194: The Abuse Of Spiritual Gifts — Tongues (Part 1)

Biblical Counseling Podcast

One of the biggest roadblocks for Christians thinking through spiritual gifts is the reality of abuse. Sadly, there are too many instances where Christians have fallen too far into error concerning spiritual gifts and they abuse these wonderful gifts from God to his church. Many Christians reject the gifts not because they have searched the Scriptures but because they have heard stories of Christians at gatherings falling on the floor, jumping around, laughing hysterically, or making animal noises. Christians hear about these events and think, “If that is what people will do with spiritual gifts, I want nothing to do with that!”

In this week’s episode of the Biblical Counseling Podcast, Pastor Jeff Christianson seeks to address the reality of the abuse of spiritual gifts within the church. In this episode, Jeff directly confronts those who take the spiritual gifts God has given to his church for worship and edification and abuse them in unbiblical ways. For clarification, pastor Jeff is saying that everything that happens within these ministries is fleshly or that these individuals are non-Christians. Anywhere that God’s people gather to hear God’s Word preached, people are touched and transformed. So if you have a personal experience with some of these groups that may have gone too far in abusing the gifts, pastor Jeff is not wanting to condemn you, but he is seeking to challenge you to think through whether or not these experiences are truly biblical. Every Christian has a responsibility to address and critique any movement or theological system that contains ideas or concepts not found in Scripture.

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