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1 | Other gifts throughout history? | Bible general Archive 2 | EdB | 131842 | ||
doc Let me post this again only this time with the paragraphs in correct sequence it may make more sense. Sorry about that. You it may also interest you to know the Roman Catholic church recognizes tongues as a valid gift and I believe take a similar position of that of the Eastern Orthodox. Doc you then stated, "Where it seems to pop up is when people get interested in flash and dazzle rather than truth." This is my biggest problem with the gifts of the spirit no matter which. It seems people lose focus on what is important, soon the gifts become the central focus instead of God. Also many use the gifts as an attempt to provide proof for their faith. Yet the very definition faith is holding fast to something you can not prove but know to be true nonetheless. I have poised this question to many within the Pentecostal perspective and it sadden me with their answer. The hypothetical question, ‘Is we have two identical churches in one an Evangelist prays and one hundred are saved. In the other the Evangelist prays and a man in wheel chair that everyone in town knows is totally paralyzed stands and walks. Which church would have the biggest attendance the next night?’ To a person everyone has answered the church in which the man walked. That deeply saddens me. Salvation is the most important thing that can happen in anyone’s life. It is also the only thing that will go on for eternity. The healing of the man will only last until the man does die, however his salvation will last for eternity. Scripture tells us all of heaven rejoices when one is saved yet doesn’t even mention what happens when someone is healed. We are physical people and refuse to allow ourselves to think spiritually, yet our hope, our future and our God are all exist in the spiritual realm. EdB |
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2 | Other gifts throughout history? | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 131847 | ||
Brother Ed, I can add my unequivocal amen to these statements. You should know me well enough by now that my heart is in it, too. The lost do not change, in spite of their "ever learning but never coming to the truth." In your example of of the "identical churches" I couldn't help but think of John 6. The people were more interested in his feeding of the multitude than they were in spiritual truth (v42). The lost are ever this way, unless by Providence they are given a thirst for the things of God (v65). I also thought about the prosperity teachings that are so common in our nation today. One Sunday, in my own church, a discussion began on how one might be blessed by God in material ways. You've read my statements on this forum, so you can probably guess my disappointment. When we have been given the a Gift greater than a million universes, why in the world would we even care if God blesses us in ANY other way??? Brother Ed, we differ in a lot of fundamental ways, but I think we are very much alike in our love for the Savior. Thank you, again, for sharing. |
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