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How can we know anything about anything


To try to explain truth to him who loves it not is but to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation. George Macdonald

Do we have to make a choice between science and the Bible?

NO!

That is NOT where the problem is, but that is what everyone seems to want to talk about.

Take science as an example. How can we know anything about the created material world around us?

How can we know anything from what we can see using natural sciences?

We all see the same things in the material world, but we don't come to the same answers.

Why is that?

How can we know anything about the Bible and what it teaches? Every person believes different things about the Bible and how it should be read.

Why is that?

Same scientific facts. Different answers.

Same Bible. Different answers.

Why is that?

The true question is this: How do we come to our answers that we get from what we can see through science or what we can read in the Bible?

How do we think about what we see using science or what we read in the Bible?

How do we analyze what we have seen and read?

How do we interpret what we have seen and read?

We use logic, but logic always has a foundation. Jesus talked about building on the Rock. That Rock is Jesus Christ. He is the true foundation. There are also the false foundations of the ungodly.

An example might help.

Question: Why do believe in evolution?

Answer: Because my science teacher told me that evolution is scientific fact.

Question: Why do you believe your science teacher?

Answer: because he agrees with the textbook he assigned us to read.

Now, we have asked, "Why?" twice.

If we continued to ask, "Why?" we would come down to the foundation of this person's thoughts.

When we get down to the foundations, there are no more questions that can be answered. So where to the foundations come from?

There are three possibilities.

  1. things that we make up, pulled from the air
  2. demonic lies
  3. divine revelation

Question: Why do believe in creation?

Answer: Because God revealed this to me. He spoke to me through the Bible and gave me His faith so that I could believe Him.

See how quickly we got to the foundation. This is a belief that has a foundation that is solid and that cannot be moved.

In reality, the things that we make up, that are pulled from the air, are actually from demons and all the lies of demons spring from the prince of demons, Satan. So these are one and the same.

Divine revelation comes from the Almighty, Creator, God, Jesus Christ. So there are only two choices, but how do we know there are only two choices? Because God has revealed this truth to us.

The question then is how do we tell the difference between the revelation that comes from God and the lies of Satan?

The answer is that everyone who sincerely wants to do the will of God will know.

Jesus said, "If you really want to obey God, you will know if what I teach comes from God or from me"

The rejection of the revelation that comes from God is not an intellectual problem. It is a moral problem.

Jesus said, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you: For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened. *

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? Matthew 7:7-11 *

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You can set the truth before someone, but you can't make anyone believe those things that they don't want to submit to. They have to want to obey God.

How frequently it is brought to our attention that nothing good can be done if the will is wrong! Reason alone fails to justify itself. Richard M. Weaver

Jesus said, "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:32)

"If we are not prepared to buy the truth at the cost of our own humbling we shall not receive it"

Lies appear to have no price upon them. They seem cheap and they abound everywhere. But for the truth there is always an obvious price to pay.

[God] has set a day when He will judge all the world's people with fairness. And He has chosen the man Jesus to do the judging for Him. God has given proof of this to all of us by raising Jesus from death" (Acts 17:31).

"There is a judge for the one who rejects Me [Jesus] and does not accept My words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day" (John 12:48)

That also stands for every person who speaks the utterances of Jesus. When we hear them, we hear Jesus Christ, and we either accept or reject. Every person who follows Jesus Christ is commanded to only speak His utterances and not their own.

"When we love others, we know that we belong to the truth, and we feel at ease in the presence of God" (1 John 3:19)

Ravi Zacharias did two open forums in a university. On the second night, one man told him that he had brought two Atheists in the night before who said that the arguments presented were so strong that they could not contend with them, but they were going to remain Atheists because that is what they prefer to be true.

In listening to an unbeliever and drawing out his reasoning, the unbeliever finally came to his foundations.

They turned out to be assumptions that were pulled from the air. When asked why he believed his basic assumption, the unbeliever looked startled and blurted out, “I guess I’m making the whole thing up.” It was quite a revelation to him since he hadn't even known that he had any assumptions. However, he decided to remain an Atheist because he didn’t want God to rule over him.

     
                       
 

What was gained or lost  

 

Events  

 

Details & lessons learned  

 

TWENTIETH CENTURY  

 

THE HOLY SPIRIT  

 
     
  • Restored in the Welch revival:
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  • The Welch revival taught that the Spirit can use the whole Body of Christ rather than just one man.
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  • Thousands were born into the Kingdom of God.
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  • The morals or the entire country changed.
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  • Restored in the Pentecostal movement:
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  • The Pentecostal movement brought the infilling of the Holy Spirit.
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  • Supernatural gifts were exercised.
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  • A great world-wide missionary movement.
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  • Weakness:
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  • Lack of depth in the Word of God.
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  • Superior attitude or pride.
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  • A feeling that they had it all.
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  • Failure to move on with God
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  • Restored in the move of 1948:
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  • The vision of the coming together of the Body of Christ.
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  • The nine gifts of the Spirit given by the laying on of hands of the presbytery.
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  • The five-fold ministry.
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  • The biblical order of the church service, where one has a song and another a prophecy, and all being led and empowered by the Holy Spirit.
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  • Singing in the Spirit.
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  • Prophecy.
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  • The order of elders and deacons.
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  • The vision of the manifestation of the sons of God.
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  • The Enemy’s Tricks:
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  • Every gift of the Spirit and ministry is being counterfeited.
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  • Much disorder came from those who rejected the orders and patterns of the Scripture.
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  • False apostles sprung up.
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  • Several Spirit-filled ministries chose their own ways instead of continuing to walk humbly before the Lord and in submission to the offices and ministries set by God.
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  • The great Welch revival.
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  • 1890-1910 the Pentecostal movement.
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  • 1900 Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America founded.
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  • 1901 Pentecostal Union founded.
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  • 1905 American Baptist Association founded.
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  • 1908 Church of the Nazarene founded.
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  • 1910 Northern Baptist Convention founded.
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  • 1911 Pentecostal Holiness Church founded.
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  • 1911 Pentecostal Holiness Church founded.
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  • 1914 Assemblies of God, General Council founded.
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  • 1914 Church of God by faith, Inc. founded.
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  • 1914 Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. founded.
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  • 1915 National Baptist Convention of the U.S.A., Inc. founded.
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  • 1917 Pentecostal Church of Christ founded.
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  • 1917 Pillar of Fire founded.
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  • 1918 International Church of the Foursquare Gospel founded.
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  • 1918 Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church founded.
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  • 1918 United Lutheran Church in America founded.
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  • 1918 Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod founded.
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  • 1919 Bible Standard, Inc. founded.
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  • 1919 Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. founded.
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  • 1919 International Pentecostal Assemblies founded.
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  • 1919 Pentecostal Church of God of America, Inc. founded.
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  • 1922 Original Church of God, Inc. founded.
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  • 1923 Tomlinson Church of God founded.
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  • 1924 Pentecostal Church, Inc. founded.
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  • 1925 Humanists lose at Scopes Monkey Trial, but use media and the schools to create the opposite impression.
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  • 1926 Protestant Reformed Churches of America founded.
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  • 1929 Apostolic Lutheran Church of America founded.
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  • 1930 American Lutheran Church founded.
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  • 1930 Pope Pius XI condemns public schools.
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  • 1931 Congregational Christian Churches founded.
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  • 1932 Calvary Pentecostal Church, Inc. founded.
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  • 1932 General Assoc. of Regular Baptist Churches founded.
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  • 1932 General Assoc. of Regular Baptist Churches founded.
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  • 1932 Open Bible Evangelistic Association founded.
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  • 1934 Evangelical and Reformed Church founded.
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  • 1934 Evangelical and Reformed Church founded.
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  • 1935 Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. founded.
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  • 1935 Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. founded.
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  • 1937 Orthodox Presbyterian Church founded.
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  • 1937 Orthodox Presbyterian Church founded.
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  • 1939 Methodist Church founded.
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  • 1939 Methodist Church founded.
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  • 1943 Church of God (Queens Village, NY) founded.
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  • 1945 United Pentecostal Church, Inc. founded.
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  • 1946 Evangelical Methodist Church founded.
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  • 1946 Evangelical Methodist Church founded.
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  • 1946 Evangelical United Brethren Church founded.
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  • 1946 Evangelical United Brethren Church founded.
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  • 1947 Conservative Baptist Assoc. of America founded.
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  • 1947 Conservative Baptist Association of America founded.
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  • 1947 Elim Missionary Assemblies founded.
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  • 1948 World Council of Churches formed (carnal fulfillment)  
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  • 1948 Israel became a nation (natural fulfillment)  
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  • 1948 Move of the Spirit in North Battleford SASK Canada and throughout the earth. (spiritual fulfillment)  
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    • Many came to see what was happening in North Battleford at Sharon Schools.
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    • Some could not receive the word from God and went out with the part of God’s message that they liked. They became known as Latter Rain, though the true latter rain is yet to come.
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  • 1950 Catholic Church creates doctrine of the assumption (bodily resurrection) of Mary.
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  • Pope Paul VI declares Mary to be the mother of the Church.
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  • 1950 America Baptist Convention founded.
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  • 1950 American Baptist Convention founded.
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  • 1953 Church of God of Prophecy founded.
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  • 1953 Emanuel Holiness Church founded.
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  • 1956 Bible Presbyterian Church founded.
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  • 1956 Bible Presbyterian Church founded.
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  • 1957 Bible Way Church, World-Wide founded.
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  • 1957 Church of God of All Nations founded.
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  • 1957 United Church of Christ founded.
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  • 1957 United Church of Christ founded.
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  • 1957 United Church of Christ founded.
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  • 1958 United Presbyterian Church, USA founded.
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  • 1958 United Presbyterian Church, USA founded.
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  • 1960 American Lutheran Church founded.
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  • 1961 Progressive Baptist Convention founded.
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  • 1961 Unitarian Universalist Association founded.
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  • 1962 Lutheran Church in America founded.
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  • 1962 Lutheran Church in America founded.
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  • 1962 Lutheran Church in America founded.
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  • 1962 Lutheran Church in America founded.
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  • 1965 Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod founded.
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  • 1965 Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod founded.
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  • 1965 Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod founded.
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  • 1965 Council of Vatican II. 
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  • 1968 United Methodist Church founded.
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  • 1968 United Methodist Church founded.
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  • 1968 Wesleyan Church founded.
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  • 1968 Wesleyan Church founded.
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  • 1973 Presbyterian Church of America founded.
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  • 1976 Association of Evangelical Lutherans founded.
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  • 1982 Presbyterian Church of America founded.
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  • 1982 Presbyterian Church of America founded.
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  • 1982 Presbyterian Church of America founded.
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  • 1983 Presbyterian Church, USA founded.
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  • 1983 Presbyterian Church, USA founded.
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  • 1983 Presbyterian Church, USA founded.
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  • 1988 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America founded.
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  • 1988 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America founded.
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  • 1988 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America founded.
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  • 1988 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America founded.
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  • 1988 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America founded.
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  • 1988 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America founded.
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  • 1988 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America founded.
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  • 1988 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America founded.
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  • 1988 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America founded.
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  • The central theme of the Pentecostal movement became the restoration of the infilling of the Holy Spirit., though God was urging the people to move on to higher heights and deeper depths. There was a point at which organizations were formed and the leadership refused to go on with God. This movement also lacked a real depth in the Word of God.
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    1906 Azusa Street Revival with William Seymour as leader and marked by conversions, healings and speaking in tongues.  Los Angeles Times and other news papers write disparaging articles.  

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    1909 Pentecostal split on racial lines into Church of God and Assemblies of God.  

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  • Over the course of the twentieth century, Secular Humanism gains increasing favor from the United States government and other governments throughout the world.  Christianity increasingly becoming a persecuted religion.
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  • In the Move of the Spirit that took place at Sharon Schools in 1948, the central theme is the coming together of the Body of Christ.
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  • 1954, Liberals steal Church's freedom of speech
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  • The moving of God’s Spirit took place rather spontaneously at an Assemblies of God Bible College, causing many students and faculty members to seek God as never before. Some have erroneously credited George Hawtin with this move, but he was swept along by the Spirit of God just like everyone else, and, in the final test left the pattern that God established. In fact, George Hawtin went out from under the covering and the original revelation and pattern that was given at Sharon Schools in North Battleford.
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  • The Latter Rain Movement came into being, having gone out from under the original revelation and pattern that was given at Sharon Schools in North Battleford.
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  • Much disorder flowed from the Latter Rain Movement and from the Charismatic Movement, because they had rejected the orders and patterns of the Scripture, but the Latter Rain Movement has no connection to Sharon Schools. 
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  • the greatest blessing and the greatest stigma (because of misuse of the gift) of the pentecostal movement was tongues.
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  • the greatest blessing and the greatest stigma (because of misuse of the gift) of the move that began in 1948 was and remains prophecy.
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  • Some could submit and others could not submit to the teaching of the Holy Spirit concerning the biblical pattern for the church.
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  • Some denominations renounced the Move of the Spirit based on the revelation of laying on of hands, apostolic ministry, or prophecy.  God did continue His restoration, but many of the religious people rejected the restoration of the revelation of God, giving religious reasons for doing so.
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    1994, Pentecostal reconciliation between Church of God and Assemblies of God.   

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  • More Christians were martyred in the 20th century than all other centuries combined.
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History Of The World  

 

   


Some Songs Of The Move Of The Spirit, Beginning Around 1948   read
Why Does Revival Tarry?   read
An Eyewitness Account Of The 1948 Camp Meeting At Sharon Schools   read
The Move of the Spirit of 1948 From the Papers and Memories of Milford E. Kirkpatrick   read
Who Created The Mythical PseudoHistory Of Hitler's Pope?   read


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