The Azusa Street Love - Pentecostal (John 3:16)
When the Azusa Street Revival erupted in 1906 Los Angeles, reporters came to mock. What they found shocked them: Black and white worshippers together, men and women leading side by side, rich and poor on the same floor. One newspaper wrote derisively, "The color line has been washed away in the blood." They meant it as criticism; it was actually the gospel. "God so loved THE WORLD"—every nation, every race, every class. The Spirit fell on ALL flesh. When God's love truly fills a room, human divisions can't survive. Have you experienced love that crosses every line?
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