Who is mocking a REAL move of the Holy Spirit?
AND...... in case you weren't aware, Satan can do wonders and miracles, as Pharaoh's magicians did in imitating the miracles of Moses.
The criteria is determining if what's happening is truly the Holy Spirit at work or not, and based on what I've encountered in many Pentecostal events, it's not.
There are also some who think that that sin cannot be committed today because the Pharisees were speaking with God Incarnate face to face and KNEW better as they were experts in Scripture and had no reason to NOT recognize the Messiah.
Today we have people all over the world doing things that are clearly NOT Christlike, claiming to speak for God. And since we are admonished in Scripture to be on the watch for wolves in sheep's clothing, there is a point at which we are called on to make that determination, whether the person claiming to be speaking for God is truly from God.
This is very true.
I enjoy a good Pentecostal revival once in a while. The ones I hang with don’t do the speaking in tongues but sometimes they get a pastor that comes in that do. It creeps me out every time. I start speaking in tongues “AVE MARIA, gratia plena, Dominus tecum....”
I gotta say this about them and always admired them for it. They really like going to church. Have such a good attitude. They never leave with a frown on their face. Father Harry once told us “leave this house of God with a smile on your face so it makes people wonder what you are doing in here and want to come in”. Well you know Pentecostals do and I have seen why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb7K4iHMQi0