Vision about the Pentecostal church
In my spirit I was flying towards a Pentecostal church (belonging to a pioneer Pentecostal church denomination in India) in my Home town in Kerala. I opened the door of that church and went to the pulpit to preach. I was preaching about the new move of God nowadays and the need to move with God, leaving behind the traditions etc. One person sitting in the audience started arguing with me and I found it difficult to convince him and another person came on the scene. The second person who seemed to be interested in my preaching with an open mind advised me not to argue with the first person as it was a vain argument without any fruit. At that time, I saw a statue of a man talk something though its mouth.
Interpretation:
The Pentecostal churches which were once the torchbearers in the spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit have since become the citadels of traditions of men. They do not move with the Holy Spirit and got stuck up in the traditions of men. One category of the people of God in these churches is moving ahead with the truth of the Word, while the other category of the people of God in these churches is not listening to the truth of the Word. It is no use arguing with this latter category of people. The preachers speak through the doctrines of their churches handed over to them by their predecessors. It is like a lifeless statue of a man that talks. The preachers give messages but the spiritual lives of the congregation do not grow.
by Job Anbalagan