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Chapter 1 - Introduction HERE
The "Second Blessing"
Tongues is commonly held to be the litmus test for a special post conversion religious experience called a “second blessing” believed by many Pentecostals and Charismatics to be available to all believers. However, not everyone shares the opinion that the Pentecostal position on tongues is Biblical nor that the 'Second Blessing' is a blessing. What is certain is that it is an issue of no small magnitude.
Chapter 2 - Tongues In Acts HERE
Tongues were a sign given three groups of unbelievers - The Jewish Unbelievers (Pentecost), The Gentiles (Cornelius +) and the Samaritans who hadn't got the complete message thus were not yet converted. If we want to be true to the pattern of Acts, then we have to consider the several factors that were common to all three occurrences
Additionally, several factors unique to Pentecost makes it difficult to see how Acts 2
can be used as a perpetual blueprint for receiving the Holy Spirit.
Also was the Spirit Given Before Pentecost?
Chapter 3. Tongues In Corinthians HERE
Part I
1 Corinthians. Disregarding Much of What Paul Said About The Gift of Tongues. How Important Were Tongues in The New Testament.
Part II
A Known Language or Unintelligible Utterances? Unknown Languages or Ecstatic Speech?
Inexpressible Words? Tongues of Angels? or none of the above.
Chapter 4. Tongues - What Spirit? HERE
What every Christian probably already knows but rarely seems to take seriously, is the fact that not every spirit is of God.
Both in the ancient past and in the modern world pagans, non-Christian religions, and heretical 'Christian' sects speak in tongues without apparently ANY difference.
In fact, the erratic movements of people in a Pentecostal church, those practising dynamic meditation under a Hindu guru, and a man having a spontaneous Kundalini awakening re eerily similar - too close for comfort.
But How Did This Spirit Infiltrate the Church? A Brief History of Pentecostalism May Provide The Answer.
If it looks like a duck, walks and sounds like a duck - we would be very foolish to arbitrarily dismiss
the possibility that it is a duck.
Chapter 5. Tongues - Conclusion HERE
According to The Bible Who Receives God's Holy Spirit and how does it happen? What It Means To Have The Spirit of God Dwelling In Us
Stop Underestimating The Seriousness of This Battle
This is not an honest doctrinal difference between Christians,
but a battle against the dark forces that seek to control us.
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