[christianunity] Azusa Street saw duality of Agape & Holiness

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From: "Tim Warlick" <cuprayer@...>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 14:38:22 -0600
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

It's interesting how you can see the duality of RIGHTEOUSNESS AND BROTHERLY
LOVE in a wide variety of Christian denominations and groups.  It's not only
repeated often in the Bible, and essential to some of the mainline
denominations (as shown here in past messages), you can also see it in
reports of past revivals where Christian unity was a factor. (Also please
note, that although I don't speak in tongues myself, I have brethren in
Christ who do.)

Here's an excerpt from a webpage about Azusa Street:

THE AZUSA STREET REVIVAL of 1906, which marks the beginning of the modern
pentecostal movement, was not considered unique at the time just because
believers spoke in tongues and were healed of their diseases. Even more
scandalous to the turn-of-the-century establishment was the racial mixing
taking place in the small Los Angeles livery stable turned into a mission.
The vision of William J. Seymour, a one-eyed, self-taught African-American
preacher who brought the message of the outpouring of the Spirit to Los
Angeles, was of a new level of Christian unity that-similar to the first
Pentecost-brought together believers of all colors in a community modeled
after the new heaven and earth that was to come.
While speaking in tongues was seen as one of the signs of the infilling of
the Holy Ghost (Acts 10:46, 19:6), Seymour and the others knew it could be
faked and considered more certain characteristics of the Spirit to be holy
living and unity among believers-whatever their race. The evidence of LOVE
AND PURITY could not be manifested over the long term unless one had had a
true renewal of the heart.

(EMPHASIS MINE)

Webpage link:

http://www.sojourners.com/soj9509/950924.html

Love in Jesus,
Tim