The Difference Between "Pentecostal" And "Charismatic"

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>On Tue, 20 Aug 1996 17:01:24 -0500, you wrote:
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Gia,

You are very fortunate that you never really came to the point of coached
gibberish. I don't think I have to tell you how blessed you are to have
overcome that experience into the truth, without tripping over the
stumblingblock they set before you... like I did. 

The gibberish experience I submitted to was quite the stumblingblock to me
from then until I received the Holy Ghost. When praying for the true
infilling, afterwards, I was always afraid that I would be the one doing it
whenever God started getting ahold of my tongue.

When I actually did receive, I was so lost in just worshipping, and praising
God that I didn't hear myself speak in tongues. My wife and another saint
that was praying with me told me later that I was speaking in tongues all
over the place! I honestly didn't remember hearing myself. 

But, after that night, and for several nights, I would lay in bed at night
with tears rolling down my cheeks from the uspeakable joy I now had welling
up inside me like that river of living waters! That convinced me, initially,
more than anything, I think- the POWER. But even still, for several days
when I was at prayer, I would ask God to allow me to speak in tongues again
just so I'd know, and each time I asked He would again change my voice to an
unknown tongue. 

Actually, God did of course work all things out for the good in me through
all that. Possibly due to my burning desire to make sure that it was God
igniting my flame, and not me... But that's another story!

We serve an awesome, merciful God for which there just aren't enough words
to praise Him, nor lives to serve Him!!!

Mark wrote:

>Unbelievable.. Well, the church that I was born in left the faith and
>became "charismatic" only a few months after I received the Holy
>Ghost. God tossed us in the little reed boat, and the course was
>strange from time to time.

The little reed boat! I love it! What a great testimony, Mark!

>
>Teaching someone to speak in tongues!!!! I couldnt believe it, but
>this precious young lady, and thousands like her are being ripped off
>every day by false prophets and janglers who are causing serious
>damage to their understanding by distorting the truth of the Word.
>
>We need to reach them TODAY, without reservation.

Amen!!! Especially on the "without reservation!!!

God doesn't appreciate us allowing pretenders of the faith to spread their
stumblingblocks before His children. We may not be able to stop them in
their own churches, but we better not allow them in ours!

Rev 2:14 "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them
that... cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel..." says Jesus
Christ.
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                      May God Bless you! From Tom Raddatz
                   http://www.corecom.net/~tomrpp/watchman.htm

"That I may know him;... Not as though I had already attained, either were
already perfect:... I count NOT myself to have apprehended:... I press
toward the mark for the prize..." -Phil. 3:10-14. 
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