more than the Word of God. They place greater emphasis on experiences that are more likely to deceive them, instead of faith in the Word of God. The Bible is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
    These conversations are typical of the direction and theme of conversations with most charismatic believers. The conversation often ends with them saying "I don't know how it happens, all I know is, it happens" or "I know what you are saying is what the Bible says, but…" The stronger charismatic will not admit to the Biblical authority you confront him with but may use arguments, with a biblical context, to prove his point. When he is confronted with the truth of the Word of God his arguments fall apart and he resorts to intimidation or anger. They often declare, "you are unsaved" or use stronger language to indicate "you are of the devil." Blinded by subjective experience based on emotion and reinforced by their false teachers, they refuse to believe the Bible. Because they are looking for material things, their eyes are blind and their ears are deaf to the truth. The result is a mystical subjective religion claiming direct knowledge and direct power. This reminds me of the definition for mysticism. The Seventh Webster's Collegiate Dictionary says of mysticism, among other things, "The experience of mystical union or direct communion with ultimate reality reported by mystics;" mysticism is "a theory postulating the possibility of direct and intuitive acquisition of ineffable (that is "inexpressible") knowledge or power."  Josh McDowell quotes from the same reference when he explains Eastern in the introduction to his book "The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict." Seems to me Eastern Mysticism is a good defining evaluation of the charismatic and Pentecostal religion. They seem to have a kind of mystical, that is "inexpressible, knowledge and power," supposedly from God.

  These people seem hopelessly caught up in the modern day charismatic movement. They must see a sign to believe. This is sight not faith. Their belief is subjective. They can't quite come to belief in Jesus Christ without the physical signs of modern day miracles.
  True Bible miracles do nothing part way. Either a person is healed or he is not. All attempts to heal, recorded in the Bible, were 100% successful. They did not fail. We have a charismatic and Pentecostal movement, in this country, full of excuses, chief of which is the lack of faith on your part. They cannot produce their claim but you are to blame if you go to them for healing and are not healed claiming, "it is a lack of faith on your part." Seeking the physical miracles (miraculous gifts) is actually a lack of faith on their part.
    This claim of the charismatics to heal disappoints those who are wheel chair bound. A young man suffering from Cerebral Palsy was told in the morning worship at one of these charismatic churches, "come back tonight and you will be healed." He went back to the "healing service" but was not healed. The preacher may have been very pleasing, spiritual and sincere but when his doctrine of later day miraculous healing was put to the test he came away unable to perform what he promised. In Deut.18:22 Moses admonishes the Israelites to ignore false prophets whose prophecies don't come true. These charismatics are of the same nature, false healers because they cannot deliver the healings they claim and false prophets when even one of their' prophecies fail.
    Christians don't need to see physical signs to believe in the salvation of Jesus Christ.  John