Pentecostals
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10. I have recently joined an Evangelical Church, but I have noticed
that there are great differences between you and the pastor of the |
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Because
among us, who are Pentecostals, even though we all underline the guide of the
Holy Spirit (and we do a right thing in underlining it), not all those who
preach and teach the Word of God understand certain things which are written
in the Bible, therefore those who don’t understand them don’t teach them
correctly either. To use a biblical expression, on some topics they do not
divide the Word of God rightly as they ought to, as Paul commands Timothy
saying: “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does
not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (1 Timothy 2:15 –
NKJV). |
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Predestination,
for instance, is one of the Biblical doctrines that many Pentecostal
ministers have not understood; that’s why you have noticed that my teaching
on predestination is different from theirs. |
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Perhaps
you will say, ‘How can they understand certain things differently, when we
all have the same Spirit, who guides us into the truth?’ This happens
because, even though the Holy Spirit guides us into all truth and so He wants
us to understand the Biblical doctrines correctly, not all of us want to
follow the Spirit completely. In other words, some prefer to follow the guide
of the Holy Spirit only on certain topics, while on other things they lean on
their own understanding, which is wrong because the Scripture commands us not
to lean on our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5,7; Romans 12:16), and
consequently their behaviour has harmful effects on their hearers. However,
some who once taught certain false doctrines have come to their senses and they
now think and teach correctly. |