The devils purpose in religions is to lead us away from the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ and into ourselves, who are sinners. All religions, whether it be Pentecostalism, Calvinism, Catholicism or whatever religion is to cause us to worship the creature instead of the creator.
All religions have one thing incommon, they are all founded by a man and are man centered which makes them subjective. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is about Jesus Christ. It is not subjective. The Gospel took place totally and completely outside of us. We had nothing, absolutely nothing to do with it. Paul said, "While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8. Before we were ever born God in the person of Jesus Christ had already reconciled us and the world unto himself by Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19.
Those that belong to these subjective religions do nothing but talk about their religions. They do not talk about Christ and his Gospel. The Pentecostal talks about his subjective experiences. The Calvinist talks about his glorious doctrine of predestination. The Catholics love to talk about Mary and the Catholic church. You can be sure of one thing, it will be about them and their religion. Jesus said, "Where you treasure is, there will your heart be also" Matthew 6:21.
Pentecostalism came about because of an event. The event was Pentecost. God drew thousands of people to Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost so that they could hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was not about the Holy Spirit. It was about the Gospel coming into the world in the power of the Holy Spirit. Pentecostals get side tracked here because they think that it was about the Spirit. It was NOT about the Spirit (who does not speak of himself, John 16:13) it was about Jesus Christ and his Gospel. The Gospel that Justifies the ungodly, Romans 4:5 and reconciles us and the world unto God, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19.
God used many various methods to get the Gospel of his Son out into the world. Tongues was one of them, which was foreign languages. Many heard the Gospel message in their own native tongue, Acts 2:11. And what was it they heard? They spoke about "the wonderful works of God" which is the Gospel. The apostles were given power to perform miracles. They would do a miracle and when a crowd appeared they would preach the Gospel to them as proof that their message was from God.
What happened after that miraculous event on the day of Pentecost? Did the apostles go into Jerusalem and talk about what they had experienced? The fiery tongues, the mighty wind, how they were all filled with the Spirit. No, they didn't say anything about that. They had a far greater message than that. They had the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The scripture says that they went everywhere preaching the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The once lowly disciples became powerful preachers of the Gospel, Acts 4:13-22.
All religions have one thing incommon, they are all founded by a man and are man centered which makes them subjective. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is about Jesus Christ. It is not subjective. The Gospel took place totally and completely outside of us. We had nothing, absolutely nothing to do with it. Paul said, "While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8. Before we were ever born God in the person of Jesus Christ had already reconciled us and the world unto himself by Jesus Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19.
Those that belong to these subjective religions do nothing but talk about their religions. They do not talk about Christ and his Gospel. The Pentecostal talks about his subjective experiences. The Calvinist talks about his glorious doctrine of predestination. The Catholics love to talk about Mary and the Catholic church. You can be sure of one thing, it will be about them and their religion. Jesus said, "Where you treasure is, there will your heart be also" Matthew 6:21.
Pentecostalism came about because of an event. The event was Pentecost. God drew thousands of people to Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost so that they could hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was not about the Holy Spirit. It was about the Gospel coming into the world in the power of the Holy Spirit. Pentecostals get side tracked here because they think that it was about the Spirit. It was NOT about the Spirit (who does not speak of himself, John 16:13) it was about Jesus Christ and his Gospel. The Gospel that Justifies the ungodly, Romans 4:5 and reconciles us and the world unto God, 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19.
God used many various methods to get the Gospel of his Son out into the world. Tongues was one of them, which was foreign languages. Many heard the Gospel message in their own native tongue, Acts 2:11. And what was it they heard? They spoke about "the wonderful works of God" which is the Gospel. The apostles were given power to perform miracles. They would do a miracle and when a crowd appeared they would preach the Gospel to them as proof that their message was from God.
What happened after that miraculous event on the day of Pentecost? Did the apostles go into Jerusalem and talk about what they had experienced? The fiery tongues, the mighty wind, how they were all filled with the Spirit. No, they didn't say anything about that. They had a far greater message than that. They had the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The scripture says that they went everywhere preaching the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The once lowly disciples became powerful preachers of the Gospel, Acts 4:13-22.
