Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship

“Vertical Apostles,” 88 Vineyard Movement, 60, 239, 292n74 violence, by Parham followers, 24 virgin birth, Holy Spirit and, 209 Volz, Fred L., on charismatic prophecy, 127 Wagner, Peter, 7, 68, 85–89, 265n10 and apostles’ qualifications, 93 recognition of own “apostleship,” 86–87 Waldron, Samuel, 92, 120 walking in the Spirit, Spirit-filled Christians and, 207–209 Ware, Bruce, 44 Warfield, B. B., 148, 260 Washington Post, 61 Watchtower Society, incorrect prophecies on return of Christ, 128–129 Watson, Thomas, 255 Weeks, Thomas Wesley III, 63 Weldon, John, 270n60 Wesley, John, 306n14 Wesleyan Holiness background, 19 Westminster Confession of Faith, 116 White, Ellen G., 128 White, Paula, 64, 271n65 Whitefield, George, 32 Wikipedia, 6 Wimber, John, 60, 61, 77, 239, 292n74 Womack, Andrew, 11 women as pastors, 72 New Testament prohibition, 271n65 Woodbridge, Russell, 15–16 Word of Faith Movement, 30, 81, 269n51 growth of, 14–15 prosperity gospel, 52 TV platforms for teachers, 13 Word of God, 289n43. See also Scripture abandonment of authority of, 217

authority of, 16 Holy Spirit and, 17, 206, 246, 309n15 honoring, 218–222 and Reformation, 213–214 World of Faith doctrine, 8–11 worldliness John’s denunciation of, 57 promotion of, 80 worship, xi, 75–76 chaos in charismatic, 75 Wright, Christopher, 18 “wrote in tongues,” 24 Young, Sarah, Jesus Calling, 116 YouTube, 6

SCRIPTURE INDEX Genesis 1:2, 182, 183 Genesis 3:1, 220 Genesis 3:4–5, 220 Genesis 3:14–15, 220 Genesis 6:3, 182 Genesis 11, 139 Genesis 15:12–21, 306n11 Genesis 17:3, 200 Exodus 19:12, ix Exodus 24:9–10, ix Exodus 24:11, x Exodus 32, xiv Leviticus 9:1, x Leviticus 9:24, x Leviticus 10:9, xi Numbers 11:16–24, ix Numbers 22–23, 107 Numbers 23:6–12, 241 Numbers 24:4, 306n11 Deuteronomy 4:2, 17 Deuteronomy 13, 240 Deuteronomy 13:1–5, 106, 120, 121, 124, 125 Deuteronomy 13:3, 125 Deuteronomy 13:5, 220 Deuteronomy 13:10, 220 Deuteronomy 18, 109, 129, 240 Deuteronomy 18:20–22, 108, 120, 125 Judges 15:14–15, 182 Judges 21:25, 73 1 Samuel 19:20, 223, 306n11 2 Samuel 23:2, 223 1 Kings 8:10–11, 200 1 Kings 18:19, 220

1 Kings 18:40, 220 Job 23:12, 228 Job 33:4, 224 Psalm 1:1–3, 230 Psalm 11:3, 217 Psalm 51:6, 75 Psalm 69:9, xiii Psalm 119, 228 Psalm 119:18, 225 Psalm 119:160, 117 Psalm 138:2, 219 Proverbs 17:3, 38 Isaiah 8:20, 124–125 Isaiah 28:11–12, 141, 142 Isaiah 30:9–13, 221 Isaiah 30:10, 125 Isaiah 55:11, 227 Isaiah 59:21, 223 Isaiah 63:10, 182 Jeremiah 5:29–31, 220, 221 Jeremiah 5:31, 125 Jeremiah 14:14–16, 125, 221 Jeremiah 23, 131 Jeremiah 23:21–22, 125 Ezekiel 11:5, 223 Ezekiel 11:24, 223 Ezekiel 13:2–9, 125 Ezekiel 13:3–9, 221 Ezekiel 22:28, 125 Ezekiel 36:26–27, 188 Daniel 8:17, 200 Daniel 10:8–11, 200 Joel 2:23, 251 Joel 2:28, 120 Micah 3:11, 125 Matthew 3:16, 253 Matthew 4:4, 209, 227

Matthew 4:7, 209, 227 Matthew 4:10, 209, 227 Matthew 6:24, 165 Matthew 7:15, 37, 125, 240 Matthew 7:15–20, 35 Matthew 7:20, 107 Matthew 7:22, 199 Matthew 7:22–23, 108 Matthew 8:2–3, 165 Matthew 8:4, 58, 165 Matthew 8:14–15, 172 Matthew 8:28–29, 163 Matthew 9:1–8, 165 Matthew 9:20, 172 Matthew 9:22, 164 Matthew 9:27–31, 165 Matthew 9:30, 165 Matthew 9:35, 163 Matthew 3:8, 188, 189 Matthew 10:1–2, 92 Matthew 11:2–5, 163 Matthew 12:15–21, 163 Matthew 12:24, xi, xiii, 170 Matthew 12:28, 209 Matthew 14:13–14, 163 Matthew 14:34–36, 163 Matthew 14:36, 167 Matthew 15:29–31, 163 Matthew 16:4, 161 Matthew 17:6, 200, 306n11 Matthew 17:20, 168 Matthew 19:2, 163 Matthew 20:28, 58 Matthew 20:29–34, 165 Matthew 21:14, 165 Matthew 22:37, 75 Matthew 24:11, 106, 125

Matthew 24:24, 106, 199 Matthew 28:12–15, 225 Mark 1:12, 209 Mark 1:23–26, 163 Mark 1:42, 171 Mark 3:14, 92 Mark 5:34, 164 Mark 5:43, 165 Mark 7:36, 58 Mark 8:21, 168 Mark 8:22–26, 165, 168, 172 Mark 10:52, 164, 172 Mark 12:36, 223 Mark 13:22, 199 Mark 16:9–21, 300n27 Mark 16:18, 161 Mark 16:20, 151 Luke 1:1–4, 170 Luke 1:35, 209 Luke 2:29–32, 124 Luke 3:5–6, 124 Luke 4:14, 209 Luke 6:13, 92 Luke 7:50, 164 Luke 8:48, 164 Luke 8:56, 58 Luke 9:23, 52 Luke 9:58, 58 Luke 10:20, 166 Luke 17:11–19, 163, 172 Luke 17:11–21, 165 Luke 18:13–14, 187 Luke 18:42, 164 John 1:1, 223 John 1:18, 223 John 2:24, 162 John 3, 186

John 3:8, 188, 224 John 3:10, 225 John 3:18, 184 John 4:23, 195 John 4:24, 75, 77 John 4:34, 209 John 5:1–9, 165 John 5:13, 163 John 5:37–39, 225 John 5:39, 67 John 6:15, 166 John 6:37, 187 John 8:44, 220 John 9:1–7, 172 John 9:2–3, 165 John 9:36, 163 John 10:27–29, 192 John 10:38, 174 John 11:47–48, 170 John 11:49–51, 241 John 11:49–52, 107 John 14:15, 57, 188 John 14:17, 223 John 14:25–26, 66 John 14:26, 41–43, 95, 170, 223 John 15:18–25, 185 John 15:26, 43, 66, 181, 210, 224 John 15:26–27, 95 John 16:7, 184 John 16:7–11, 48 John 16:8–11, xviii, 67, 184 John 16:9, 184 John 16:12–15, 67, 95 John 16:13, 74 John 16:13–14, 43 John 16:13–15, 224 John 16:14, 41, 181, 210

John 17:3, 189 John 17:17, 117, 227 John 18, 200 John 18:1–11, 200 John 20:22, 224 John 20:30–31, 174 Acts, 19, 119 Acts 1:2, 92 Acts 1:5–8, 92 Acts 1:15, 141 Acts 1:16, 66, 223 Acts 1:22, 92 Acts 1:24, 92 Acts 2, 138, 141, 204 Acts 2:3, 253 Acts 2:4, 140, 141 Acts 2:5, 141 Acts 2:5–11, 142, 151 Acts 2:5–21, 143 Acts 2:9–11, 141 Acts 2:9–12, 27 Acts 2:11, 140 Acts 2:12, 141 Acts 2:13, 141 Acts 2:14, 141 Acts 2:16–18, 141 Acts 2:17–21, 124 Acts 2:18, 141 Acts 2:19, 141 Acts 2:22, 174 Acts 2:25–28, 124 Acts 2:34–35, 124 Acts 2:37, 67, 185 Acts 2:42, 219 Acts 2:43, 92 Acts 3:1–10, 165 Acts 3:6–7, 173

Acts 3:6–8, 163 Acts 3:8, 172 Acts 3:18, 66 Acts 4:16–17, 170 Acts 4:25–26, 124 Acts 4:31, 204 Acts 4:33, 92 Acts 5:5, 201 Acts 5:10, 201 Acts 5:11, xi Acts 5:12, 92 Acts 5:30–32, 48 Acts 6:5, 204 Acts 6:7, 124 Acts 7:2–53, 124 Acts 7:51, 204, 225 Acts 8:14, 92 Acts 8:20, xi, 165 Acts 9:1–8, 94 Acts 9:4, 200 Acts 9:17, 204 Acts 9:36–43, 163 Acts 10, 19 Acts 10:14–46, 141 Acts 10:38, 209 Acts 10:39–41, 92 Acts 10:41, 92 Acts 10:46, 140, 141 Acts 11:15–17, 140 Acts 11:15–18, 188 Acts 13:9, 204 Acts 14:8–18, 165 Acts 15:23–29, 124 Acts 16:16, 109 Acts 16:18, 163 Acts 16:19, 170 Acts 17:11, 121, 125

Acts 19, 19 Acts 19:6, 140, 141 Acts 20:7–12, 163 Acts 20:28–30, 106 Acts 20:29–30, 37 Acts 21:10–11, 121 Acts 26:14, 200 Acts 26:21, 122 Acts 28:17, 122 Romans 1:16, 71 Romans 6:3–5, 307n24 Romans 7:23, 208 Romans 8, 189, 192, 211 Romans 8:2–4, 207 Romans 8:5–9, 204–205 Romans 8:5–11, 56, 188 Romans 8:8, 56 Romans 8:9, xviii, 191, 203 Romans 8:11, 193, 210 Romans 8:13, 57 Romans 8:13–14, 208 Romans 8:14, 57, 204 Romans 8:14–17, 190 Romans 8:16, 193 Romans 8:26, 301n36 Romans 8:28–29, 211 Romans 8:30, 192 Romans 10:9–10, 187 Romans 10:14, 226 Romans 12, 206 Romans 12:1, 78 Romans 12:3–8, 191 Romans 12:3–21, 144 Romans 12:6, 121, 124 Romans 13:13, 307n24 Romans 15:18–19, 174 Romans 16:26, 220

1 Corinthians 1:22–23, 263n2 1 Corinthians 2:2, 263n3 1 Corinthians 2:4–5, 227 1 Corinthians 2:10–15, 17 1 Corinthians 2:12–16, 67 1 Corinthians 2:14–16, 224 1 Corinthians 3:10, 93 1 Corinthians 3:16, 191 1 Corinthians 6:11, 194 1 Corinthians 6:19–20, 192 1 Corinthians 7:7, 146 1 Corinthians 7:17, 307n24 1 Corinthians 9:1, 92, 93 1 Corinthians 12–14, 78, 103, 140, 191 1 Corinthians 12:1, 141 1 Corinthians 12:3, 43, 210 1 Corinthians 12:7, 141, 146, 206 1 Corinthians 12:7–10, 143 1 Corinthians 12:10, 141 1 Corinthians 12:11, 141 1 Corinthians 12:13, 191, 192, 203 1 Corinthians 12:18, 146 1 Corinthians 12:28, 146 1 Corinthians 12:28–29, 103 1 Corinthians 12:30, 141, 142 1 Corinthians 12:31, 146 1 Corinthians 13, 146, 206 1 Corinthians 13:1, 138, 147 1 Corinthians 13:1–7, 144 1 Corinthians 13:6, 78 1 Corinthians 13:8, 148 1 Corinthians 13:10, 148, 149 1 Corinthians 14, 141 1 Corinthians 14:2, 141, 149 1 Corinthians 14:3, 121 1 Corinthians 14:4, 144 1 Corinthians 14:5, 141, 142, 146, 152

1 Corinthians 14:10–11, 142 1 Corinthians 14:13, 141, 142 1 Corinthians 14:13–17, 150 1 Corinthians 14:14, 291n70 1 Corinthians 14:17, 147 1 Corinthians 14:18, 141 1 Corinthians 14:18–19, 151 1 Corinthians 14:21–22, 141, 143 1 Corinthians 14:22, 254 1 Corinthians 14:23, 141 1 Corinthians 14:27, 141 1 Corinthians 14:32, 200 1 Corinthians 14:33, 72, 75 1 Corinthians 14:33, 40, xviii 1 Corinthians 14:37, 95 1 Corinthians 14:39–40, 153 1 Corinthians 14:40, 200 1 Corinthians 15:5–9, 94 1 Corinthians 15:7–8, 92 2 Corinthians 1:22, xviii 2 Corinthians 3:17–18, 181 2 Corinthians 3:18, 44, 67, 205, 228 2 Corinthians 4:6, 183 2 Corinthians 5:7, 307n24 2 Corinthians 5:8, 194 2 Corinthians 5:13, 301n36 2 Corinthians 5:17, 186 2 Corinthians 10:4–5, 219 2 Corinthians 11:13, 95, 174 2 Corinthians 11:13–14, 90 2 Corinthians 11:44, 220 2 Corinthians 12:4, 70 2 Corinthians 12:7, 71 2 Corinthians 12:12, 92, 93, 151, 174 2 Corinthians 15:17, 208 Galatians 1:1, 92 Galatians 1:6–8, 16

Galatians 1:8, 125 Galatians 1:8–9, 157, 174 Galatians 1:9, 95, 222 Galatians 3:3, 208 Galatians 3:27, 203 Galatians 4:19, 211 Galatians 5:16–17, 57, 207 Galatians 5:18–23, 194 Galatians 5:19–21, 57, 205 Galatians 5:19–22, 191 Galatians 5:21, 74 Galatians 5:21–22, 189 Galatians 5:22–23, xviii, 57, 188, 200, 204, 246 Galatians 5:25, 207 Galatians 6:14, 71 Ephesians 1:13, 203 Ephesians 1:13–14, 193 Ephesians 2:1–3, 57 Ephesians 2:4, 186 Ephesians 2:8, 189 Ephesians 2:10, 208, 307n24 Ephesians 2:19–20, 96–97 Ephesians 2:20, 97, 101, 126, 129 Ephesians 3:5, 130 Ephesians 3:16, 208 Ephesians 3:16–19, 44 Ephesians 4:1, 307n24 Ephesians 4:3, 191 Ephesians 4:11, 88, 90, 103, 118, 130 Ephesians 4:11–12, 226 Ephesians 4:11–13, 100–102, 148, 206 Ephesians 4:14, 38 Ephesians 4:28–31, 208 Ephesians 4:30, xviii Ephesians 5:2, 307n24 Ephesians 5:8–9, 307n24 Ephesians 5:15–16, 307n24

Ephesians 5:18, 67, 203, 205, 228, 246 Ephesians 5:19–6:9, 228 Ephesians 5:22–23, 205 Ephesians 5:26, 227 Ephesians 6:1–8, 205 Ephesians 6:11, 208 Ephesians 6:17, 66, 227 Ephesians 6:67, 66 Philippians 2:7–8, 209 Philippians 2:9–13, 43 Philippians 2:12–13, 208 Philippians 3:10, 157 Philippians 3:18–19, 82 Philippians 3:20, 190 Philippians 3:21, 211 Colossians 1:13–14, 190 Colossians 1:15, 210 Colossians 3:1–2, 57 Colossians 3:16, 67, 228 Colossians 3:16–4:1, 205–206 Colossians 3:16–17, 246 Colossians 3:17–4:1, 228 Colossians 4:14, 170 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 226 1 Thessalonians 1:6, 208 1 Thessalonians 2:1–12, 125 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 95 1 Thessalonians 4:13–5:11, 125 1 Thessalonians 5:19–22, 126 1 Thessalonians 5:20–22, 121, 123–126 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22, 38 2 Thessalonians 2:2, 95 2 Thessalonians 2:7–9, 199 2 Thessalonians 2:9, 107, 174, 202 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 188, 209 1 Timothy 2:12, 72 1 Timothy 2:12–14, 271n65

1 Timothy 3:1–7, 58 1 Timothy 4:7, 208 1 Timothy 4:8, 226 1 Timothy 6:3–5, 222 1 Timothy 6:5, 165 1 Timothy 6:9–10, 165 2 Timothy 1:13–14, 219 2 Timothy 1:14, 247 2 Timothy 2:2, 98 2 Timothy 2:4, 126 2 Timothy 2:15, 226 2 Timothy 2:25, 189 2 Timothy 3:1–9, 222 2 Timothy 3:15–17, 116–117 2 Timothy 3:16–17, 170, 214, 218, 219, 220, 224, 228 2 Timothy 4:2, 71, 129 2 Timothy 4:3, 175 2 Timothy 4:3–4, 125 Titus 1:2, 130 Titus 1:5, 98 Titus 1:5–9, 58 Titus 1:11, 175 Titus 2:12, 208 Titus 2:14, 208 Titus 3:4–7, 186 Titus 3:5, 227 Hebrews 1:1–2, 116, 218, 223 Hebrews 2:3–4, 92, 174, 237 Hebrews 4:12, 66, 186, 227 Hebrews 7:26, 58 Hebrews 9:14, 210 Hebrews 10:24–25, 206 Hebrews 10:29, 185, 225 Hebrews 10:31, xi James 1:17–18, 188 James 1:18, 227 James 5:14–15, 176

1 Peter 1:3, 187 1 Peter 1:10–11, 46, 66 1 Peter 1:11, 223 1 Peter 1:12, 48, 186, 226 1 Peter 1:13, 200 1 Peter 1:15–16, 208 1 Peter 1:22–23, 206 1 Peter 2:1–3, 208, 228 1 Peter 2:2, 67 1 Peter 2:20–23, 157 1 Peter 4:10–11, 144, 206 1 Peter 5:2, 98 1 Peter 5:8, 200 2 Peter, 37, 107, 130 2 Peter 1:3, 220 2 Peter 1:16–19, 70 2 Peter 1:19, 129 2 Peter 1:19–21, 17 2 Peter 1:20–21, 66, 128, 222 2 Peter 1:21, 46, 71, 223 2 Peter 2, 105 2 Peter 2:1, 31, 37, 106 2 Peter 2:1–3, 95, 121, 125 2 Peter 2:10, 66 2 Peter 2:19, 66 2 Peter 3:13, 194 2 Peter 3:16, 66, 95 2 Peter 3:18, 205 1 John 1:8–10, 27 1 John 2:6, 307n24 1 John 2:15–16, 57 1 John 2:16–17, 56 1 John 2:27, 225 1 John 3:2, 211 1 John 4, 35 1 John 4:1, 34, 121, 125 1 John 4:1–3, 222

1 John 4:1–8, 38–39, 55, 80 1 John 4:2–3, 40, 45, 46, 53 1 John 4:4–5, 57 1 John 4:6, 66, 71 1 John 4:7–8, 74 1 John 4:18, 190 1 John 5:6, 67, 186 1 John 5:19, 57 2 John 7–11, 81, 222 2 John 9–11, 222 2 John 10–11, 121 3 John 2, 156 3 John 3–4, 307n24 3 John 9–10, 121 Jude, xiii, 37, 105, 107, 130, 219 Jude 3, 116, 124, 247 Jude 3–4, 121 Jude 4, 125 Jude 8–23, 121 Jude 17, 95 Jude 20, 124 Revelation 1:17, 46, 200 Revelation 5:12–13, 211 Revelation 13:13–14, 199 Revelation 21:1, 194 Revelation 21:14, 99 Revelation 21:22–27, 194 Revelation 22:17, 182 Revelation 22:17–19, 71 Revelation 22:18–19, 17, 116, 218, 220

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