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| | | The charismatic churches may well be receiving the false latter rain. | | by Richard W. O'Ffill | | Today some of the charismatic churches are mega-churches. (A mega-church is a large church that has two thousand or more worshippers for a typical weekly service.) They own radio and television networks. More than that, the charismatic churches have become role models. They compose the music we sing and write the drama that is enacted in our churches. This has caused many of us to wonder if we are really who we thought we are. We thought we would be the ones with thousands attending our churches each Sabbath. But things are exactly as they were prophesied to be. Before the end of time, there will be a counterfeit revival. The enemy of souls "will make it appear that God's special blessing is poured out; there will be manifest what is thought to be great religious interest" (Ellen G. White, The Faith I Live By, p. 326). This is no time for us to become disillusioned and wonder if somehow we have it wrong or if the conviction that we have about the message of this hour has been exaggerated. Nor should we lose heart. The message that God has given this church is for such a time as this, and it will be proclaimed with power in the time that has been appointed. We have not believed cunningly devised fables. | | |
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