I'm not a Charismatic or Pentecostal but I don't believe that they are related to the prosperity gospel movement. I do believe that Charismatics and Pentecostals can be part of the true body of Christ as long as they don't embrace the heretical teachings of prosperity teachers like Joel Osteen or Benny Hinn. All those professing Christians who claim that the prosperity message is true are misled and even deceived. God cannot be mocked. Those who come to Christ because they want God to make their finances, health, and marriage in order are following after the flesh. They will not be saved and they will hear the awful "I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers" (Mattjew 7:23).
2007-05-19 09:52:16 · 4 answers · asked by helper725 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There's some intersection, and if you go to Pentecostal or charismatic churches you're likely to get a good dose of stuff that sounds pretty similar, but there are also some really good Pentecostal and Charismatic churches that have nothing to do with it.
2007-05-19 10:38:29 · answer #1 · answered by gogglecollector 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i do not think it is synonymous. i do think that sometimes people get to a point where they know that they are not happy with the direction that their life is going- they have tried everything they know to do on their own and nothing has worked so they turn to Jesus. All of these things are just the benefits of believing in and living for God the way that the Bible ways to.
2007-05-23 05:14:08 · answer #2 · answered by carly sue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
greater desirable than ever we could desire to be circumspect with preaching by using utilising the mass media purely as we do on the community church. "Deceivers gets up interior the final days". quite they create a point of reality because of the fact the hillsong human beings do yet all of us recognize from journey existence isn't a bowl of cherries the two for Christians or the often blind crowds we seek for to attain with the stable information of forgiveness and restoration to God.
2017-01-10 09:05:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no correlation,whatsoever. I suggest you look up the Azusa Street revival on your favorite search engine.
2007-05-19 10:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by Not perfect, just forgiven 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋