This is a quote by Art Katz:We are not in a position to categorically condemn as deception the ostensible benefits to which many testify. God is always free to bless whom He will bless. But our point is that if the enemy can succeed in bringing the Church to viewing benefit as the determinant by which something is judged to be of God, we may well have been brought to the very ground of deception itself.For myself, I would choose to keep my distance from such phenomena, trusting that whatever I might be missing is not greater than what I am protecting and cherishing and that the Lord is not offended by a carefulness that would rather err in a jealousy for His holiness than to risk subverting what has already been given as pure and true (the residue of the knowledge of God as holy, obtained through obedience and communion, cherished and guarded over the years)__________.... it speaks to me of perhaps the main issue that I've seen in arguments on this site for being "open" to various "manifestations of the Spirit" ... that can be considered very very questionablemany seem to fear that we may 'miss out' on a touch of what God's "doing" ... by turning aside from these gatherings that have caused attentiondo we really miss out if we're walking with the Lord ?if we do open ourselves up to "phenomena" that indeed aren't of Him --what have we lost ?is it no matter ?
