Created in God’s Class?
In her response to the subject of “other tongues”, a commenter made the following statement: ….to say that the believer talks in tongues only when the spirit wills him so would put to flight the knowledge that the believer is a spirit in God’s class who God originally created to commune freely with him as [...]
Read MoreChris Segun Onayinka, and abuse at The Saints Community
No-one really knows how I agonise each time I have to write an article of this sort. I play around with the prospects in my head, dilly-dally, tremble with fear, hesitate, and generally just die a thousand deaths wishing it didn’t have to be done. But what’s got to be done has got to be [...]
Read MoreFrom Azusa: curses, not blessings
There are millions of church folks who hail the events at the Azusa Street “revival” (1906-1915) as a groundbreaking work of God. Yet, a careful study of Scripture reveals it for what it was – a curse that has spewed forth error after error, and apostasy after apostasy. From this series of meetings have come [...]
Read MoreThe Promise of the Spirit
In the first part of this series, titled Filled with the Spirit: A Biblical Examination, we saw from Scripture that the phrase “filled with the Spirit” is not used anywhere in the Bible to describe a 2nd or 3rd work of grace, but as a reference to the Holy Spirit inspiring and empowering a person [...]
Read MoreFilled with the Spirit: A Biblical Examination
One of the keys to proper understanding, interpretation and application of the Bible is to see how specific terms are consistently used. With this in mind, we shall examine how the term “filled with the Spirit” is used consistently in Scriptures. Here are a number of passages: And they were all filled with the Holy [...]
Read MoreThe old lie of “Touch Not Mine Anointed”
Quoting favourite passages out of context is the forte of false teachers. By so doing, they are free to make the passage say anything they want it to say. The phrase “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm” is a popular one – and it is nearly always used out of context [...]
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