The Abuse of The Holy Spirit

The Spirit’s Misunderstanding and Abuse

Okay, this is a good time to make the transition to get into some of the abuses of The Holy Spirit because as I said at the start the Spirit is the most misunderstood member of the Trinity. He is the most abused member of the Godhead.

One more verse listed in our doctrinal statement The speaking speaking of the filling of the Holy Ghost. Marcus. What is it Ephesians 5 18?

Be not drunk with wine wherein is excess or dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit.

Okay, one man again of more of a charismatic Persuasion he gave me his interpretation of that verse Do not be drunk with wine. He said, you know when someone's drunk it makes them kind of act in a bizarre manner.

He said well, that's what the Holy Spirit does when you're filled with the Spirit. The Spirit makes you act in a bizarre manner. And that's why when these people are filled with the Spirit They're rolling on the term Holy Roller.

We've all heard of that term. They were called Holy Rollers because they were quote filled with the Spirit literally rolling on the floor in church it's like the Quakers the Quakers were called Quakers because they were.

This is the Spirit they're quaking. I don't know what that is. It's not the Holy Spirit. It's not the author of Confucian right which is yeah exactly where I was Going with that. So I did a sermon a few months ago on this topic the feeling of the Holy Spirit if you want to know what that Is all about.

The Holy Spirit the feeling has been described as a conscious Moment by moment awareness of the presence of the Lord in all things saying Thy will be done not my will be done, but thy will be done. So when you Someone drinks a bottle of wine.

They're under the influence of the wine. Well when you're filled with the Spirit you're being influenced you're under the Spirit's influence and that's obviously what what we want. All right, we'll close on this subject the abuses of the Holy Spirit versus the gifts of the Holy Spirit I think we have time to finish.

Charismatic Gifts, Tongues, and Prophecy

So tongues Prophecy healings. These are the most abused within the realm mainly of charismatic Christianity it started with Pentecostal ism and then it kind of jumped to all denominations. That's Charismaticism, which is everywhere where there's people in our church throughout the years who have been influenced of a charismatic persuasion.

So you can be Baptist Catholic anything and still be charismatic cares. Caris the word refers to the the gifting of the Spirit. So people one of the common things people say the Holy Spirit Led me to do this and then you look at what they're doing.

Where's that in the Bible? That's contradicting the Bible. So we always need to go back to what the spirit. We know the Spirit definitely said what's in the Word of God? So compare everything of what's happening to the Word of God because people will abuse the Holy Spirit.

Well, God told me the Holy Spirit said this well that kind of ends the conversation. God well, God told me that we're gonna argue with God. The question is did God really tell them that that's that's the issue question.

Obviously.

Says be filled with the Holy Spirit. So these manifestations these jumping of the pews and speaking in tongues. Like alcohol, we know alcohol can cause being drunk and bizarre things, right. And sometimes alcohol is called.

Spirits.

Right spirit house. Do you think then or would you go so far as to say that these bizarre things?

Are.

Come about because of the influence of evil spirits sometimes.

Sometimes not always. One of the most common Abuses is this whole idea of tongues. Someone might say well pastor grants against speaking in tongues. No, I'm not. Speaking in tongues is biblical. It's just what they're doing today is not tongues.

Tongues as Foreign Languages and Order in the Church

Acts chapter 2 clearly states that tongues are a foreign language. Read Acts chapter 2 they could understand they were speaking in their own language. That's what it plainly states. Paul deals with this subject in 1st Corinthians 14 and I find it odd that in 1st Corinthians 14 The Apostle Paul lays down all these rules and guidelines how to conduct yourself in the the house of God.

Charismatics and Pentecostals break almost every one of those rules. Paul forbids. For example, Paul forbids female preachers in the church in 2nd Timothy 2 12. 1st Corinthians 14 37 34 through 37 yet Pentecostals were the first group to ordain female preachers.

The Holy Spirit led us to do this. Well, the Holy Spirit said in the Bible you're not to do it. Who are you gonna believe? It's it's that simple and I don't say any of this to be unkind. It's just amazing how the Word of God is mishandled if not completely Ignored so when those Misunderstandings become common it creates chaos and confusion within Christianity.

Again, they teach people you can lose your salvation which comes awfully close to a false Gospel not saying it is but it comes awfully close. People will say if you don't speak in tongues, you're not saved.

There are the oneness Pentecostals that deny the Trinity again. Not all do people out there claim to have private revelations from God which undermines the authority of the Bible. Because everyone now has their own interpretation all of this undercuts and undermines the authority of the Word of God.

Which was given to the church by the Holy Spirit and then Paul ends chapter 14 by saying God is not the author of Confusion so all the people rolling and jumping pews. He said let everything be done decently and in order.

Yes, is it a question? Yeah, second Timothy a first Timothy 2 12. First him first Timothy 2 12 first Corinthians 14 34 through 37. Then of course we could talk about all the false prophecies with guys like Kenneth Copeland Benny Hinn Pat Robertson.

False Prophets, Private Revelations, and Christian Television

These are the big leaders within the charismatic Pentecostal faith. They they are verifiable false prophets. They literally has have made prophecies. God told me this it did not come to pass. And some of them openly admit.

Yeah, sometimes they get it wrong. What does Deuteronomy say about that stone? But you see that They've totally detached themselves from the Bible because well, we have the Spirit. So the Spirit is telling us one thing the Bible is saying something else.

That's what's happening. So I here's what I'm not saying. I'm not saying hey all charismatic Christians are bad all charismatic churches are but I'm not saying that but there are major major problems.

Every denomination has its problems, but this is just a huge huge Issue if you don't believe me turn on Christian television actually don't. It's a jungle out there, so hopefully this doesn't make anyone upset.

But if it does I would quote the Apostle Paul again who said have I become your enemy because I told you the truth.