Why Is There An Exaltation Of The Holy Spirit At The Center Of Worship

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If we are not preaching Christ, the Holy Spirit, and God the Father; our preaching is not Christian. Some churches and people for whatever reason attempt to eliminate Christ’s presence from their preaching. It is Christ who told us, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” Jesus is in time what God the Father is in eternity. Our preaching is not authentic when we don’t exalt and lift up the name of Jesus in our preaching. We have forgotten that Christ is the one who bleed and died for our sins and the sins of the world. Some pastors have abandoned the Person of Christ in the Trinity in their preaching and have established their own beliefs for monetary, and favoritism reasons. Some Christian services should be praising and lifting up the …show more content…
In the fourth century, following the New Testament and Nicaea there began the Trinitarian Benediction taken from Paul’s second letter to the church of Corinth. My question is why is there an exaltation of the Holy Spirit at the center of worship? The Holy Spirit is not self-honoring and is in service to the father and Jesus the Christ. These tactics can deceive even the very elect. I must confess if it had not been for seminary I may have been deceived …show more content…
No one understands what that person is saying therefore the person is not lifting up the name of Jesus, but edifying himself, and be could be saying anything. Speaking in a heavenly language is Christian if it is done properly. 1 Corinthians 2:8-10 say for to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit. To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit. To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues. As there are angelic tongues there are demonic tongues since demons were once angels in heaven. A person may be speaking in tongues, thinking he or she may be led by the Holy Spirit, while in reality it is demons in control. Not every person who speaks in tongues speaks in tongues of angels powered by the Holy Spirit. Satan also powers his agents to speak in demonic tongues. Satan and his demons are speaking in demonic tongues to blasphemy Jesus Christ in front of the congregation who cannot understand what is being

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