The spirit intercedes Jeremiah. You cannot demand nor direct that intercession. It is only engaged as God wills, based upon our weakness to know not what to pray. There is no way to "actively pray in the spirit" unless you are faking it - period full stop. This continues to reveal one of the hallmarks of Charismaniacal theology - that they control god.
2. They Do Not Pray For Divine Healing - If you do not actively seek divine healing or resist signs, wonders, and miracles, you should not claim to be Pentecostal. Pentecostal Churches and individuals cultivate the miraculous on a daily basis.
Once again, a lot demonic theology to unpack here. First of all, when Johson says "divine healing", he is espousing the absolute false theology that says God MUST heal us. This is straight out of Bethel and once again, makes us, God. It robs God of His sovereignty. Secondly, there is no way for us to "resist" signs, wonders and miracles from the creator of the universe. Yet again, Jeremiah reveals that in his paradigm, he controls God. That said, correcting stupid and faked signs is not resisting and is called for in the bible. The random appearance of gem stones, gold dust, magically filled teeth, angel feathers, or pumping smoke into your church and pretending it is a glory cloud are neither signs nor miraculous. Johnson gives away the game here by demanding that we "cultivate" the miraculous. The human arrogance to assume we play any part in anything miraculous God wants do outside of praying for it, is staggering.
"3. There Isn't Any Anointed Preaching - If you are not sitting under the preaching of God's word that is full of unction and the power of God, you should not say you attend a Pentecostal church." - Jeremiah Johnson
Wow, can we get any more subjective? This notion of anointed preaching by the way is entirely extra-biblical. It is left up to corrupt men like Johnson to evaluate and they generally use carnal metrics to measure this "anointing." These metrics however measure pure carnality like how many people attend, raise their hands of fake altar calls of salvation, or book sales. For example, one might cogently make the argument that Joel Osteen's preaching must therefore be anointed based on his wild popularity, soaring book sales, and church growth. The problem with that logic of course is people love Joel Osteen because he does NOT preach the gospel, which we know divides people. Osteen promises people heaven without needing to repent. That is why he is loved. That is not anointed.
"4. The Prayer Is Weak - Azusa Street was birthed through the travail and intercession of Frank Bartleman. Soul travail and deep groans mark Pentecostal praying and church services." - Jeremiah Johnson
Let me first say that prayer is important. It is a vital connection between ourselves and the God we purport to worship. The problem, as with everything Charismania touches, is it distorts and warps what God intended. It is shielded behind a wall of false piety. That if we "travail" hard enough somehow in prayer than we are considered more holy. This has led to the showy, "look at me" spirit that pervades so many Charismaniacal churches today. In my old church the prayer warriors had their own section that no one dared sit in at services. Instead of interceding in the back, out of public sight, they were always seen groaning and "travailing" with Jewish prayer shawls, for some unknown reason. Now, this is not an indictment of their sincerity. They were sincere but had been sincerely taught wrong. God respects the quiet prayer perhaps even more than the noisy ones as the bible says to not do things to be seen by man. Realize that what Johnson is selling here is the notion that the quiet prayer is somehow, "weak." How insulting to God and those that choose to not "groan" to be seen.
"5. Entertainment Worship Rules If you are sitting under worship that's routine and can never leave the words on a screen, you are not listening to Pentecostal worship. If you attend a church where the worship is predictable and timed every Sunday, that church is not truly Pentecostal." - Jeremiah Johnson
Allow me to translate. Johnson is saying that true worship requires ad libbing whatever pops into the worship leader's wickedly deceitful heart. I saw a Bethel training for their worship leaders where they declared they automatically were prophetic, as opposed to allowing God to decide who gets what gifts. As such, they were literally taught to engage in "free praise" which is this "leaving the words on the screen" and just ranting what ever pops into their heart as having come from God. I saw this live once at a local church where an itinerant worship leader just repeated for 15 minutes the phrase, "If you want a hug from Jesus, jump in the river." That is not worship. I also dislike entertainment passed off as worship but the solution is not relying upon the heart of the worship leader. There is nothing Pentecostal about that.
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