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

One may affirm ANY doctrine but then contradict it or even deny it when affirming another doctrine. Grudem assuredly affirms the divine inspiration of Scripture and even Sola Scriptura, but his views of the continuation of the revelatory gifts flies in the face of what he affirms otherwise.

There are latent and more obvious caveats when extemporary "revelation" is accepted as a valid phenomena. One of the more salient issues is that of the interpretation of the Scriptures. In many cases the "tongue speaker" or "prophet" will bring some "teaching" which is allegedly based upon Scripture but is more an application of that Scripture. In other words, it is more "direction" to the hearers than it is new information, although I have witnessed this as well.

As you might quickly have gathered already, the problem is that the Lord Christ promised to send His Spirit, Who will dwell in each believer and guide believers into the truth. It is the Spirit, working within the believer in conjunction with the inscripturated Word and by means of the Bible's own hermeneutical principles that result in a right understanding of God's will.

[color:blue]2 Timothy 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

Another interesting consideration is that many of those who accept contemporary "revelation", which is purported to be the Holy Spirit "speaking through" an individual, is that when that "word" is given, it is to be evaluated as to its verity by comparing it with Scripture. Not only is this redundant; the Spirit has already authored the Scripture, but this presents a very sticky wicket for those who practice such things. For, if after comparing the "word" with the "Word" and it is found wanting, from whence did this "word" originate?

So, think on these things.....