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The Azusa Street Revival
- A revival of the in filling of the Holy Spirit with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues that spread across the world.
- The beginning of the rebirth of the Apostolic doctrine taught by Jesus Christ and the first church.
A revival of the in filling of the Holy Spirit with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues that spread across the world.
Before this event, the Holy Spirit was again poured out in a big way in Topeka, Kansas among Baptist and Methodist believers who believed for and even fasted for the in filling of the Holy Spirit like the Apostles had received it in the Book of Acts. Later, at the Azusa Street Revival, ( a Pentecostal revival meeting) took place in Los Angeles, California and was led by William J. Seymour, an African American preacher, thousands more received this Biblical experience. It began with a meeting on April 14, 1906 at the African Methodist Episcopal Church and continued until roughly 1915. The revival was characterized by speaking in other languages, dramatic and expressive worship services, and inter-racial mingling of believers as in the Book of Acts which was different than what was happening in the society of the day. The participants received criticism from secular media and “denominal Christian” theologians for behaviors considered to be outrageous and unorthodox reminiscent of what happened to the original apostles of Jesus Christ who were considered everything from drunk to insane. Today, that revival is considered by historians to be the primary catalyst for the spread of Pentecostalism in the 20th century. (51. William J. Seymour and the Azusa Street Revival". Enrichment Journal. Retrieved on 2007)
The beginning of the rebirth of the Apostolic doctrine taught by Jesus Christ and the first church.
Afterward, two forms of Pentecostalism were developed out of this Holy Spirit outpouring: the Charismatic’s which kept the Catholic man-made, Trinitarian doctrine which uses the un-Scriptural water baptism in the titles of Father, Son and Holy Ghost, (no one in the Bible was ever baptized in the titles, Father, Son, Holy Spirit) and the Apostolic Pentecostals (52. Burgess, Stanley M. Women. Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity) which believe and practice the born again doctrine set forth by Jesus Christ and the Apostolic first church which began on the day of Pentecost, including (1) baptizing exclusively in Jesus name as done exclusively by the Biblical first church, (2) receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues, holiness and separation onto God while following the instructions given to the early church.) The modern Apostolic Pentecostal church believes that although the ceremonial laws were fulfilled with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the moral laws are still in effect and that salvation is something that needs to be sought with obedience and an utmost respect for the Lord birthed by love. The Apostolic church believes, as the Lord Jesus said, that this salvation is a very narrow path and few will find it while many are on a broad way leading to destruction. The modern Apostolic Pentecostal church believes, as the Bible teaches, that Jesus is God manifested in the flesh. That He had a dual nature being all man and at the same time, all God and that His humanity had to pray to His divinity so as to lead a sinless life by overcoming their own human nature, the devil and the world. The modern Apostolic Pentecostal church believes that as His bride, the church must also overcome these things with the help of the Holy Spirit (Christ in you the hope of Glory, Col. 1:27), to make it into heaven with the Lord as the Bride Groom. (53. What We Believe)