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First off, most of their doctrine comes from the Old Testament and synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John), including the Book of Hebrews, James and Revelation - which are basically books meant for the "little flock", i.e., the Jewish remnant or believers, and not the Church, the Body of Christ or the "One New Man" as mentioned in the Apostle Paul's epistles. One must remember that Paul was the Apostle to the Gentiles or the Apostle to the Uncircumcision (the Gospel of the Kingdom of God), whereas Peter was the Apostle to the Jews, or Circumcision and he preached the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven, as the Jews are promised an earthly kingdom (during the millennium) - and this is where pentecostals also err - they take the promises God made to Israel (Jewish remnant) and claim it for themselves.

Their basic error comes in not dividing the Word of Truth correctly as stated in 2 Timothy v15. When interpreting the Bible one must basically ask oneself who the scripture or text one is reading is referring to or meant for. It's plain to see that the epistles from Romans to Philemon are meant for Christians living today in this age of Grace as they refer to the Mystery (One New Man).

Since the Book of Hosea prophecies Israel's setting aside (Lo-Ammi) which means "not my people", and which is also confirmed in Acts 28, it's plain to garner from this that since Israel doesn't exist, we are living in a signless age - no prophecies, no signs, no wonders. Today's Israel isn't God-given as it is mainly populated and governed by unbelievers and mainly supported by the USA, not God. Christians today are under no obligation to support the current Israel. It is mentioned in the Old Testament prophets that God will plead with Israel in the wilderness (during the Tribulation period) and after they turn to Him once again, He will restore them back to their land - with the original borders as per scripture. God has already restored Israel twice in the past - once after they were captured by Babylon, and the other time by Medo-Persia,

Pentecostals mainly teach the "Kingdom of Heaven" gospel that was meant for the Jews (during Jesus first coming), but that gospel has been interrupted and set aside with Israel for the time being, as they crucified Him, so when this Age of Grace comes to a close, the Kingdom of Heaven gospel will again resume and we can see this stated in the Book of Revelation when it states "and the gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven will be preached throughout the world and then the end will come" (paraphrased). God works with people differently in different ages - like what applied to Noah then doesn't apply to us today, and what applied to Jewish believers during the time of the synoptic Gospels, doesn't apply to us today, nor what applies to the Church today, won't be applicable during Jacob's Trouble or the future. We are living in a very special age.

We must live by the doctrine especially stated in the Books of Ephesians and Colossians. All scripture was written for us, but not to us and this is where pentecostals make a lot of mistakes as they take everything in the Bible and try and apply it for the Church today, and so there seem to be many contradictions, I guess that's why a lot of people say the Bible contradicts itself.

Kingdom of Heaven gospel = Saved by faith plus works. (This is what the Book of James is about). This is the gospel that pentecostals adhere to = wrong gospel for the wrong age.

Kingdom of God gospel = Saved by faith plus nothing. The One New Man - Body of Christ and includes both Jew and Gentile, male and female. The middle wall has been broken down, no matter how bad you are - if you believe in Him - that He died for your sins, was resurrected on the 3rd day - you are saved. That's why this Age is so special as our works don't count. Whereas the Jews are God's earthly people, Christians are His heavenly people.

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They also take most, if not all their doctrine from the Book of Acts, which is a transitional book because it not only moves from signs, wonders, tongues, etc that were given to the Jews and the early church as confirmation that it was from God, but also moves from the Circumcision Gospel to the Uncircumcision Gospel.

So if anyone, no matter who they are - Pentecostal or whoever - bases their doctrine on the Book of Acts, they will turn out to be complete nutjobs, obviously because you're basing your doctrine on things that no longer occur or are applicable for today. So one can only imagine that they're either bull****ting, highly imaginative or into fairies and elves, as why don't they also handle deadly snakes, drink poison and survive? Because they know very well what the outcome of that will be - and it's got nothing to do with their faith or the lack thereof. But it has a lot to do with their ignorance and probably love of money, not to mention their ego's.

I'm still trying to get it into a certain pentecostal's head that his doctrine is all screwy, yet he claims the signs, healings and miracles he's seen are for real - I guess that's why when Ernest Angley talks into a deaf person's ear (after being healed they automatically say "baby", because they don't know he's saying something else to them and have probably attended his previous "healing crusades" and know that he says "baby" and they must repeat it after him. Doh. The word "baby" is easy to lip read, but when you can't see his lips after being "healed" and don't know what he's saying - are you actually healed? Now that sounds complicated. But then that's exactly what pentecostalism is. Complicated. Not to mention silly.