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You apparently don't know the history of Pentecostalism if you think Kenneth Copeland is a pioneer...methinks his daddy was still in diapers around that time...

hi Drewster!
i do know the history of Pentecostalism.
i noted the two on the vids as pioneers of the Televangelist ilk.
that's why they're popular: lots of folks, you may agree, believe everything they see on TV.

i'll post shortly my research on the history of Pentecostalism. hopefully you can see if i'm in error.

it goes a little further back than Copeland's daddy in diapers...

just because Charismatic denominations have mushroomed in membership doesn't in and of itself legitimize it, would you agree? does size matter, Drew?

could you comment on Copeland and Browne? are they legit?

~ child
 
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Sorcers can be fun friends.
They add pizazz...
 
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lol! he was not pushing them AWAY from the gifts, he said seek the gifts! Dude! And stop prooftexting already...

Pauls basic message (talking to a bunch of people who were fanatical about 'spiritual gifts'..and using them unbiblically) Remember he's trying not to offend anyone too much:

"hey dudes...uhm...spiritual gifts, yeah! theyre great arn't they. Ya you should look for them and all that but ...listen.....I'd rather that you TEACH people the Gospel....and speak simply to one another...and really concentrate on LOVE, FAITH, HOPE and CHARITY. Ok fellas? We're grown ups now"
 
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Yes preaching and teaching are a far more effective means to communicate worship and evangelise, was his point i'd say.
 
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I don't know about the banhammer...but, I have to wonder what nonbelievers think when they read a thread like this where Christian brethren are at each other's throats...it's no wonder so many are turned off by the idea of church.

hi drew
mainstream believers like me who simply BELIEVE what God has said, repent of our sins and look to the Blessed hope are more often ridiculed and our salvation called into question because we don't "speak in tongues" etc.

that makes me wonder what unbelievers would think.

the activity such as the "Toronto Blessing", "Pensecola", etc also makes me worry about what unbelievers think of Christianity. many from voodoo cultures, or with occult backgrounds have testified they see exactly what they came from.

i guess there is testimony from all sides.

~ aside from all that....

Drew, having read passages such as the following, do you not think it's fair and reasonable for us to test all things?

2 Timothy 4:3 (NIV)
For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

Jeremiah 23:26
How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds?


2 Peter 1:19 (NLT) - [Peter speaking about Jesus Christ....notice he speaks of the prophets of OLD...of what they said and wrote (past tense)...always about Jesus.]

Because of that experience, we have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. You must pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words are like a lamp shining in a dark place--until the Day dawns, and Christ the Morning Star shines in your hearts.


1 Timothy 4:1-2 (NIV)
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.


2 Peter 2:1
But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.


~ i'm not using these passages in direct relation to our discussion, but rather to remind you that we are commanded to be very careful.

just those few examples causes me to really use caution, and to test the spirits, and not trust any men.

~ child.
 
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We've had trolls on there before, masquerading as Christians to do nothing but badmouth us. The activity is very similar to that.

well, that's not the case with me, Arby. just so you can put that to rest.

i'm not a troll, and i am indeed a Christian.

i just think the Charismatic Movement is questionable.
and we are permitted by Scripture to test all things, so i do, and make no apologies for it.

if you are comfortable in your position, no need to get defensive.

i'm nothing more than a sinner saved by Grace, through Faith in the Finished Work of Jesus The Christ.

i walk by faith, not by sight.

~ child
 
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hi sunlover:
since when is testing all things trolling?

your post suggests my God-given right to test all things is akin to stoning or Inquisition. hardly fair, is it?

Hebrews 5
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

regarding the Copeland-Browne video: would you say those two are legitimately "operating in the gifts of the spirit"?

~ regards!
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heya simon!
Amen! good post!

i've experienced miraculous things also....amazing!
but as you suggested, never anything i can "summon".
it makes me wonder how it happens in certain denominational churches every single Sunday...

(i'm a cessationist as well, regarding the Apostolic gifts)


~ child
 
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I don't get this approach, if we are well studied and see errors in theology are we not called to address directly what is seen as false teaching?

Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.


stay true simon.


~ child
 
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Yes the Holy Spirit manifests itself in every regenerate man. So what does any of this have to do with running around like a loon in church or talking gobbledegook or falling over when a pastor waves his hand? Or claiming that you have magical healing powers?

Are the 'gifts' that are mentioned in scripture the same things that Pentes and Charismatics are doing in their churches? AND the Corinthians for that matter.


Ok so what do you say that 'prophecy' is? Is it foretelling of future events and applies to modern people or is it simply carrying out the office of a prophet or teacher? If you say its foretelling the future then pray tell SHARE with the Christians here what the latest news is in your church? What are your guys prophecying thats important to the Body. WHAT DO WE NEED TO ADD TO SCRIPTURE??!


Someone is definately blaspheming. We'll have to wait till judgement to find out who. The question remains 1) We don't need supernatural gifts anymore, millions of non-Charismatic Christians are fully convinced in Christ so why do you say we need them? and 2) Even if the Apostles say in scripture that gifts have been given to believers by the Holy Spirit, how do you know that they are talking about SUPERNATURAL gifts for ALL believers. Some got miracles for sure. That was the Apostles as it is recorded in scripture that they performed miracles. To think that you have supernatural abilities but you cant actually prove it is dangerous. Very dangerous.


Are you talking about serious medical care? Coz I havn't needed anything in all my 35 years too. So I've been a recipient of Gods healing as well. Except I give all Glory to God whereas you try and snatch a load for yerself.

Can you heal other people too or only yourself?

but I've also, BY THE GRACE OR GIFTING OF GOD, cast out demons in Jesus Christ's name a multitude of times (which required "the discerning of spirits")

Ya, its easy to go to church and stand in front of someone and put on a show and call it 'casting out demons'.

I notice this time your not even sure if it's by the Grace of God or by a gifting?? Heh?


I'm not gonna comment on this. I'll just get myself in trouble.


Oops, you didn't mention the gifts Paul rated as the highest of any. LOVE, HOPE, FAITH AND CHARITY. Non-supernatural you'll notice.



Oh likewise my friend, likewise. I definately wouldn't want to be in your shoes when you have to explain to God how you spent your life fulfilling your fleshy, erotic desires in the form of kundalini arts rather than heeding scriptures advice and sticking to solid Christian doctrine.




My wife has the voice of an angel too. She does a fine Alanis Morissette in the shower.

Anyone for an orthodox explanation of the verse? Just if you wanna keep yer feet on the ground?

Barnes Exposition:

"And of angels - The language of angels; such as they speak. Were I endowed with the faculty of eloquence and persuasion which we attribute to them; and the power of speaking to any of the human family with the power which they have. The language of angels here seems to be used to denote the highest power of using language, or of the most elevated faculty of eloquence and speech."

Course if it suits your unbiblical behaviour you can say Paul means talking gibberish.
 
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languages: previously UNLEARNED.

a MIRACLE.
 
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i hear ya, he either cessations, or he doesn't.

He is a good bro though..but he proved our point.

hi froggy:
nobody has EVER said God doesn't perform miracles today!

some of us question the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements.

and some of us believe the specific Apostolic era miracles (i.e. raising from the dead, healing in one's shadow are ended).

but i've NEVER said God doesn't perform miracles today: He raised this dead sinner from the spiritual grave and granted sight to this blind beggar.

~ child
 
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hi froggy....

could you please give me a few names of folks who operate in the giftings that i can find online to research? you don't object to testing all things, that's clear from your post.

one can hardly be blamed for skepticism when we see so many charlatans, right?

as for the Apostolic powers ceasing, could you show me a single person raised from the dead please? any name...anyone....

how about a few known examples by name please?

love in Christ,
~ child.
 
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hi frog....
nope.
prophecy is TEACHING.
not "thus saith The Lord": canon is closed, son.
the only reason i use the word gifts is because that's what the Pentes and Charis use.

and often we who simply walk by faith are questioned if we don't speak "in tongues"....agree?

~ child
 
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We've put away the 'childish' things because that which is perfect has come.
Obviosly.

LOLZ! I've just noticed one member say that Jesus operated in the giftings??!

ROFL.

Jesus? He's God.

If you wanna walk "just" how God walked then lets see some healing of the blind. Some resurrection of the dead.
What "greater works than these" do "you" do?

Do you guys want to be Gods? Is that what this is all about?
AS Christ is in this world.
I want to be AS Christ is
... in this world.
 
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EXCELLENT BIG DREW!
but just because this Thiurd wave has overtaken the mainstream doesn't mean it is legitimate.
i have more information on the origins i'll post later....rather shocking.

re: your Acts passage? dispensationalist are ye?

that was fulfilled at Pentecost Big Drew.
 
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frog:
you can't change my mind by quoting miraculous gifts granted the New Church...i believe they DID have them....

see?

you say potatoe, i say potato.
 
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