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    8 marks of illegal pentecostalism

    8 MARKS OF ILLEGAL PENTECOSTALISM

    It should be illegal to claim to be a Pentecostal Church or Pentecostal individual without bearing the marks of Pentecost. Here are 8 marks of illegal Pentecostalism:

    1. They Do Not Embrace Speaking in Tongues

    If you do not actively pray in tongues or are ashamed of the baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire, you should not claim to be Pentecostal. Pentecostal church services and individuals invite the Holy Spirit, not quench and grieve Him.

    2. They Do Not Pray For Divine Healing

    If you do not actively seek divine healing or resist signs, wonders, and miracles, you should not claim to be Pentecostal. Pentecostal Churches and individuals cultivate the miraculous on a daily basis.

    3. There Isn't Any Anointed Preaching

    If you are not sitting under the preaching of God's word that is full of unction and the power of God, you should not say you attend a Pentecostal church.

    4. The Prayer Is Weak

    Azusa Street was birthed through the travail and intercession of Frank Bartleman. Soul travail and deep groans mark Pentecostal praying and church services.

    5. Entertainment Worship Rules

    If you are sitting under worship that's routine and can never leave the words on a screen, you are not listening to Pentecostal worship. If you attend a church where the worship is predictable and timed every Sunday, that church is not truly Pentecostal.

    6. Evangelism and Missions is Ignored

    If you are attending a church where fiery soul winning and massive evangelism is not being preached, you are not attending a Pentecostal Church. The power that Pentecostals walk in is so that they can WITNESS.

    7. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are Dead

    If the only time the gifts of the Holy Spirit can operate is when the pastor takes the microphone, you are not attending a Pentecostal Church. Pentecostals flow in the gifts of the Spirit in power and authority.

    8. The Call For Holiness is Absent

    If you are attending a church where there is no preaching on hell, judgment, or sin, that is not a Pentecostal Church. Pentecostals walk in holy and righteous living and make the joy of the Lord their strength.

    I'm convinced there is a tremendous revival coming to Pentecostalism. It's time to get back to Azusa Street and stop all the religious madness. Too many Pentecostal Churches have relegated the movement of the Holy Spirit to a sign out by the road. Too many Pentecostal believers have become lukewarm and need a serious spiritual revival. It's time for a CHANGE!!!

    -Jeremiah Johnson

    8 MARKS OF ILLEGAL PENTECOSTALISM

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    And rather than start a new thread, I'll post this one here as well.


    THE PENTECOSTAL'S NEED ANOTHER PENTECOST!!!

    I graduated with honors from the largest Pentecostal university in the USA. I have also preached to date in more than 250 Pentecostal churches all over the USA and world from fifty member Assemblies of God churches to a handful of Pentecostal churches with more than 5,000 active members.

    I have interacted and ministered to/for some of the top Pentecostal Theologians, Pentecostal pastors with PhD's, and even some Pentecostal ministers who I wasn't even sure if they had ever heard of the fourteen fundamental truths.

    From my personal experience of receiving the Pentecostal education as well as ministering in hundreds of the churches over the last 12 years, I can say without hesitation that at least 75 PERCENT of it has been totally DOMINATED by religious rhetoric and little to no evidence of the Holy Spirit actually moving.

    My Pentecostal school experience left me terrified that a generation of future Pentecostal ministers didn't pray in tongues daily nor did they operate in ANY of the gifts of the Spirit. Several years ago, I was invited as a guest lecturer at a Pentecostal university in a room full of college seniors. By a show of hands, all 42 of them intended to pursue full time ministry upon graduation. When I asked them how many actively spoke in tongues and operating in the gifts of the Holy Spirit, only 3 of them raised their hands! I started weeping on the spot.

    After preaching in hundreds of Pentecostal churches around the USA and world, I have often wondered how most Pentecostal churches and ministers are any different than the Baptist church down the road. I'm being dead serious. There's no weekly miracles, hardly a move or true hunger for the Holy Spirit, rarely any fiery prayer meetings, and barely any power evangelism going on.

    We are "Pentecostal" in what sense?

    I encourage those who attend Pentecostal churches and consider themselves Pentecostal to get back to your roots. Study Azusa Street and the book of Acts with fervency. Accept how far off you/we really are from being "Pentecostal".

    And I know, I know... You love missions and so does your Pentecostal church. You support lots of missionaries. But so do the Baptist's and all the other denominations. When are we going to stop kidding ourselves and recognize the Pentecostal Movement needs a massive revival and awakening?

    My question today on the weekend of Pentecost 2020 is this:

    Where has the power and fire of Pentecost gone among those who staunchly claim to have received it and believe it? Is it just a denominational sign by the road or is your lamp fresh and full of the oil of the Holy Spirit?

    To some of the Pentecostal preachers reading this who know what I've written is the truth, yet all your buildings and boards have been overtaken by religion- it could be time to finally wake yourself up and starting walking with the Holy Spirit again.

    To those Pentecostal saints attending seeker sensitive or flat out dry churches- stop complaining and get praying. Corporate revival is birthed from personal revival. Stop rotting on the pew in the back and get up to the frontlines where the altars are and press in. Become students of revival history.

    Brother Seymour and the folks in this picture deserve better!

    -Jeremiah Johnson


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    Awesome. Both are sadly true of what I have seen in my own area. This is why I interact within our sectional meetings. God has used me to light fires. Many times I have openly wept, the latest was last year when at a table of 20 veteran pastors one young man said he didn't give altar calls because no one answered them. I told him they surely will not if he stops inviting repentance and that is why we do it. When I finished, one pastor my age looked across the table and said "wow Ryp, do you preach like this every Sunday at your church??". Through my teary eyes I replied with a grinning "pretty much".

    There is no anointing in the Church. If you find it, you will find a radical thing and no surprises if it's a small church.

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    Well said! This topic has been a concern of mine for a while now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    Awesome. Both are sadly true of what I have seen in my own area. This is why I interact within our sectional meetings. God has used me to light fires. Many times I have openly wept, the latest was last year when at a table of 20 veteran pastors one young man said he didn't give altar calls because no one answered them. I told him they surely will not if he stops inviting repentance and that is why we do it. When I finished, one pastor my age looked across the table and said "wow Ryp, do you preach like this every Sunday at your church??". Through my teary eyes I replied with a grinning "pretty much".

    There is no anointing in the Church. If you find it, you will find a radical thing and no surprises if it's a small church.
    Our pastor is...and we have less than 10...now

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    ...one young man said he didn't give altar calls because no one answered them. I told him they surely will not if he stops inviting repentance and that is why we do it. When I finished, one pastor my age looked across the table and said "wow Ryp, do you preach like this every Sunday at your church??". Through my teary eyes I replied with a grinning "pretty much".
    This reminds me of a story Finney told in I believe his 'Memiors'. I'm telling it loosely because it's been a long time since I read it. But basically one minister was talking about how he never got anybody saved and the other did all the time. The comment was made how can you expect them to be saved when you don't address them in that way? So basically they traded sermon notes and the one that never got anybody saved preached the other guy's sermon and the guy that always got people saved preached the other person' sermon. Obviously the results were reversed. The one that never got anybody saved got people saved, and the other guy that always got people saved didn't get anybody saved with the other's sermon. Point made.

    It's not just that nobody is responding to his altar call, it's that they're not responding because his sermons aren't aimed at getting them saved. But even if he doesn't preach to that end, if he doesn't give one obviously nobody will come to the altar.

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