March 22, 1941 the COG Evangel reports a seven year old boy gets saved, sanctified and receives his Holy Ghost baptism in one night.
What are your thoughts?
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Praise God!
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It is possible. Depending on the atmosphere the child was raised in.
I share a funny story but in some ways sad.
In my younger years , 30 years ago, I would hunt for church revivals to go to during the week when our church wasn’t having services. which wasn’t that hard to do. Pastors back then scheduled revivals for a week. They also would not schedule a revival if a church in their section or district was having one. It was easy to find church somewhere if you wanta to go.
My sons was 7 and 5 years old. We didn’t have a TV. They would play church. Our boys would play church and they would also play church when their friends come over.
My oldest son would play preach and I remember hearing him speaking in tongues a few times, but he was mocking one of the ladies where we went to church.
When she spoke she would always say the same phrase over and over with no changes from one message to the other.
But along with this my son would also speak what he had heard some people at different churches speak in tongues and we would be visitors, not attending regularly. I ask ed him one day how could he remember those tongues? He didn’t remember the interpretations and he replied “Daddy they come back to me when I am praying.” He never mentioned he was seeking the Holy Ghost, but at that time in his life as a young child, he would sit and transcribe full messages of one of my minister friends that he adored and love.
I have often asked myself was that the real Holy Ghost speaking to him when he would pray.
My son did go on the become a holiness preachers.
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PTL
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In standard COG thought or circular reasoning, if one spoke in tongues then they had to be sanctified, and in order to be sanctified, they must have been saved. It was not unusual for children to have these types of experiences in revival meetings or at church camp. I remember praying for healing at age five although I did not speak in tongues until age 13.
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If he got saved why wouldnt he be sanctified? Did they baptize him in water? If
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I did the same at the Kentucky Church of God campmeeting in 1972 at age 10. God still does it.
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