charisma

As some of my friends wrestle with the "charismatic question", I read this reminder from Castle Sands on the 100th anniversary of Azusa Street quoting Johnathan Edwards.

A work is not to be judged of by any affects on the bodies of men; such as tears, tremblings, groans, loud outcries, agonies of bodies, or the failing of bodily strength. The influence persons are under is not to be judged of one way or other by such affects on the body; and the reason is because the Scripture nowhere gives us any such rule.

See here for more Edwards on physical manifestations.

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