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Woman tells police House of Hope Atlanta megachurch covered up rape then threatened her
Sep 05, 2019 10:23 pm
Woman tells police House of Hope Atlanta megachurch covered up rape then threatened her
(CP) – It was 3:31 p.m. Sunday when Octavia felt compelled enough to tell police in Georgia about “a rape” that occurred four years ago that she alleges officials at House of Hope Atlanta have been trying to cover up since they were told about it. Someone from the storied 15,000-member church, led by Pastor E. Dewey Smith Jr., she told Cobb County police officer C.B. Neill, had left a threatening message in her mailbox.“She found a small white piece of paper in her mailbox on September 1st that read,

‘Octavia Stop  NOW or Else 83019,’” Neill wrote in his report.

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Benny Hinn renounces prosperity gospel, says ‘Holy Ghost is just fed up with it’
Sep 05, 2019 08:50 am
Benny Hinn renounces prosperity gospel, says ‘Holy Ghost is just fed up with it’
(CP) – Declaring that the “Holy Ghost is just fed up with it,” controversial televangelist Benny Hinn, formerly one of the most aggressive proponents of the prosperity gospel, has for the first time in his career, delivered a full-throated rejection of the practice that made him and his family millions. The prosperity gospel teaches, among other things, that believers have a right to the blessings of health and wealth, and they can obtain these blessings through positive confessions of faith and the “sowing of seeds” through the faithful payments of tithes and offerings.

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Group of Christian Leaders to Investigate Allegations Against Todd Bentley
Sep 04, 2019 03:48 pm
Group of Christian Leaders to Investigate Allegations Against Todd Bentley
(Charisma) – A group of “senior leaders in the body” of Christ will investigate the allegations of sexual misconduct against revivalist Todd Bentley, according to a statement Michael Brown posted on Facebook this morning. On Aug. 22, Stephen Powell—founder of Lion of Light Ministries—posted a lengthy Facebook statement accusing Bentley of “sexual perversion” involving male and female interns. Some of the accusations included getting drunk, looking at pornography, using crude speech and offering a male intern money in exchange for sex.

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Should We Restore Todd Bentley Again?
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In 2008, Canadian-born evangelist Todd Bentley became a household name in charismatic circles when he aired nightly revival services from Lakeland, Florida, for several months. Bentley was known for shouting, "Bam!" as he smacked people on the head—or kicked them—during prayer for healing. He claimed that an angel had been sent by God to bring a great revival to America that would start in his meetings.

But as quickly as Bentley could say, "Bam!" the so-called Lakeland Revival imploded. The meetings, broadcast by GOD-TV, were shut down after news that Bentley had been carrying on an extramarital affair with a woman who had served as his family's nanny. He later divorced his wife, Shonnah; married the second woman, Jessa; and moved to North Carolina to be quickly restored to ministry by author Rick Joyner.

Immediately after the first fiasco, Joyner provided spiritual oversight for Bentley and eventually became convinced the fallen preacher was ready to go back on the road. Bill Johnson, pastor of Bethel Church in Redding, California, released a 2011 statement saying that he felt Bentley was ready to be back in the pulpit.

Fast-forward to 2019, and another Bentley scandal has erupted. Stephen Powell, who leads Lion of Light Ministries in Pineville, North Carolina, released a public statement last week saying he has evidence that Bentley has been engaging in inappropriate sexual behavior with both men and women over the past few years. Powell, an estranged protégé of Bentley's, says he took his accusations to Rick Joyner and that Joyner didn't do anything to protect the people hurt by Bentley.


Powell said he had evidence that, among other things, Bentley solicited sex from a male intern for money, asked a female intern for nude photos and engaged in binge drinking after revival meetings.

"I believe Todd has proven over more than two decades of ministry, moral failures and abuse of others that he cannot be trusted with the care of God's people," said Powell in an Aug. 22 post on Facebook. "I believe Todd is not fit for public ministry. On top of his sexual sins, he has proven to be a compulsive liar, he lacks financial integrity when handling God's money and he is a substance abuser that has drawn many others into these sins with him over the years."

Bentley posted a rambling response to his former associate on Aug. 23. While admitting that he does "have a past," he called Powell's charges gossip and hearsay. "The majority of these accusations are absolutely not true. Not all, but the majority," Bentley said. "However, there are some that are true, some that even are partial truths. Much are exaggerated and are based on personal speculation."

Joyner also posted a video response, saying he completed Bentley's restoration process in 2012 and no longer provides spiritual covering for him. Joyner also accused Powell of "witchcraft" for coming forward with the embarrassing charges.


This ugly scandal, which feels like deja vu all over again, has triggered numerous questions from ministry leaders and people in the pews about how to deal with preachers who fail morally. How long is a restoration process? How long should a fallen leader step out of ministry? Should there be a "three strikes and you're out" rule? Is a leader ever permanently disqualified?

Obviously, the Bible offers all Christians forgiveness after a serious failure—and Galatians 6:1a (NASB) calls us to restore anyone who is "caught in any trespass." But does that mean we automatically put fallen leaders back in their positions, even if their sins hurt people deeply? And what if the leaders don't exhibit true repentance?

Prophet and author Loren Sanford stepped into the discussion this week and posted a sobering video response to the Todd Bentley scandal—and he didn't dilute his message with cheap grace. Sanford actually said Bentley should never have been allowed to go back into ministry after his 2008 failure.

"If Todd had been under my care," Sanford said in a Facebook video posted on Aug. 26, "he would never have been allowed to stand on a stage again. Based on what he did, I don't believe he can ever make his current marriage right. That doesn't mean I reject him as a Christian. I would accept him in the church as a layperson, but never again as a leader."

I totally agree. I would never tell anyone that they are beyond the reach of God's forgiveness. I can accept Todd Bentley as my brother in Christ even if he has made horrible mistakes. But that doesn't mean I would trust him to lead a ministry—especially if he has not shown the necessary signs of repentance.

Paul warned Timothy not to lay hands on a young leader too quickly because he would "share responsibility for the sins of others" (see 1 Tim. 5:22). That means if we put a leader in a position of influence when we know he has the potential for harm, we are partly to blame for his abuses.

This latest situation is a disaster—for Bentley, for the interns and other associates who were hurt by him, and for the countless people who followed Bentley for a second time. When the Lakeland Revival crumbled in 2008, many people quit church altogether because they felt defrauded. Now it has happened again. And it makes the charismatic church look foolish, because we don't have systems in place to protect people from leaders who look great on stage but secretly live in sin.

Personally, I blame the system for this current mess. We charismatics are more enamored with "the anointing" than character. We run after healings and miracles, even if they are questionably manufactured. We chase gold dust, feathers, goosebumps and smackdowns instead of holiness, biblical revelation and true repentance. We are addicted to hype.

More than a decade ago some people put Todd Bentley on a pedestal because he claimed to have exotic supernatural powers—and many didn't care that he abandoned one wife for another. Now we are paying for that folly. It remains to be seen whether we will clean up our act this time.

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Church hosting revival defends Todd Bentley amid sexual misconduct allegations
By Leonardo Blair, Christian Post Reporter | Tuesday, August 27, 2019
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Faith healer and Fresh Fire USA leader, Todd Bentley. | Screenshot: Fresh Fire USA
Leaders of The Salvation of God Church in East Rochester, New York, where embattled faith healer and Fresh Fire USA leader Todd Bentley is expected to preach this weekend, declared their support for him Monday despite facing strong criticism from the public in the wake of recent allegations of sexual misconduct.

“We are not going to stop supporting Todd Bentley and Jessa Bentley and we are not going to cancel our meetings with them this weekend. Stop with the hate mail and grow up! It’s time we became the body and the light of Christ!” Susan G. O’Marra, co-pastor of the church declared in a post on her Facebook page Monday that was also shared by the church. The church was not immediately available for further comment when contacted by The Christian Post.

Bentley’s four-night event in New York with The Salvation of God Church is “geared specifically for a Healing Outpouring!” according to language advertising the event online.



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“The Lord is raising up hotspots of revival where the power of God prevails and transcends all spheres. These will be healing centers much like the ministries of A.A. Allen in Miracle Valley; Kathryn Kuhlman in Pittsburg; and Aimee Semple McPherson in Los Angeles. These centers will have the mantle of healing and deliverance and will allow people to gather and sit in the anointing and glory of the LORD for days at a time!” the announcement for the event says. “We are purposefully holding meetings to reignite these healing fires and rekindle anointings!”

Bentley was recently publicly dismissed by estranged protégé Stephen Powell as “not fit for public ministry” because of an alleged “perverse sexual addiction.” Powell accused the controversial evangelist of preying on interns, among other things. 

Powell, who runs Lion of Light Ministries in Pineville, North Carolina, alleged in a lengthy post on Facebook last Thursday that Bentley “has an appetite for a variety of sexual sins, including both homosexual and heterosexual activity.” He also alleged that Bentley and his wife Jessa invited other people into their marriage bed.

Bentley vehemently denied any sexual acts outside of his marriage. 

“The majority of these accusations are absolutely NOT true, however, there are some that are true, and even some that have partial truths with much exaggeration based on his personal speculation. These faults are many years old…I do want to say up front that there has absolutely been NO adultery, there has been no sex outside of our marriage whatsoever,” Bentley noted in a statement.

He admitted, however, to sending sexually suggestive messages to interns more than six years ago, which Powell identified as both male and female. 

“These were degrading, despicable and without question not the kind of behavior that should come from anyone seeking to follow the Lord or serve Him in ministry. I was mostly embarrassed at first, and tried to deny and cover up my sin. The grace of God and unrelenting friends would not let me do this. When I was finally able to lower my defenses and admit my guilt, I was as deeply appalled by what I had done. I admitted then that these degrading communications were not just jokes or brief lapses of poor judgement— these were things that were still in me, and if any of those who had received those communications had responded to them positively, I could have entered into deeper sin,” he stated.

“By the grace of God, I was spared from falling into more serious sins, but the communications themselves were bad enough. I was broken by the fact that these communications were defiling to the children of God I was called to serve. The fact that others had been defiled was even more heart-wrenching than the fact that they had defiled me."

Bentley stressed that he has repented and gone through counseling and a process of restoration though he is not "totally free yet of all of the darkness that gripped me during my lifestyle before coming to Christ."

In an interview with CP Monday, Powell stood by his allegations and insisted that the claims that Bentley’s sinful behaviors are all in the distant past are not true. He said he had recent evidence of misconduct by Bentley but said he was unwilling to share any evidence of those allegations until he can ensure that the victims involved were safe.

Louis DeSiena, senior leader at The Gate Church in Jacksonville, Florida, who also leads the Kingdom Revival Alliance along with Bentley, said he, along with Rick Joyner, author of The Final Quest and founder of Morning Star Ministries and Heritage International Ministries, had been trying to investigate the claims against Bentley since they were approached by Powell.

He agreed with Joyner, however, that Powell’s recent actions to expose Bentley were driven by malice despite what he claims.

In a Facebook Live broadcast Friday, DeSiena explained that over a year ago he understood that Powell had an encounter with an angel in Australia and said he had been given a mandate to expose abuse in church leadership.

Around the same time, Powell allegedly called minister and TV host Shawn Bolz as well as Bill Johnson, senior leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California “false prophets” and other derogatory names, DeSiena claimed.

DeSiena said Bentley called him and asked him to help Powell write a letter of apology to the leaders as head of the KRA. He explained that he edited a letter Powell had written to reflect that request but Powell allegedly chose to write a defensive letter explaining why he needed to call out the leaders and further attacked them.

He said Bentley recommended that Powell be released from the alliance because of the direction he wanted to go with calling out leaders. Johnson, along with Joyner, were part a “healing team” that was formed to help restore Bentley after a divorce triggered by an emotional affair in 2008.

“That’s not what we’re going to do in our alliance,” DeSiena said.

“That’s not what we’re about. We’re about revival … If judgment could actually produce holiness, Israel would have been the most holy nation on the planet,” he argued. “There’s a process for all these things.”

DeSiena said Powell did not respond well to that move and allegedly vowed to destroy Bentley.

“He got mad at me, he got offended, he got hurt with Todd, and it was reported to us that he was going to take Todd out. That was his motive now, to take Todd out,” the KRA leader said.

On Monday, Bentley pleaded with his followers on Facebook for prayer and said he is working on a New Seer School Online.

“Real Prayer needed! Do I have some true warriors that can please pray for me and my wife Jessa, family and ministry as we navigate some storms and do appreciate all the kindness. You may not understand all but pray in the Spirit! Your support in this season means so much to us. Thank you!” he said.

Fresh Fire leader Todd Bentley accused of ‘perverse sexual addiction,’ preying on interns
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Fresh Fire leader Todd Bentley accused of ‘perverse sexual addiction,’ preying on interns
OPINION (CP) – Stephen Powell, an estranged protégé of controversial evangelist Todd Bentley at Fresh Fire USA, has publicly dismissed his mentor as “not fit for public ministry,” alleging that he has a “perverse sexual addiction” that has driven him to prey on interns. Citing personal and reported testimony, Powell, who runs Lion of Light Ministries in Pineville, North Carolina, alleged in a lengthy post on Facebook Thursday that Bentley “has an appetite for a variety of sexual sins, including both homosexual and heterosexual activity.” He was not immediately available to respond to The Christian Post’s request for further comment on Friday.

Powell also charged that Bentley’s behavior is enabled and covered up by his wife, Jessa, as well as Christian leaders in the evangelist’s orbit such as Rick Joyner, author of The Final Quest and founder of Morning Star Ministries and Heritage International Ministries. Joyner helped Bentley create Fresh Fire USA in 2009, the year after Bentley separated from now ex-wife, Shonnah, and got involved in an emotional relationship with a staff member. Joyner was also part of the “healing team” that was formed to help restore Bentley after the divorce and emotional affair. CONTINUE https://www.christianpost.com/news/fresh-fire-leader-todd-bentley-accused-of-perverse-sexual-addiction-preying-on-interns.html


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Fresh Fire leader Todd Bentley accused of ‘perverse sexual addiction,’ preying on interns
Rick Joyner says he knew
Fresh Fire leader Todd Bentley accused of ‘perverse sexual addiction,’ preying on interns
By Leonardo Blair, Christian Post Reporter | Monday, August 26, 2019
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Stephen Powell, an estranged protégé of controversial evangelist Todd Bentley at Fresh Fire USA, has publicly dismissed his mentor as “not fit for public ministry,” alleging that he has a “perverse sexual addiction” that has driven him to prey on interns. 

Citing personal and reported testimony, Powell, who runs Lion of Light Ministries in Pineville, North Carolina, alleged in a lengthy post on Facebook Thursday that Bentley “has an appetite for a variety of sexual sins, including both homosexual and heterosexual activity.” He was not immediately available to respond to The Christian Post's request for further comment on Friday. 

Powell also charged that Bentley’s behavior is enabled and covered up by his wife, Jessa, as well as Christian leaders in the evangelist’s orbit such as Rick Joyner, author of The Final Quest and founder of Morning Star Ministries and Heritage International Ministries.

Joyner helped Bentley create Fresh Fire USA in 2009, the year after Bentley separated from now ex-wife, Shonnah, and got involved in an emotional relationship with a staff member. Joyner was also part of the “healing team” that was formed to help restore Bentley after the divorce and emotional affair.

In a Facebook Live broadcast on Friday, Joyner said he currently has no authority over Bentley and acknowledged being aware of accusations that he had preyed on interns. He also acknowledged that Powell had come to him and tried to pressure him into taking swift action against Bentley. He accused Powell of operating in a spirit of “witchcraft” for going public with his knowledge.


“When people come to me with pressuring, manipulating, especially threatening if I don’t do something their way, or in their time, I know that’s the devil," Joyner said. "That’s in Scripture, counterfeit spiritual authority which is called witchcraft. That is not the Holy Spirit. We’ve got to start recognizing what is from the Holy Spirit and what is not.” 

Powell said that even though he had been aware of misconduct by Bentley over the years, much of the evidence supporting his current allegations came to light this summer after he started appealing to Joyner to stage an intervention.

“Down through the years, Todd [Bentley] has made sexual advances toward (and in some cases engaged in sexual sin with) a number of different men and women outside his marriage, many of them interns and/or students under his leadership care in the church,” Powell alleged.

Powell cited testimony from a male intern who claimed in 2013 that Bentley offered to pay him $1,000 if he allowed him to perform oral sex on him.

He said the intern told him: “‘There was a time that I was with Todd and I was struggling to get by. ... I was living with my sister, working a job, just trying to pay my bills and get by, and Todd was supposed to be my mentor you know. And we’re hanging out and he’s paying for me to eat out, paying for me here, paying for me there, you know, and always showing off his money you know. ... And he was like, ‘I know you’re struggling so’... I don’t know how it came up, but He was like, ‘Can I suck your d--- for $1,000?’ And I’m like, ‘What?’ I was like, ‘What the F is your freaking problem?' ... And I was like, oblivious. ... And you know, it was not just that. ... I saw pictures of His wife naked, fully naked, the whole nine yards.”

He said he was told by another male intern who witnessed what happened that he informed Joyner of Bentley’s actions but ultimately “nothing was done and Todd was still allowed to go on in ministry as if everything was okay.”

In a response on Facebook Friday, Bentley admitted to “having a past” and noted that the allegations against him weren’t new.


“I decided to come out in a public way ahead of what has been brewing in recent months….This isn’t something new as many of the things that I’m dealing with do go back up to six, seven years. Yes, old stuff. I do have a past and many of the things I’m being accused of today come from the fact that I’ve had cracks in my foundation. I’m not about to hide, try to lie or run from the fact that I have a past in which my wife and my therapist [have been a part],” he explained.

He said he has been working with a therapist for approximately one year as well as an accountability team.

Bentley called many of the current accusations against him, “false.”

“They are gossip, they are swirl, they are speculation, hearsay and they are without any real evidence. As far as let the accusers come forth. Let them name names. Let them meet with me, with Rick. With whoever is on my leadership. I would love to be able to look in the eye of the people making the claims,” he said.

“I do have the things in my past I gotta say … whether they are six months, a year, two years, five, six, seven. Many of the things that I’ve addressed and continue to address in my life to be clean,” he said.

“I am not guilty of the things that I’m being accused of as far as those homosexual acts. Things that are taken out of context in inappropriate text messages or conversations that I had that were not right that I’ve had to own, that go back to 2013,” he said, noting that he didn’t have any sexual affairs or commit adultery.

He said he is now leaning on the prayers and support of his friends, then read a prepared statement after assuring his followers that his ongoing healing revival will continue.

In his response, Joyner explained that after he completed oversight of Bentley’s restoration in 2012 stemming from the 2008 scandal, the evangelist has been charting his own path while continuing counseling.

“I do not have authority over Todd Bentley. Those of you who know the story had the issues [that manifested in 2008]. I was asked by Peter Wagner as a representative of the Revival Alliance to oversee Todd’s restoration. I was given very few guidelines, [not] anything. Just here, you take this. We think you’re supposed to do it. I thought I was the worst one in the world to do it,” he said. “I’m not good at that. That’s not my type of calling.”

He said he prayed about it, however, and he felt like God would give him the grace to do it.

“I would say this about Todd, he’s still being restored but guess what? So am I. So are you. We still have a ways to go. I felt like the Lord showed me in 2008 that this wasn’t the last big public embarrassment that Todd was gonna have or mistake or sin. I was given a Scripture in Proverbs where the righteous fall seven times. Even the righteous fall seven times, but He said Todd would keep getting back up. He said he would fight on. But I never expected after we released him in I think about 2012, that he would be perfect,” Joyner said.

He disputes as well that nothing was done when he learned of Bentley’s behavior toward interns.

“A situation arose in 2013 when Todd, a friend brought some text messages that Todd had sent to some interns. I was appalled,” Joyner said.

“They are in the accusations that the brother put out yesterday. I was shocked. I still didn’t have authority over Todd but I went to him as a brother and I confronted him with it. As a matter of fact, I confronted him harder than I ever confronted anybody over anything. I was absolutely outraged,” he said.
Rick Joyner and Todd Bentley on Revival Harvest America from Fresh Fire USA on Vimeo.

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Erwin Lutzer lays out 5 false gospels within evangelical churches
Erwin Lutzer lays out 5 false gospels within evangelical churches
By Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter | Sunday, May 12, 2019
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There are five false gospels found in evangelicalism today, says former senior pastor of The Moody Church in Chicago, Illinois, and current Pastor Emeritus Erwin W. Lutzer. 

Lutzer talked with Darrell Bock, executive director for cultural engagement at Dallas Theological Seminary, on an episode of “The Table” podcast posted online Monday.

During their conversation, Lutzer listed five false gospels, the first being that of “permissive grace,” which involves churches saying that people can have grace without personal transformation.

“We have to preach about sin and do so compassionately so people know that they need the abundant, undeserved grace of God,” said Lutzer.

“But today what you find is that there are many people who preach grace even before people really know that they need it.”

Bock agreed, adding that he felt that was an issue for “Western culture in particular,” saying that many westerners have a sense of entitlement, “as if God owes them something just by their mere presence on the planet.”

“I think that entitlement eats away an appreciation for what grace really means, because, you know, you don’t come to God with a sense of, ‘Have mercy on me; I’m a sinner;’ you come to God with an attitude of saying, ‘Well, I can bargain with You about this, and You really owe me in one way or another,’” replied Bock.

The second false gospel Lutzer described was “social justice gospel,” which he believed often led to “the gospel of personal conversion” being “left behind.”  

“Social justice, no matter how well done, at its best is not the gospel. It may be the result of the gospel, depending on how it’s defined. I mean, you can go to Africa and all of the various hospitals were built by missionaries,” Lutzer explained. “So we’ve always had a social conscience, but social justice is not the gospel. The gospel is not what we can do for Jesus; it’s what Jesus has done for us.”

Lutzer also listed “new age” ideas as a false gospel that can enter an evangelical church, and also the “gospel of my sexuality,” which involved evangelical churches not denouncing sexual sins.

The last one Lutzer described as a threat to evangelical churches was “interfaith dialogue,” specifically certain kinds of dialogue. Lutzer cited dialogues with Muslims as an example.

“Now, I’m not opposed to debates. And, of course, I argue also that we need to befriend Muslims; we could talk about that even when it comes to other issues,” explained Lutzer.

As an example of a harmful interfaith dialogue, Lutzer told Bock that he has an Islamic apologetics book by Muslims that includes statements like “Islam has always defended the righteousness of women. And Islam has always been on the forefront of civil rights. And Muhammad was a man of peace who tried to bring Jews and pagans and everyone together.”

“It deals with ‘how do you take Islam to an audience that probably has never even seen a Quran, much less read it, or the Hadith, and how do you sell them on a version of Islam that will be acceptable?’ And many people are falling for this, and I warn against it,” Lutzer added.

Lutzer’s talk about the five false gospels was drawn from a book he published in August 2018 titled The Church in Babylon: Heeding the Call to Be a Light in the Darkness.

The book sought to answer how Christians can live in a “pagan” culture through two questions, “How did we get here?” and “How do we prepare for the dark and difficult days ahead?”

“Lutzer answers both of these questions. He will walk you through the many parallels between the Church in America and God’s people in Babylon, and embolden you to be a gospel witness,” notes the book’s description.
“You’ll be encouraged not to compromise your faith even when under constant pressure from all corners of society. And more than all this you will have a fresh encounter with Jesus Christ, as you consider the biblical role of those in exile.”

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False Teacher – John Eckhardt
Powered by Satan
I watched this video of John preaching at “Calvary Lighthouse” in 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSdE4VgDA0Q:

This is spiritual vomit; it is blasphemous, presumptuous, demonic, nothing less or more. This is a glory-seeking man who speaks in the Name of the Lord, out of the imagination of his own heart, powered by Satan, the dethroned prince of this world.

Eckhardt is a prophet of Baal jumping up and down on his vile altar, supposing he’ll move the crowd, if not God, to great works and manifestations, but to what end and for what cause?

Here’s what I wrote to a person whose Facebook account was promoting this “Lighthouse” video:

“We see you honoring a vile spewing of blasphemy out of the mouth of John Eckhardt. It is horrid, Mazel. It is not the Spirit of the Lord speaking but the spirit of a presumptuous exhibitionist. This man is devilish with false gifts of tongues and prophecy and carnal preaching. The man is a liar.

John Eckhardt and so many others like him are nothing less than prophets of Baal, the very kind against whom Elijah stood. John is jumping up and down on the altar, trying to impress God and man by demonstrating his zeal, but the Lord doesn’t hear a word he says, much less speak through him. He will die the death of that Elijah slew.

“We have an altar of which they have no right to eat, those who serve the tabernacle” (Hebrews 13:10 MKJV).

Don’t you know the difference between true and false? If not, you are lost and prey to devils in works of darkness.

Frankly, the saints and angels in Heaven are indignant at these things done and spoken in His Name by such as John Eckhardt. His performance is revolting and nauseous to the sons and daughters of God.

Your sin blinds you. Pray, fast, turn from your sins and run to the Lord. Be ashamed for publishing false apostles:

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 MKJV

(13)  For such ones are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
(14)  Did not even Satan marvelously transform himself into an angel of light?
(15)  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.

Except for the grace of God, you’ll not see what we’re warning you about and will despise us for these words.

Victor Hafichuk

Note: As of May 2017, John Eckhardt’s website is infected with malware and not accessible.

This article from Charisma Magazine presents an example of the treacherous ways and teachings of John Eckhardt. It begins:

“Apostle John Eckhardt believes that rejection is a bigger problem than most Christians realize. He calls rejection—the subject of his latest book—a ‘major, undiagnosed, untreated problem in the body of Christ.’”

If being rejected was the problem for the Body of Christ that Eckhardt proposes it is, then what about the Head of the Body, Who was rejected by all?

“He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as it were a hiding of faces from Him, He being despised, and we esteemed Him not” (Isaiah 53:3 MKJV).

Was Jesus overcome by rejection, or did He overcome it?

“He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the will of the LORD shall prosper in His hand. He shall see the fruit of the travail of His soul. He shall be fully satisfied” (Isaiah 53:10-11 MKJV).

And did Jesus overcome rejection for Himself alone, or for everyone who comes to Him as Lord and Savior?

“But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was on Him; and with His stripes we ourselves are healed… By His knowledge shall My Righteous Servant justify for many; and He shall bear their iniquities” (Isaiah 53:5 MKJV).

The answer to dealing with rejection by men is to turn to the One we’ve all rejected, the One Who removes your sin and reconciles you to God and man.

Isn’t that what Eckhardt is proposing? No; he has written a long book presumably giving counsel from the Word of God, yet Eckhardt isn’t directing people to the Lord, the Word made flesh. He is directing people to himself, the “apostle,” and his own wisdom. That’s why he accepts titles and the praise of men. That’s why he sells spiritual counsel (see The True Marks of a Cult). That’s why the article reports:

“Concluding the event in prayer, he asked everyone to say out loud, ‘I command these spirits to leave.’ He also asked them to place a hand on their forehead, breaking the powers of hell over the mind so they could ‘think clearly, think correctly’ and so the mind would ‘free and restored.’”

Eckhardt gives lip service to the Lord Jesus Christ and Biblical principles, but he practices and promotes witchcraft, giving people the mistaken notion they can deliver themselves without holding himself or them to God’s standards of walking in faith and repentance from sin.

“Do not lay hands quickly on anyone, neither be partaker of the sins of others. Keep yourself pure” (1 Timothy 5:22 MKJV).

But know that when you turn to the Lord Jesus Christ in truth, He effectively deals with the rejection you’ve experienced at the hands of others, because you’re keeping His commandments in faith:

“Forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors… For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses” (Matthew 6:12,14 MKJV).

“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven” (Luke 6:37 MKJV).

The real issue isn’t that we’re rejected (we’ve all been rejected at one time or another), but that we’ve all been rejecters, perpetrators in need of forgiveness. For our forgiveness to be completed, we need to not only confess and repent of our sins, but to forgive others their sins against us. In this way, we can be made whole, victims and perpetrators no more.

John Eckhardt has it backwards. He focuses on receiving benefits from God rather than exercising responsibility towards God and man. He writes in his book: “An open door to rejection comes when we do not receive the love and acceptance of God.” That is Satan speaking, savoring the things of man in seeking to be loved rather than to love. The truth is, “An open door to rejection comes when we do not receive the loving correction of God.”

The Scriptures say:

“My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary with His correction; for whom the LORD loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights” (Proverbs 3:11-12 MKJV).

“For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life” (Proverbs 6:23 KJV).

One receives the love and acceptance of God by keeping His commandments and receiving His correction when He applies it.

“He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him” (John 14:21 MKJV).

“Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Truly I see that God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he who fears Him and works righteousness is accepted with Him” (Acts 10:34-35 MKJV).

“And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons, ‘My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked by Him; for whom the Lord loves He chastens, and He scourges every son whom He receives’” (Hebrews 12:5-6 MKJV).

Didn’t Cain go into all evil when his sacrifice was rejected and he didn’t repent when corrected? Rejecting God, he made himself rejected. Read Offendedness.

John Eckhardt preaches another “Jesus” and gospel, liberally using the Scriptures and Biblical-sounding principles to deceive hearts for deception and not for the Truth, the Real and True Lord Jesus Christ:

“I have come in My Father’s Name, and you do not receive Me. If another shall come in his own name, him you will receive” (John 5:43 MKJV).

Here’s how the Word of God describes John’s ministry and those who partake of it:

“Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus says the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken” (Ezekiel 22:27-28 KJV).

Paul Cohen on behalf of Victor Hafichuk
May 31, 2017

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4 Steps to Follow if Witchcraft Has Infiltrated Your Church
3:00PM EDT 5/12/2019 ANDY SANDERS
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What Exactly Is Witchcraft?
Pharmakeia (Noun): Sorcery, witchcraft, magic
Pharmakon (Noun): Witchcraft, sorcery, magic potion, drug
Here we see the root words of witchcraft and how is it commonly associated with other forms of evil, such as the different practices of magic and drugs. Being a former drug addict, I can see how some drugs can completely open the door to evil such as witchcraft. While I was under the influence of powerful drugs prior to salvation, I discovered that nothing pure or good ever came out of it, because being on heavy drugs opens the door to a spiritual realm of evil that we should not be involved in.

Witchcraft Is Like Rebellion

When dealing with witchcraft, we have to remember a few things. For starters, we must remind ourselves that this is a powerful, evil force that has been around long before we arrived on the earth. Secondly, God likens rebellion to witchcraft because it operates against godly authority and structures.

"For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He has also rejected you from being king" (1 Sam. 15:23).

Witchcraft Is Identified as One of the Works of the Flesh

"Now the works of the flesh are revealed, which are these: adultery, sexual immorality, impurity, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousy, rage, selfishness, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I previously warned you, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God" (Gal. 5:19-21).

Notice the list here and the order that word witchcraft appears. As evil as witchcraft is, one would think that it would be one of the first things listed. But it's not. It appears after "idolatry" and right before "hatred." To God, sin is sin. Sometimes someone may not be directly involved with witchcraft, but their life is full of selfish ambition or division in the home or church. I like how God states that all of these many evils are works of the flesh, and these must be replaced by the works of the Spirit, which are:

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control; against such there is no law" (Gal. 5:22-23).

If we are operating out of the Spirit of Christ, we will look more like what Paul describes above in Galatians. The old saying is "opposites attract." In the spirit realm, similar spirits attract to each other. Where there is witchcraft, all forms of evil will attempt to thrive near around it.

How Does It Function in the Church?

Witchcraft will sometimes sound good or "godly" to the natural mind, but it will always be spiritually off. This happens because evil will always parade itself as innocent, pure and right before people. Witchcraft functions like this in order to deceive those that are naive.

On one occasion, as we went to the place of prayer, a servant girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, shouting, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation." She did this for many days. But becoming greatly troubled, Paul turned to the spirit and said, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out at that moment (Acts 16:16-18).

Wow! Imagine going into town as an evangelist or business traveler and once you arrive you discover that you have your own personal advertiser going around with you, announcing to everyone on the streets that you are here and you can solve their problems for them. Wouldn't that be great? You can just show up and someone else is doing all of the legwork for you, right?

Not so fast! This person was operating by an evil spirit, masquerading as light to throw the apostles off and usurp what God was getting ready to do with Paul and Silas. This evil spirit was trying to attach itself (falsely) to their ministry and deceive people after they left.

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Speak the "blood of Jesus" and the Word of the Lord.
"To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen" (Rev. 1:5b-6).

Years ago, I watched two older women who were elders stand between me and a demon-possessed man who was trying to come at me. I watched these fearless women of God stand right in front of me, becoming a shield between me and the evil man. One woman spoke out and told that man to leave in the name of Jesus while the other one started praying and quoting scripture out loud. All of this was happening in a public restaurant parking lot on a Sunday evening after church. I was scared out of my mind at that moment some 20 years ago, but the two ladies weren't. They were as bold as lions! That demon-possessed man backed down, exited the parking lot quickly, and never bothered me again. At that moment I saw 1 John 4:4 fleshed out before my eyes, "You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world."

There is mighty power in the name of Jesus, and the blood of Christ that shed for us. There is also something special about speaking God's Word out loud into the airways. When in doubt, speak out the blood of Christ over your household, family and loved ones.

Cover your pastor and family in prayer.
Recently I have come into contact with several pastors in my travels who are all under bizarre attacks on their health, finances and (for some) even mental situations. Yes, it could just be a bad day, we all have them. But I believe some of these cases are attacks resulting from witchcraft trying to get a foothold in our churches. I believe (without a doubt) that pastors and their spouses, and other ministers are being targeted spiritually by local and national witches. I am seeing a rise in spiritual assaults like never before. It is time to gather under the leadership of our pastors and leaders and pray for them without ceasing.

"Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone" (1 Tim. 2:1).

Connect yourself to the body of Christ and stay there!
"So we, being many, are on body in Christa, and all are parts of one another" (Rom. 12:5).

I was upset a long time ago at my church, and I was talking to my spiritual dad about it. I was hoping to have him join in on "my pity party," but God had other plans that day. After I shared my problem with my mentor, he said to me, "Andy, I have been crucified by my own church now three times after 30 years of being there." Then he said, "Don't ever leave a church or ministry until you have been crucified and then resurrected, completely put back together."

We can't leave a church or ministry every time we are wronged or offended. It is part of the process of spiritual maturation as we grow in the Lord and with the other members of the body of Christ. One of the greater weapons that we have is the fact that we are all one body, and we can function, mature and grow together. Witchcraft will always try to divide and weaken church ties. How do we deal with it? Spend more time with other believers.

Don't fight witchcraft alone.
Witchcraft is like a huge hornet's nest, so if you just walk up to it and kick it or try to remove it yourself without knowing what you are doing, you will get stung badly, or worst yet, killed. If you suspect witchcraft, this must be properly addressed with the leadership and elders of the church or ministry, and a plan of action must be put into place and prayed into until you get the breakthrough in the Spirit first. Notice the Scripture below says, "Our struggle" and not just "My struggle." We cannot fight principalities alone.

"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" (Eph. 6:12, NIV).

Remember, we win battles by working together and fighting as one. We cannot advance the gospel when we are fighting other believers and other churches in our community. It is important to function as one body as we come up against different forms and attacks of witchcraft. Staying in prayer, God's Word, and also watching what comes out of our mouths is of utmost important when we are fighting spiritual battles. The battle is the Lord's and not yours to begin with.

For further information on witchcraft, you can read the previous article here or listen to the podcast by clicking here or scrolling to the top of this article. 

Andy Sanders has been speaking for 25 years. He has traveled extensively around the U.S. and other parts of the world. He is a prolific writer who carries both a prophetic and leadership-type message to the church. Sanders has a B.A. from Central Bible College and a master's and doctorate in Christian education from Freedom Seminary, graduating with honors. He is married to Cathy, and their family resides in Syracuse, New York.

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Secular Writer Highlights the Error of the Prosperity Gospel
By Jessica Mouser - May 6, 2019
edward luce
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A secular writer has taken on a question many in the church world have been trying to answer for a while now. Writing for the Financial Times, Edward Luce tackles the continued appeal of the prosperity gospel, what its teachers (like Joel Osteen) believe, and how it’s so far off from orthodox Christianity. Dr. Albert Mohler feels Luce’s article, “A preacher for Trump’s America: Joel Osteen and the prosperity gospel,” hits the nail on the head.

“The secular reporter for the Financial Times seems to have a stronger grasp on the teachings of orthodox Christianity than Osteen,” said Dr. Mohler, who is the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

What Does Joel Osteen Believe?
Osteen’s critics often accuse him of preaching the prosperity gospel, which could be described as “a pragmatic spirituality that correlates circumstantial blessings or curses with human strength, achievement or even faith.” Put another way, “God wants believers to be physically healthy, materially wealthy and personally happy.” By focusing on comfort and happiness, prosperity gospel preachers minimize the Christian concepts of sin, eternal judgment and suffering.

Luce says that about 20 percent of Americans attend a church that teaches the prosperity gospel, and this way of thinking was something he definitely encountered while attending a night class called “Quest for Authentic Manhood” at Lakewood, Osteen’s church in Houston, Texas. The leader of the men’s group told Luce, “If you want to feel bad, Lakewood is not the place for you. Most people want to leave church feeling better than when they went in.” More than one of the group’s attendees had a story about how once they started tithing money to Lakewood, God blessed them financially. One of the men said, “God works fast when you work for him.”

Luce also interviewed Osteen at one of his “Nights of Hope,” a “two-and-a-half-hour, all-singing-and-dancing show that he takes on the road every few weeks.” When Luce asked him why he didn’t talk about sin and redemption, Osteen responded, “Look, I am a preacher’s son so I’m an optimist. Life already makes us feel guilty every day. If you keep laying shame on people, they get turned off.” Luce’s assessment? Osteen is closer to Oprah than to Billy Graham.

Why Do People Buy Into the Prosperity Gospel?
One reason why Osteen’s message is appealing is that he and his church are extremely wealthy. As one of the men in the men’s group said, “We don’t want to follow a loser.” Another is that people are looking for hope in their lives, and the prosperity gospel offers the promise that life can be better. Lakewood has actually helped some people better their lives, such as one of the men in the group who turned his life around, stopping his self-destructive habits and saving his relationship.

Perhaps one of the most powerful reasons why the prosperity gospel appeals to people is that elements of it are true. Jesus does offer us a new identity that is defined neither by our pasts or our brokenness, nor our shame. God loves us more than we could ever comprehend. He is good and wants good for us (even though He doesn’t promise that life will be easy). He offers us mercy instead of condemnation. But that is only part of the story.

Serious Problems
One of the problems with prosperity gospel teaching is that grace and mercy don’t mean anything if we haven’t done anything wrong. It is one thing to say our guilt and shame no longer define us. It’s another to ignore the fact that God is holy and we are legitimately guilty before Him apart from Jesus’ sacrifice. As Dr. Mohler observes, “Osteen has reversed the entire theological order of biblical Christianity—an order that begins with the supreme priority, glory and holiness of God.”

Says Dr. Mohler, “Perhaps the most horrifying statement in the Financial Times article pertains to Osteen’s exegesis of Jesus’ last words on the cross.” According to Osteen, when Jesus said, “It is finished,” He wasn’t referring to the fact that His death was an atoning sacrifice, paying the penalty for our sins. Rather, Jesus was saying that He was putting an end to our guilt, low self-esteem, mediocrity and depression.

But what Jesus has done is far greater: “Christ declared that salvation had been secured; that death and the devil were defeated. The temple veil was torn in two, declaring the end of the sacrificial system because the perfect sacrifice had been made. Through Jesus Christ, we now have direct access to the Father.”

The cross points to another significant error of prosperity teaching: the idea that a faithful Christian life will not entail suffering. Jesus, Dr. Mohler points out, told his followers to take up their own crosses (an instrument of torture) and follow Him. He told us we would have to lose our lives to find them. He never promised that our lives will be comfortable.

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Dr. Mohler concludes that Joel Osteen is offering a “wishy-washy, self-centered, self-exalting message of psychotherapy.” His message stands in stark contrast to that of Jesus, who “brings salvation, the forgiveness of sin and life everlasting.”

Anthony McCabe
February 5 at 3:18 AM · 
THE TRUTH ABOUT DR DAVID JEREMIAH OF SHADOW MOUNTAIN CHURCH

I use to love watching Dr David Jeremiah via the Christian media television and thought “at first” his teachings where great, firm and solid teachings, UNTIL I started noticing some discrepancies I didn’t notice before, which caused me to go back on some of the things I THOUGHT I already watched of his teachings!. When listening intensely, I realised there was more than just ‘some’ discrepancies.

My first concern was when one of his opening sermons to his message was about the ‘pendulum.’ Even though a pendulum can be used for more than one thing, the ‘main’ uses for the ‘pendulum’ is very much so of the “wiccan arts” (witchcraft). I know this because I’m an ex-wiccan myself, as well as practicing many other arts of the occult before I was “finally” saved and “really” set free, by the precious blood of Yeshua HaMashiach Our Jewish Messiah.

I thought at first; “was his opening sermon on the pendulum just a coincidence?..” UNTIL I saw that “stain glass window” behind Dr David Jeremiah at ‘Shadow Mountain Church’ he was speaking at, which now heightened my concern of where this “message” is TRULY coming from?.. Why is Dr Jeremiah speaking at a Church which has a ‘symbol’ on a ‘stain glass window’ right behind him, which is an “obvious” portrait of the ‘all seeing eye of Horus (lucifer)??...’ Why is there a luciferian symbol in a Church anyway? UNLESS ‘of course’ the Church itself is actually a luciferian church??..

This ‘stain glass window’ depicting the ‘eye of Horus’ had first originated in Egypt, in/of those Satanic Mysteries which Yahweh Himself physically judged during the time of Moses, when he (Moses) lead the Israelites out of the land by the mighty hand of Elohim.

“This ‘All-Seeing Eye’ was representative of the (So Called) omniscience of Horus, the sun god.”
The inner meaning in this instance is that the 'image' of the ubiquitous ‘all-seeing eye’ is not JUST artwork, but is ‘undoubtedly’ the "eye of Horus" (Satan):

1. Known as the "Eye of Horus" or "Utchat Eye," it (the all-seeing eye) is associated with both the Egyptian god Horus (god of war) and his father Osiris (who along with Isis comprise the Egyptian Triad). (1) J. C. Cooper, An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols, 1995, pg. 62

2. Albert Pike, Masonic Grand Commander admitted, "...the All-seeing eye,...to the Egyptian initiates was the emblem of Osiris, the (So Called) creator." [Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, 1966, pp. 15-16 (i.e. masonic 'bible'); Pike was the 'Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of the thirty-third degree (Mother council of the World) and Supreme Pontiff of Universal Freemasonry']

3. Also called the "mal ochio" (evil eye), this object is regarded by all Satanists as the symbol of Lucifer. William J. Schnoebelen/James R. Spencer, Whited Sepulchers, 1990, p. 20 - 1,2,3 @:
http://libertytothecaptives.net/all_seeing_eye.html

Apart from those who would plead ignorance, the true meaning of the 'eye' and it's identification with the world of the occult is generally beyond dispute, but, what then is the occult purpose for the use of this 'symbol' of the all-seeing eye?:

[quote] As one Masonic book says, "These considerations lead us to an interesting topic, the Eye of Mind or the Eye of Horus ... and conveying the idea of the 'All seeing Eye'. The end set before the Egyptian neophyte was illumination, that is to be 'brought to light'. The Religion of Egypt was the Religion of the Light". [Thomas Milton Stewart, The Symbolism of the gods of the Egyptians and the Light They Throw on Freemasonry, London, England, Baskerville Press, Ltd., 1927, p. 5]

(EVEN the fallen one can use “Scriptural Readings” to try and mislead, misguid and deceive)

In the mind of the occultist then, the use of the symbol is in it's power to "illuminate" the neophyte, the unlearned, so as to bring them to the "religion of light". Which leads then to the next question: What exactly is the "religion of light"?

[quote]: "Albert Pike writes in Morals and Dogma [Masonic 'bible'] that Lucifer is the "light-bearer" [p. 321, teachings of the 19th Degree], and is the "Angel of Light" on p. 567, teachings of the 26th Degree]."

"In Egyptian Mythology, Horus IS Lucifer [Former Satanist, William Schnoebelen, Masonry: Beyond The Light, p. 197]"

Understanding the statements of the two 'experts' quoted directly above, this "religion of light", emanating from ancient Egypt, is nothing less than the outright worship of Lucifer. It was back then and it still is today. The reality is that this 'religion' is Luciferianism, and the predominant symbol for it is the 'eye of Horus', aka Lucifer. Truly, this is a clear FACT?!.

So WHY is David Jeremiah preaching 'his message' from under the Luciferian 'all-seeing eye', and broadcasting it across the globe??

1JOHN 4:1 “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”

Why does Jeremiah have an occult 'all seeing eye' mosaic as the dominating feature in the Shadow Mountain church sanctuary?, I’m sure (if seen) you would yourselves ALL be ‘well aware’ of this ‘stain glass window,’ it would be ‘impossible’ NOT to noticed it. It seems the people in that church are ‘apparently’ completely unaware of the significance of the FACT that he is 'preaching' virtually from underneath the occult 'all-seeing eye', and that they are literally being made to worship before an 'image' - a symbol of an idol - an abomination standing where it ought not to [cf. Mark 13:14].

Something is very wrong with this picture and the people really need to know about it!.

For Reading Resource:
Magic Symbols, by Frederick Goodman, p. 103, of the ‘Satanic symbols book’

Shalom, maranatha and blessings to all
Anthony-Wayne McCabe

Evangelist Todd Bentley Claims Shirtless ‘Financial Angel’ Visited Him in Hotel Room, Another Wrestled Him at Home
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Evangelist Todd Bentley Claims Shirtless ‘Financial Angel’ Visited Him in Hotel Room, Another Wrestled Him at Home
Fresh Fire USA founder and healing evangelist Todd Bentley claimed during a “Supernatural Debt Forgiveness Jubilee Service” Sunday that he has had live encounters with angels during his ministry similar to those experienced by biblical figures, including a visit from a shirtless “financial angel” in a dingy hotel room and another in his home where the angel wrestled him in his bed. “It (angel) appeared to me as a person. A man.
A Shirtless Financial Angel in Tight White Yoga Pants Was in My Hotel Bathroom Says Todd Bentley
Is Not Satire
Published on 9 Jul 2018
Todd Bentley tells of a time he saw a shirtless financial angel wearing tight white yoga pants and golden slippers in his hotel bathroom.
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So I’m not having a dream. It’s not a trance. I’m wide awake. I’m in my bathroom. And I’ve never had an angelic encounter where it’s like in this world. A messenger from Heaven,” Bentley said in the service of his first encounter with an angel which he said happened in Albany, Oregon, around 2004 or 2005. He explained that at the time he was an evangelist based in Canada and was invited by a group of churches in Oregon to minister due to his reputation as a “miracle healing guy.”
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Evangelist Todd Bentley Claims Shirtless 'Financial Angel' Visited Him in Hotel Room, Another Wrestled Him at Home
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Fresh Fire USA founder and healing evangelist Todd Bentley claimed during a "Supernatural Debt Forgiveness Jubilee Service" Sunday that he has had live encounters with angels during his ministry similar to those experienced by biblical figures, including a visit from a shirtless "financial angel" in a dingy hotel room and another in his home where the angel wrestled him in his bed.

"It (angel) appeared to me as a person. A man. So I'm not having a dream. It's not a trance. I'm wide awake. I'm in my bathroom. And I've never had an angelic encounter where it's like in this world. A messenger from Heaven," Bentley said in the service of his first encounter with an angel which he said happened in Albany, Oregon, around 2004 or 2005.

He explained that at the time he was an evangelist based in Canada and was invited by a group of churches in Oregon to minister due to his reputation as a "miracle healing guy."

During his American tour late one night inside the "dingy" and seedy hotel room where his hosts had booked him, Bentley said he encountered the "financial angel."

"I'm in my hotel and in my bathroom and it's the middle of the night. And I open my hotel room and turn the light on, and there's a man in there, in my bathroom. And I looked at this man, he didn't have his shirt on, so I thought he must've got into the wrong hotel room. First thought. You know 'you're in the wrong room bro.' ... And then realized he was wearing funny like, white yoga pants, like really tight, white ballet-type pants and like Aladdin golden slippers. And I looked down at him and thought 'wow, this isn't a man. This is an angel,'" Bentley recounted.

He then pointed to Scripture to say that his experience had biblical precedent.

"You know this is where you may be entertaining strangers but you're entertaining angels Hebrews 13:5," he said. (The verse he was referring to is actually verse 2, which says: "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.")

"Literally this is like Abraham thought three men came to his tent and it turned out to be the Lord and two angels but he thought it was three men. He like told his wife to go get the fattened calf and you know Genesis 18, he said three men are coming to have dinner with me, they were actually angels. That was what happened to me," he said.
Bentley then continued his testimony of angelic encounters.
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"And so this angel then turned around and I saw like out of the angel's back, wings and feathers like an eagle. And the angel then, the man ... spread his wings and out came four wings. And I looked and inside his wings, feathers — whatever you want to call it — were gemstones of every kind, precious gemstones," he explained, noting that the experience was like something out of a science fiction movie.

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He said the angel then told him: "'I'm like a cherubim and I work in the realms of glory.' And I thought, whoa, OK, why you are here? And he said, 'I'm here to release the glory that will bring a favor that will release supernatural resources for the purpose of kingdom. And I am a financial angel from the highest realms of glory working with Heaven's economy."

Bentley said he later told the host pastor the "international banker angel" had appeared to him in his bathroom in the middle of the night and was told that evangelists Bob Jones and Shawn Bolz were both visited by the same financial angel at the unnamed hotel.

He also talked about another angelic encounter from January 2007 where he was forced to wrestle with a "Spirit of the fear of the Lord" angel in his Vancouver home like Jacob wrestled with the angel from the Bible to bless him.

"I felt like Jacob wrestling with an angel," he said.

"Literally I couldn't scream for help from my wife, from anybody. And this angel now pulled out a sword. Like the sword of the Lord ... and I thought for sure. I braced for it because his sword was going to come down and just slice me in two," he said.

His encounter shifted into a visionary world where the angel cut a chain instead.
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Rick Warren said: “God won't ask about your religious background or doctrinal views”
Said what? Doctrine doesn't matter? So why did the Apostle Paul spend so much time and effort warning us about false doctrines and the doctrines of demons? Why bother to even warn the Galatians who had been influenced and bewitched by the false teachers?
Here are some scriptures of what the chief of the apostles wrote concerning doctrine::
2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"
2 Timothy 4:3 “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;”
Titus 1:9 "Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers."
What the Apostle John thought of doctrinal views:
2 John 1:10 "If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:"
And God won't ask about doctrinal views? Jesus Christ also who is God, did not agree with Rick Warren regarding the importance of doctrine as we read his words directly to the Church in Pergamum in the Book of Revelation:
Rev 2:14 "But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication."
Rev 2:15 "So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate."
Doctrinal views do matter! Warren's belittling the importance of sound doctrine might explain why so few in his congregation and those who have become Rick Warren Churches, have opposed him...they took his advice of less Bible and more stories and personal testimonies, so they wouldn't recognize heresy if it beat them over the head. And even where the Bible is taught, where they might get grounded to recognize error, they are given diluted and obscured translations which have added to, deleted, subtracted, and completely changed the meaning, to God's Word. So, from Rick Warren's own testimony and advice, we see prophecy of 2 Timothy 4:3 being fulfilled in these Last Days in his own church and in the thousands of churches who believe his statement(s).
2 Timothy 4:3 “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;”
Savvas Constantatos

FALSE PREACHING...... NO SUCH THING AS GENERATIONAL CURSE for believers in Christ Jesus.      THIS IS NOT FILM  TO RECOMMEND TO ANYONE                                                                                                                             Elaine. http://www.charismanews.com/culture/59566-watch-kenneth-copeland-plays-ex-mobster-in-new-revival-film WATCH: Kenneth Copeland Plays Ex-Mobster in New Revival Film 7:00AM EDT 8/30/2016    JESSILYN JUSTICE The Rally LA (Official Trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD2HPAeKzms Join us on the new C-Pop podcast where Taylor and Jessilyn discuss, debate and sometimes deride pop culture with a strong sense of humor and a focus on Christ. Listen at charismapodcastnetwork.com. Kenneth Copeland stars in the new film, The Rally: LA as an ex-mobster who finds Jesus and sets out to break generational curses.   According to the website, Several years earlier in The Rally 1—A Change is Coming, Sarka Sr. (Kenneth Copeland), the traditional patriarch of a powerful crime family, suddenly decides to give up his control of the family business and return to the old country for a while. He also wants his son, Junior (T-Bone), to give it up and leave that place and its memories to start a new life with him, but Junior has no intention of giving up his birthright. He bitterly rejects his father's offer. With Sarka gone, Junior steps into his role as head of the family and begins a new era terrorizing their city in a brutal wave of drug trafficking and ruthless violence. In the meantime, Rick (Rick Reyna), with Rallys for Christ, is determined to organize a local rally to bring hope to the devastated community. But, Junior sends his thugs to threaten the rally team because he knows that hope will eventually break the hold he has over the people. Rallys for Christ Rick Reyna wrote, directed and starred in the film.   "The devil is trying to stop the Word of God because if we have words from God then faith comes," Reyna says of his work with Rallys. "And if faith comes then we can please God. If we take time to get words from God then faith from God will come."  According to their website, Rallys for Christ is reaching out with the gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that captivates the lost and brings them to the foot of the cross. It teaches them that there is forgiveness, love, joy and freedom that comes from knowing the real Jesus and making him their personal Lord and Savior.    Many of these elements are present in the film, which is now available on DVD.   Watch the trailer and let us know what you think! 3 Reasons Why you should read Life in the Spirit. 1) Get to know the Holy Spirit. 2) Learn to enter God's presence 3) Hear God's voice clearly! Go deeper! Has God called you to be a leader? Ministry Today magazine is the source that Christian leaders who want to serve with passion and purpose turn to. Subscribe now and receive a free leadership book.

  
There is a trend in the church who try to blame sin and problem on some sort of generational curse. This is not biblical. 
IT IS KNOWN Some even pay for prayer to be released THIS again is FALSE. 

Christians are being taught that what ails them is a thing called, "generational curses." What this is said to mean is that somewhere in  in your ancestry, there came a curse upon your family, and this curse has been passed down to you. This curse may have been the result of sin, witchcraft, or some other evil thing. But Christians are being told that this kind of, "generational curse," may still exist in their life or family.

Of course, once we accept this teaching about, "generational curses," we are then compelled to go on to the next step: Getting free of them. Usually, we go to some expert on deliverance, or to a pastor, or someone else, to pray for our deliverance. Some people have claimed that all of this has helped them. They claim to be free of things they were not free from before.

One of the passages from the Bible that is pointed to in order to verify, "generational curses," is found in Deuteronomy:

Thou shall not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Thou shall not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. (Deut. 5:8-9)

This sure does sound as if there is such a thing as, "generational curses," doesn’t it? And it sounds like GOD HIMSELF is the cause of them, doesn’t it? 

Sure. But so often people who teach the doctrine of generational curses leave out the very next sentence of this passage:

Deuteronomy 5: 10 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

WE NEED NOT GO ANY FURTHER TO LEARN OF THIS RUBBISH.


Whoever is in Christ Jesus is a New Creation 

2 Corinthians 5:17 King James 2000 Bible
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Darkness and light cannot dwell together.
Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

In Genesis, God divided the light from the darkness. They can't exist together. Darkness can't stay where there is light. You can't partake of the dark things of this world, and then partake of the Light. He will not fellowship darkness. He assigned the light a place, and time. He assigned darkness a separate place and time. When you walk into a dark room, and turn on the light, it isn't dark anymore. They can't dwell together. If we say we are His, we should walk in the light-the understanding of truth he has given us. We should keep his commandments as we understand them. We understand in HIM is no darkness and because there isn't, we should not walk in darkness, or confusion, or fear.

1John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Joh 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Romans 6 New King James Version (NKJV)

Dead to Sin, Alive to God
ROMANS 6:  What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? 3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

BELIEVE IN THE FINISHED WORK OF GOD in CHRIST JESUS
Pray that He will deliver you from unbelief. In Christ, you are already delivered from these things. It is your unbelief, and the disobedience that is the outcome, that is keeping you in the sin. Take care of unbelief, and you will immediately come into contact with the finality of the Cross.

2 Corinthians 10: 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (2 Cor. 10:3-5)

Blessings Elaine

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Joel Osteen Rebukes Apostles Paul, Peter, and John
United for Awakening ^ | 8/27/13 | Peter Michael Martinez 
Posted on 28/08/2013, 20:22:54 by Sopater

According to Joel Osteen – Pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, these first century apostles are wrong and outdated and he has come out boldly to infer indirectly that Apostles Paul, Peter, and John whom wrote much of the New Testament were wrong and need to be corrected and rebuked.

When asked directly if people whom are openly practicing homosexuals are accepted into the Kingdom, Joel Osteen responded with “Absolutely, anybody is.”

We all need to listen carefully to the words that this “man of God” speaks as he goes on interviews so we too can find the errors in the preaching of the first century apostles.

Joel does acknowledge that some things are “sin” but says, “I don’t address these things from the pulpit. They only come up in interviews.” When asked if openly practicing gay/homosexual people will be accepted into heaven, Joel Osteen responded, “I believe they will.”

He makes no mention of the need for repentance.

Joel Osteen Brings Us Universalism

The doctrine of universalism is the belief that all people are “saved” no matter who you are or what you’ve done.

This is a new version of the “good news” that is MUCH BETTER than the message the Jesus and the Apostles preached 2,ooo years ago which was far too narrow according to the way Joel Osteen explains his “message.”

“I’m for everybody” says Joel Osteen, “I’m not into excluding people. Jesus can reveal himself to anybody.”

The idea is that since no one would be accepted if we are called to be “holy” then all have to be accepted. So goes this logic. This doctrine also believes that all roads lead to heaven so there is no one “way, truth, and life that leads to the father.”

According to Joel, “sin means to miss the mark” which, while technically correct, stands in contrast to the teachings of many writers of the Bible that teach that sin is violation of God’s Holy Laws so if by missing the mark Joel means violating God’s ways, then yes, sin is missing the mark.

According to the out of date writers of the Bible, the “wages of sin is death” for which blood is required and for which a sacrifice was presented.

It sounds a lot more harsh to say SIN is TREASON punishable by death than to say it is “missing the mark” which is a bit incomplete. Sin is also “to incur guilt, incur penalty” which according to the scripture is death.

Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

When asked about people who live in open sin, Joel smilingly said, “I’m not going to bash those people. I’m not going to be against those people. They’re good people.”

So by contrast, Apostle Jude is “bashing people” when he said:

Jude 1:14-16 “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.”

Joel’s wife recently said to Piers Morgan. “It’s the people that we’re after. We’re not trying to judge their sin. We want to encourage them and love them. You’re only going to win people by reaching out to them.”

Isn’t that so awesome! They are all about the people! They want you and I be accepted without having to discuss anything like repentance or righteousness. These are “judgmental” subjects that we just don’t need.

These modern day ministry giants have gone on national television to essentially correct Apostles Peter, John, and Paul to say … they are wrong … if you listen to Joel Osteen. So many across the nation are so proud of this Pastor and his courage in confronting the church fathers!

According to Joel Osteen, Apostle Paul erroneously stated to the Corinthians …

1 Corinthians 6:8-10 “Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”

In saying this, according to Joel Osteen, Apostle Paul is being “exclusionary” and should be rebuked and corrected. He is obviously wrong and should never have said these things to the Corinthian church.

Corinth was known for its sexual openness and promiscuity so for Paul to “condemn” all these “good people” was completely out of order and he needs to be rebuked.

When Paul wrote to the Romans he also was in complete error in stating the following in the first chapter of his letter, according to Joel Osteen.

“And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.”

According to Joel Osteen, Paul was absolutely incorrect and to state that being a homosexual is a sin is being “judgmental” and should not be tolerated. It is just wrong according to Joel Osteen. Many people agree with Joel Osteen today and so, Apostle Paul is apparently misguided and incorrect in his letter.

Joel goes on to point out the additional errors in the words Apostle Paul wrote.

“Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.” Paul went on to write in the first chapter of Romans, which according to the words of Joel Osteen, he is deeply misguided and mistaken.

Apostle Paul should repent for saying such things according to Joel Osteen. A growing number of people in America agree with Joel that Apostle Paul should be rebuked for ever saying such things because Paul isn’t accepting of people like Joel Osteen is.

Equally misguided and incorrect according to Joel Osteen is Paul’s words to the Galatian church. In his writings, Apostle Paul made stunning comments that were clearly exclusionary statements concerning the Kingdom and those whom are accepted, and in so doing has made grave error according to Joel Osteen.

See if you can detect the absolutely false statements that Apostle Paul made to the Galatian church according to the stated doctrine of Joel Osteen.

Galatians 5:19-21 “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.“

You can clearly see what has Joel Osteen so unhappy that he’s gone on national television to correct this! It is this type of rhetoric, according to Joel Osteen, that is completely false and misrepresents the God he serves.

Joel Osteen’s God loves everybody and there are no exclusions because then, according to Joel, “none of us would be saved.” So again, Apostle Paul was completely incorrect and should never have written such harsh and insensitive words to the Galatian church according to Joel.

I imagine Joel Osteen would say “shame on Apostle Paul for ever writing such hateful words!”

Now, not only is Joel out to correct the misguided Apostle Paul, but Apostle Peter was also brought into serious question for clearly being exclusionary when he wrote these words.

1 Peter 1:14-16 “As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”

According to the doctrine Joel Osteen has now shared with us all as “his message,” being clearly more evolved and enlightened than the archaic Apostle Peter, no one can be holy. We are left to conclude that Peter is misguided and is being judgmental. What a terrible yoke and condemnation Apostle Peter is trying to put on the good people he is writing to.

Additionally, Apostle Peter goes on to say things that are completely against the Lakewood Church Pastor’s God when he stated the following.

2 Peter 2:6-8 “And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)”

According to Joel Osteen’s public comments, one could conclude that Apostle Peter was in complete error and deceived when he wrote such things. What a terrible condemnation. He clearly did not know the doctrine that Joel Osteen preaches or he would never have said such awful and critical things.

Joel Osteen indirectly implies (subtly) that these apostles were false and were critical and judgmental and should NOT be listened to in America today. We all need to listen instead to Joel Osteen and Oprah Winfrey.

Now Apostle John made even greater errors if the benchmark is Joel Osteen’s “message” when he stated some of the thing that he wrote which, according to Joel Osteen, is just plain and simply not true.

It takes a lot of courage for Joel to stand against these writings but he believes strongly in his “uplifting and encouraging” doctrine that does not endorse such harsh and judgmental statements as written by these ancient Apostles.



We should all pray for Joel Osteen because he needs our prayers if he’s going to continue to champion the cause of those oppressed and condemned by the writings and statements of Apostles like Paul, Peter and John.

Revelation 21:8 “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

You see, according to Joel Osteen in a recent interview, “God doesn’t see any sin as worse than another” and all are going to heaven. Apparently in Joel Osteen’s bible, he has redacted the unpardonable sin. So if you’re a follower of Joel Osteen’s then this statement by Apostle John must seem just plain wrong.

Apostle John doesn’t know what he’s talking about and we need to listen to the wisdom of Joel Osteen. Apostle John clearly was in error and should be rebuked for suggesting that people who tell lies are going to have their part in the lake of fire.

What was Apostle John thinking writing such judgmental things???

That’s a terrible thing to say and no one, certainly not Apostle John, should be allowed to say such things. As Joel says, “there’s enough condemnation in the world” and we don’t need anymore.

Additionally, in his letter, Apostle John says things like …

1 John 3:8-10 “He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.”

Now according to Joel Osteen and the thousands that agree with his “message,” this entire passage should be removed from the pages of the bible and no one should be saying such things. In fact, Joel goes on to share that it is this exact kind of preaching that will hinder “church growth.”

Apostles Paul, Peter, and John listen up. Joel Osteen rebukes you all.

Now listen, Joel Osteen and his ministry in Houston are all about people. He is standing up for your rights! He is taking a REALLY BIG RISK because … if he’s wrong, and Apostle Paul is right … then he stands to be cursed! So he needs your support in prayer NOW!

Galatians 1:9 “As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”

Instead, you all need to listen to his message of universal acceptance and lawless living without any condemnation so we can all “lift our spirits” and be “encouraging and loving” to all people no matter what lifestyle or choices they make. After all, according to Joel, God loves us all and everyone is going to heaven so lighten up!

There is no exclusive path to the Kingdom. According to Joel Osteen, we need to hear this message because it’s the right message and anyone that says that there is an exclusive path to God is wrong.

Joel would know, look at the size of his church! He is clearly telling you the truth more than anyone in history.

John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

Exactly how much error is too much?

Sources:

Overview of Joel Osteen/Oprah deceptions:https://youtu.be/weEWl52wevI
Joel Osteen meets with Larry King … Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/KwL1DThtxYg
Joel Osteen meets with Piers Morgan … Here’s the link: https://youtu.be/tgCpRNfBzys
To his credit, in this interview Joel does call out sin, however, he softens it and backs away from talking about repentance … and when he is asked “what would you say” his comment is that he doesn’t understand. You’re leading the largest church in America and you don’t understand REPENTANCE?
The quotes are taken right from what Joel himself has spoken. He positions himself on his own without being told how to answer. On the one hand he wants to appease his Christian followers by saying “the bible says” but on the other he clearly fellowships with darkness and facilitates those whom deny the power thereof.

2 Timothy 3:1-7 “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

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I imagine that Paul, Peter, and John would do the same to Mr. Osteen. 

The Apostle Paul: But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully. (2Co 11:3-4) 

As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. (Gal 1:9-10)

The Christ in Prophecy Journal: Irvin Baxter Evaluated
Lamb and Lion Ministries is a Bible prophecy ministry proclaiming the soon return of Jesus Christ.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011
Irvin Baxter Evaluated
Dr. David R. ReaganPDFBy Dr. David R. Reagan

How do the prophetic teachings of Irvin Baxter, Jr., line up with the Bible?

I have lately started receiving many inquiries concerning the prophecy ministry of Irvin Baxter, Jr., of Endtime Ministries. His ministry Web address is www.endtime.com.


Irvin Baxter, Jr.

Points of Caution

Awhile back when I had originally begun to surf his website, several red flags started popping up. First, I could not find a statement of faith. I looked for a good ten minutes and was about to give up my search, when I stumbled across a statement of faith in a very peculiar location. It was on the page where you enter your name and address to subscribe to his prophecy magazine. It is now located under "About Us."

The statement provoked continuing concern. It was vague and general in nature, consisting of only three sentences. When I run across such statements, they always prompt me to wonder if the person is hiding something. It has been expanded a little bit since.

That question may have been answered by the next red flag I encountered. It was on the ministry's links page, the page where links are supplied to other websites. Only eight links to "religious sites" were supplied, and three of those were links to sites affiliated with the United Pentecostal Church, a group that denies the foundational Christian doctrine of the Trinity.

The third red flag I encountered was also on the links page. I noticed that there was not a single link to another prophecy ministry. (We have over 25 links to other prophetic ministries on our web site and many links to Messianic ministries, many of which are prophetic in nature.) This glaring omission caused me to assume that Mr. Baxter must have some off-the-wall prophetic interpretation that no one else agrees with. That assumption was to prove true.


Personalized Interpretations

The meat of the website is to be found on the "Frequently Asked Questions" page, now titled "Urgent Questions." It doesn't take long to discover that Mr. Baxter is a person with a very personal and unique interpretation of Bible prophecy, something we are warned against in the Scriptures (2 Peter 1:20).

It would take more space than I have available to summarize and counter all of Mr. Baxter's unusual interpretations of prophecy, so I will mention only a few.

He denies that Revelation is written in chronological order. He does not, therefore, believe that the Seal Judgments will be followed by the Trumpet Judgments during the first three and one half years of the Tribulation — as the plain sense meaning of Revelation indicates. He takes this position because he argues that several of both the Seal Judgments and the Trumpet Judgments have already taken place!

The normal, plain sense interpretation of Revelation 6 is that it marks the beginning of the Tribulation with the Antichrist going forth on a white horse to conquer the world. A world war ensues, and one-fourth of the world's population dies from war (the red horse), famine (the black horse), pestilence and wild beasts.

Mr. Baxter argues that the fulfillment of the Seal Judgments has nothing to do with the Tribulation. He asserts that the fulfillment of these judgments began in 325 AD when the Emperor Constantine presided over a Church Council that produced the Nicene Creed (a creed, interestingly enough, that laid the foundation for the doctrine of the Trinity). In short, he identifies the white horse of Revelation 6 as Roman Catholicism, the black horse as Capitalism, and the red horse as Communism. This all makes for very interesting reading, but it simply is not sustained by the text, for it violates the plain sense meaning.

Another example of Baxter's off-the-wall style of interpretation is found in his assertion that the world empires revealed to Daniel in Daniel 2 include the Holy Roman Empire. He sees the succession as Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Holy Roman Empire. That is not the succession portrayed in Daniel 2. The Roman Empire is followed by an empire of iron mixed with clay — representing the unstable, final world empire of the Antichrist. The proof that this is the last empire of history is found in the fact that this is the empire that is suddenly destroyed by a stone that represents the kingdom of Jesus Christ when He returns.

There is no place in the scenario for the Holy Roman Empire, which was an empire in name only. Baxter tries to insert the Holy Roman Empire because he wants to argue that it is the one that will be revived in the end times, rather than the Roman Empire. And he tries to advance this argument so that he can sustain his contention that the "fatal would that will be healed," referred to in Revelation 13:3, is a reference to the Berlin Wall being removed so that Germany (which was the heart of the Holy Roman Empire) could be reunited.

Mr. Baxter does further damage to the book of Daniel when he contends that the symbols used in chapter 7 refer to Great Britain, Russian, and Germany. Again, this runs contrary to the plain sense meaning of the passage. In Daniel 7, God gives Daniel a vision of the same succession of empires as he was given in chapter 2. The difference is that in chapter 2 they are seen from the viewpoint of Man — as glorious political kingdoms — whereas in chapter 7 they are presented from the viewpoint of God — as ravenous wild beasts.

One of the strangest statements on Mr. Baxter's website concerns the Rapture. In response to a question about the timing of the Rapture, he says, "Unfortunately, rapture timing debates between brothers in Christ often become divisive, and for this reason, Entime has chosen to avoid the issue for now." I was astonished by this non-answer. Here is a person with an opinion on everything in the prophetic scriptures, yet he chooses to "avoid" one of the most important issues! It didn't make any sense to me.

I was even more astonished when I continued reading, for in the very next paragraph, Mr. Baxter states that he believes that the Rapture and the Second Coming are "the same event." Well, if they are the same event, then the Rapture must take place at the end of the Tribulation — so much for "avoiding" the issue.

To sustain this position, Mr. Baxter proceeds to try to explain away some passages that imply a pre-Tribulation Rapture. In doing so, he presents the most peculiar and bizarre interpretation of 2 Thessalonians 2 that I have ever run across. The passage states that the Antichrist cannot be revealed until that which restrains him is removed. I believe this is talking about the Church since the Church is the entity that the Holy Spirit works through to restrain evil in the world. Mr. Baxter contends that the restrainer is "time." Yes, time! It's just not the right time for the Antichrist to be revealed, he says, and when the time is right, the revelation will occur. Well, I would agree with that, but the statement fails to deal with the question of what is going to be removed? How do you remove time?

Mr. Baxter' approach to prophetic interpretation makes it clear why the plain sense meaning rule is so important. That rule states: "If the plain sense makes sense, don't look for any other sense, or you will end up with nonsense." As with Mr. Baxter, you will end up with a very personal interpretation that no other prophecy teacher is willing to endorse.

I urge caution with regard to Mr. Baxter and his unique interpretations. Remember 2 Peter 1:20 — "No prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation." Frank Stagg in his book, How to Understand the Bible, says, "God does not grant private disclosures that are withheld from other people."

1 Corinthians 14:29 says that when a prophet speaks, his words are to be evaluated by others, for "the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets" (1 Corinthians 14:32). This essay has been written in the spirit of that admonition. I am thankful that Mr. Baxter is emphasizing the Lord's soon return, but at the same time I urge great caution regarding his very personal interpretations of Bible prophecy.

Dr. David R. Reagan at 6/02/2011 08:57:00 AM
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