Help yourselves.
I don’t know of anyone stopping you.
Evidently there’s some notches to be gained in one’s halo for throwing rocks at the gifts of Holy Spirit’s operations in this current era.
Or, even more likely, satan doesn’t appreciate the potency of such gifts of Holy Spirit operating routinely and fittingly in the New Testament era Church life and congregation.
By all means, start a dozen threads on the fruit of Holy Spirit. More power to you.
You won’t find me draging a train-load of gilded rocks to throw at such postings on such threads, either.
I don’t know of anyone stopping you.
Evidently there’s some notches to be gained in one’s halo for throwing rocks at the gifts of Holy Spirit’s operations in this current era.
Or, even more likely, satan doesn’t appreciate the potency of such gifts of Holy Spirit operating routinely and fittingly in the New Testament era Church life and congregation.
By all means, start a dozen threads on the fruit of Holy Spirit. More power to you.
You won’t find me draging a train-load of gilded rocks to throw at such postings on such threads, either.
Allow me to rephrase for clarity:
If you don't agree with me (Quix), you're doing Satan's work.
Hmm, doesn't sound so good when reduced to its essence.
If you choose to get bogged down in the quibbling about peripheral issues feel free but please don’t try to drag me into it.
Does Nana pray in tongues ???
Yes
Does Nana have to ???
No but I get to...
Has The LORD Jesus Christ ever healed Nana of anything drastic ???
Yes Cancer and a stroke and other things
Is Nana thankful to her God ???
Yes God is amazing and moves Nana to tears of joy...
Whats God done for Nana lately ???
Everything..
How do you tell the difference from what you claim is authentic gifts and that of the counterfeits satan does and has counterfeited today? What standard of testing is used in your church to discern these so called gifts as being authentic or not?
Asking this because there is no written accounts of people or the apostles going into uncontrollable twitching and rolling on the floor, nor of going into trances, or of the Apostles touching peoples heads and them falling over backwards............
On the contrary these outward behaviors 'are common occurrences' throughout the world among pagan tribes such as the Zulu's and other false religions of the eastern world, when they call on the spirits of their pagan Gods....in fact they commonly speak in tongues and belief they are speaking the languages of their pagan Gods.
We have to remember that Paul begins chapter 12 concerning the spiritual gifts in the Corinthian church, in that they were ignorant concerning these, and that as pagans lead astray by these very practices which they had brought into their worship in the church. They had made the focus of their worship the same as they were accustomed to before they were saved.....bringing these behaviors into the church was exactly what Paul was addressing and their abuses and ignorance of the gifts of the Holy Spirit as to that of a different Spirit...those they had been accustomed to calling on...they simply switched Gods but continued with the behaviors.
He states:...."Now concerning Spiritual Gifts..I do not want you to be ignorant. You know that when you were pagans somehow or another you were influenced and led astray to mute idols."
They were in fact 'cursing Jesus by the use of tongues' in which is why Paul warns and continues...." Therefore I tell you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says "Jesus be accursed"...which in fact was what they were doing for there was no order whatsoever within the Corinthian church....'they were carnal'.. seeking the ecstasy and emotional highs and confusion of what they had been accustomed to and practiced in the city of Corinth....
Interesting is to see this very same behavior today within many of these churches who focus on the spiritual gifts....their sevices are completely out of control and emotions run more than just high...they become tranced out and carry on something fierce. IMO this is not the Spirit of Christ Jesus....but something else altogether.
Do you not see the difference between rebuking false teaching and teachers and "throwing rocks at the gifts of Holy Spirit"? Tell me, would you have thrown a rock or two at the Simon Magus types who claimed they healed by the power of God? How about the David Koreshes of the world or the Jim Jones types? They used the SAME defense you are!