I have read some about Smith Wigglesworth in the past and was stirred by his faith. The reminder of his ministry encourages me to go back and read again.
The issue isn't personality worship, but we need to recapture the miraculous in the Church today and reading his sermons may give a clue toward seeing that happen. The miraculous is the credential of the gospel.
We are in the middle of a great awakening in the Church at large, but the Holy Spirit is not manifesting Himself to the same degree in our western and European cultures. That should make us sit up and take notice.
Randy Clark originally from Toronto Airport Vineyard was recently in Brazil with a team of 150 people from across the USA for a 3 week crusade. Two from our own fellowship were on the team. They are reporting over 11000 healings during the 3 weeks. Goiters disappearing, deafness and blindness healed, deliverances and much more. Why Brazil and not main street America or the Champs Elyeese in Paris or one of the streets of London?
Bill Johnson, Reading California, 'When Heaven Invades Earth' describes the miraculous as a normal and expected thing in their midst. When heaven invades earth; when was the last time I felt that God invaded earth? Most of the time, pertaining to the miraculous, He makes a cameo appearance a couple of times a year. Perhaps we need to readjust our culture into alignment with the unseen things rather than those that we see, touch, and scientifically determine.
Peter and John didn't have any silver and gold, but what they had caused a man lame from birth to get up and walk. We are to do greater things than Jesus. The challenge that we should see in Wigglesworth is that God is no respecter of persons.
He is calling forth a generation of radical, passionate, lovers of God who will destroy the works of the enemy. I've got a few years left and I want to be a part of this awesome demonstration of His love and power.
I don't mean this as a condemnation or a bomb,
but rather simply expressing what God has been challenging me with over the past year. What do you think?
Sorry if this hijacks the thread.
Doug