Azusa Street & ACOP Legacy
Ripple Effects
What does Los Angeles have to do with Winnipeg?
The Pentecostal Movement that sparked in Kansas, Texas, and Los Angeles, quickly began catching fire around the globe. In this session, we will track the way revival travelled from Azusa Street in Los Angeles, through Chicago, to Winnipeg in a few short years.
In the video, watch for how these names connect: Seymour, Durham, Argue, Small.
How amazing is the spread of the Holy Spirit's work across countries!
One way to look at the spread of the Holy Spirit’s work from Azusa to ACOP is through these key figures: From William Seymour, to William Durham, to Andrew Argue, to Franklin Small. But Wes pointed out another significant aspect that paved the way for revival to spread: the seasons of prayer that preceded the revivals in each city and church.
What do you notice about the way the movement of the Holy Spirit literally moves across geography, as recounted in this video?
"Jesus should not be slighted… by the exaltation of the Holy Spirit and of the gifts of the Spirit. There seemed to be a great danger of losing sight of the fact that Jesus was all in all.... The Holy Spirit is given to show us the things of Christ. The work of calvary, the atonement, must be the center of our consideration. The Holy Spirit never draws our attention from Christ to himself, but rather reveals Christ in a fuller way. We are in the same danger today. ”
Frank Bartleman
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Talk it Through
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I am so glad that I received the Gift of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues because I believe it gives me a greater intimacy with God and it causes me to want to have a deeper and more meaningful relationship with my creator.
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The two quotes share a common theme of the supremacy and glory of the person of Christ Jesus himself that outshines every other thing. I was moved by Bartleman’s quote, that the work of atonement is our greatest consideration–that the work of atonement is not a concept, but it is a man on a cross; Jesus crucified for our sins, resurrected and seated at the right hand of God. God’s Holy Spirit has been poured out to bear witness to Jesus, to direct our gaze to the cross, to the empty tomb, and like Colossians says, to the reality of heaven, where Christ is alive and reigning. The freedom, breakthrough, healing, and deliverance that we seek in the ministry of the Holy Spirit, is found there because the Holy Spirit alights upon to see and encounter and become one with Christ, where all of this freedom and wholeness dwells.
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Jesus says He is The Truth, Way and Life. Our entry point is Jesus. Through relationship with Jesus the Fullness is thus revealed. We don't fully grasp all the reasons why but we must follow the methodology that was modelled for us. I have found that as I follow the examples of Christ and the apostles, there is greater fruit in my life and ministry.
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When it comes to revival or any other time in which the Holy Spirit moves in miraculous ways it is so easy to focus on that and the feelings it can ellicit, rather than leading us closer to Christ. These quotes remind us that we must remember that all of these things ought to point us to greater knowledge of Christ. Messages in tongues must be interpreted so God’s message is known, supernatural healing must lead to greater praise of God, etc. God is so good to give us these great experiences, but we also must not make them our only focus, rather than focusing on the knowledge of Christ
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