Candid Chat with John Alley - Differences between Pentecostals and Charismatics

During a staff meeting at Peace Christian Church, John Alley chats with staff sharing some things from his experiences in Africa, and points to make concerning a key difference between the early Pentecostal Christians and the later Charismatic Christians.

[bellie]

Hi, I like so much of your teaching however we only have to read the book of Acts to see that tongues is the initial sign of having received the Holy Spirit. This is the apostolic teaching. In Samaria the preaching was recieved with much joy, faith, healing etc but they sent for John and Peter because none of them had received the Spirit. This sounds hard and strict but I wouldn't say someone is baptised in the Spirit when in truth they are not, that is not caring or loving. We must follow the Apostle' s teaching. In Corinthans it is talking about what happens in Church. Not all speak out in tongues in Church, but that doesn't mean that they havn't recieved or that they cannot pray in tongues. Without the Spirit of Christ we are none of His.