I’m not going to get into a debate here, but just to respond briefly to your points: while I was watching the livestream, I did not observe female pastors, charismatic chaos, or a laughing revival. I saw nothing that gave me pause from a Biblical point of view. While watching the livestream, I did tune into several video commentaries of religious people trying every strategy they could to deny that this could actually be a move of God’s Holy Spirit. I think that whenever the Spirit moves and does something different, there are critics waiting in the wings with their formulas and arguments for why this couldn’t possibly be God.
I want to reiterate that I’m not declaring for sure that I know that this is a revival. Just that I find this particular response (including your own) completely unconvincing for the reasons I described.
I would highly encourage everyone to formulate their response and opinion on this so-called revival by digging in deep for the truth.
Asbury isn’t what it once was.
The measure should always be Scripture and how far the message strays from it for a person to decide.
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The Holy Ghost is sent by the Father, in the name of the Son of God: Jesus Christ (14:26).
The Holy Ghost, which proceeds from the Father, testifies of the Son of God: Jesus Christ (John 15:26).
Jesus Christ says a man (he’s including women) must be born of the water and of the Spirit (John 3:5). (A mind too undeveloped to respond to the commands of the Son of God, is obviously not being judged at that point).
When speaking of being born of the Spirit, Jesus said: “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8
Spirit birth: There is a sound when it happens, but you can’t tell how it happens. Yet it happens to EVERYONE that is born of the Spirit.
The initial fulfillment of that was in Acts 2, with the details spelled out by Peter:
“..Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Acts 2:38).
Paul mentions a type and shadow of water and Spirit rebirth is seen in the Israelites departure from Egypt (1 Cor. 10:1,2).
So if you are not obeying Acts 2:38, you are trying to reach the ‘promised land’ without crossing the ‘Red Sea’. You might have had the humbling, as well as joyous, experience of repentance (leaving ‘Egypt’), but that is just the first step.