+John Demers ask and u will receive.tis for all who ask.

? Where did that come from?

1 Cor 14:19

If you read the verses around that Paul is talking about speaking of things he doesn't understand and how worthless it would be to those he's preaching to. He isn't talking about speaking in tongues. He's just reiterating how if we know nothing about a subject there is no reason to discuss it, it's just a waste of time and makes us look foolish.

Paul knew that his audience wouldn't understand anything he said if he said it in an unknown tongue, which is what today's 'speaking in tongues' is all about. Nobody understands it because it's not a real foreign language, but just a lot of babbling.

Liza Jane By the way, I have heard tongues that sounds like a lot of babble too, (tho it may not be,) but I have also heard very clearly enunciated tongues. I have been heard praying in Hebrew, Arabic, Fijian, Samoan, Maori, Italian and some strange Asiatic tongue not yet identified. I only know English. Once I was praying at an altar in tongues and after the service, an Italian brother came to me and asked roughly, (tears in his eyes, ) "When you learn to speaka Italian?!" I was startled and said, "Brother, you know I don't speak Italian." Then he told me that he had been standing behind me while I knelt, praying in tongues, and he heard me pray a message in Italian which he added, his eyes full of tears, "I believa God wanted me to hear!" There is the real deal Liza, dont be put off. The baptism of the Holy Ghost is like breath is to a body. Bless you. I also recommend Perry Stones YT video on Speaking in Tongues.

+Touche Turtle Lord, I pray right now that you would touch this man's soul and mind. That you would forgive him for coming against the Lords' anointed. He knows not what he does. He has become jaded to the things of God. Please, Lord, make his ways straight. Show him the fallacy of his thoughts and words. Save his soul, in Jesus name. Amen.

+KimberlyZ69 Thank you for your elegant prayer. We all need prayer, don't we? :) God does not ask us to check our common sense at the church door. Do you truly believe that YOU are God's anointed--just as much as a minster like Rev.Stoneking? If you don't, please read 1 Peter 2:9:" But YOU are a royal priesthood..."We are ALL God's "priesthood," as a body of believers. Rev. 1:6:" And has made US to be a kingdom of priests..." Even in the OT, God's design was an entire kingdom of priests! Numbers 11:29:"But Moses replied,"Are you [God] jealous for my sake? I [God] wish that ALL the Lord's people were prophets..." There is no such thing as a clergy/laity dichotomy, that was created by the Roman Catholic Church in the 300's AD. That is not scriptural. To say that Rev.Stoneking has an anointing more than you, or I, is non-scriptural. And "touch not mine anointed" is seldom used IN CONTEXT. The UPCI uses this verse to scare members into silencing any dissent--even legitimate dissent, as I have posted previously. Thanks again for your concern. I mean no disrespect to Rev.Stoneking as a person, just his theological stances and non-verifiable stories. They are dangerous and fallacious. God bless.

Yes. All who have been born again have the anointing of God on their lives. However, I believe that the more time you spend in the presence of the Lord and submit yourself to Him, the more anointing you have and the more used by God you are. It depends on how hungry you are for God. As for Bro. Stoneking's stories. I consider them testimonies to build our faith. Just because he tells the same testimonies in different places does not make them false. I believe in visitation's of the supernatural, whether you just feel them or you can see them. I've had a visitation or two myself. There are many ministers outside the UPCI who have had similar experiences. Anyway, I know of Russel and his family. They are godly people. So I don't doubt what Bro. Stoneking says concerning him. My ex-sister-in-law saw her guardian angel several times as she was growing up. She said he looked like Colonel Sanders with the white hair and beard. I had no reason to think she was lying about that. I think people see them at times when God chooses, to encourage and reassure His people. Is God not God? Is He limited in any way? Well, yes, I'll answer my own question. Doubt and fear from people limit Him. Other than that, He can do anything, anyway, anytime He wants to. All I'm saying to that until you've tasted what Bro's Stoneking and Barnes have tasted of, at the level of relationship they are at with God, it is dangerous to judge them on what they've experienced and witnessed for themselves. God bless you too.

+KimberlyZ69 Thank you for your kind reply. Though Jesus Christ has the miraculous power to do anything, anyway, at anytime, he seldom does. In theory, all things with God are POSSIBLE, this is true (Luke 1:37), but that does NOT mean that all things with God-- actually making them always happen-- are PROBABLE? Could God send you a million dollars tonight via an angel? Yes, it's POSSIBLE, but it is NOT PROBABLE. Could God save all of our loved one's tonight? Yes, it's POSSIBLE, but it is NOT PROBABLE. Yes, it is POSSIBLE for God to miraculously heal every single person who comes to church, but it is NOT PROBABLE. I think you see my point. How many UPCI members were NOT healed over all the years in Rev.Stoneking's services? How many UPCI members departed a service of Rev.Stoneking's, and did NOT receive anything miraculous from the Lord? We will never know for sure? (I do not intend for that statement to be derogatory, just a simple fact-- most people are NOT healed by the Lord in a miraculous fashion. It is God's will to do what He pleases, for His own glory.) What Rev.Stoneking alludes to is that, if you muster enough faith, you WILL be miraculously healed for sure--it's God's will. That gives many people false hope. Most people are NOT healed miraculously. ( I am NOT saying that miracles NEVER happen, because I know for sure that, indeed, miracles DO happen!) The bottom line for me pertaining to anything of the Spirit is: What does Scripture say? What does Scripture tell us about WHERE we derive our faith from: The Word of God, obviously--NOT stories. Stories are wonderful testimonies, but they are NOT to supersede the Word, and that is what Rev.Stoneking does repetitively. Other than Rev.Stoneking's opening sermon text, usually containing two obligatory portions of Scripture, he seldom refers to the Bible again, in MOST of his sermons that I have seen. (Other than using 1 John 4:4: "...greater is He that is in us, than he that is in the world." in a very generic sense.) Romans 10:17: "So then faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." God COULD have said: faith comes by my Word, and also by the power of your testimony, but He chose not to. God's WORD is even above His name! (Psalms 138:2) What is quick and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword? Stories from a well meaning minister? NOPE! THE WORD OF GOD! If faith possibly originates, and is magnified, by witnessing miraculous events, why didn't the the disciples develop a powerful, and dynamic faith life-- after witnessing multitudes of miraculous healings, and the casting out of demons, throughout Israel by Jesus Christ? They abandoned Christ, at His betrayal, in a heartbeat, they had little faith after seeing countless miracles. Isn't that shocking?! How in the world could they have done that? They saw-- first hand-- a myriad of miracles, for YEARS! Miracles are NOT what we are to base out faith on. (Please see Matthew 7:21-23.) Thus, Rev.Stoneking, spending hours talking incessantly about miracles, is not building a person's faith life. He is missed hours preaching the actual Word of God! What a shame. Notice the stark contrast between the attitude of Rev.Stoneking and the attitude of the apostle Paul concerning supernatural experiences: 1. Please read 2 Cor 11:16 thru 12:10: Paul says that he COULD boast about what he has experienced in the supernatural , but he chose NOT to divulge such information. He spoke of himself in the third person out of sheer humility. He said that he would RATHER talk about his WEAKNESSES in his spiritual life, than anything existentially remarkable! Paul said that he heard inexpressible things, things that a man IS NOT permitted to tell. WHY? I thought that expressing these occurrences would build the faith of the early church??!! Isn't that what Rev.Stoneking is trying to do with his stories-- build people's faith? Paul said that it is NOT ok to talk about what he heard in the "third heaven." Paul mentioned that God gave him a "thorn in the flesh" to KEEP HIM HUMBLE-- and to NOT talk about such heavenly spiritual experiences! Wow! WHY? Because Paul knew his fleshly nature, that by traveling to the NT churches, and telling the saints of all of his spiritual accomplishments, that he might become PROUD! 2. Now notice the attitude of Rev.Stoneking. He goes out of his way-- for hours-- talking about supernatural experiences, in lieu of preaching a hearty abundance of the Word of God. Is Rev.Stoneking WISER than the apostle Paul? Hardly. There is a pride and an aggrandizement to what Rev.Stoneking portends. That is why I feel to expose such a man. He flies in the face of Scripture, the teachings of Paul, and the Lord Jesus Christ himself. Jesus used ONLY scripture to rebuff Satan after His 40 days of fasting in the Wilderness, not some existential personal testimony of who He was, or a litany of miracles to prove his power. THE WORD OF GOD is to be our only source for faith-- NOT miracles. Rev. Stoneking needs to follow the example of the apostle Paul, and PREACH THE WORD! God bless!:)

Dear god help you!! Why would you think to go against a man of God!!! He is in athority by Gods athority. You have your ways and he has his! NEVER SAY NEGITIVE THINGS ABOUT A MAN OF GOD! If it is a matter in question, that is a different story, but criticizing his preaching is WRONG! God help your NEGITIVE and judgemental mindset! Especially against a MAN OF GOD!

in the Bible there was a prophet of God, and as he was walking down the road children full is mischief. began to mock and goad him, and making fun of him. these children knew who he was, and a bear came out of the woods and devoured those kids. my point is, be very careful in how you treat God's chosen, unless your fate be as of those children.

That was Elisha they mocked, he possessed a double portion of what God had given Elijah!

+Barbara Cooper Cooper I mean no disrespect to Rev.Stoneking, I am merely obeying Scripture. 1 Thess. 5:21:"Prove [test] ALL things..." (Please notice the word: ALL) 1 John 4:1:"Beloved, believe NOT every spirit, but TRY the spirits whether they are of God..." 2 Tim 3:16:"ALL Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness." Acts 17:11:"..and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things [Paul's teachings] were so [true]." Luke 1:3:"Therefore, since I [Luke] myself have currently investigated everything from the beginning..." People in NT Scripture had major disagreements, and doubts. Paul confronted Peter, to his face, in Gal. 2:13. Paul and Barnabas strongly disagreed whether to take John Mark in Acts 15:38-40. Has Rev.Stoneking ever declared himself to be a "prophet"? I don't know? God bless.:)

Barbara Cooper Cooper. Be careful who you submit to...........use wisdom,

sara currier Sister Sara, just use plain English..Hebrew is not natural to English-speaking people. It sounds kind of pretentious. Jesus always used language that related directly to people, things they were familiar with in his parables; and we should use language that people are familiar with. No offence intended. But it would be better.

Biscuits Jesus Christ is God's *son*. "For God so loved the world that he *gave* His only born *son.* The Bible tells us to confess that Jesus Christ is God's son, and then God will dwell in us and we in God. 1 John 4:15. Jesus Christ, by himself, purged our sins and then sat down at the right hand of God. Hebrews 1:3 "when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high" God is Jesus' God and we must worship The very same God whom Jesus Christ worships. Many Blessings

Revelation 1:8

OurHumbleLife revelation 1:8

Aaron Hinrichs What of Rev 1:8 please? The Almighty is speaking and says He is The Alpha and Omega.

OurHumbleLife Jesus is the Almighty God. There are not two or three Gods.

Emotional and Godly are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Susan Zipf They are not one and the same

No, they are not. But I, for one, get very emotional when I worship God. It is a personality thing. Emotional worship and non-emotional worship - which is right? Both. If someone else worships without external emotion, that's what's right for them. I grew up in a church like that. I couldn't sing with the congregation. I would get emotional and cry. People would look at me weird. But now, in a Pentecostal church, no one looks down on me for weeping in God's presence. God's children run the gambit. No way is right or wrong. As long as you're worshiping YHWH, you're okay. I've often explained to my congregation this: In heaven, many Pentecostals will be struck dumb and still at God's majesty. And many Methodists and Presbyterians will be dancing and shouting with joy.

From this video that’s all you get from this?? Wow.