tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post2955087374623738047..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: Keswick and Pentecostal Hermeneutics: Experience Over Grammatical ExegesisKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-17990911254696861722015-10-11T01:30:01.102-07:002015-10-11T01:30:01.102-07:00Dear Bro James,
Thanks for the comment. I wasn...Dear Bro James,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. I wasn't assuming were disagreeing; however, may people attracted to Keswick and/or Pentecostalism and their experience-driven hermeneutics assume that any criticism of their movements is a criticism of walking with God, when, in truth, doctrinal purity and Biblical theology is central to closely walking with God; thus, I wanted to make the point clear for readers less sympathetic than you, of which I am quite sure there are some, whether they comment or not.<br /><br />Thanks.KJB1611https://www.blogger.com/profile/09696273086955004524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-80399459663082927802015-10-10T07:11:32.148-07:002015-10-10T07:11:32.148-07:00Bro. Ross,
Agreed. In context, Rice was arguing f...Bro. Ross,<br /><br />Agreed. In context, Rice was arguing for the need for a Spirit baptism like "Finney, Moody, and Torrey," while bashing the "Darbyites" for their "self-assured Bible teachers" and "small groups of believers" unaccompanied by the conversion of "harlots and drunkards." His hermeneutic, as you cited from Vinson Synan, was "not the case of a teaching that gains a hearing, but events that attract a following."<br /><br />Your current article dovetails well the recent posts on rampant Hylesism (and even the Mincy repentance article) here. It all comes down primarily to an error-filled hermeneutic in which man-determined results govern the interpretation of Scripture. I say "man-determined," because the results of living by the fruit of the Spirit, being submitted to the Lordship of Christ, and the evidence of grace-producing sanctification are not among the results used by these men to judge whether their hermeneutic is correct.James Bronsveldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330385638322033748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-60827767960249810812015-10-09T23:31:02.958-07:002015-10-09T23:31:02.958-07:00Dear James,
Thanks for the quote-good point. Of ...Dear James,<br /><br />Thanks for the quote-good point. Of course, it is true that we can intellectually assent to doctrinal orthodoxy, but that alone is not enough. I'm sure we would all agree on this. Doctrinal orthodoxy contributes to a greater passion and spiritual affection for God, enabled by the Holy Spirit apart from whom we can do nothing.KJB1611https://www.blogger.com/profile/09696273086955004524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-62411565095240941282015-10-09T17:31:58.791-07:002015-10-09T17:31:58.791-07:00James,
Excellent quote. Jack Hyles often said th...James,<br /><br />Excellent quote. Jack Hyles often said the same thing. It is a type of continuationism. Very good catch. Thanks.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-17542262971885076762015-10-09T07:12:19.903-07:002015-10-09T07:12:19.903-07:00That hermeneutic is precisely what caused that gre...That hermeneutic is precisely what caused that great revivalist icon of Fundamentalism, John R. Rice, to write the following:<br /><br />We have retreated from fanaticism. We were afraid of "wild fire." And the truth is that, fearing what men would say, we have not thought enough about <i><b>what God would say</b></i>. We have gone in human wisdom. We have gone with educated sermons, with entertaining sermons, with <i><b>doctrinally sound sermons;</b></i> but, alas, we have gone without the Holy anointing, without the miracle-working, supernatural power of the Holy Spirit![Emphasis mine]<br /><br />Since the real Holy Spirit power is in the subjective experience, "what God would say" is not necessarily "doctrinally sound," and that's considered to be in harmony. No wonder fundamentalism is so oriented to personalities and carnal philosophies and generally less concerned (or even unconcerned) with sound doctrine!James Bronsveldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330385638322033748noreply@blogger.com