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 H, spirit and produced confusion in the minds of the saved and unsaved religionists alike. The Pentecostal Movement arose mainly from within various Protestant churches but they were soon forced out, either because of their unusual beliefs and practices or 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 1960’s a new movement took shape, sharing the basic doctrines of Pentecostals 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 involve 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
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:42:55 +0000
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