Winds of Doctrine

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Winds of Doctrine

• Great Doctrinal Errors

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Because

• Ephesians 4.14a
• 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed
  to and fro and carried about with every wind of
  doctrine

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Great Doctrinal Errors

• All Jews will be saved
• Baptism for infants sprinkling/pouring not
  for sins
• Kingdom has not come
• Miraculous gifts today
• Organization of the church
• Original sin
• Salvation by faith only
• Ten Commandments (other parts of the Law) in
  effect today

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• History of miraculous gifts in the New Testament
• Besides the Lords own miracles
• First associated with 12 apostles Mt. 10.5-8
• Then the seventy Luke 10.1-17 (note v.17)

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• Joel prophesied Joel 2.28-29, 32
• Jesus promised revelation of Word John 14 16
• Jesus promised power - Acts 1.4-5, 8
• Apostles received Acts 2 (vv. 16-21 Joel)
• Holy Spirit gave to others by laying on of
  apostles hands Acts 8.15, 17-18 19.6

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• What they were 1 Cor. 12.4
• There are diversities of gifts, but the same
  Spirit.
• (The word gifts here is the Greek word
  charisma a divine gift, miraculous ability)

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• What they were 1 Cor. 12.7
• But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to
  each one for the profit of all

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• What they were 1 Cor. 12.8-11
• 1. word of wisdom this gift would be an oral
  proclamation of a message which had wisdom for
  its content.
• 2. word of knowledge the exact distinction of
  this gift from the previous gift is unknown.
  Perhaps it was a more precise understanding of
  Gods will.

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• 3. faith this was not mere belief, but was
  apparently a miraculous working faith a faith
  that carried with it a divine power (1
  Corinthians 132, Matthew 1720, 2120-21).
• 4. gifts of healings the power to restore
  health to those with physical aliments. This is
  one of the more popular gifts that people claim
  to have today, but the spectacles that are passed
  off today as evidence of a miracle do not compare
  to the healings that were actually performed by
  the Lord and His apostles in the New Testament.

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• 5. working of miracles the ability to perform
  supernatural acts in order to confirm the
  teaching of the gospel.
• 6. prophecy the word prophet indicates that
  one is a mouth-piece or spokesman for God. This
  gift enabled one to reveal the truth concerning
  the past, present, and future will of God. One
  who possessed this gift had the power to impart
  divine revelation. Paul said that this was a more
  desirable gift (1 Corinthians 141).

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• 7. discerning of spirits in a time when divine
  revelation was being given through men, the
  church needed a way to determine who was a true
  prophet or teacher (1 Corinthians 1429, 37 1
  John 41). This gift was a means of protecting
  the early church.
• 8. different kinds of tongues the ability to
  speak in an existing, understandable language
  that one had not learned (Acts 24-8). This gift
  is misunderstood today to be the uncontrollable
  uttering of ecstatic sounds. However, the Bible
  says that this gift could be controlled (1
  Corinthians 1427-28).
• 9. interpretation of tongues this gift was the
  ability to understand a language and translate it
  for the church

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• What they did
• Six of the gifts revealed the Word
• Word of wisdom
• Word of knowledge
• Prophecy
• Discerning of spirits
• Tongues
• Interpretation of tongues

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• What they did
• The remaining three, along with the six,
  confirmed the word that was received
• Faith
• Healing
• Miracles
• Mark 16.20
• Hebrews 2.4

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• Why they ceased
• God said they would Zechariah 13.1-2
• Paul said they would 1 Corinthians 13.8-9
• Their reason for existing has ceased
• The word has been revealed
• And it has been confirmed

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• Why they ceased
• 2 Peter 1.3
• Jude 3
• Hebrews 2.1-4

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Miraculous Gifts in New Testament

• Christians as of 135 AD knew they had ceased

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Beginning of the Error

• Montanus
• Scholars are divided as to when Montanus first
  began his prophetic activity, having chosen dates
  varying from c. AD 135 to as late as AD 177.1
  Montanus travelled among the rural settlements of
  Asia Minor, and preached and testified what he
  regarded as the Word of God however, his
  teachings came to be regarded as heresy by the
  orthodox Church for a number of reasons. He
  claimed to have received a series of direct
  revelations from the Holy Spirit. In some of his
  prophecies Montanus apparently spoke in the first
  person as God, somewhat like the oracular
  prophecies of the Greco-Roman world.
• Many understood this to be Montanus claiming
  himself to be God or the Holy Spirit.

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Beginning of the Error

• Montanus had two female colleagues, Prisca
  (sometimes called Priscilla), and Maximilla, who
  likewise claimed the inspiration of the Holy
  Spirit. As they went, "the Three" spoke in
  ecstatic visions and urged their followers to
  fast and pray, so that they might share these
  revelations. The preachings of Montanus spread
  from his native Phrygia (where he proclaimed the
  village of Pepuza as the site of the New
  Jerusalem) across the Christian world, to Africa
  and Gaul.
• The Church defeated Montanism within a few
  generations, and it died

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History of the Error

• Various claims over the centuries of miracles,
  most received with skepticism
• Modern day charismatic movement may date from the
  1400s when tongues speaking was first claimed
  again

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History of the Error

• Shakers Quakers
• 1901 (or 1909) saw renewed claims of baptism in
  the Holy Spirit
• Pentecostal and Holiness movements

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Whats Wrong with Claiming Spiritual Gifts Today?

• Those who claim them deny the words of prophecy
  concerning them
• They are no different than the false prophets of
  the Old Testament who led Israel astray!

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Result of Claiming Spiritual Gifts Today

• Many are deceived by it
• New revelations prove false and bring reproach
  upon the truth
• Matthew 7.21-23

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The Solution?

• Hear the Word that was delivered and confirmed
• Be a Doer of that will