As we continue to talk about continuationism and tongues and prophecy today, Pastor John,

would you like to address anything about the abuses that you see in the charismatic movement

today?

Yes, I do want to say something about charismatic abuses, but we really need to keep in

mind that every charismatic abuse has its mirror image in non-carismatic abuses.

Nothing I'm going to say is unique to charismatic, and I'll point that out as we go along.

So any charismatic listening here, don't feel picked on because I know that in some of

these cases, the non-carismatic church is more guilty than the charismatic.

So here we go, I'll just mention two, doctrinal abuses, and emotional abuses.

So here's the first one, doctrinal abuses, and all of these, by the way, are in the Bible.

I mean, I don't think any abuse started in the 21st century.

They were all there in the 1st century, which is wonderful because now we have guidance

for how to think about the abuses.

And 1st John 4, 1 and 2, beloved do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see

whether they are from God.

For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

By this you know the spirit of God, every spirit that confesses that Jesus has come in

the flesh is from God.

Now what's he doing?

He's giving a doctrinal test for a spiritual claim.

And the test is Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.

This is the doctrine of the incarnation, testing supernatural claims.

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