Comments on: Cessation

By: Mike Bull

Mike Bull — Wed, 25 May 2011 03:35:02 +0000

“…what part of the Word they can’t stand…” Good observation. Might also be one reason for the confusion over the apostolic era. It was a prophetic period – Trumpets. Pentecostals want Trumpets all the time. Non-Pentecostals pretend it wasn’t Trumpets. The solution is the historical context: AD70, and the end of the Old Covenant.

By: Robert Murphy

Robert Murphy — Wed, 25 May 2011 03:32:08 +0000

As a mover from Pentecostal to Presbyterian, I smiled too as I read your post. The Assemblies of God church I used to belong to was so eager to get “the blessing” they used to coach us on “practicing” glossolalia. I got so worked up one time that I faked it with consciously admitting to myself that I was faking.
One way to tell what’s wrong with a church (or group of churches) is to see what part of the Word they can’t stand. Western Churches HATE the prophets. We are in the apostasized church of Ezekiel’s day and the Spirit has left the Temple.

By: Mike Bull

Mike Bull — Tue, 24 May 2011 23:28:07 +0000

Hi Kelly

Thanks for your reply.

Well, I still don’t speak in tongues, and I think it was a sign for unbelieving Jews. I do think we are prone to “playing church” in the West, but that’s because we are affluent. There are many Christians who obey the Word but could be more open to the things of the Spirit (myself included), but there are plenty of Pentecostals (not so much the old school but the modern ones) who tend to disregard the Bible. I think that is also a form of playing church. It’s the Presbyterians I read that seem to get worship right, and this comes from their study of the Bible.

My friend in the Pacific didn’t witness any speaking in tongues. It was dreams and other occurrences that brought people to the missionary.
All the same, I’ll check out your posts.

Thanks for visiting

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:13:40 +0000

I smiled as I read what you wrote – a smile of understanding. I can so relate to what you describe. God started stirring my heart in these things after I went on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic. While I was there it occurred to me that we only “play church” here in the US. I wrote about it here… http://kwinrc.blogspot.com/search?q=playing+church

It was a short time after that when God began teaching me new things, things of His Spirit. It was time of moving to a new level with God. He taught me about the baptism of the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues. Being a former Presbyterian, this was far from a cake and cookies time of my life. I wrote about this too… http://kwinrc.blogspot.com/2010/08/baptism-of-holy-spirit.html

Peace to you…