Pentecostalism's sketchy origins
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I am saying you will be a more effective witness if you are endued with power from on high and receive the gift of tongues. The scripture supporting this is when Jesus said wait until you are endued with power from on High and you shall be my witnesses etc...
The scritpure from Jude 20 to build up your most holy faith praying in the Holy Ghost supports building up your faith praying in tongues. Paul said when he prayed in tongues he was praying in the spirit. Jude was talking about the same thing. F.F. Bruce agrees with this even though he was a cessationists. I am pretty sure I read his commentary that Jude was probably talking about tongues. And he explains why from the Greek.
Here are three topics that don't appear in the New Testament: prosperity as an indicator of spiritual health; guaranteed healing as the result of prayer; and progressive revelation beyond the closed canon of Scripture.
I Corinthians 12
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28 And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? 31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.
I Corinthians 13
1 If I speak in the tongues a of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal
Jude 20
17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
I Cor 12 indicates not all gifts are given to all people, including tongues.
I Cor 13 states it's love, not tongues, that matters.
Jude 20 shows zero contextual implications that tongues are being referred to in verse 20. Praying in the Holy Spirit does not mean tongues, except to charismatics. No evidence to support that intention in this verse.
for #1- I believe there is a phrase from antiquity, "Them that the gods wish to destroy, they first make rich".
We must continue living for the next one, not this one which will pass away, and it looks like soon.
blessings
i AGREE
Now let's move on to the scripture that you wish to share besides these three which you mentioned.
Didn't know you were God.
Since when does a request for supporting scripture of an opinion become a conflict with God?
If you were Bible ready you would not make such nutty comment. .
At this point you state opinion...where is the scriptures?
As an interloper the question applies to you also.
AGREE - LOVE is the Greatest = for God so loved the world, HE gave His only begotten Son.........
Now focus on the will of God and what our LORD spoke of in the Gospel of John, Acts and 1Corinthinthians concerning the baptism of the Holy Spirit and earnestly desiring spiritual Gifts from the Father of Lights.
i don't believe in time travel................now do you have a scripture to share mixed with the love of Christ???
i interloped with my wife 30 years ago, so there is no else for me to interlope with but my Mrs.
actually, it does but you jump around and do not understand that 1Cor chapters 12 through 14 are unit chapters. And you use Jude out of context.
You a an opinion but it is not contextual to 1cor chapter 12 through 14
I will respond tomorrow as i am falling asleep at the wheel.
Good Nite Brother and be Blessed in Him and His Holy Spirit
I hear you, bro. I take it you're talking about group rivalry that Paul was rebuking in 1 Cor. There ought to be unity among the churches. But the naming of the type of church it is besides location really is necessary in these days because of the disunity of doctrine. It indirectly lets people know the doctrinal nuances or emphasis of the leadership. That may be a good or a bad thing, depending on what people do with it.