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Issue No: 853 Published: 26 Feb 2018
WHOSE CHURCH IS IT ANYWAY? Part 31
20th CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS
ORAL ROBERTS (1918-2005) (pictured) While William Branham is generally acknowledged as the founder of the Healing Revival, at a similar time God was dealing with Oral Roberts, the young pastor of a small Pentecostal Holiness Church, and divinity student at Phillips University, in Enid, Oklahoma, USA.
Aged 17, being miraculously cured of advanced tuberculosis, the Lord said to him.....
"I have called you to take My healing power to your generation."
From then on, he diligently sought God for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit in his life and ministry, and for the fulfilment of the word he had received.
Twelve years later, on May 14, 1947, following a sustained 7 month period of praying and fasting, Roberts received the inner assurance that it was time for God's call to begin to be fulfilled. At the same time, God showed him how he would feel the Lord's power in his right hand, so that when he laid his hand on the sick he would be able to detect the name and number of demons that might be present in that person.
Roberts immediately launched into an instantly successful ministry emphasizing healing for the body and salvation for the soul.
In 1948 he bought a tent that would seat 2,000 people. By 1953 he was operating in one that seated 12,500. It was the world's largest fireproof canvas tent of the time. Many miracles occurred and Oral Roberts became the most prominent healing evangelist of the era.
Unfortunately though, he later became enamoured with the Prosperity Doctrine, and his spiritual influence began to wane. The ministry continued to grow into a financial empire with a university, hospital, TV shows and more. Although morally scrupulous, the organisation finally ran into financial problems and declined.
It is true to say though, that in his early days particularly, Oral Roberts was used by the Lord to expand His spiritual kingdom on the earth.
T L and DAISY OSBORN (1923-2013 & 1924-2005) While Branham and Roberts were forerunners of the healing evangelism era, almost immediately after they were followed by a host of others including, to name a few, A. A. Allen, Jack Coe, T. L. Osborn, William Freeman, W. V. Grant and Kenneth Hagin.
In 1945, T L and Daisy Osborn went to India as Pentecostal missionaries, in a failed attempt to convert the masses. Disappointed by their lack of success, the still young Osborns returned to America, but would not rest until they had found a way to reach the masses with the Gospel.
While pastoring in the Northwest, they diligently sought the Lord for answers and began to hold evangelistic and healing crusades. Hyatt continues.....
God confirmed the gospel with signs and wonders, and they knew they had found the answer for the masses such as they had seen in India. Following a period of cooperative ministry with the Voice of Healing in America, the Osborns returned to the mission fields of the world. Traveling to seventy-six nations, they pioneered mass healing crusades with phenomenal results. They found that demonstrations of God's compassion and healing power would result in thousands accepting Christ in a single service. Their huge outdoor crusades became the pattern for mass evangelism in developing nations. As they approached their seventies, it was said of this husband/wife team that they had preached the gospel to more people, face to face, than anyone to that point in history.
CONCLUSION
By the end of 1956, the Healing Revival was on the wane, being rent by strife between the Healing Evangelists and the Pentecostal denominations to which they belonged. There were faults on both sides. The denominations were jealous of their success, while there were many questionable practices, moral and financial, amongst the evangelists.
It still provides a stark example of what happens when spiritually gifted people lose their focus on the God and Lord who gave them the gift, becoming misguidedly focused instead on money, power, and the other distractions of the world.
However, the Healing Revival provided a most important link between the Pentecostals and the Charismatic Renewal, beginning round 1960.
(Continued next week)
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FROM THE WORD
THE WORDS OF JESUS
THE RESSURECTION
Jesus Appears to the Two Mary’s (Matthew 28:9-10 , Mark 16:9, John 20:14-17)
To Mary Magdalene
“Why are you crying?” he asked her. “Who are you looking for?”
“Mary.”
“Don’t hold onto me,” “for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them I am ascending to my Father and your Father, my God and your God.”
To the other Mary
“Don’t be afraid! Go and tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there.”
Jesus Meets Two on the Road to Emmaus (Mark 16:12-13, Luke 24:`13-32)
Talking about the things that had happened. Jesus replied.
“What are you discussing as you walk along?”
“What things?”
“You’re so dull! How slow you are to trust in all that the prophets said! 6Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer before he could enter into his glory?”
Jesus Appears to the Disciples Excluding Thomas (Luke 24:36-49, John:20:19-24)
“Peace to you!”
“Why are you frightened? Why are you doubting?” “Look at my hands and my feet—you can see it’s me. Touch me and you’ll be certain, for a spirit doesn’t have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
“Do you have anything to eat?”
They gave Him broiled fish.
“This is what I explained to you while I was still with you. Everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, had to be fulfilled.”
“It was written like this: the Messiah would suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that in his name repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be preached to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem. You are witnesses of all this. Now I’m going to send you what my Father promised—but wait in the city until you receive power from heaven.”
Again Jesus said.
May you have peace!” Jesus told them again. “In the same way the Father sent me, so I’m sending you.”
Jesus breathed on them, saying,
“Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven; if you hold them unforgiven, unforgiven they remain.”
(Continued next week)
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SOME DAYS THINGS JUST DON'T WORK OUT!
In Africa, it is not just some days, but most days, that things don't go to plan! 3 major deliveries planned for today - actual deliveries 0! Africans favorite word is 'tomorrow'.
Our first customer - oops, a week early. There is great anticipation locally.
PHEEEEEWWWWW!
We have Western loos! Pheeewwww! And showers too! Could be at home! Actually, Kenya is home - now we have Western loos! LOL!
THE PHARMACY
Shelving and benches are being installed in the pharmacy. The service counter is shown.
STOCK HAS ARRIVED
One box of drugs, among several, that have arrived to stock the pharmacy.
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DAVID'S DOODLINGS
83. Nobody told the bumblebee that he cannot fly ' so he does!
84. If the bumblebee can fly, so can you and I.
85. Only eagles fly high!
341. Unfortunately, there are many more people in life who would rather see you fly low than high. They want company!
342. The higher the mountain, the fewer who are prepared to climb, but the greater the rewards.
343. It's a lot less crowded on the mountaintops!
344. It's only the unsuccessful who have the secret of 'easy success'!
345. You can only get to the top of the mountain by starting from the bottom.
346. If you don't start, you will never finish!
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LAUGHING AT OURSELVES
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113. Deja Vu!
The minister selected a 50-cent item at a convenience store, but then discovered he didn't have any money with him.
"I could invite you to hear me preach in return," he said jokingly to the clerk, "but I'm afraid I don't have any fifty-cent sermons."
"Perhaps," suggested the clerk, "I could come twice."
114. Great Faith
An overweight business associate of mine decided it was time to shed some excess pounds. He took his new diet seriously, even changing his driving route to avoid his favourite bakery. One morning, however, he arrived at work carrying a gigantic coffeecake. We all scolded him, but his smile remained cherubic.
"This is a very special coffeecake," he explained. "I accidentally drove by the bakery this morning and there in the window was a host of goodies. I felt this was no accident, so I prayed, 'Lord, if you want me to have one of those delicious coffeecakes, let me have a parking place directly in front of the bakery', and sure enough," he continued, "the eighth time around the block, there it was!"
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A DAVID MUSING
As we get near the end of our hospital building project, the first building anyway, the challenges seem to get greater and then greater still.
However, the one who perseveres to the end shall be saved, to take Scripture out of context!
Perseverance is an attribute required for all of our walk with Jesus. We forget it at our peril.
Until next week.......
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU BLESS GOD.
His servant and yours
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