Azusa Street Testimonies (Part 3)

 

Brother Rosa’s Testimony

When Rev. Evans and his wife and Sister Florence Crawford went to the city of Oakland preaching the full Gospel, I went the first night, not to criticize but to investigate. Many preachers were there to criticize, but when I stepped in, I felt the power of God and could not say that it was the work of the devil, as most of the preachers declared, for I was practically convinced that it was the work of the Holy Spirit. I went home and began to study my Bible, and went to God in prayer to reveal to me if these people were really the people of God. He revealed to me in the attitude of my supplication that they were preaching exactly what the disciples of old preached. I was convinced that every minister of the Gospel should receive the same baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire that the disciples received on the day of Pentecost, before they are prepared to preach the Gospel. 

I was teaching that when we receive sanctification, we receive the Holy Spirit, as most of the preachers are teaching. But as I went to my Bible with the spirit of prayer, God revealed to me that the disciples were justified before Christ ascended; but they never were baptized with the Holy Spirit until the day of Pentecost. The second day that I went to the meeting, the Lord put a real hunger in my soul to go forward, but I was too proud as a minister of the Gospel to humble myself in a lowly mission and let ladies pray over me for the gift of the Holy Spirit, and I had in my mind what people would think of me. But the third day, as I arose to testify in the audience, the only words I could say were: "What does God think of me?" Then I could only weep for some minutes and the power of God came upon me until I dropped to the floor. 

I was under the power of God for about an hour and a half, and it was there that all pride, and self, and conceit disappeared, and I was really dead to the world, for I had Christ within in His fullness. I was baptized with the Holy Spirit and spoke in a new tongue. I praise God for the light, and now I am walking in it. The desire of my heart is to see every man and woman that preaches the Gospel of Christ, baptized with the Holy Spirit, for without the Holy Spirit it is almost impossible for us to convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and the judgment.

Testimonies Of Outgoing Missionaries. 

A company of three missionaries left Los Angeles September 13, en route for the west coast of Africa. Sister Hutchins has been preaching the Gospel in the power of the Spirit. She has received the baptism with the Holy Spirit and the gift of the Uganda language, the language of the people to whom she is sent. A brother who has been in that country understands and has interpreted the language she speaks. Her husband is with her and her niece, who also has been given the African language.

Sister Hutchins' Testimony.

I was justified on the 4th of July, 1901, and at that time, I felt that the Lord wanted me in Africa, but I was not then at all willing to go. But on the 28th of July, 1903, the Lord sanctified me. Before He sanctified me, He asked me if I would go to Africa. I promised Him I would. From that time on, I have felt the call to Africa, and have been willing to go at any moment, but not knowing just when the Lord would have me leave. On the sixth of last month, while out in my back yard one afternoon, I heard a voice speaking to me these words: "On the 15th day of September, take your husband and baby and start out for Africa." And I looked around and about me to see if there was not someone speaking to me, but I did not see anyone, and I soon recognized that it was the voice of God. I looked up into the heavens and said: "Lord, I will obey." Since then I have had many tests and temptations from the devil. He has at times told me that I would not even live to see the 15th of September, but I never once doubted God. I knew that He was able to bring everything to pass that He told me to do. After hearing the voice telling me to leave Los Angeles on the 15th, I went to one of my neighbors and testified to her that the Lord had told me to leave for Africa on the 15th of September.

She looked at me with a smile. I asked her what she was smiling about. She said: "Because you have not got street car fare to go to Azusa Street Mission tonight, and talking about going to Africa." But I told her I was trusting in a God that could bring all things to pass that He wanted us to do. He has really supplied all my needs in every way, for the work where He has called me. I want to testify also about my husband. He was a backslider, and how the devil did test me, saying: "You are going out to cast the devil out of others, and going to take a devil with you." My husband was not saved, but I held on to God and said: "Lord, I will obey." I continued to testify and to make preparations to leave on the 15th. The Lord reclaimed my husband and sanctified him wholly and put the glory and shout in him. So now it is my time to laugh. The devil has oppressed and mocked me; but praise the Lord, now I can mock him. Glory to God! It is now ten minutes to four o'clock in the afternoon on the 15th day of September. I am all ready and down to the Mission with my ticket and everything prepared, waiting to have hands laid on and the prayers of the saints, and expect to leave at eight o'clock from the Santa Fe station en route for Africa. We expect to go to Mt. Coffee, Monrovia, Liberia. Feeling the need of a real companion in the Gospel that was out and out for God, I prayed to God that He might give me one to go with me. I had my eyes upon one that I wanted to go, but in prayer and humility before God, I found out it was not the one the Lord wanted to go. So I said: "Anyone, Lord, that you would have to go will be pleasing to me." And, to my surprise, He gave me my niece—a girl that I had raised from a child. Now she is nineteen years of age, is saved, sanctified and baptized with the Holy Spirit, and is going with me out into the work of the Lord. So instead of giving me one companion, He gave me two—my niece and my husband.

Our first stop will be Chattanooga, Tenn., Harge Row. I want the prayers of the saints that I may stay humble. Mrs. J.W. Hutchins  Address: Mt. Coffee, Monrovia,  Liberia, Africa.

A Girl's Consecration For Africa. 

I am saved, sanctified and baptized with the Holy Spirit and have the Bible evidence. The Lord showed me that the language I spoke was the language of Africa. My aunt who has been the same as a mother to me, was going to Africa. I asked the Lord if He wanted me to go, to open up a way for me, and the next morning He opened the way for me. I did not have the means and He gave me the fare and supplied all my needs. I am willing to trust Him through to Africa. I know the Lord wants me to go there. I want to testify to those people and teach the children about the blessed Lord, and to work for the Lord. I am willing to forsake all my loved ones for His sake. I want the saints to pray for me for I am young in the Lord. Leila McKinney.

In Christ,

Tyrone

Unplug

 

I hear the hum of a thousand neon signs,
Screens flashing like sirens in my eyes,
Voices calling me —
Stay. Play. Forget.

The world spins faster,
Pleasures, phones, sports, parties —
A carousel of empty crowns,
A kingdom built on sand.

And for a minute,
I almost forget why I ever wanted out.

But then...
A whisper slices through the noise:

"I have chosen you out of the world — therefore the world hates you."
"The world loves its own." (give us Barabbas!)

Chosen.
Not chosen for fame,
Not chosen for followers,
Not chosen to chase shadows down endless streets.

Chosen... to leave.

To walk out of the glittering graveyard,
To leave behind everything that promised me life
But fed me slow poison in golden cups.

They call it living.
I call it dying with your eyes wide open.

The world says,
"Come, dance with us."
But I see the chains tucked behind their smiles.

And then I hear once again, that still small voice within,

And it says:
You weren’t built for cages.
You weren’t designed for their applause.
You were made to walk in the fire.
To live outside the simulation.
To stand in the Light they can’t understand.

So here I am:
Transformed into something new,

Here and there, with the wind that blew.

They’ll call me crazy.
They’ll call me lost.
They’ll call me everything except what I am:

Free!

Staying Connected To The Vine!

Tyrone

IF You Have Love For One Another (Part 2)

 

John 13:34-35

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

Can you love your brother or sister in Christ, when they disagree with you? When they tell you the truth about yourself and expose your sin? 

Can you love a homless man or woman off the street who wants to get to know Jesus? How about if they ask to come into your home for some food and a shower? 

How about a prostitute, who's looking to change her lifestyle, can you genuinely love and help her without judging her?

Jesus loved like this and much more! He touched the lepers and the sick, the blind and the lame. He loved smelly fishermen and Mary Magdalene, out of whom He cast seven devils!

And the greatest love of all, He sacrificed Himself for ALL humanity that we might be redeemed from our fallen state, that we might be cleansed from a life of unrighteousness and sin!!!

And while upon the cross itself, after being beaten beyond recognition, He cried out and said Father forgive them, for they know not what they do!!

That is the Love Jesus is commanding His disciples to have for one another!! My goodness that's a high standard!! Help your people to reach it Lord!!

The leperous man in Matthew 8:1-4 experienced the love of Jesus.

"When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Peter, experienced the love of Jesus in Luke 5:4-8

"When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”

The un-named woman who was likely a prostitute also experienced the great love of Jesus in:

Luke 7:36-39, 44-50

"Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”

Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.  Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

This is the love the disciples of Jesus are commanded to have for one another!!

How can this be? Not by might, not by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord!!!

In Christ,

Tyrone

IF You Have Love For One Another! (Part 1)

 

Wow! Can you see how the world is getting darker and darker? The wicked and ungodly are getting bolder everyday! Blaspheming the name of Jesus, laughing and mocking those who believe what the bible says. Many entertainers are making a mockery of the crucifixtion, the religious of today are becoming more bold in their hypocrisy and desire for money. So called pastors the world over are getting addicted to pornography and the like.

Yet there is still more to come! As people harden themselves more and more to the presence and grace of God, the Lord is getting ready to separate His people from the unbelievers! When He pours out His Spirit for this last hour, true love and Holy Spirit power will be seen once more before the Lord Jesus returns.

The scriptures must be fulfilled, and millions will literally hate the righteous with all their being and there will be no more hatred of other so-called races, or because of the color of skin. It will be, we hate you because you are a Christian! Because you are a disciple of Jesus, because you have the Holy Spirit in your soul, and because you are bearing the fruit of the Spirit, namely LOVE!

Didn't they hate Jesus for the same reasons! Didn't they crucify Him without a cause! Yet all He did was love, heal, and tell people the truth that could save their souls from hell and the lake of fire!

And this separation and outpouring of God's Spirit is absolutely necessary world-wide in order for millions of people to be saved from the coming judgments and the wrath of God!

I truly do not see the true and genuine love of Jesus in any congregation I have been in or served in. The closest I have gotten to it was the International Church of Christ in Chicago, before it was exposed as cultish. But they had one thing right, they knew how to get people to study the bible and lay the right foundation of Christ, but failed to teach people about the baptism with the Holy Spirit. 

Young single men lived together in rented apartments, as well as the women. They gave up jobs and cars, they met together daily and only dated other singles from the church. Married couples opened up their homes to people, they had marriage retreats and conferences. It was truly a well oiled machine, but everything was being done in the flesh! Without the Spirit of God! It just continues to show you what man can do when everyone is thinking the same!

Jesus said in John 13:34-35

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

Let me tell you right now, it is IMPOSSIBLE to have the type of love that Jesus is talking about in John 13 without first being baptized with the Holy Spirit! How can you truly display the Love of God, if God's Spirit is not in your soul? 

You can't bear the fruit of the Spirit if you don't have His Spirit to begin with!!! And this is where the Pharisees and teachers of the bible fail today, they are not helping souls to be truly converted to Christ, they are not teaching people how to enter the Kingdom of God!

How many times have you heard, repeat after me? How many times have you heard just repeat Romans 10:9? But what did Jesus say?

John 3:5

"Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God."

The truth is on full display right here in plain text, black and white, but sadly not explained, taught, or accepted! The explanation for water and Spirit is contained IN the scriptures! Jesus was baptized in water, and the Holy Spirit came down from Heaven and remained on Him. He is our perfect example and the Blueprint that we should follow!! Another explanation is in Acts 19, with the men who believed in John's baptism.

Acts 19:1-7

And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.” And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?” So they said, “Into John’s baptism.” 

Then Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Now the men were about twelve in all.

You cannot have genuine love for another brother or sister in Christ without first being filled with the One who can give you the fruit of love! The Spirit of God!

If you have not experienced true biblical conversion the way Jesus Christ Himself outlined it, then you HAVE NOT entered into God's Kingdom! 

If you truly desire to enter and see God's Kingdom, and receive God's Spirit into your soul, so you can bear the fruit of the Spirit, reach out to me at hisbrideministries777@gmail.com. I'll be blessed to help you!

The choice is always yours!

In Christ,

Tyrone