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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
"Initial Evidence" doctrine needs to be clearly defined before we go any further.
I know the AG holds to the "Initial Evidence" doctrine, but according to them, speaking in tongues is the "Initial Evidence" of one being baptized in the Holy Spirit. This is something that I do have a question about, but I can accept this much easier than the idea that a person is not saved until they speak in tongues-- which is the Apostolic stance.
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Initial Evidence Doctrine (defined)- Speaking in tongues is the universal initial evidence that a person has been filled with the Holy Ghost.
A doctrine absent from all church history UNTIL 1901.
How can pentecostals really criticize groups like 7th Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Mormons when they are so similar in that they come out of no where after hundreds of years of church history and say "we've found THE TRUTH" everyone else missed....and without our truth (read particular doctrine) you're going to hell.
Not much difference to me.
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