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What Is A "Charismatic?"
I see folks on AFF often make slurrying, derogatory remarks about Charismatics. What is a Charismatic? Are they all the same?
Are there any "good" Charismatics? Are any of them saved? Are they really filled with the Holy Spirit?
Granted there are Charismatics that I don't want to be connected with or to! But guess what; there are Pentecostals that I don't want to be associated with either! Apostolics that I do not want to be a part of! So what?
Are we being too judgmental when we lump all Charismatics together? Is our "brush" too big?
What's wrong with this definition?
char·is·mat·ic [kar-iz-mat-ik]
–adjective
1. of, having, or characteristic of charisma.
2. characterizing Christians of various denominations who seek an ecstatic religious experience, sometimes including speaking in tongues and instantaneous healing.
What are we guilty of if we speak evil of any denomination that God approves of? Should it concern us how we speak about "others?" God fills them with the Holy Ghost and then we spend our time speaking evil of them! Will we stand in judgement for these actions?
Just....
Been Thinkin'
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