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Originally Posted by Praxeas
The problem is by Emphasis you are referring to tongues as evidence of the Holy Ghost baptism. However Pentecostal doctrine teaches the tongues in that case and the gift of tongues for church edification are not the same.
So in my experience we don't emphasize one gift over the other doctrinally. Tongues and interpretation is the most common "visible" gift. For one reason it's loud and done in the middle of a congregation
Other gifts might be more discreet. I have had "Words of knowledge" happen often but I did not blurt it out for everyone to hear, particularly since it involved a single individual
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Praxeas
I just realized as I reread my post, you make a profound statement. "Pentecostal doctrine teaches" This is the problem with to many Christians, this is thier answer to many bible questions, they fall back on the teaching of the organization they attend. "that is what my church teaches" when I was in high school I would take a note to get excused from dancing and swimming as we taught against those things. When ask why I did not dance, or swim with the girls. My answer was "it is against my religion".
The whole reason for this because I see it in many responses posted on AFF, they are speaking only what they have been taught not what the bible truly says. The meaning of verses change when taken out of context, even as much as not taking into concideration the chapter before and after as in
I Cor. 13. For myself I have found when I step back and clear my mind of all my original teachings then read the passage many times the true meaning comes forth in glaring light.
Some times we need to look beyond the "Pentecostal doctrine" as it is just as much a man made doctrine as any other. Although it is a good foundation most times.
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