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Issue No: 856 Published: 19 Mar 2018
WHOSE CHURCH IS IT ANYWAY? Part 34
THE CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT
ECUMENISM AND SCHISMS
When this movement became widespread, there was much cross pollination between denominations. Conferences multiplied and their participants encompassed a broad spectrum of Christianity. I belong to the Full Gospel Businessman's Association whose purpose was to provide fellowship to Spirit filled businessmen at a time when they were not able to find spiritual fellowship within their churches. We have members from a wide variety of churches, Roman Catholic, Traditional, Evangelical and Pentecostal.
Catholic priest and scholar Peter Hocken referred to the Charismatic movement as "an ecumenical gift of grace poured out on all the churches."
In the United States, at the peak of the renewal in 1977, 52,000 Pentecostals/Charismatics met in the Arrowhead Stadium, in Kansas City. Quoting Hyatt.....
Truly ecumenical, it was indeed a work of the Holy Spirit. Half of the registrants were Roman Catholic, while the other half consisted mostly of Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, denominational Pentecostals, Baptists, Methodists and Messianic Jews. Great rejoicing filled the stands as the multitude sang in tongues and danced before the Lord.
While Charismatics were encouraged to remain in their churches in order to spread the renewal, many found this too hard, either because they felt they were withering spiritually, or they encountered varying degrees of opposition within their denominations.
Some joined traditional Pentecostal denominations while many more formed new, independent Charismatic churches and fellowships. There are now many thousands of these throughout the world. Having ministered in many of these, particularly in Africa, it is again noticeable that Holy Spirit anointing is fast becoming in short supply here also.
THE ISSUE OF AUTHORITY IN CHARISMATA
Throughout history, as we have seen, there is inevitably it seems, a tension that occurs between the Christian establishment, the institutional church and charismatic ministry. The challenge always is whether people should submit to denominational authority, or the 'charismata'.
For example, the Protestant Reformation, under Luther, was largely a result of the intransigence of the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church over the previous century, the previous 10 years in particular. Similarly, while John Wesley remained attached to the Anglican Church throughout his life, the church did not want him. Reluctantly, he appointed and ordained his own ministers based on their obvious charismatic gifts and callings. Naturally, against what would have been his personal desires, the Methodist Church was inevitably formed shortly after his death, from the seed he had sown.
Again, the Pentecostal movement of the early 20th Century was rejected by the traditional church who would not accept legitimacy of spiritual gifts. So believers formed new relationships amongst themselves and Pentecostal denominations were spawned.
This principle, which is true from the time of the Montanists of the 2nd century, still applies today. Now the Pentecostal denominations have become institutionalized, replacing spiritual giftings and anointing with formal structure, appointment by theological qualification, church buildings and ........
The cycle continues. We will discuss this further as we proceed towards the present day.
(Continued next week)
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FROM THE WORD
THE WORDS OF JESUS
May we hear what the Lord is saying to us.....
The Conversion of Saul (Acts 9:1-19, 26:12-18)
Where Jesus spoke supernaturally to Him.
“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It’s hard for you to fight against me!”
“‘I am Jesus, the one you’re persecuting,’ ‘But pick yourself up and get to your feet. The reason why I’ve appeared to you is to appoint you as my servant, to be a witness for me, telling others how you have seen me and everything I will reveal to you. I will save you from you own people and from the foreigners. I am sending you to them to open their eyes so they can turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to
God, and so that they can receive forgiveness for their sins and a place with those who are set right as they trust in me.’
And to Ananias.
“Ananias!”
“Get up, and go to Straight Street,” the Lord told him. “Ask at Judas’ house for someone called Saul, from
Tarsus. He’s praying. He’s seen in vision a man called Ananias come and place his hands on him so he can regain his sight.”
Who protested.
“Get on your way, because he is the person I have chosen to take my name to foreigners and kings, as well as to Israel. I will show him what he’ll have to suffer for my name’s sake.”
Paul’s Vision and Thorn (2 Corinthians 12:1-10)
Paul asks for his ‘thorn’ to be taken away.
“My grace is all you will need, for my power is effective in weakness.”
(Continued next week)
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OUR FIRST DAY!
And we were overwhelmed with people!
THE LOCAL SCHOOL ATTENDED
And since we have return visits with parents when someone in the family was sick.
MUCH NEW EQUIPMENT WELCOMED
We welcomed our suction machine (shown) and Autoclave (Sterilizer) along with other new equipment.
The reality is we are now a hybrid between a Clinic and an Accident and Emergency Unit.
Good but expensive!
WATCH OUT- THE NEEDLE WILL GET YOU!
Jonah, our contractor, has been feeling ill for ages! Takes some antimalarials and gets a little better for a while. But has now decided to get a full lab analysis showing it had developed into typhoid! Look at the mixture of vials that go to make up a single injection! This has to be done twice a day! OUCH! and OUCH again!
Actually, the people here like jabs rather than pills, as they can feel the medicine going in!
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DAVID'S DOODLINGS
101. Repentance is when you change a 'worry' into a 'sorry.'
102. Laughter is the only medicine I know where the side effects are even more beneficial than the medicine itself.
103. After birth on earth, a dearth of mirth reduces self-worth, leading to an increased girth.
208. The ultimate worrier does not have the time to concern themselves with today or tomorrow for they are still too busy worrying about what happened yesterday.
356. An optimist tackles a problem while the worrier lets the problem tackle them.
357. Magicians and worriers both create illusions. Magicians entertain others, while worriers entertain themselves.
358. Worry is like the fast breeder nuclear reactor, which feeds upon itself. Unsurprisingly, neither has proved to be of lasting benefit to mankind.
359. Somehow, it seems easier to build a mountain of worry than a molehill of achievement.
360. A worry a day keeps the psychiatrist in business.
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LAUGHING AT OURSELVES
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120. Perfection
An evangelist had a great revival camp going. One night he was up in front of a large audience, speaking on imperfection. He asked his audience towards the end, "Has anyone ever known anyone who has come CLOSE to the perfection of our lord, Jesus Christ?" Nobody, of course raised their hand. So he issued the question again. "Anybody! Has ANYONE ever known that kind of perfection?"
Finally a guy in the back raised his hand, so of course he was asked to stand up. "Tell us. Tell us who you knew who was so close to perfection."
The man responded, "My wife's first husband."
QWIK QWIP: “Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your door for years.”
121. Visiting Church - Again!
A one-dollar note met a twenty-dollar note and said, "Hey, where have you been? I haven't seen you around here much."
The twenty answered, "I've been hanging out at the casinos, went on a cruise and did the rounds on the ship, back to the United States for a while, went to a couple of baseball games, to the mall, that kind of stuff. How about you?"
The one-dollar note said, "You know, same old stuff - church, church, church."
122. The Word
Our five-year-old son went to a church conference with my wife and me. He got restless, so my wife handed him a pad and pencil and suggested he mark down every time the speaker said the word "and." After a while, he grew bored, and I asked,
"Would you like to listen for a different word?"
"Yes," he whispered. "I'd like to listen for 'Amen'."
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A DAVID MUSING
It was a huge and wonderful day to see our Clinic open on Monday, after months of hard work and effort by so many people. Thank you Lord.
Then, on Tuesday, new challenges arose, for building is one thing, but running a Clinic is another! Moving from managing rocks on stones to people. An entirely different challenge, particularly as I know nothing about medicine!
Faith is like this too. One step achieved and satisfaction gained. But tomorrow, the next step on the ladder of faith beckons. It is all part of our growing process in our God.
Too many believers however, seem happy to rest on past glories, or maybe are even afraid to take that first step.
God is urging us all to grow in Him, in order to become more like Jesus.
Until next week.......
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU BLESS GOD.
His servant and yours
David Tait
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