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Old 02-12-2015, 09:50 AM   #22
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Default Re: The captivity of the charismatic experience

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Question: why the high? Why does God give us the overwhelming experience? "His glory broke upon us when we saw Him in the church"...? Why does God use this experience? And how do we tell the real one from the counterfeit? How do we 'scan' the spirit in question?
Maybe the question really is . . . .
"Does God give us the overwhelming experience?"
Is the fact that it is overwhelming often a sign? One that says "BEWARE!!"

Just another question.

And is the idea that there should be the highs the reason that we are now having problems with the "dullness" of Christianity. And think that the older traditions and liturgies are simply "dead religion." Just because they don't give you overwhelming experiences.
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