Subject: Other gifts throughout history? |
Bible Note: 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 |