Numerical Growth Is Not A Sign Of Revival...

[consapente89]

two things I've seen mentioned that I concur with...fake infillings and lack of discipleship.

We have people in our assembly that come in one time walk to the altar, receive the Holy Ghost and we never see them again. Personally, I don't think they ever intended to stay. Usually the people that stick are the ones who come to God over a period of time as the Lord deals with them and the hear the preached word of God.

Almost every new convert in our assembly is the recipient of one on one Bible studies focused on Apostolic Doctrine. People who submit themselves to teaching rarely leave, I find.

I have been in many campmeetings and such where people seeking the Holy Ghost are slapped on the head and shaken by a sweaty frothy mouthed preacher until they start a little "lalalalala" or "dadada" and then they are told they have the Holy Ghost. That's not how we do it at our church. We make it a point that we do not say "so and so just received the Holy Ghost" until they have gotten to a place where the Holy Ghost is flowing freely for a period of time. People need to be totally surrendered to the Holy Ghost when they receive it. We also look for "language" to flow, not just "stammering lips".