Shalom brothers and sisters,

What are some of your opinions about the so-called "emotional" evangelical movement? By "emotional" I mean being "slain" in the spirit, lifting up hands during a church service, "screaming", "roaring", "cawing", "laughing" in the spirit, etc. etc. etc. Also, what are your opinions about pentecostal, etc. denominations like Assemblies of God, etc.?

The reason I ask is because all of the things I listed (with the possible exception of raising hands) just feel... wrong to me. When I read the Scriptures, I do not get the picture of Yahweh loving chaos (and if you have ever been to a church service of one of these groups, you will know what I mean by "chaos"). I don't get the picture of Yahweh wanting His adopted sons and daughters making fools of themselves by laying on the floor and shaking. And I CERTAINTLY don't think He wants His children screaming or laughing or "roaring" when they are supposed to be in fellowship with Him, when they are supposed to be seeking Him out above all else. 2 more things... I NEVER have read of the early/Acts church doing anything remotely similar to this, and if the "spirit" as they call it is so filling them, why is our country headed down such a dark path? Even on a much smaller scale, why are they not raising the dead, why are they not healing the sick and feeding the poor? And putting aside even THAT, why are their neighbors still trapped in the darkness? Why haven't those neighborhoods changed? It smells VERY Pharicee-ish to me. Of course, I could be all wrong... but...

The way I look at it is thus... who was the greatest teacher, evangelist, healer, etc., EVER? Yahushua! Who transformed the very WORLD we live in through following Yah's weh? Yahushua! Did He ever do any of those things (the "emotional" things, i.e. babbling, being "slain" in the spirit, etc.)? Did He ever tell people to do those things? NO! In fact, He oftentimes went away secretly, alone, by Himself, to pray to Yahweh. And He got stuff done (to put it a certain way)! He didn't need to show everyone else how filled with the "spirit" he was by doing something ANYONE can do, something, to put it euphemistically, extremely silly and foolish. No, He merely depended on Yahweh and did as His father said... and people were healed!

And I could be wrong about this, but didn't He tell people not to worship Him or something? I dunno, I vaguely remember something... I'm probably wrong though. I dunno.


And when I confronted someone about this, the reason they gave me for this not being in the Renewed Covenant (although at the time we were both calling it the New testament) was that I shouldn't limit Yahweh (again though, we both said God instead of Yahweh) and I shouldn't say He wouldn't do anything new to His church. And while yea, I shouldn't put Him in a box set by my own preconcieved notions (or really in any box. can you imagine someone trying to do that?), I seriously doubt I was putting Yahweh in a box. I just want the TRUTH! I hope someone is able to shed some light on this for me.

Hi Robert,

While I can't touch Robski's testimonial, I can confirm your 'feelings' about this.

Robert9876 wrote:


We are told that the Spirit is placed within us to guide us. Yah has placed in us the knowledge of right and wrong and the ability to recognize Him and His works. The feeling you spoke of above sounds like Yahweh working from within. We need to use these feelings to keep focused on Yah. And while they are a good indicator for an initial response, we also need to be grounded in the knowledge of Yahweh and to dig for His justification for the questions that evoke the feelings.