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NASB | Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
Subject: Tongues mean Holy Spirit? |
Bible Note: Dear WTB, You asked, "If you were me, would you continue to support the service?" Well, ma'am, I don't think I can answer that for you. I believe Scripture would have you first appeal to your husband for guidance (Ephesians 5:22-23). Second, I would test my conscience in regards to the kind of message that is being conveyed by participating in such a church (2 Corinthians 3:2; 2 Corinthians 4:2). Third, I'd bathe the whole in prayer (Luke 21:36). Fourth, if I still felt so led, I would seek a way to leave that caused the least attention (1 Corinthians 14:40). Finally, I'd be extremely diligent to find a congregation that you and your family could be properly ministered to by the Word (Hebrews 10:23-25). You asked, "Am I being rebellious for not supporting that service?" I believe our brother Humbled answered well. The more we look into the mirror of the Word, the more fault we find. I've no doubt that rebellion resides in your heart somewhere just as it does in mine! However, we want to accurately discern what is actually going on in our hearts. God helps us with that process (Jeremiah 17), and we must continuously seek His wisdom in this regard. Of course, I can't speak definitively, but it sounds more like you are simply uncomfortable with the error that you see around you. If that is the case, that is more of an evidence of the Holy Spirit than all the stuff happening in those "tarrying" services! :-) All that written, you should be very, very cautious about creating dissent in the congregation. The Lord doesn't call us to be that way. Note that the assertive, rebuking, confrontational commands are in the pastoral epistles. The pastor has a specific kind of responsibility and authority to stand in the face of error and deal decisively with it. In Him, Doc |