(1) W.E.Vine, Vines expository dictionary of New Testament words. Unabridged edition. Riverside Book and Bible House. p.353

(2) Critics who attack the ministry of the prophet do so with a challenge that goes something like this: "If the prophet is uttering divine revelations direct from God Himself why does he not write all of these words of God down so that we may add them to the Holy Bible? Why not share these words of God with the entire Church since no word of God is any less important than any other? In response I can only reply that the prophet’s words of today should neither be any greater nor inferior to those of the prophets of New Testament times. These prophets include Barnabas, Simeon, Lucius, Manaen and Agabus all of whom both delivered the words of God and left the Church no written record of their prophecies.

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Chapter 3

The Power And The Witness

Probably the most quoted chapter of the Holy Scriptures, among young Pentecostals, is Acts 2. Contained in its verses is a graphic picture of how the Holy Spirit was poured upon the believers on the day of Pentecost and how these believers exploded on to the world scene with a demonstration of power. There is perhaps no greater picture of boldness that one gets when one imagines how dynamic those believers must have appeared in going out into that sea of lost, and sometimes hostile, Jews who had come to Jerusalem for the feast. Was this boldness something that had been only distributed to the twelve apostles? The answer must be, “surely not”, for there is no support in scripture for such a claim. Indeed the case appears very strong for those who support the idea that the Holy Spirit was given to all who were in "one accord". As previously mentioned this would definitely have included the 120 who were "together" with Peter (Acts 1:15). Here the Greek is "epi to auto": "upon/towards the same". In other words the number of saints who had gathered together for the same purpose was 120. So when the day of Pentecost comes we still find "all with one accord in one place" (Acts 2:1). So little wonder that, when the Holy Spirit is given to them, we find terms used like: