There are no super christians speaking in tongues, yet that is THE doctrinal distinctive of Pentecostalism. And after a while, I just got the feeling that the Holy Spirit even present in these churches - not the Holy Spirit of the Bible - as the Great Conviction of sin. I didn't feel much of anything in those churches, to be honest. Pentecostals seem to have a completely different take on the Holy Spirit.
The problem I see in Pentecostalism is the Continuationist belief, and borne out of that is what we find today - all this wacky nonsense that is so far outside the Biblical parameters, because they are based on one's own thoughts, feelings, emotions, ecstatic utterances and experiences, all of which must be tested against the Word of God, and most of which fails the test. If we don't "test all things," how do we know if it's actually from God?
That doctrinal distinctive of speaking in tongues opens up the Pandora's Box where anything goes. None of them believe in Scripture Alone....or as Martin Luther called it, Sola Scriptura, one of the very foundations of Protestantism.
The problem I see in Pentecostalism is the Continuationist belief, and borne out of that is what we find today - all this wacky nonsense that is so far outside the Biblical parameters, because they are based on one's own thoughts, feelings, emotions, ecstatic utterances and experiences, all of which must be tested against the Word of God, and most of which fails the test. If we don't "test all things," how do we know if it's actually from God?
That doctrinal distinctive of speaking in tongues opens up the Pandora's Box where anything goes. None of them believe in Scripture Alone....or as Martin Luther called it, Sola Scriptura, one of the very foundations of Protestantism.
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