pm ... if the gift of the Holy Ghost is "given" it would be more than just "in union with".

I see... no "degree of union".
One either HAS the gift of the Holy Spirit, or they have none of it.

Please, explain.

Hill Top wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2026 11:35 pm Spiritblade Disciple wrote:
"I do not believe that Dake shared your views on water baptism,"

I'm not so sure of that.

Why do you think Dake shared your views on water baptism?
What evidence can you present to show that Dake shared your views concerning water baptism?

Hill Top wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2026 11:25 pm Spiritblade Disciple wrote:
"Do you view the Holy Spirit as a lesser being than God and the Word?"

I believe the Holy Ghost/Spirit is a manifestation of God.
Do you think one is less than the other ?

No. I view the Holy Ghost and God as two of the co-equal persons of the Trinity.

Hill Top wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2026 11:23 pm I do not believe that God or the Holy Ghost are men.

Many share your belief that God and the Holy Ghost are not men. Dake's position is in the minority.

If God were a man, He would need to eat and drink, sleep, get haircuts, trim His nails, crap, etc. Spiritblade Disciple wrote: "Why? Wouldn't being God exempt God from such requirements?" Why should they ? MEN need to eat and drink, etc. Given that God lives on a planet (see the other thr...

Yes.
As I remember it, Dake taught that God lives on a planet called "Heaven."

In my understanding, I think Dake thought of Earth as a replica of the planet Heaven in the same way that Adam was a replica of God.

The Holy Spirit resides in everyone who has turned from sin (repented of sin) and been water baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of their past sins. It was a gift since the day of Pentecost. Including to me. Did not rev. Dake think he had been given the gift of the Holy Ghost ? D...

Hill Top wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 10:53 pm I feel that people were made after "Our" image...God and the Word's.
It was the Word that bore our physical likeness.

Do you view the Holy Spirit as a lesser being than God and the Word?

Hill Top wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 10:53 pm Was He a little, tiny man, when He descended on Christ Jesus ?
Or a full grown man ?

I think His body is sized appropriately for an ideally sized man to whom a standard span of a hand would be 9 inches, and would therefore likely be about 6 feet, 2 inches in height.

Hill Top wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 10:49 pm I see things either as literal or emblematic.
If God were a man, He would need to eat and drink, sleep, get haircuts, trim His nails, crap, etc.

Why? Wouldn't being God exempt God from such requirements?