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Yeshua1

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When you say "we certainly do need to spend time discussing it" ... does that obligate me to defend the legitimacy of a non-cessationist position on a board hopelessly dominated by cessationists condemning me to a lengthy, unproductive and unpleasant encounter? Or am I free to believe that 'life is too short' and bow out of that argument. So far, I have endeavored to restrict my focus to the actual difference between Acts and 1 Corinthians with as little discussion of modern tongues as is necessary to move on with the Acts/Corinthians discussion.
I differentiate between Pentecostals who, while wrong on tongues and the so called baptism of Holy Ghost, but are still teaching the right jesus and right Gospel, and the many Charismatic teachers in WOF/Prosperity/modern day revealtions, who promote heresy!
 

John of Japan

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I differentiate between Pentecostals who, while wrong on tongues and the so called baptism of Holy Ghost, but are still teaching the right jesus and right Gospel, and the many Charismatic teachers in WOF/Prosperity/modern day revealtions, who promote heresy!
So you don't see tongues as a heresy that splits churches? Yet about every time a Pentecostal goes to another church, they start insisting that the members there speak in tongues. Voila: church split.
 

Darrell C

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Yes, and I 100% agree that if the Body (church) is being edified, then it is likely from God and if all attention is on any person ... the Holy Spirit has likely left the building. One thing our Pentecostal Pastor emphasized is that God will share his glory with no man.

On the other hand, 1 Corinthians 12:10 mentions both tongues and interpretation as manifestations of the Spirit for the common good without any connotation of a rebuke. This suggests that there is a tongues and an interpretation that is not 'faking it' and is somehow different from Acts 2 where no interpretation was needed because everyone heard their own native language.

1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NASB

4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. 6 There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. 7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

It's still the same gifts in view. Interpretation would be necessary when the gift of tongues is used when numerous languages are present. If one speaking in another language has like speaking associates present, they would need to know what was being said. The one speaking in a language would not be simultaneously speaking more than one language.


God bless.
 
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Darrell C

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1. tongues
2. "health and wealth"
3. healing meetings (not in the Bible)
4.The "manifest sons of God"
5. The "laughing revival"
6. "tarrying" to receive the Holy Spirit
7. healing in the atonement
8. ecumenism
9. advanced revelation (in addition to the canon of Scripture)

And there are more.

"Slain in the Spirit" is one that comes to mind.


God bless.
 

Yeshua1

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So you don't see tongues as a heresy that splits churches? Yet about every time a Pentecostal goes to another church, they start insisting that the members there speak in tongues. Voila: church split.
I see teaching that tongues are for today is not right, but still do see a difference between the theology of the Aog and the modern Charasmatics!
 

Yeshua1

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Very few, at least. About the only one I know of is Dr. O. Talmadge Spence.
While i was still in the AOG, they did do papers that refuted the modern day health and wealth, and divine healing as a right, and additional revelations being given today though!
 

John of Japan

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I see teaching that tongues are for today is not right, but still do see a difference between the theology of the Aog and the modern Charasmatics!
I'm not plugged into any information about the AOG, so I'll leave that up to you. I have heard that they are the most Biblical of the old line Pentecostals, and they have a much better missions program than the rest.
 

Yeshua1

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I'm not plugged into any information about the AOG, so I'll leave that up to you. I have heard that they are the most Biblical of the old line Pentecostals, and they have a much better missions program than the rest.
During one of the annual meetings, the AOG produced a report that condemned word of faith, prosperity as being wrong, and while holding to divine healing, that it was not in the atonement as the faith teachers say it is. They also condemned any further revelations coming from God today.
 

John of Japan

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"Slain in the Spirit" is one that comes to mind.

God bless.
Yep, that's another. I can still see Ernest Angley on TM smacking someone in the forehead, after which they would fall back into the arms of the assistants, "slain in the Spirit," I suppose. What wickedness to claim the Holy Spirit does that.

One of the worst ever representations of the Charismatic movement is the "Toronto Blessing," which they suppose to be a revival, I suppose. In it were manifestations of kundalini activity (Hindu possession by a goddess), barking like a dog, etc. I saw a video of a man named John Scotland, a preacher from the Toronto Blessing who supposedly got "drunk in the spirit." (I dare not capitalize "spirit" here.) He "preached" with slurred speech just as if he were soused. That's blasphemy!
 

Yeshua1

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Yep, that's another. I can still see Ernest Angley on TM smacking someone in the forehead, after which they would fall back into the arms of the assistants, "slain in the Spirit," I suppose. What wickedness to claim the Holy Spirit does that.

One of the worst ever representations of the Charismatic movement is the "Toronto Blessing," which they suppose to be a revival, I suppose. In it were manifestations of kundalini activity (Hindu possession by a goddess), barking like a dog, etc. I saw a video of a man named John Scotland, a preacher from the Toronto Blessing who supposedly got "drunk in the spirit." (I dare not capitalize "spirit" here.) He "preached" with slurred speech just as if he were soused. That's blasphemy!
How about having uncontrollable holy laughter coming upon people?
 

Steven Yeadon

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The Charismatics have spiritual power, it seems to me, that is overwhelmingly occult and thus from the hand of Satan. I have thought that they could have real gifts from the Spirit, but the unbiblical nature of their "gifts" gives away what is going on. Our main dialogue with them should be to warn them of the ramifications of knowing and serving the wrong master. They need rebuke and discipline desperately in order to be loved.
 

Yeshua1

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The Charismatics have spiritual power, it seems to me, that is overwhelmingly occult and thus from the hand of Satan. I have thought that they could have real gifts from the Spirit, but the unbiblical nature of their "gifts" gives away what is going on. Our main dialogue with them should be to warn them of the ramifications of knowing and serving the wrong master. They need rebuke and discipline desperately in order to be loved.
I would say that not all of the Charasmatrics are under that situation, but that many of their spiritual leadership in word of faith/prosperity/modern day Apostles/prophets are indeed being hoodwinked by a counterfeit spirit, and not the Holy Spirit, as he would not be giving such heresies as they profess...
 

Steven Yeadon

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I would say that not all of the Charasmatrics are under that situation, but that many of their spiritual leadership in word of faith/prosperity/modern day Apostles/prophets are indeed being hoodwinked by a counterfeit spirit, and not the Holy Spirit, as he would not be giving such heresies as they profess...

But Yeshua1, how did I manifest such gifts as a believer recently, and get led astray? It seems Satan can target the elect with the very worst things he can do, just not win in the end against those who really love Jesus.
 

Yeshua1

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But Yeshua1, how did I manifest such gifts as a believer recently, and get led astray? It seems Satan can target the elect with the very worst things he can do, just not win in the end against those who really love Jesus.
I would say in your particular case, that since the people in spiritual leadership were not under the Holy Spirit, you were indeed dealing with strange spirits!
 
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