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Great article. I am an ex-Pentecostal. The above sounds just like the false experiences which took place at Azusa St, under William Branham, in Kenneth Hagin's "ministry", at Toronto, Pensecola, Lakeland and currently in the New Apostolic Reformation. I read Penn-Lewis' book and found it very occultic and confused.
I have directed others to this article and I am amazed that this evidence is not enough for them to see flaws in the so-called Welsh revival. When it's leader became a mental case, that is a big giveaway. By the way, my grandfather was born in Swansea but had moved to Australia by 1905. His Catholic mother sadly turned him against Christianity.
Dear Mike,
Thanks for 5e comment, I’m glad it is a blessing. May God continue to use it to spread truth and expose error.
The reason I looked into this because a pastor from a large Pentecost church mentions the Welsh Revival as an example of God moving. He quotes it in passing in one word bracketed without evidence or references. He used scripture from modern Vatican sourced bibles which is the Harlot according to Gods Word Rev 17:3-6 And here is the mind which hath wisedome. The seuen heads are seuen mountaines, on which the woman sitteth.
The Pentecostal movement was most likley of Jesuit in origin https://archive.org/download/pentecostalthing54haug/pentecostalthing54haug.pdf as Ignatius Loyola spiritual exercises are all over it. Example: “Encounter weekend”.
Evan’s doctrine seemed very “airy fairy” and not based on scripture. Young women followed him everywhere.
Some books with numerous references
https://app.thebookpatch.com/BookStore/antichrist-the-smoke-of-rome-a-dynasty-and-a-man/7e2027ea-c788-4a72-baf4-82a07f43c62f
https://app.thebookpatch.com/BookStore/the-jesuits-ordained-unto-condemnation/cd866470-f593-42cf-b8de-60ddbafa883f
Interesting, I’m a conservative Bible Scholar and have two Doctorates, just wanting you to know my educational background. A miracle took place at the hands of Jesus, it opened a door of criticism in Matthew 12. The stir led some to declare that Jesus cast out a demon by the power of Beelzebub. Of course, this theological position seemed reasonable and logical to everyone nearby as the nodded their heads in agreement with one another. But Jesus knew what they were thinking and says: Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 26And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? 27And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 28But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Of course, we all want to be theological, but we don’t want to be wrong in our exegesis. Clearly, whether you understand it or not, hundreds of thousands of people were inspired to follow Christ and others to return to what had been a dying church. Since I am a logical and rational person, would the evil devil have encouraged people to repent, pray, and follow the Spirit’s leading? I’m just asking, because in your fervor to paint something a illegitimate that you don’t understand, you participate in the same attitude which condemned Jesus. And yes, this little note is unlikely to change your preconceived notions and your theological narratives, but there is a possibility that you don’t know what you don’t know. From a loving member of the body of Christ. Dr. E
Dear Dr. E.,
Thanks for stopping by. Unfortunately, the formatting in the post above is not very good because of various computer reasons. If you want to read the whole study, please read all three parts at:
https://faithsaves.net/evan-roberts/
https://faithsaves.net/welsh-revival/
https://faithsaves.net/jessie-penn-lewis/
then circle back and point out some of the historical accuracies in the extensive documentation. After all, if the content of this series of posts is just ignorant, it should be easy to point out many factual inaccuracies. Simply quoting a passage where the Pharisees made a false accusation proves exactly nothing, as you would know if you have two earned doctorates. Thanks.