What say ye?
The Pentecostals for years have tried to point to the "These are not drunk as ye suppose" statement to give some kind of credence to their acting drunk in church.....
Read the whole story in cotext and heres my challenge show me ONE REFERENCE where they were talking about these peoples worship... you know what never mind.. Ill do it for you
CONTEXT a beautiful thing
Acts 2:6 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Why were they confounded or confused?
# 1 Because they saw people shouting all over the place.....
# 2 Because they saw people running and screaming
# 3 Because common people had broken the language barrier
BINGO #3
Now, moving right along
Acts 2:7 - And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Why were the amazed and bewlidered and counfounded?
# 1 - The heard people laughing in the Spirit all over the place
# 2 - They saw folks leaping for joy
# 3 - Because common folks broke the language barrier
BINGO #3
Moving right along
OK HERES THE QUESTION
Acts 2:8 -And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
So what is the subject of the conversation or the question they are asking?
# 1 - Why are these people so happy
# 2 - Why are these folks dancing and shouting all over the place
# 3 - How do common folks speak in our languages
BINGO - #3
CONTEXT BREAK -- So far what is the subject at hand? TONGUES...... do you see any reference to Praise or Worship?
Great, moving right along
We skip verse 9,10 & 11 because it is just listing all the languages they heard them speaking in
So we pick up at verse 12 to find the CONTEXT,., whether it be worship and shouting or whether it be something else..... the PENTECOSTALS desperatly need for it to be worship and shouting
Acts 2:12 - And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Question- What were they amazed at?
# 1 - Peoples ability to shout and not get hurt?
# 2 - Peoples ability to dance uncontrollably
# 3 - Peoples ability to speak in foreign languages
BINGo # 3 - They are wanting to know all about this ability to break the language barrier and here they are trying to figure out where this new ability has come from.. they marvelled, they were amazed
and with this context in mind... we come to the next scripture
Acts 2:13 - Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
WHY DID THEY ACCUSE THEM OF DRINKING NEW WINE?
With all of the above scriptures taken in context please answer the following questions
#1 - because they saw them acting drunk
#2 - because they saw them shouting
#3 - because they heard them break the language barrier
BINGO # 3 --- had NOTHING TO DO WITH Pentecostal emotionalism
Acts 2:15 - For these are not drunken, as ye suppose
No sir,,, they didn't get this ability from a new wine... they got this ability from on high..... as prophesied by Joel... God said he would speak to his people with stammering lips and foreign lanagues.. and this is what you are seeing
So help me OLDPATHS... did you see a PENTECOSTAL service happening anywhere in the study of context?
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