Pastor John,
I was raised Baptist, and I knew something was not right all my life (of course, God placed that in my heart), but imagine living 22 years of your life without the holy ghost and God dealing with u!! The problem that I see with Pentecostals is that many “get saved” and then “baptized with the Spirit” at an early age – only because their Pentecostal doctrine or heritage pushes them to do!! And they are never able to quite understand what really changed them because of their Doctrine or Heritage!!
I have had several people over the years tell me “Yeah, I spoke in tongues one time when I went to this church I grew up in”!! It doesn’t mean anything to them now as an adult or person!!
God laid a message on my heart a few weeks ago on the way home from work: “Do you love the Gift of God?” I think that is a great question, and unfortunately, many have forsaken that gift.
John C.