A young Preacher

[Billy n NC]

Check this out.

http://www.apostoliclive.com/play.php?vid=492

Future preachers of america poster child.

[scooter]

That is wild!!!

[soulsearcher]

Saw that yesterday - going around emails like wildfire. It is "cute" but for some reason sad, too. Don't know why really. Just gives me a funny feeling the way the adults are reacting. Maybe it's just too much flashback for me to handle.

[Pastor Bill]

my son did that some at that age, we didn't give him a mike and all treat it like a service, but he would at times grab a marker or other item that looked like a handheld mike and imitate a preacher. In fact one revival the evangelist preached on Christ knocking at the door (walking to a SS room door at the side and knocking a few times during the service to make the point) and we saw my son doing the same thing the next day. In fact when he saw we were going back to church the next night he asked if I was preaching or if our pastor was preaching, and when we told him that Billy was preaching he said "Billy preach knock-knock"

not sure the people's reactions make sense, but it is cute.

[EagerBeaver]

Four words:

GOD
HELP
US
ALL

[free]

The crowds reaction bothers me some (shouting, etc) but I guess God understood every word he said...Does God understand baby talk/language?

Sounds like some Pentecostal services I've been in...The preacher spoke in tongues more than he did English.

[one love]

My son would take a mic and preach when I pastored in Virginia Beach Va.
Now this was after service was over he would say "Dad can I preach now" Of course I would say yes. Mostly he would say things like
Do you love Jesus? He can take all your problems away. Jesus is here with us all the time.
He was only 3 years old but he could go on and on until we were done packing up to go back home. It was the most precious thing ever.
He is now 4 and has been playing his guitar at church since he was around 2. At conventions when my wife would sing he would stand beside her with his guitar and play. He cant really play but you could not hear him, but it is still an awesome thing to see your children into church and wanting to things for the Lord. He is into drums now as well and at home he is starting to keep a beat pretty good.


Well God bless and I know it was a little different that they made it a service and he could not really talk but is was so cute either way and reminded me of my son Toby.

As mentioned he did never do that in a service..

[DeWayneTN]

My first thought was the same as some of you - very weird in the adults' reactions. It's cute for the kid and not so cute for the adults. But then I think of friends who told me they were filled with the Holy Spirit as a pre-schooler and also of our friend John the Baptist, so it's possible that way beyond my understanding there really was something to it.

But probably not.

[MacUser]

...so it's possible that way beyond my understanding there really was something to it.

Exactly.

[Gerald Creasy]

My first thought was the same as some of you - very weird in the adults' reactions. It's cute for the kid and not so cute for the adults. But then I think of friends who told me they were filled with the Holy Spirit as a pre-schooler and also of our friend John the Baptist, so it's possible that way beyond my understanding there really was something to it.

But probably not.

I believe the probably not. The state of Pentecostals today: shysters, fakes and blatant heretics...now YOU DONT EVEN HAVE TO BE INTELLIGIBLE and the crowd shouts.

[pastorables]

Wow! That child would have stirred an entire Assembly back in the day. I think the child was imitating the way he has been raised, no doubt. I did sense some passion from the child though. I sure wish some adults would get that kind of passion about God.

As for the adults reaction? I don't see an issue there. If the event had been a ball game or any other exciting gathering which the child was stirred about, wouldn't the adults have acted accordingly?

One day, I will upload some video of my son preaching and praying when he was around 3. It was the real deal and very inspiring.

pa