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I believe I’ve already explained myself. And I believe I am simply 'responding' to the 'reactions' I first encounter. And it certainly escalates from there. Which is never the direction I'm hoping for but seldom find in nominal Christianity.Hillsage, don't you ever just have a conversation with someone? You're down talking everybody. It seems like you're just looking for reasons to jump all over other people.
When someone comes on the scene thinking too highly of themselves to begin with, I respond accordingly. I've been here long enough that it doesn't take long either. So I speak of things I’m pretty sure you’ve never considered or even heard of concerning your orthodox POV. I'm really just hoping to see if another is even capable asking a sincere question, because you're overwhelmed by what I say. If not, it's usually because you're not here seeking the truth. You're seeking to win with the only view you have, and that's one I HAD. And it has been said; "The man that only knows his view, doesn't even know that." If you can't stand my testing you, like your view once tested me, then it is not I who is lacking IMO. IOW I'm testing to see what spirit they are of. This is the UNORTHODOX forum for a reason. I AM UNORTHODOX and can defend that position IMO. I've been Orthodox, studied to show myself approved, and found myself believing in doctrines which were lacking that very consistency in scripture like you correctly claim of Pentecostals/Charismatics. But your view is till wrong also IMO. And now, your accusation saying I’ve "claimed to be full of the Spirit” which is a complete untruth. I don’t even believe the Holy Spirit as a person is in anybody. So you have again made a totally errant judgmental of me which simply proves you really don’t even know me or what I believe.We all have arguments about the topic. Why treat everyone else like they're below you? Why would you treat other believers like this while claiming to be so full of the Spirit?
I believe I am very consistent and if you remember, I am the one who keeps asking for you guys to support your 'opinions' with scripture. You never see my consistency because you have pigeon holed me with the Charismatic belief system box which you know. And that's a box which I’ve already stated, more than once in this thread, is also with error. I don't fit anyone's box theologically and I don't think anyone's box is without error including mine. As for Sarah Young, I never heard of her.So many people, including myself have found the pentecostal/charismatic world to be inconsistent with scripture. Do you question someone like Sarah Young over her Jesus Calling book? If all those words are actually from Christ himself, should they all be added to the Bible?
[/quote]During all my years in the pentecostal church, when someone would speak in tongues, it was always said that it was God's words coming through. You could tell by how the speaker would speak in first person. If that is literally God's words, shouldn't every tongues occasion be added to the Bible? Is God's Word not as authoritative now as it was back then?[/QUOTE]
I don’t care what was always said. You’ve never asked what I thought about what was said. I’ve heard as much baloney in my years spent in Catholicism and fundamentalism also. That’s why I now claim Charismatic. Not ‘as much’ because I am one, but because I've been 'Catholic and fundamental' and the Charismatic movement was the last outpouring ‘move’ of God on earth and I experienced it. And that has changed my life. But IMO the Charismatice movement isn’t moving anymore either. It too has become denominationalized with it’s own choking of the true 'moving of God’s Spirit in His people.'
So if you'd like to try a new start, I'm all for that. But you'll have to accept that we're never going to agree on everything. And that's really just fine with me.
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