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Pentecostals and Subordinate Revelation

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To return to our question, “Do Pentecostals believe in continuing revelation?” Pentecostals believe that the Holy Spirit continues to give subordinate revelation through spiritual gifts. However, they do not believe that God adds to the special revelation that He has placed once and for all in the Bible. Every contemporary revelation must be judged by the verbal content of Scripture and be in conformity with its factual, moral, and spiritual nature.

Every contemporary revelation must be judged by the verbal content of Scripture and be in conformity with its factual, moral, and spiritual nature.

The canon of Scripture is never to be reopened. Its teachings, correctly interpreted, are never to be changed. Contemporary revelations are never to be recorded as an alternate authority for the church.

 

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Notes

Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

 

 

Originally published as “Pentecostals and Subordinate Revelation,” Advance. 30:6 (June 1994) pages 10-11. Used with Permission of the author.

 

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Category: Biblical Studies, Spring 2003

About the Author: Edgar R. Lee, M.Div. (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), S.T.D. (Emory University), is Academic Dean Emeritus and Senior Professor of Spiritual Formation and Pastoral Theology at Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri. www.agts.edu/faculty/lee.html

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