A preacher in seminary,
Learns Hebrew and Greek preparing...
To guide the flock
Where English is not
Enough for proper inquiry.
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A problem I see in the church,
Is over certain research....
Spirit "baptism"
Has found schism,
Some openly avoid the search!
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The Scripture that frightens me,
Is the sin of blasphemy...*
His Spirit's denial
Puts you on trial,
Denying the Power that be!
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Spiritual manifestations**
Cause many their hesitations....
Preachers stay with English
When they wish
To avoid Spirit gift ramifications!
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And some won't go there at all,
Ignoring that part of God's call....
Explaining away
What's "not for today",***
Are they running afoul of what God's word plainly says after all-?
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*MARK 3: 22-30
**1ST CORINTHIANS 12; The "baptism" or filling by the Holy Spirit some say occurs after one believes and is a continuing process in the life of the believe.
***Fundamentalist theology asserts that the visible manifestations of the Spirit were only in the time of the Apostles to verify their ministries. Yet movements of the Spirit in modern times have included these visible signs (tongues, healings, prophesy, etc.) as signs of revival.
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