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Charismatic and Pentecostals do not preach that every believer will be healed. However, we should believe God for health in our bodies. Charismatics and pentecostals also preach that God does heal today and that people are gifted with the gift of healing and working of miracles. the Bible...

If we are doing the Gospel right, then when a believer that is new has an encounter they should have a pastor or mentor that they can go to and tell the encounter too. Someone who can help them rightly divide the word of truth - that way the enemy can't grow something that isn't from the Lord...

And there is nothing wrong with that at all. We absolutely encounter God in His word, but when you read the word look to see how the men and women of God encountered Him. I would challenge you to ask the Lord to encounter you in a similar way.

Sure, but I almost guarantee you that everything you believe has a root in the early church fathers and what they believed!

No, God's word is not incomplete. However, the Bible does tell us of men and women in the Bible that encountered God in a deep way - I believe we can experience Him today like that and that He speaks to each one of us collectively and individually.

The reasoning for him to bring up Church history would be valid. Why? Because there is false interpretation that is spreading the lie that the gifts of the Spirit are not for today and that the gifts ceased with the last Apostle.

I would love to hear of it personally. What are your solid references?

You follow God's word, and His word says that we have spiritual gifts - it's our foundation.

I would like to make a case that Spirit Baptism that is referred to 1 Cor. 12:13 But I do have a question for you, my brother/sister: What happens to a Muslim who receives Christ, and then goes home to his parents, and his father finds that he has converted to Christianity and kills the new...

While I really do appreciate your zealousness for the presence and power of God, we should ALWAYS test an encounter that we have. Although I am Charismatic, I tend to call myself a reserved Charismatic. I do think that there is a danger that we have built up in the church, where we allow our...

Whoops, I guess that's why I ought to wear my glasses when I read! I totally misread a few words and kind of changed the way I posted, but yes, I agree that the early Church fathers along with you that one could walk away from salvation.

No, Paul never mentions Paganism of tongues in the letter to the Church in Corinth. He is correcting issues related to tongue usage (the spiritual gift in 1 Cor. 12), and from that point he is arguing the correct usage of the gift of Tongues.

No, all you have posted is people who have a presupposition when approaching scriptures. They are all cessationist and are against the Charismatic church altogether. Why not find sources that approach it from a neutral perspective - or at least take a glance on the other side of the fence...

Very weak source.

It was not just Augustine, and I agree with many of the things Augustine teaches - However, Tertullian teaches that one can lose salvation, Hermas in 80 AD affirms it, Justin Martyr affirms it, Iraneus affirms it - these are the early church fathers you are saying affirm your position, yet...

Obviously, the story starts off a little deceptive. One can claim to hear a word from the Lord, but that's why it is important that we test everything through scripture - we must be like the Bereans(Acts 17:11). It sounds like the Lord, but the fruit in latter times and very shortly after would...

If Jesus spoke to a mountain while on earth, would it stay or would it disappear?

That's a common belief amongst today to attempt to discount the New Testament verses. However, Irenaeus in Against Heresies quotes verse 19 in 180 A.D. Undoubtedly, through Church history the majority considered verses 9-20 as cannon. Also, Jesus and the Epistles teach tongues are for believers...

The scripture is very clear that salvation belongs to those who do not wander and persevere in the faith.

I understand what it means - however, in this context, it is a likeness not a direct indication of fire literally coming down.