Fragen und Antworten  BEGRIFFSERKLAERUNG
STEM Publishing   Elberfelder 2023  Logos | Logos Bible Study Platform  www.Bibelkreis.ch

https://www.bibelkommentare.de/

https://www.bibelkreis.ch/Darby%20Synopsis%20komplett/ohne_titel_3.html
https://www.bibelkreis.ch/BEGRIFFSERKLAERUNG/kelly_william_at.html
https://www.bibelkreis.ch/BEGRIFFSERKLAERUNG/Kelly%20William%20NT.html

00603 Large Overview: Errors of the Charismatic & Pentecostal Movement – with Biblical Refutation

Large Overview: Errors of the Charismatic & Pentecostal Movement – with Biblical Refutation

1. The “Baptism with Fire” as a Power Experience

Error: Fire means power, ecstasy, enthusiasm.
Truth: In Matt 3:11–12 fire means judgment, not blessing.

Bible:

• Matt 3:12 → “He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

• Luke 3:16–17

• Isa 66:15–16

• 2 Thess 1:8

2. Speaking in Tongues as Proof of the Baptism with the Spirit

Error: Every spiritually mature Christian must speak in tongues.
Truth: Speaking in tongues was never the norm for all, but a sign for unbelieving Jews.

Bible:

• 1 Cor 12:30 → “Do all speak with tongues?” (Answer: No.)

• 1 Cor 14:21–22 → tongues = sign for unbelieving Jews

• Acts 2 → real languages, no ecstasy

3. Modern “Prayer Languages” (Ecstatic Tongues)

Error: Unintelligible sounds are a “prayer language”.
Truth: Biblical tongues = foreign, real languages.

Bible:

• Acts 2:4–11 → clearly understandable languages

• 1 Cor 14:9 → every language must be intelligible

• 1 Cor 14:27–28 → at most 2–3, with an interpreter

Modern “tongues” correspond more to heathen phenomena (Hinduism, shamanism).

4. Guaranteed Healing – “Everyone can and must be healed”

Error: God always and without exception wants to heal.
Truth: God can heal – but He does not always heal and not everyone.

Bible:

• 2 Tim 4:20 → Trophimus left sick

• Phil 2:27 → Epaphroditus nearly died

• 2 Cor 12:7–9 → Paul’s sickness remained

• Heb 9:27 → all men die

5. Prophets with New Revelations (“The Lord says…”)

Error: God gives new doctrines, new messages, new words today.
Truth: Revelation is completed. Modern prophets contradict Scripture.

Bible:

• Heb 1:1–2 → God has spoken in the Son

• Jude 3 → “the faith once for all delivered”

• Rev 22:18–19 → warning against additional revelation

• 1 Cor 4:6 → not beyond what is written

6. “Apostles and Prophets” for Today’s Church

Error: There are again apostles with authority and power.
Truth: Apostles were unique, with visible proofs.

Bible:

• Eph 2:20 → apostles are the foundation (foundations are not repeated)

• Acts 1:21–22 → criteria: eyewitness of the risen Christ

• 2 Cor 12:12 → signs of an apostle

7. “Slain in the Spirit” – Falling Backwards in the Spirit

Error: A sign of the power of God.
Truth: Falling backwards is always judgment in the Bible.

Bible:

• John 18:6 → the enemies fall backwards

• Isa 28:13 → they fall backward and are broken

Believers in Scripture always fall forward in worship (Josh 5:14; 1 Sam 20:41; Rev 1:17).

8. “Blessing through Laying on of Hands” by Questionable Persons

Error: Anyone can transmit spiritual power or anointing.
Truth: Only apostles had the gift of imparting spiritual gifts.

Bible:

• Acts 8:14–19 → only apostles imparted gifts

• 1 Tim 5:22 → lay hands on no man hastily

Modern “impartations” are unbiblical and dangerous.

9. “Word-of-Faith” Teaching: You Have What You Confess

Error: Words create reality (“You must speak it out!”).
Truth: Only God speaks and it comes to pass – not men.

Bible:

• Ps 33:6–9 → God creates by His word

• Rom 4:17 → applies to God, not to men

• Prov 18:21 → poetic, not a creation principle

This teaching stems from occultism / New Thought.

10. Prosperity Gospel

Error: God wants everyone rich, healthy and successful.
Truth: Christians often suffer, are tested and bear the cross.

Bible:

• John 16:33 → tribulation

• 2 Tim 3:12 → persecution

• Phil 1:29 → suffering granted

• 1 Tim 6:5–10 → warning against love of money

11. Uncontrolled Manifestations (Laughing, Barking, Shaking)

Error: The Holy Spirit works ecstatically.
Truth: The Spirit works in self-control.

Bible:

• Gal 5:23 → fruit: self-control

• 1 Cor 14:40 → all things “decently and in order”

These manifestations are widespread in heathen religions, not in the New Testament.

12. “Holy Spirit as Feeling”

Error: Presence of the Spirit = emotion.
Truth: Presence of the Spirit = holiness, truth, obedience.

Bible:

• John 14:17 → Spirit of truth

• John 16:13 → guides into all truth

• Rom 8:14 → works obedience

Emotion is no measure of the Spirit.

13. “Music as a Gate to the Spirit”

Error: The Holy Spirit comes through music, atmosphere, repetition.
Truth: He works through the Word of God.

Bible:

• Eph 6:17 → “sword of the Spirit = the word of God”

• Heb 4:12 → the Word works

Music is no access to supernatural powers.

14. Healing through Prayer Chains, Anointing, “Prayer Cloths”

Error: Small rituals or objects carry divine power.
Truth: This is superstition.

Bible:

• 2 Kings 5:11 → Naaman wanted ritual, God gave obedience

• Col 2:20–23 → useless religious practices

• John 4:50 → faith in the Word, not in objects

Charismatic Movement – Light and Truth
A biblical clarification of doctrines, practices and dangers of the modern Pentecostal and Charismatic movement.