Subject: Advice on how it should not be practiced |
Bible Note: Hi Bliss and welcome to the Forum! Well said, and I couldn't agree with you more. 1. There is absolutlely no scriptural basis for this practice. None. 2. What is being conveyed, is that experience trumps scripture. Experience is not truth. We do not valid truth by our experience, we validate it by the Word of God (John 17:17). Otherwise, scripture becomes meaningless! John F. MacArthur has stated that, "Our faith is a mind faith. At its core is Jesus Christ, not our emotions. Yes, I get emotional meditating on the goodness of God and hearing His word, but for many charismatics that emotion comes from jumping up and down on Sunday to some heart throbbing music. Is this what disciples are supposed to do? What doth the Bible say? What was Jesus doing while here? Preaching and teaching the kingdom of God, and doing good works. What was Paul doing? Preaching and teaching and encouraging from prison. What was Timothy, Silas, Barnabas doing? Going on missionary trips preaching the gospel to a lost world. What about many charismatic preachers? Falling down in the pulpit, laughing their heads off, slaying in the spirit (knocking people out with a touch), prophesying about church buildings, and speaking in tongues while nobody knows what they are saying." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |