Deluded!

by Sandy Simpson , 10/22/15

 

Seth Dahl, Bethel Church, Redding, CA: Dahl tells the Bethel Redding congregation of his experience with an enormous angel. Dahl asked the angel his name and then Googled in the angel’s answer. The angel’s name was the same as that of a finance company. Dahl then realized the angel was “here for our finances at Bethel…” Dahl states, “You just need to hear a testimony so you can know what’s available to you ’cause I’m not trying to preach a sermon, I’m trying to invite you to a new way of life.” (Bethel Redding children’s pastor Seth Dahl, http://mywordlikefire.com/2015/10/21/bethel-redding-childrens-pastor-and-the-giant-finance-angel/)

 

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There are only three (possibly four) angels named in the Bible and neither of them bear the name of the “finance company” for Bethel Church. Gabriel (Daniel 8:15–27; 9:20–27), Michael (see Daniel 10:21 and 12:1), Lucifer (not his actual name) or Satan, a fallen angel (Isaiah 14:12–18; Luke 10:18) and Apollyon/Abaddon (Revelation 9:11).  Angels named in the Bible have important roles in Israel and/or the Church and would not be named after a finance company for a church in Redding, CA.

 

Seth Dahl, Bethel Church, Redding, CA: This youth leader states that in a vision Jesus picked him up, began to weep, and asked his forgiveness. (Bethel Redding children’s pastor Seth Dahl, http://mywordlikefire.com/2015/10/06/bethel-redding-youth-leader-says-jesus-asked-him-for-forgiveness/)

 

Deluded!

 

Jesus does not ask forgiveness because He is and always has been without sin (2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:22).  He does forgive our sins if we confess them (1 John 1:9) and are “in Christ” or when we first believe.

 

Charles Capps: He [God] framed the world with His words. You can't build without substance. He took words – faith-Filled words were God's substance. Here, essentially, is what God did. God filled His words with faith. He used His words as containers to hold His faith and contain that spiritual force and transport it out there into the vast darkness by saying 'Light be!' That's the way God transported His faith causing creation and transformation. (Charles Capps, Dynamics of Faith & Confession [Tulsa, OK: Harrison House, 1987], 28-29, emphasis in original.)

 

Deluded!

 

God did not create the world by having faith or by filling “His words with faith” as if faith is a substance.  God did not use any “force of faith” to create the world. He did so by His Word (2 Pet 3:5), His power (Isa 20:46), and by His will (Rev 4:11).

Kenneth Copeland : "Heaven has a north and a south and an east and a west. Consequently, it must be a planet." ("Spirit, Soul and Body I" [Fort Worth, TX: Kenneth Copeland Ministries. 1985] audiotape #01-0601, side 1.)

 

Deluded!

 

Heaven is actually the “third heaven” (2 Corinthians 12:2) not a planet.  Planets inhabit the second heaven.  There is the earth, heaven and third heaven.  The Third heaven or Paradise (2 Corinthians 12:4) is outside of the universe of space and time.

 

Fred Price : "If you keep talking death, that is what you are going to have. If you keep talking sickness and disease, that is what you are going to have, because you are going to create the reality of them with your own mouth. That is a divine law." (Fred Price, Realm, 29).

 

Deluded!

 

There is no such “divine law” stating we can kill ourselves or stop sickness and disease by what we say.  This is all part of the “force of faith” “name it and claim it” “confession doctrine” of the New Thought, Word of Faith heresies. 

 

John Kilpatrick : "You need to understand friends, your words are like containers. When they come up out of the innermost part of your belly, out of the heart, the mouth speaketh. As these things come out of your heart, they are spirits, by the time they come out of your mouth, that spirit is encapsulated in some little package and when you begin to speak this stuff out whether it is good or evil, it comes out in the way of little containers in your home and it goes out in your home and it begins to burst. As they burst life is either released or death is released. Blessings are released or cursings are released." (Glory on Your House, John Kilpatrick)

 

Deluded!

 

Again, this is Word of Faith nonsense.  Our words are containers that are spirits?  Our words are our words and they cannot “release death”.  God’s words are above all human words (Psalm 19:4, 138:2).  Only Jesus hold the keys to death and Hades (Revelation 1:18).

 

Rory Alec : "This represents the fact that Jesus, when you partake of this, this represents that his blood has washed you clean of all sin. And therefore you are gods; you have been purchased by the blood of Jesus." (The Christian Channel Europe "Good Morning Europe" Date Unknown)

 

Deluded!

 

The “you are gods” doctrine of Word of Faith is the original lie of Satan in the Garden.  Genesis 3:5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”  There are no other gods but one God.  Explicit statements: Ex. 8:10; 9:14; 15:11; 2 Sam. 7:22; 1 Kgs. 8:23; 1 Chr. 17:20; Psa. 86:8; Isa. 40:18, 25: 44:7; 46:5, 9; Jer. 10:6-7; Micah 7:18. Being like God is a Satanic lie: Gen. 3:5; Isa. 14:14; John 8:44. Fallen man become "like God" only in that he took upon himself to know good and evil, not that he acquired godhood: Gen. 3:22. There is only one true God: 2 Chr. 15:3; Jer. 10:10; John 17:3; 1 Thess. 1:9; 1 John 5:20-21. All other "gods" are therefore false gods (idols), not gods at all: Deut. 32:21; 1 Sam. 12:21; Psa. 96:5; Isa. 37:19; 41:23-24, 29; Jer. 2:11; 5:7; 16:20; 1 Cor. 8:4; 10:19-20.  A born again Christian is a child of God (John 1:12) and joins the bride of Christ (Revelation 19:7) but is not Christ Himself, which would make the above Scriptures a lie.

Benny Hinn : "Now I am going to read one scripture and then I am going to preach and the Devil is going to drop dead." (The Christian Channel Europe "Praise The Lord" (TBN) 22/2/98)

 

Deluded!

 

The Devil will never drop dead.  He will ultimately be sent to hell along with the demons who followed him and all unbelievers (Revelation 20:10-15) where he will be tortured forever. 

 

Paul Crouch : "He [God] doesn't even draw a distinction between Himself and us. . . . You know what else that's settled, then, tonight? This hue and cry and controversy that has been spawned by the Devil to try and bring dissension within the body of Christ that we are gods. I am a little god! . . . I have His name. I'm one with Him. I'm in covenant relation. I am a little god! Critics, be gone!" ("Praise the Lord" program on TBN [7 July 1986].)

 

Deluded!

 

See the above about being “little gods“.  Also, apparently, Crouch thought (he has passed on and now knows the truth about what he said) that he was speaking for all Christians in saying we are all little gods.  But he was not because he was a heretic.

 

John Avanzini : "John 19 tells us that Jesus wore designer clothes. Well, what else you gonna call it? Designer clothes--that's blasphemy. No, that's what we call them today. I mean, you didn't get the stuff He wore off the rack. It wasn't a one-size-fits-all deal. No, this was custom stuff. It was the kind of a garment that kings and rich merchants wore. Kings and rich merchants wore that garment." "Believer's Voice of Victory" program on TBN [20 January 1991].)

 

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Jesus never wore “designer clothes”.  The Bible says he was poor and had nowhere to lay his head.  Here is what GotQuestions.org has to say about this issue:

 

As the second person of the Trinity, Jesus is as rich as God is rich. Indeed, our Lord owns everything and possesses all power, authority, sovereignty, glory, honor, and majesty (Isaiah 9:6; Micah 5:2; John 1:1,8:58, 10:30, 17:5; Colossians 1:15–18, 2:9–10; Hebrews 1:3). Yet during the time Jesus was here on earth, He willingly relinquished His eternal riches and most of the privileges of His deity. Becoming poor indeed, our Lord took on the nature of a lowly and humble servant (Zechariah 9:9; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Philippians 2:6–8). And by the time our Savior endured the tortures of the cross for us, His earthly possessions amounted to no more than the clothes on His back that were divided up by the soldiers who crucified Him. Sadly, however, there are many prosperity preachers today who would like you to believe that Jesus was rich while here on earth and that God wants nothing more than to lavish His children with an abundance of material blessings. After all, a rich Jesus would certainly make it easier for them to persuade their flock that God wants them to be rich, too. However, a materially rich Jesus Christ is utterly incompatible with biblical truth. Even a cursory examination of the Bible should dispel any notion of our Savior’s being wealthy in an earthly sense. During His public ministry, Christ and His disciples depended entirely on the hospitality of others as they ministered from town to town (Matthew 10:9–10). As Jesus told a would-be follower “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head” (Luke 9:58). It is unfortunate, then, that this false teaching about Christ’s wealth and its concomitant “gospel of greed” has gained a foothold in churches today. As Solomon aptly taught, however, “There is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9), for we can see that Paul addressed similar matters in his own churches: “Watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naďve people” (Romans 16:17–18). Paul’s terse commentary in his first letter to Timothy regarding those who think godliness is a means to financial gain captures the essence of Christ’s numerous teachings on the dangers that accompany a heart bent on the accumulation of earthly treasure: “People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs” (1 Timothy 6:9–10). Indeed, the New Testament is filled with lessons where Jesus chides the rich and praises the poor. He taught us to “be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions” (Luke 12:15). And to not store up for ourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But to store up for ourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal (Matthew 6:19–21). Our Lord, who knows the hearts of men, is aware of the deceitfulness of riches and what a considerable stumbling block wealth can be. The sentiment of Proverbs 30:9, which declares, “I may have too much and disown you and say ‘who is the LORD,’” reverberates through the entirety of God’s Word. Thus, it would be a strange paradox indeed—and one that would certainly dilute the gospel message—if Jesus Christ were a member of the rich class of people who, as He declared, would find it so difficult “to enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:23). (http://www.gotquestions.org/was-Jesus-rich.html)

Kenneth Copeland (through whom Jesus allegedly delivered the following prophecy): "They crucified Me [Jesus] for claiming that I was God. But I didn't claim I was God; I just claimed I walked with Him [the Father] and that He was in Me." ("Take Time to Pray," Believer's Voice of Victory 15, 2 [February 1987]:9.)

 

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Jesus DID claim He was God on many occasions.  He said that He was the “I Am” which is the name of God, YHWH, a number of times. 

Matthew 27:43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

Mark 14:62 “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

John 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

John 8:58 “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;

John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Benny Hinn : "When you were born again the Word was made flesh in you. And you became flesh of His flesh and bone of His bone. Don't tell me you have Jesus. You are everything He was and everything He is and ever He shall be. . . . It [the new man] says, 'I am as He is.' That's what it says. As He is, so are we in this world. Jesus said, 'Go in my name, go in my stead.' Don't say, 'I have.' Say, 'I am, I am, I am, I am, I am.' That's why you never ever, ever, ever ought to say. 'I'm sick.' How can you be sick if you're the new creation? Say, 'I'm healed!' Don't say, 'I'm a sinner.' The new creature is no sinner. I'm the righteousness of God in Christ." ("Our Position in Christ #2--The Word Made Flesh" [Orlando, FL: Orlando Christian Center, 1991], audiotape #A031190-2, side 2.)

Deluded!

 

See the “little gods” section above.  It is blasphemy to say that you are “I Am”, which is the name of God (YHWH) if you are not, so Hinn is leading people to blaspheme (Matthew 26:63-65). 

 

Paul E. Billheimer : "The Father turned Him over, not only to the agony and death of Calvary, but to the satanic torturers of His pure spirit as part of the just dessert of the sin of all the race. As long as Christ was 'the essence of sin' he was at Satan's mercy in that place of torment. . . .While Christ identified with sin, Satan and the hosts of hell ruled over Him as over any lost sinner. During that seemingly endless age in the nether abyss of death, Satan did with Him as he would, and all hell was 'in carnival.'" (Destined for the Throne, special edition for TBN [Fort Washington, PA: Christian Literature Crusade, 1988(orig. 1975)]. 84.)

 

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Satan is not in hell nor is he the master of it.  He never tortured Jesus in hell but Jesus went to Hades to declare what he had done to the dead and to empty out the “bosom of Abraham” and bring them to heaven with him, leaving the sinners there to await judgment. (See http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/Questions&Answers.html#48)

 

Benny Hinn : "When you say, 'I am a Christian, you are saying, 'I am mashiach' in the Hebrew. I am a little messiah walking on earth, in other words That is a shocking revelation.... May I say it like this? You are a little god on earth running around." ("Praise-a-Thon" program on TBN [6 November 1990].)

 

Deluded!

 

See the “little gods” section above.  There is only one Mashiach and that is Jesus Christ.  We are His followers, Christians, not little messiahs.

 

A.A. Allen: Allen dogmatically claimed that he could raise people from the dead. He actually launched a "raise the dead" campaign in the mid-sixties. Thankfully it died when his disciples refused to bury their departed, and their departed refused to come back from the dead. (Hank Hanegraaff, Counterfeit Revival, 1997 citing Michale Moriarity, "The New Charismatics" (grand Rapids, MIC: Zondervan, 1992), 2 and David Edwin Harrell, Jr., "All Things Are Possible: The Healing and Charismatic Revivals in Modern America" (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975), 199)

 

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There are many today falsely claiming they are raising people from the dead following in the footsteps of those of the past who made such claims without substantiation such as A.A. Allen and others.  Bethel Church in Redding, CA is teaching young people they can raise the dead but there have already been incidents where this had bad consequences (See Faith healing or foul play? 2008 cliff fall victim sues Bethel students, by Ryan Sabalow, The Record Searchlight, Redding, CA). As Christians we believe God can raise people from the dead but we do not believe that God validates the ministries of false prophets and false teachers with true dead raisings.  

John Arnott: "Another thing that hinders (receiving the Holy Spirit or anointing) is people pray all the time." (John Arnott, at Holy Trinity Brompton, England, February 14, 1995)

 

Deluded!

 

This is nonsense but something that has been repeated a million times in Third Wave meetings where they want to spread the false anointing.  They tell you to stop praying, leave your mind at the door, and just open yourself up to the experience they want to give you.  There is a simple answer to this demand: Ephesians 6:18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 pray continually.

John Avanzini: "[The Spirit of God]...declared in the earth today what the eternal purpose of God has been through the ages...that He is duplicating Himself in the earth" (John Avanzini, "The End Time Manifestation of the Sons of God," Morris Cerullo World Evangelism tape).

 

Deluded!

 

God did not “duplicate” Himself in creating humans.  He did not make more gods like Himself because the Bible states there is only one God (Ex. 8:10; 9:14; 15:11; 2 Sam. 7:22; 1 Kgs. 8:23; 1 Chr. 17:20; Psa. 86:8; Isa. 40:18, 25: 44:7; 46:5, 9; Jer. 10:6-7; Micah 7:18.)  We are made in the image of God, but that is referring to the facts that (1) man has a spirit as God has His Spirit (animals only have body and soul( (2) man is tripartite (body, soul and spirit) as God is Triune and (3) man has free will as God does, which should be submitted to His.

 

William Branham: Branham said the doctrine of the Trinity is "a doctrine of demons" (The Toronto Blessing, Stephen Sizer, 1990)

 

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Though Oneness groups use the argument that the word “trinity” cannot be found in the Bible, they miss the fact that the nature of God is taught all the way from Genesis and revealed fully in the New Testament.  The Bible states that in the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1).  The plural word “Elohim” is a word that comes from the word “El” which is singular.  So right from the beginning we have a clue as to the nature of God.  A core doctrine of the Church is that God is one "What" and three "Whos" with each "Who" possessing all the attributes of Deity and personality.”  You can read a detailed study on the Trinity here: http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/5doctrines.html  Anyone or group who denies any one of the core doctrines of the Faith are in heresy.

 

William Branham: Branham falsely prophesied: "that by 1977 all denominations would be consumed by the World Council of Churches under the control of the Roman Catholics, that the rapture would take place, and that the world would be destroyed." (Burgess and McGee, Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, 96)

 

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None of those things came true in 1977.  Eventually they will all come true but none of them have come true in 2015.  This made Branham a false prophet. Deuteronomy 18:22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.

Paul Cain: Cain promises credulous Christians that in the fullness of endtime restorationism "all the sick are gonna be healed, the dead are gonna be raised and nations are gonna turn to God in a day." (Bob Jones and Paul Cain, "Selections from the Kansas City Prophets," audiotape)

 

Deluded!

 

This is another false prophecy by a false prophet of the Latter Rain, who was an associate of William Branham.  None of those things have come true and we know from the Bible that the end times will not be marked by spiritual awakening or revival but rather a falling away from the Faith. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction

Paul Cain: "No prophet or apostle who ever lived equaled the power of these individuals in this great army of the Lord in these last days. No one ever had it, not even Elijah or Peter or Paul, or anyone else enjoyed the power that is going to rest on this great army." (Bob Jones and Paul Cain. "Selections from the Kansas City Prophets," audiotape (tape: 155C)

 

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The “army” he is referring to is what has been called “Joel’s Army” which was actually an army of locusts. Joel 2:25 “Then I will make up to you for the years That the swarming locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust, My great army which I sent among you.” This army was not a blessing from the Lord but a judgment.  You would think these people would actually read their Bibles before making a whole movement.  The Bible says nothing about individuals in the last days that have greater power than the prophets and Apostles, except for the two witnesses of Revelation (Revelation 11).

Paul Yonggi Cho: "You create the presence of Jesus with your mouth ... He is bound by your lips and by your words ... Remember that Christ is depending upon you and your spoken word to release His presence." (Paul Yonggi Cho, The Fourth Dimension, Volume One (So. Plainfield, NJ: Bridge Publishing, 1979), 83)

 

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God does not depend on us.  Romans 9:16 So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy. We depend on Him.  Psalm 62:7 My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. We don’t “release His presence”.  We preach the Gospel.  God is the One Who decides where He is present, which would include both the born again believer (1 Cor. 6:19) and the congregation of saints (1 Cor. 5:4, Matt. 18:20).

Randy Clark: Clark claims that the "greatest revival of all times" is now a reality. He tells credulous Christians that "people are being raised from the dead and temples are being hit by lightening or fireballs and knocked off their things. It's all over. Germany and Africa. It's everywhere. God's doing it." (Randy Clark, "Catch The Fire: Questions and Answers", TACF, 10/14/94, audiotape, commentary from Counterfiet Revival, Hank Hanegraaff, 1997)

 

Deluded!

 

There is no such thing as an end times revival but an end times apostasy (2 Thes. 2:3).

 

Jack Coe: (Coe) warned followers "that the day would come when those who consulted physicians would have to take the mark of the beast." Coe (subsequently) became critically ill with bulbar polio ... (and) took the "mark of the beast" and was admitted to the hospital. (Hank Hanegraaff, Counterfeit Revival, 1997, pg. 137 citing Harrell, All Things Are Possible, 101)

 

Deluded!

 

The teaching of Word of Faith heretics claims that Christians are guaranteed healing in the Atonement (Is. 53:5).  But the healing spoken of in Isaiah is one of salvation, spiritual healing.  These kinds of teachings have turned churches into cults because they are disallowed from going to a doctor when they are sick.  But you will notice that virtually every Word of Faith practitioner will go a doctor when they are sick instead of a faith healer or healing themselves if they claim they are a faith healer. (See http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/divinehealing.html and http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/healthyself.html)

 

Kenneth Copeland: "You don't have a god in you, you are one." (Kenneth Copeland, "The Force Of Love" tape # 02-0028)

 

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See little gods above.  This is a lie of the devil.

 

Kenneth Copeland: "God is a being that stands somewhere around 6'2, 6'3" (Kenneth Copeland, "Following the Faith of Abraham" tape # 01-3001)

 

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This is basically what the Mormons teach, and it is not a stretch to see that Copeland’s teachings are New Thought from which Christian Science, Mormonism, Positive Thinking/Positive Confession and Word of Faith come from.  God is not a man (Num. 23:13).  He is Spirit (John 4:24).  Sorry Kenny but you do not measure up to God

 

Kenneth Copeland: "Jesus had to go through that same spiritual death in order to pay the price. Now it wasn't the physical death on the cross that paid the price for sin,  because if it had of been any prophet of God that had died for the last couple of thousand years before that could have paid that price. It wasn't physical death anybody could do that." (Kenneth Copeland, "What Satan Saw on the Day of Pentecost" (Kenneth Copeland Ministries, audio tape #020022)

 

Deluded!

 

This is a lie of Satan from Essex Kenyon and Kenneth Hagin.  Here is why: Colossians 1:22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation.  Jesus could not die spiritually because He was, and will always be God.  But He had to become human in order to shed His perfect blood for our sins because without the shedding of blood there is not forgiveness for sin (Heb. 9:22).  Those who teach this are in denial that Jesus Christ was God come in the flesh (because God cannot die spiritually) which proves they are antichrist (1 John 2:22).

Paul Crouch: "God, we proclaim death to anything or anyone that will lift a hand against this network and this ministry that belongs to You, God. It is Your work, it is Your idea, it is Your property, it is Your airwaves, it is Your world, and we proclaim death to anything that would stand in the way of God's great voice of proclamation to the whole world. In the Name of Jesus, and all the people said Amen!" (Paul Crouch, TBN, 11/7/97)

 

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When you claim you are the exclusive holder of Christian truth you make yourself a cult.  That is exactly what cults do.  More importantly, Christians are not to curse their fellow Christians or even their enemies.  Luke 6:27-28 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

 

Jack Deere: Deere on the subject of modern day prophesy: "But you know what? God is in the process of offending our minds in order to reveal our hearts. And I don't know any place where it's going to be 100% right. There's going to be stumbling blocks in every ministry that the Holy Spirit is really responsible for." (Jack Deere, TACF, 11/20/94, audiotape)

 

Deluded!

 

There is no place in the Bible where it says God is offending our minds to reveal our hearts.  That sounds like a New Age idea.  God wants us to worship Him in spirit and in truth with our minds fully engaged (Matt. 22:37).  The only way we can be offended is with the offense of the cross, and if we are we need to repent and believe (Gal. 5:11).  Prophets will be 100% correct because God is 100% correct (Duet. 18:20).  The Word of God is 100% correct (2 Tim. 3:16).  People can be wrong, but the truths of the Bible are everlasting (Ps. 119:89)

 

Kenneth Hagin: "Why did He need to be begotten or born? Because He became like we were - separated from God. Because He tasted spiritual death for every man. And His spirit and inner men went to hell in my place. Can't you see that? Physical death wouldn't remove your sins. He's tasted death for every man. He's talking about tasting spiritual death. Jesus is the first person that was ever born again. Why did His spirit need to be born again? Because it was estranged from God." (Kenneth Hagin, "How Jesus obtained His Name" (Kenneth Hagin Ministries, audio tape #44-H01)

 

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Again, God cannot die spiritually. He died for us physically.  Here is why: Colossians 1:22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation.  Jesus could not die spiritually because He was, and will always be God.  But He had to become human in order to shed His perfect blood for our sins because without the shedding of blood there is not forgiveness for sin (Heb. 9:22).  Those who teach this are in denial that Jesus Christ was God come in the flesh (because God cannot die spiritually) which proves they are antichrist (1 John 2:22).

Marilyn Hickey: "What do you need? Start creating it. Start speaking about it. Start speaking it into being. Speak to your billfold. Say, "You big, thick billfold full of money." Speak to your checkbook. Say, "You, checkbook, you. You've never been so prosperous since I owned you. You're just jammed full of money." (Marilyn Hickey, "Claim Your Miracles" (Denver: Marilyn Hickey Ministries, n.d.), audiotape #186, side 2)

 

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Has this ever worked for these false teachers?  No. They have filled their wallets with money raised with false promises, false teaching on the backs of the poor and desperate.  They could not create enough money with their words to fill an envelope, only with their deceit.

 

Steve Hill: Hill said "If you must analyze, then look at me, look at the musicians and singers, look at the congregation, look at the person to the left of you and to the right of you, and just analyze, analyze, analyze get it out of your system. Now let yourselves go: don't even think about what you are doing, forget about those around you and what they are doing. Release your mind release your spirit and let the mighty river of the "Holy Ghost" take you wherever He wants you to go." (Revival ... or Satanic Counterfeit?, Jimmy Robbins, 1996)

 

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This is another heretic getting people to stop discernment and testing and let go of their minds.  God wants us to worship Him in spirit and in truth with our minds fully engaged (Matt. 22:37).  This trick was used by the Toronto “Blessing”, Brownsville “Outpouring” and by heretics with the false anointing who have come after such as Bethel Church and Lakeland “Revival”.

 

Benny Hinn: "Just know this, that Jesus could not have remained sinless without the Holy Ghost...." (Benny Hinn and Paul Crouch on TBN)

 

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This is a basic denial of who Jesus Christ is.  If He was only human with the indwelling Holy Spirit, then He could have sinned (1 John 1:10).  But these heretics do not believe in the Hypostatic Union, that the Son of God added human nature to His Divine nature (John 1:1-5, 4:2).  He was made sin for us, but He never sinned (2 Cor. 5:21).

 

Rodney Howard-Browne: Browne said "'Either You come down here and touch me, or I will come up there and touch You" (The prayer Howard-browne prayed before he got the "anointing") (Holy Laughter, Albert James Dager, 1996)

 

Deluded!

 

Perhaps this was a joke on the part of the “Holy Ghost Bartender” but even if it was it is very disrespectful of God.  God certainly does not need a touch from Rodney and Howard-Browne could not get up to heaven even if he tried.  That is because he is an utter heretic, responsible along with Benny Hinn for the Third Wave through the Toronto “Blessing”.

 

Rodney Howard-Browne: "'One night I was preaching on hell,' Howard-Browne says, 'and [laughter] just hit the whole place. The more I told people what hell was like, the more they laughed'" (Rodney Howard-Browne, Charisma, August 1994, pg. 24).

 

Deluded!

 

Why would you joke about this unless you are bragging about it.  The Toronto “Blessing” on down the pike to other counterfeit revivals, through the “slain in the spirit” occult practice, caused people who submitted to it to become overwhelmed and to laugh and exhibit other manifestations that were out of control.  Here is a partial list of those that have been observed in this movement: laughing, crying, shaking, running around the building, fast dancing, running, etc, followed by collapse; barking-howling, trances, drunkenness, falling out, oinking, being "hot", fanning self or blowing, walking like chickens, high pitched whine reminiscent of a lively horse, mooing and crowing, swimming in the spirit-on the back and also breast stroke style, women going through imaginary birth pangs, loss of consciousness, trying to soar like eagles, hissing and moving like a snake, inability to speak and involuntary body spasms, kung fu-like stances, vomiting in the spirit and holy head-banging, and stripping.

 

Rick Joyner: Joyner on the subject of the latter-day apostles and prophets who will be greater than the apostles and prophets of Biblical times: "In the near future we will not be looking back at the early church with envy because of the great exploits of those days, but all will be saying that He certainly did save Hi best wine for last. The most glorious times in all of history have not come upon us. You, who have dreamed of one day being able to talk with Peter, John and Paul, are going to be surprised to find that they have all been waiting to talk to you." (Rick Joyner, The Harvest (Pineville, NC, MorningStar, 1990, 9)

 

Deluded!

 

Since Peter, John and Paul were foundational apostles and there are none alive today (see http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/allfalseapostles.html) then they are not waiting to talk to those who consider themselves to be equal to or greater than the original apostles (also see http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/gracegifts.html). 2 Corinthians 11:12 And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about.

Rick Joyner: "Bob [Jones] was told that the general level of prophetic revelation in the church was about 65% accurate at this time. Some are only about 10% accurate, a very few of the most mature prophets are approaching 85% to 95% accuracy. Prophecy is increasing in purity, but there is still a long way to go for those who walk in this ministry. This is actually grace for the church now, because 100% accuracy in this ministry will bring a level of accountability to the church which she is too immature to bear at this time; it would result in too many 'Ananias and Sapphiras.' That so many the (sic) prophetic ministries are still missing so much is also meant to work humility and wisdom in them so that they will be able to handle the authority and power coming in the near future." If you can't handle truth in the first place, what makes you think you can handle authority, let alone power?  (The Prophetic Ministry, The Morning Star Prophetic Newsletter, Rick Joyner, n.d., Vol 3, No. 2, pg. 4 with comment from Deception In The Church)

 

Deluded!

 

Deuteronomy 18:22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord does not take place or come true, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.  If a prophet is only 65% accurate and is telling people he heard from the Lord, doesn’t he make God out to be a liar 65% of the time?

 

http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/moving-audio-clip.gifJohn Kilpatrick: (Kilpatrick Message 4/6/97) "If you (Hank Hannegraaf) want to keep any kind of a semblance of a ministry, you better back off from this revival and what God is doing. You better back off, because I'm going to prophesy to you that if you don't, and you continue to put your tongue in your mouth on this move of God, within 90 days the Holy Ghost will bring you down. I said, within 90 days the Holy Ghost will bring you down." 

 

Deluded!

 

This was a clear false prophecy but when Kilpatrick was confronted with it he lied and said he never prophesied.  And this was supposedly the leader of a great revival of the Lord!

 

Kathryn Kuhlman: "You've had cancer in the hip and now your pain is gone. Is that right?" (Man with cancer:) "Yes," (Kathryn Kuhlman:) "Bend over so everyone can see." He bent over. "Walk around." He walked around. "Isn't the Holy Spirit wonderful?" she cried. A sound of rejoicing went round the hall. Afterward, the doctor inquired of this man. Nothing had changed in his condition. But in Christian circles, the news was spread everywhere that a man in a wheelchair had been healed. (Kurt Koch, Occult ABC, 1978, p. 119)

 

Deluded!

 

False healing claims are rife within the counterfeit revival movement and they learned it from false teachers like Kathryn Kuhlman, William Branham, Aimee Semple Macpherson, Oral Roberts and a whole host of others.  Everytime these healing claims are investigated the fall short of Divine Biblical healing. (See http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/divinehealing.html)

 

(Benny) Hinn: Hinn revealed that he periodically visits (Kathryn) Kuhlman's grave (click here for a photo of her grave site) and that he is one of the few with a key to gain access to it. He also visits Aimee (McPherson's) grave (click here for photos of her grave site), where he says: "I felt a terrific anointing ... I was shaking all over ... trembling under the power of God ... `Dear God,' I said, `I feel the anointing.' ... I believe the anointing has lingered over Aimee's body." (Benny Hinn, April 7, 1991 sermon)

 

Deluded!

 

Those who have been taken in by false teachers like Kuhlman, like Hinn, have taken it even further and claim to be talking to these dead people and getting their “anointing” off their graves.  That is necromancy.  Deuteronomy 18:9-12 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. …

Earl Paulk: "THE FIFTH FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH IS TO CONQUER THE LAST ENEMY, WHICH IS DEATH, AND TO BRING REDEMPTION TO THE BODY OF CHRIST. When the Apostle Paul says that redemption has not yet taken place, he speaks, I believe, of the redemption of the individual body; yet in my spirit I perceive that he speaks also of the redemption of the Body of Christ. [Boldface Paulk's throughout.] "Jesus Christ Himself overcame death individually, and WHEN THE CHURCH BECOMES SO CONFORMED TO HIS IMAGE THAT THOSE WHO DIE DO NOT PASS THROUGH THE GRAVE, BUT BECOME INSTEAD GLORIOUSLY CHANGED IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, IT WILL BE THAT CHURCH WHICH WILL BRING THE KINGDOM OF GOD TO PASS ON THE EARTH. [Paulk then quotes Romans 8:18,22-23, and Ephesians 1:13-14.] "We have received the earnest of the EXPECTATION through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, but we must move on to the POSSESSION, which is overcoming the last enemy, death. Sometimes the interpretation has been made that Jesus Christ conquered death, but if that were so, why would Paul's epistle to the Corinthians, written at least ninety years later, say that the last enemy that SHALL be destroyed is death (I Corinthians 15:26)? JESUS CHRIST CONQUERED DEATH INDIVIDUALLY, BUT IT IS LEFT TO THE CHURCH TO CONQUER DEATH ON A CORPORATE BASIS.. "Is it possible that there will be a people who so possess the authority of Almighty God, as Elijah did, that they, as a group, will say to death, hell, and the spirit of Satan, 'We will NOT die. We will stay here and be changed, and we will call Jesus Christ to return to this earth as King of Kings and Lords of Lords'? Yes, that is what I believe the church must do! But it will not be easy, because GOD IS LOOKING FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF A MATURE CHURCH WHO CAN SPEAK WITH THE AUTHORITY JESUS HAD WHEN HE STILLED THE WINDS AND CALLED LAZARUS FORTH FROM THE GRAVE. "An exciting prospect? Oh, yes! We are God's people, called to do the will of God in the world today and to see the King of Glory return to establish His Kingdom on earth! Jesus Christ had the authority to say 'No' to death on earth, and He is waiting for us to come to that same authority He had so we can say, 'The last enemy - death - has been conquered!' [Paulk then quotes I Corinthians 15:20-26.] "Jesus Christ, as the firstfruit of the Kingdom, began the work of conquering death on an individual basis, but we, as His church will be the ones to complete the task. Jesus said (Matthew 28:18), 'All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth,' and the church today has that same power. Death will not be conquered by Jesus returning to the earth. It will be conquered when the church stands up boldly and says, 'We have dominion over the earth!' How else will God be able to show Satan a people for whom death holds no fear, over whom death no longer has any power? When God can do that, Satan's hold on us will be broken forever!" (Earl Paulk, "The Proper Function of the Church" (Atlanta: K Dimension Publishers, undated), p.13.)

 

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We will not have our eternal bodies till the Rapture/Resurrection (Acts 24:15).  We will also not take over the earth.  Jesus will do that on His return.  Our job is to preach the Gospel, not to take over the world (see http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/thequestionofdominion.html)

 

Oral Roberts: On January 4, 1987, Roberts launched his most notable campaign to date. Roberts told his followers that if he did not raise a total of 8 million dollars by March, God was going to take his life ... Comparing himelf to the apostle Paul, Roberts begged not to let Satan defeat him. "God" he says, "clearly told me he needs me here on earth. And here's why -- because of all the ministries, this ministry is the only one God has on this earth that owns a medical school." ... Some time later, Oral's son, Richard, took pen in hand to warn of his father's impending doom. Without "the additional $4,500.000." explains Richard, "God will not extend Dad's life" He then pleads, "Partner, we cannot let this man of God die. There is no reason for him to die." ... After sternnly warning, "IF YOU NEGLECT TO PAY ATTENTION ... then Satan will take advantage and hit you with bad things and you will wish that 1985 had never come, " Roberts closed his letter with a hard sell. Sending a seed-faith gift will not only enable you to "STOP SATAN IN HIS HATE TO BRING YOU DOWN," it will also "help you get your hundredfold return." (Roberts raised the money and did not die.) (Hank Hanegraaff, Christianity In Crisis, 1993, pg. 196-198)

 

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We are not to raise funds by threats and intimidation.  2 Corinthians 9:7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. By the way, Oral Roberts never did build the “medical center” promised at Oral Roberts University.

Pat Robertson: Conforming to the world rather than the Word, evangelical leaders such as Pat Robertson and Francis Frangipane have called visions of Mary and animated statues "manifestations from God." Frangipane believes that, had the message of Medjugorje to forgive Muslims been obeyed, the war in Bosnia would have been averted. (Tom Barbaho, The United Religions Organization citing "Signs, Wonder, and the Word," Francis Frangipane, River of Life Ministries, August, 1995)

 

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Marian apparitions are not only not Mary the mother of Jesus, but are likely a demonic deception.  (See http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/masqueradeDVD.html)

 

Robert Tilton: Being poor is a sin. (Robert Tilton, Success in Life, recorded 12/2/90)

 

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Luke 6:20 Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you whoare poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Psalm 34:6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

Psalm 140:12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

Proverbs 17:5 Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 22:2 Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all.

 

Todd Bentley: Bentley claims to have seen Jesus Christ, but it was not the Jesus of the Bible. (http://www.christianresearchservice.com/ToddBentley1.htm)

 

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Perhaps he saw someone named Jesus since there are many.  If he saw this “Jesus” in a dream then it was likely Satan masquerading as Jesus.  Paul Yongii Cho saw Jesus in his bedroom wearing a fireman’s helmet.  Benny Hinn saw Jesus in heaven but there was no one on the throne.

 

Todd Bentley: The man in the wheelchair suffers from Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Todd Bentley commands the MS to be "healed" and repeats the words FIRE! FIRE! BAM! BOOM! HEALING POWER! over and over again. Bentley then thanks “God” for healing the MS, but the man remained in his wheelchair. Compare with Matthew 15:30-31. 

 

Deluded!

 

False claims of healing are a way for people without a conscience to become rich and famous and get power over people.  It is a way for the enemy to begin to change the belief systems of Christian to the point where they are believing in vain (1 Cor. 15:2).

 

Paul Cain: "...Every time God ever planned to do anything, the devil would get wind of it and he'd go out there are try to head it off...When he knew Moses was coming, what did he do to stop him...He killed all the babies. What did he do when he figured that Jesus was going to be born at a certain time? He released a decree through the wicked ruler to kill all the babies. Don't you see? And what's he doing now?...Abortions on every hand. So, you must know something's coming up greater than Moses, greater than...Even in Jesus' day, because the devil is trying to kill off the New Breed. He's trying to kill off the bride of Christ and trying to kill the whole thing off, but the Lord has well planted this seed and the New Bride and the New Breed...He's about to open the womb and He's about to give birth to this New Thing...When the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us we beheld the glories of the only begotten of the Father and when you begin to become that Word I want you to know. The world will behold the glory of the Father and that's what we're waiting to see...I want you to know that we're going to have some channeling one of these days, but it's going to be channeled right out of the throne room of Heaven." (Paul Cain, "You Can Become the Word!", 1989, Vineyard Prophetic Conference)

 

Deluded!

 

There is no such thing as a “new bride” or “new breed”.  This has always been the way of the Gnostics to claim new revelation that is beyond what is written (1 Cor. 4:6) in order to get followers.

 

Todd Bentley: Visions of all makes and models, shapes and sizes are a common occurrence within the Charismatic and signs and wonders movements. The question is: Are the visions from God? To no surprise, Todd Bentley claims to have had multiple visions, and further claims to have been transported back in time, not by way of Professor Peabody and his Wayback Machine, mind you, but by "Jesus". Once in Bakersfield, as Todd was in prayer, the first night in the Pastor's office, he had a visitation from the Lord. Jesus transported him back in time. He found himself in Bakersfield, back in the '40's of '50's, and was in a Voice of Healing service, miraculous healings were taking place. Later, Todd asked historically if there were ever any healing revivals in Bakersfield. It was then, that Todd found out that in the 1950's, Gordon Lindsay & Oral Roberts all had healing revivals there. Not only did they individually hold healing revival meetings there, but also Bakersfield was prophesied over by William Branham, and Paul Cain, that Bakersfield held a deep well of healing. [Fresh Fire Ministries, "Bakersfield California BLOWOUT!" August 8, 2002, http://tinyurl.com/Bentley-Branham]

 

Deluded!

 

That any Christian would be lying about being transported back in time shows they have not relationship to Jesus.  There was no such thing as time travel in the Bible. They have been watching too much Dr. Who.

 

Todd Bentley:... In a message to his church on August 11, 2012, Stan Tyra claimed he received the following "powerful word" from Todd Bentley: "Todd Bentley had a word for me last week. He gave that word kinda semi-publicly, and we shared it in the house because it's important to us as a church. And he said that he saw a spirit of Thor on me."( http://www.christianresearchservice.com/todd-bentley-and-the-spirit-of-thor/#.UEZyCaCnKSo)

 

Deluded!

 

Thor is a false god, mythologically the son of Odin of the Vikings.  These words are from demons.

 

Conclusion

 

So much more could be said.  I may add to this article later but if I added everything these people have said, taught, seen and prophesied this document would be longer than the documents for Obamacare.