This book presents the facts, as given in the Bible, concerning these gifts and as experienced from the day of Pentecost until today. We are convinced that this fair and balanced presentation will enable everyone who reads it to come to a definite conclusion as to whether or not the “manifestation gifts” are for Christians today.

 It clears up the many misconceptions that are held by proponents and opponents of the “manifestation gifts.” It reveals the fact that the practice of speaking known languages one did not know did not begin on the day of Pentecost. The reader will also learn that many non-Christian religions have a practice that is identical to what the Pentecostals and Charismatics experience today of speaking in an ecstatic manner.

We urge readers to remember that the doctrines of the Christian faith are not based on experience or tradition. Instead, doctrine is based solely on Scripture and nothing else (sola Scriptura). If a doctrine cannot be fully supported with Scripture it must be rejected as a false doctrine or a non-biblical teaching.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART I – GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

1. GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT  

2. WHEN THE PERFECT COMES

3. MANIFESTATION GIFTS OF THE MODERN ERA

PART II – ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST

4. BELIEFS OF THE PENTECOSTALS/CHARISMATICS

5. GLOSSOLALIA

6. CESSATIONISM 

7. PENTECOSTALS AND CHARISMATICS SPEAK OUT

PART III – THE HISTORY OF PENTECOSTALISM

8. HISTORY OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES

9. LATTER RAIN OR LAST DAYS FALSE PROPHETS

PART IV – PENTECOSTALISM VERSUS THE CULTS

10. ECSTATIC LANGUAGE 

11. SIMILARITIES OF PENTECOSTALISM AND CULTS

12. WHAT THE AZUSA STREET REVIVAL WAS LIKE

PART V – DOCTRINES, VISIONS AND PROPHECIES

13. UNUSUAL DOCTRINES OF PENTECOSTALISM

14. VISIONS OF HEAVEN

15. PROPHECIES

AFTERWORD

APPENDIX A

What you must do to be saved

APPENDIX B

Arguments for and against the manifestation gifts 

FINAL THOUGHTS

LAST WORD