What We Need: The Supernatural Element of Christianity.

What We Need

We have lost the supernatural element of Christianity and we are clinging with trembling hands to a historical Christ that has no power to heal the sick and no ability to meet our daily needs. The spirit of real evangelism is almost a thing of the past.
We have driven the miracle-working Christ out of the Church; now we are driving the believers in miracles out of the Church.

We cannot blame the missions and non-conformist cults that are rising everywhere.
It is a protest of the people against the modern theological thought that dominates the Church. Christian Science could not have grown to the place where it is dominating many of our large cities unless there had been a demand in the heart of the people for a supernatural religion.

The Pentecostal movement could not have risen with the power that it has, had not the heart of the people been craving a new, fresh vision of Christ. A dead orthodoxy has no resurrection power within it¬ – no miracle-working force back of it.

The people are putting up with extravagances and fanati¬cism in order that they may get a little touch of the super¬natural God. Cultured men and women will listen to uneducated preachers because the uneducated preacher in the dingy mission has faith in a living God.

When men tell us that we do not need miracles today and that education will take their place – they have not thought through on this subject. No man can actually live and walk with the Man of Galilee without living in the realm of the miraculous. Jesus is as much a miracle now as ever.

Man needs His miraculous touch now more than ever. Nothing but a return to this God of Miracles will save our land and nation.

Is This True?

If a preacher has the reputation of acting on James 5:14 or Mark 16:18 he is disqualified for most of the denominational pulpits. The Church is no longer in the grip of God but under the sway of scholastic intolerance.

Our slogan should be “Back to the Living, Miracle Working Christ.” People want Him, so they crowd the building where he is allowed to act. Jesus attracted the multitude by miracles. Jesus will attract them today. “He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” We have three classes today. First, those in whom the physical dominates.

These are governed by their passions, appetites and physical desires. Second, those in whom the mind dominates. In this class, we have the great financial, and educational, social and political leaders. A purely intellectual development makes man a dangerous
asset to society; it develops his ego, his selfishness, and self-consciousness.

Third, those in whom the spirit dominates. These are the great spiritual leaders of the Church today men who are seeking to restore man to his original spiritual realm.

The Wonderful Name of Jesus