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To: Cronos
Note -- Ethiopia is improving economically. It is no longer an economic basket case and, instead, has been growing for the past 30 years

That is a positive, yet Muslims could also cite this as a benefit of its demonic faith, and pagan Ephesus of old as also prosperous. God surely does bless the "obedience of faith," which must be tested by adversity and sometimes affliction (which Islam, for one, helps provide), and God has not ceases providing Pentecostal gifts, and sometimes supernaturally heals, yet the "prosperity gospel" is not the gospel of the 1st century church. For while salvation is somewhat preached, the overall goal is to get your material blessings versus being Christ-like, and being poor or afflicted is often seen as being due to a lack of faith, and such are sometimes shunned.

And survey shows:

Globally 98% of evangelical leaders agree that the Bible is the word of God. Only 3% believe that human life has evolved with no involvement from a supreme being. 33% describe themselves as Pentecostals, versus 14% of leaders from the Global North. 76% say they have experienced or witnessed a divine healing, and 70% of those from the Global South say they have witnessed the devil or evil spirits being driven out. 90% reject the so-called prosperity gospel, the notion that God will grant wealth and good health to those who have enough faith. 52% (75% in the “Global South”) believe drinking alcohol is incompatible with being a good evangelical, 97% likewise reject astrology, 96% reject reincarnation, 95% reject denying Jesus is the only way to salvation, 92% reject yoga. (More)

3 posted on 06/01/2020 3:44:12 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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To: daniel1212
and God has not ceases providing Pentecostal gifts

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I presume you meant that God has not ‘ceased’ providing Pentecostal gifts.

How about speaking in tongues?
I think it's clear that known languages were spoken in the Bible to edify nonbelievers who spoke those languages.
Yet I think what passes for speaking in tongues today is gibberish that no one understands and turns more unbelievers away from Christ than it brings towards Christ.

4 posted on 06/01/2020 4:47:08 AM PDT by bramps (I let's not forget that. t's the Islam, stupid!)
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