Episode 194: a PURE vision for Charismatic Ministry

In AD 180, Charismatic ministry was very different than today. By
God's grace, we need to somehow recover what was lost.

Irenaeus (AD 180) - “Those who are in truth His
disciples, receiving grace from Him, do in His name perform
miracles, so as to promote the welfare of others, according to
the gift which each one has received from Him. For some do
certainly and truly drive out devils, so that those who have thus
been cleansed from evil spirits frequently both believe [in
Christ] and join the Church. Others have foreknowledge of things
to come: they see visions and speak the prophecies they have
received. Others still, heal the sick by laying their hands upon
them, and they are healed. Moreover, as I have said, even the
dead have been raised and remained among us for many years. And
what more can I even say? It is not even possible to number all
of the gifts which the Church, throughout the whole world, has
received from God, in the name of Jesus Christ, who was crucified
under Pontius Pilate, and which Christians demonstrate
daily for the benefit of the unbelievers, neither deceiving them
nor taking any financial reward from them [on account of such
miraculous ministry]. For as Christians have received freely from
God, freely also do they minister [to others]” Matt.
10:8  (Against Heresies, Book 2,
Chapter 32, Section 4)