The Triumphant Churchresults. Often this extreme teaching either offends
people and they back off from even biblical teaching, or
it makes fanatics out of them they find "devils" in
everything and everyone. In either case, the Body of
Christ is hindered and hurt.
One extreme is that demons don't exist. For
example, I knew a pastor who had an experience
involving an evil spirit. But his experience was
discounted and condemned by many Christians because
they didn't believe that evil spirits even exist.
The pastor had been under pressure for a long time
because his wife had been seriously ill and had finally
died. He decided to go on a trip, and he stopped at
Denver, Colorado. On Sunday he walked around
downtown.
The pastor told me, "I saw a sign in front of a
theater that said, 'Services here tonight at 7:30.' I
thought, A Full Gospel or Pentecostal church must be
holding services in this theater. So I decided to come
back for the evening service. I went back that night,
and I got the last seat in the theater."
The pastor said, "On the platform was a grand
piano. Almost immediately the lights went out in the
theater, and a spotlight focused on a woman wearing a
low-cut evening gown. I knew then that it wasn't a
Pentecostal service! She sat down at the piano and
began to play 'Rock of Ages.'
"As she was singing," he continued, "another
spotlight came on, and a man wearing a tuxedo and a
high-topped silk hat began singing a verse of 'Rock of
Ages.' He had a beautiful voice. One spotlight was on
him, and another spotlight was on the woman at the
piano. The stage was well lit up.