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Published on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 16:08
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The Methodists

  • Originally began filled with the Spirit of Christ and 'on fire' for God with Spirit led preaching and teaching
  • Presently the core doctrine is saved by grace alone resulting in good works
  • The born again salvation plan of Jesus Christ is no longer taught nor practiced

 

Originally began filled with the Spirit of Christ and 'on fire' for God with Spirit led preaching and teaching

In 1738 AD Anglican ministers John and Charles Wesley founded the Methodists.  The original work of the Wesley's never intended a recant of the Anglican Church, but were teaching and preaching the 'fire of the Lord' to poor people that didn't have access to the aristocracy of the Anglican church. The people who John Wesley preached to repented with godly sorrow in the altars, spoke in tongues and were drunk in the Spirit. Their lives were radically changed by God through this anointed preacher. The Wesley's sacrificed through their circuit-riding ministries which bore much fruit.  Before his death, John Wesley warned the people "I am not afraid that the Methodists would ever cease to exist, but I am afraid lest they should exist only as a dead religion."

In 1784 U.S. Methodists form a separate church body in America.  The core doctrine of the denomination now is saved by grace alone, resulting in good works just as the Lutherans believe.  As the movement flourished on the American frontier, revivals emphasized personal decisions for Christ flourished as a doctrine.  However, the United Methodist General Conference brought in the teaching of infant baptism.  This baptism is performed by pouring water on the baptized person and saying the words, “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” as started by the Catholic denomination. (42. BBC History, John Wesley, Journal; A History of Christian Doctrine, Volume 2 by David K. Bernard) Sadly, the born again Biblical doctrine as taught by Jesus Christ and his Apostolic Church is no longer taught nor practiced in the modern Methodist denomination.