Originally Posted by PaPaDon (Post 83141)

The "message in tongues" given of God during the Azusa Street Revival to which I refer was PROPHETIC in its essence, and it went something like this (bear in mind this is paraphrased, of course, since I do not have the text at hand to provide an exact quotation as I write this): "In the closing days of the present age, a greater degree of emphasis will be placed upon WORSHIP than upon RIGHTEOUSNESS!"

Originally Posted by IBCrazier2 (Post 82701)

Acts 2:37-47
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

This sounds pentecostal to me!

Originally Posted by NLYP (Post 82748)

Sister Murphy...
I am pentecostal to my core to and a General Licensed minister in the United Pentecostal Church. Been in it all my life and will never leave. 5 Genereations of my family have called it home....


BUT


YOU ARE WAY WRONG in the upper part of your post!
WAY WAY WAY WRONG!

Originally Posted by NLYP (Post 82772)

Oh mighty math wizard.....do YOU keep everyone that you baptize??

And as to the scavenger comment, you need to repent.
Just when I think you are a pretty good dude...you say something stupid!

That church is a family magnet!
I know...my wifes DAD stopped pastoring when she was 13 just to take them to the POA so she couls be around more than little churches...TO this day she will tell you that had he not done that...she would probably not be in church today.
C.Mon Epely....Please tell me that you are not even going to attempt to try to validate your opinion of the likes of GA and Vesta Mangun. That church was built on more prayer and fsating than ANY of its kind......YOU know why they have the biggest crowd in the UPCI?....The reap what they have sown...

Folks come, feel God..get baptized, HG...etc.... But guess what...the power of the human will steps into play....they stay or they leave....Is that the fault of the POA or the Manguns? NO WAY...they are there doing what the church is supposed to be doing.....IF they stay or if they go....is a matter of human will and dedication.

Originally Posted by SISTER Murphy (Post 83383)

But, brother, I don't care if you are the General Superintendent of the UPCI with 8 generations in your pedigree, I AM right in my post.

Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop (Post 83389)

It is sad to say but - You are SO VERY WRONG! I want to encourage you to seek God and read the Word of God in order to get out of this sad depression you are in. You might need to find a pastor who has a track record of bringing deliverance to people. Serving God is not depressing and sitting around singing Down in the Valley and No body knows the trouble I've Seen.

You can have Victory and true Joy in your life. Jesus came to give us LIFE and even a life of Abundance! Get you some good tapes or CD's of some good Faith Preachers.
There is HELP for you in the Name of Jesus!

Originally Posted by The Dean (Post 82861)

Hasn't it become painfully clear to most that Atlantabishop hovers over his keyboard hoping to find one thing - any thing - to attack the UPC about? The only one that mentioned UPC was Sherri and that in a positive way. Atlantabishop? He doesn't need a reason. Just an opportunity.

I for one think it gets really old. I know that the UPC isn't infallible. But the do a great job in a lot of things.

It should also be noted that most compromiser's churches are full of exUPC because flesh loves an easier way. If I thought I could be saved without one standard I might want that too.

Since there is a call for honesty from Atlantabishop I have a plan. Lets suggest that the UPC takes the sign down that says 'lively worship' when you take the sign down that says 'Apostolic Pentecostal'.

Originally Posted by Steve Epley (Post 83451)

We had a service not long ago where the Lord took over and we had all preaching and no shouting.:happydance :happydance

Originally Posted by NLYP (Post 83429)

...Alot of our churches are quite dead...they have lost their prayer, their zeal...and their joy....but bless God they dress right.
As far as making him take down the "apostollic pentecostal" sign, he has every right to wear it and to wear it proudly. The problem is while most of us sit around and sing kombuyah and tell each other how great we are...he at least IS willing to point out things that could use some change in the ORG that he was a great part of and quite faithful to. IMHO