The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum What's wrong with Charismatics?

I have told this account before, so for those who are familiar with it, I ask for your indulgence as I recount it once more for Wesley's benefit and for those who are new here.

When I was at WTS (Philadelphia), back when, a group of students got together, including one who spoke fluent Hebrew and visited a number of Pentecostal churches. In each of these churches people spoke in tongues and then afterward someone would allegedly interpret was being said by the Holy Spirit through that person. On each occasion, the student who spoke fluent Hebrew stood up and recited Psalm 23 in Hebrew. And as was the practice another individual stood up and gave the "interpretation" of this "tongue". In every single instance, what the "interpreter" spoke, as being the "translation" of the "tongue", it had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the 23rd Psalm. It was always some alleged word of "direction", "exhortation", etc., which again was not even remotely relative to what was spoken.

In a couple of places we questioned the "interpreter" and asked if he/she was absolutely positive that the "interpretation" was correct and it was the Holy Spirit that had given the "interpretation" to them. The reply was always an unwavering, "Yes".

I'll let you draw your own conclusion(s) about these things, including that we were unethical in doing this.