Within the evangelical movement there is an awareness that all is not right with all who call themselves christians! Wolves In Sheeps Clothing! Preacher woman Pentecostal Charismatic Christians! Arent they just lovely? Within the evangelical movement there is an awareness that all is not right with all who call themselves christians! See: Wolves In Sheeps Clothing! Preacher woman Pentecostal Charismatic Christians! Arent they just lovely? No -theyre devil possessed! See: The Charismatic Movement Is Dangerous - Watch Out For It The Charismatic Movement Is Dangerous ...Watch Out For It! AT THE TURN of the century, the present-day Pentecostal Movement came into being, emphasizing speaking in tongues and divine healing. Their failure to rightly divide the Word of Truth led to many false teachings regarding the ministry of the Holy Spirit and produced confusion in the minds of the saved and unsaved religionists alike. This Pentecostal Movement arose mainly from within various Protestant churches but they were soon forced out, either because of their unusual beliefs and practices or, in some cases, because they felt unhappy in churches which had become liberal theologically and worldly in position and practice. At least two things can be said for most of these early Pentecostals-they utterly repudiated the liberalism of the ecumenical movement and would not condone mixing the world with the church. In the 1960s a new movement took shape, sharing the basic doctrines of Pentecostalism but advocating a stay in rather than a come out policy with regard to church affiliations. This movement is commonly known as the Charismatic Movement. It involves not only various Protestant churches but Roman Catholic churches as well. In fact, if one is able to speak in tongues or if he has experienced a healing, he is accepted by the Charismatics with little or no regard to his church affiliation or doctrinal deviation. When you hear Roman Catholics talk about how their baptism in the Holy Spirit has given them a greater love for the Mass, you know that this cannot be attributed to the Holy Spirit, but rather to a false spirit. In the 1980s, yet another movement appeared on the religious scene which made the Pentecostal/charismatic false teachings even more appealing and dangerous. Why? Because this movement promoted the same, basic unscriptural doctrines held by Pentecostals and Charismatics while, in its inception, disclaiming any relationship to either of these groups, thus making it especially attractive to evangelicals and fundamentalists who did not want to wear the label of either group because of their deviant teachings and practices. The impetus for this new movement came largely from several widely circulated books and many lectures to evangelical groups around the world by John Wimber, founder of the Vineyard Christian Fellowship, and Peter Wagner of Fuller Theological Seminary Institute of Church Growth. Both men greatly influenced each other and, as they experimented with various teachings and practices related to healing, miracles, signs and wonders, they soon went even beyond the Pentecostal and charismatic errors. They claimed that the exorcising of so-called territorial spirits was essential to complete the task of world evangelization; and, that God had re-established the offices of prophet and apostle with those supposedly holding these offices receiving direct messages from God for the church, and exercising divine authority over the church. This newest movement is often referred to as Power Evangelism, Healing, Signs, Wonders and Miracles Evangelism, or the Third Wave of the Holy Spirit. Ecumenical in scope and decidedly worldly in practice the three so-called waves of the Holy Spirit (Pentecostals, Charismatics and Power Evangelism teachers) have now blended into a powerful coalition which is rapidly spreading. This poses a great threat to the purity of the Church and the Gospel. Others have dealt at length with the dangers of the Charismatic Movement and how Scripturally unsound the movement is. Our purpose is to briefly point out some of the real dangers of this movement so that Gods people will be informed and forewarned. It is important to look at principles, doctrines, and positions and not to look solely at the individuals who compose this movement. The Word of God must be the only basis for conclusions drawn -- we must not judge by personal relationships or prejudice. The CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT Is Dangerous Because... 1. It accepts tongues, interpretation of tongues, visions, dreams, prophecies, etc., as being messages from God to His children. This is a grave danger. Once you accept extra-biblical messages (those which are in addition to the Bible but not necessarily contrary to the Bible per se) it is not long before you will be accepting anti-biblical messages as being valid (those which directly contradict Gods Word). The Charismatic Movement has done and is doing exactly that. In reality, all extra-biblical messages are anti-biblical messages because Gods Word specifically warns against adding to the Scriptures (Deuteronomy 4:2; Revelation 22:18, 19). The Charismatic Movement defends these extra-biblical, anti-biblical messages on the basis that, New winds of the Holy Spirit are blowing. They say, Who knows what the Holy Spirit may do? Let no one forget, however, that the Word of God is a completed revelation and was given by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:19). We can be sure of one thing-the Holy Spirit will never contradict Himself. It was the Holy Spirit Who warned about adding to the Word of God. Therefore, those who add to Gods Word cannot claim to be authorized or empowered by the Holy Spirit.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 11:55:39 +0000