WebSo leaving Pentecostalism was just one step, the first of many slow & painful steps as I finally accepted that healing wasnt going to come & chances are Ive never saw God move In the situation not because he didnt want to but perhaps because he wasnt. Romans 2: It was like medicine to hear it summarized so perfectly. You are about to discover why I fell in love with this type of church & denomination and why I eventually left this type of teaching. We who want to follow the true God of the Bible will be lead by the Holy Spirit. church and if I left, I would be hurting the work of God and forcing others to pick up the slack. From here I ventured to Pennsylvania for a couple days to stay with another couple who had previously left our church and whose present church had dropped out of the Sounds like the biggest thing you dealt with were these false words of the Lord. May the Lord continue to lead and guide you by His Word. Which is why he is forced to accept the workings of the Holy Spirit in scripture, those strange goings which opponents thought were of the devil or threatened their own religious viewpoints. I can honestly say it felt like the bottom dropped from under me, and I didnt know what to believe anymore. Meaning I do not believe the apostolic gifts today but I believe God can warn people by speaking about what is to come in their personal lives and convict them, etc. As Michael has stated on this blog (and I paraphrase), the church is full of people. This is my therapy. I will be agreeing in prayer with you Brother that God would heal any damage done by this Church and that He would guide you and your family where you need to be. Not sure whats so bad about 7-M. Somehow, it all seemed so cheap and plastic now. Charismatic used to be an OK word, though it sounded like a disease to me. pretty big life decisions -- where to work, where to live -- because those decisions would make it Truth is, were never going to find that perfect church. But Its like the pot calling the kettle black. It is so difficult to be discerning when you are hearing 80 or 90% truth and I will not claim to be a Bible scholar. Generation X marks the spot was the trending evangelical phrase in those days. I have so many friends lost in these same easily disproveable liesif only they would pick up a Bible and study it for themselves. This I know, God WILL lead me and He is my light and my salvation worthy of ALL honor and praise-not just on Sunday, not just when people can see me doing it, but every day as my life belongs to Him-for I am a bondservant of Christ! The irony is that my journey took me in the opposite direction. We are not to follow people. Like I said in earlier posts, in Church you will find Genuine Christians, backslidden Christians, deceived Christians, those who think they are Christianst, unbelievers and the like. Why I Left The Pentecostal Movement: Exposing Corruption Within Loved your post and I cannot thank you enough for posting it! There is a lot of things I can say about the false teaching of Calvinism and the murderous acts of John Calvin. I look forward to your next post! We believe God can heal and/or fill us with his spirit and because we long for it, we want so eagerly to believe what we see. These special meetings stretched into the small hours of the morning. I recall someone saying a long time ago that to read the bible is like a negative, the Holy Spirit colours it and give it life, so to speak. What seemed to be happening in my mind was a church that was trying to keep alive a spirit of pentecost and all that goes with it.

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