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Another Sermon for the Starving Bible Believing Christians All Over the World Wide Web
2005 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2005
Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15

Pentecostal Flavouring  Is Coming into Our Bible Believing Churches Through Bluegrass, Gospel, etc. Music

Outline to audio sermon:

Hear a few 'unique' points from Pentecostal Assembly Statements of Faith:

Modern Christianity Information all are beginning to claim those same points from the Pentecostal Movement since 1900.

Withreach vs Outreach Ministries
According to modern Christianity, Outreach is outdated and worthless.  They say, "We would do well to so distance ourselves from the typical practices and mind sets of outreach!  Do withreach - go out and be WITH the community.
    Withreach
    Media-driven society
    Images
    Modern Christianity needs a human voice
    Felt-Need Focus
    Universal Spiritual Need - Ecumenical

Zondervan (porn publishers) is presenting a pastor's conference!
    Labrynth
    Break-out churches
    Multiple Perspectives on the issues
    Developing Culture Changes
    Feel the Presence of God again
    Drink from the well of God
    Preaching re-imagined

Pentecostal Warnings from a book I had read 18 years ago:  The Pied Piper of Pentecostalism

We can sure see what has taken place in those 18 years.

A review of five reasons that this book listed for Pentecostal's success:
    1.  It is energized by the power of mysticism
    2.  There exists an element of Biblical truth.
    3.  Ecumenical Thrust
    4.  They involve human efforts and program design
    5.  Pentecostal Power comes through music manipulating the flesh.

Pentecostal flavoring is moving into OUR BB churches today.
    Riding in on bluegrass, gospel music - RHYTHM in the MELODY!

Under the disguise of verses about a TRUE leading of the Spirit:
Romans 8:14
Galatians 5:25
etc. etc.

I Corinthians 13:8-14 destroys the entire movement - and if the Bible Believers would take heed with their bluegrass, gospel, evangelistic style, they could stop that pentecostal flavour that is entering their church.


Conclusion:
Acts 27:43,44
    Jump into the storm and swim with the King James Bible
or
float with pieces from the ship of Alexandria!

Swim with the Book!
    Rightly Dividing
    Paul's Life Pattern - I Tim 1:16
    "To" and "For"
    read / study the Scriptures
    ask questions and find answers
    support a biblically designed church from Eph 4
    Revelation 3:20 - Fellowship with Christ - KJB
    Revelation 3:18 - Daily living goals and counseling
    Acts 26 - Paul's specific ministry to us
    Answers to Paul's prayers for us in Eph, Col, Ph.
    Live church preaching as God picked, or following internet preaching weekly, but not you picking what you want over the internet,
    etc.

Float with pieces of the Alexandrian ship - the world!
    Church - programs, etc. 'withreach,' etc.
    Religion
    Great Commission
    Spirit leading feelings / felt-need responses
    family as your god - homeschooling more important than 'doing right' and preaching, etc
    media
    materialistic wants
    cares and riches of this world
    self happiness
    psychology
    12-step programs
    education
    sermons / discussions / arguments on computer
    job - overtime, etc.
    your own way of past upbringing
    appeal to spirituality to the flesh!
    etc.

Remember, floating through a storm will be pretty rough - you are still at the mercy of the storm!

or

DROWN!


As a Christian, you know you will arrive safely,
but how you want to make it through the storm is totally up to you!