Are You 'Pentecostal?'

   “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.” (Acts 2:1).

   This is out of my character to ask the question, “Are you Pentecostal?” The reason it is not normally a question I ask is because I don’t like to use labels to describe factions of Christianity. Whenever a label is used to describe a particular brand of Christianity, it leaves with it the impression that there are other options to pick from. This, of course, causes great division in the body of Christ. 

    The early Church had no options to pick from. The early church was Pentecostal. What do I mean by “Pentecostal?”  Well, it doesn’t mean what many have made it out to be in this present day, by participating in many crazy antics that you don’t find in the Bible.  There are false doctrines that have been connected with the term “Pentecostal.” It has even taken on a denominational identity. 

   Real “Pentecostal” is a term used to describe those Christians who believe that the experience the early Church had on the day of Pentecost, when she was filled with the Spirit and went out to change a world, is still available to the Church today. They more than believe it, they have experienced it. They believe this is exactly what the Lord expects from His Church. This is what I believe ...

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