New Apostolic Reformation
New Apostolic Reformation
New Apostolic Reformation
The International Coalition of Apostles headed by C. Peter Wagner is the most influential
purveyor of the New Apostolic Reformation, a term coined by Wagner. This organization is
really an extension of the New Order of the Latter Rain whose influences and mentors include
William Branham, Franklin Hall, the Hawtin brothers, and more recently Bill Hamon, Paul Cain
and the Kansas City Prophets.
The doctrines of the Latter Rain have influenced most of the televangelists on TV today, and so
have crept deceptively into many denominations.
The main heretical teachings of the New Order Of The Latter Rain, as ruled in 1949 at the
General Council of the Assemblies of God held in Seattle, were as follows:
(1) The restoration of foundational apostles and prophets in the churches. (2) The teaching and
promotion of a transferable impartation or anointing that are passed on "by" the laying on of
hands "by" the will of man.
(3) Confession and deliverance from sin to men.
(4) The impartation of spiritual gifts by the laying on of hands such as the gift of languages for
missionary service and other "ministry skills".
(5) The extreme and unscriptural practice of imparting or imposing personal leadings by the
means of the gifts of utterance, "word of knowledge" or prophecy.
(6) Distortions of scripture interpretations, which are in opposition to teachings and practices
generally accepted among the Church.
These doctrines deemed heretical by the Assemblies Of God in 1949, which are now common
fare because of the Brownsville 'Revival" and the Third Wave movement, are all being promoted
today in the New Apostolic Reformation. See Pastor's wife flopping like a fish out of
water home video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeoiamEvZMA
Alarmingly, these apostolic churches represent one of the fastest growing segments in the
church today. In an article entitled New Apostolic Reformation and the Faith and Work
Movement, John Rowell states the following “David Barrett, editor of the World Christian
Encyclopedia reports 1,000 apostolic networks on record in his global database. These networks
are found on six continents and account, by his estimate, for some 100 million believers
worldwide. Dr. Wagner estimates that in the US alone there are as many NAR churches as there
are Southern Baptist congregations – something approaching 40,000. Growth in the Third World
among these churches far surpasses the more mundane statistics found in the West. Europe’s
largest church is Manna Church in Lisbon, Portugal with 25,000 members. The Universal Church
of the Kingdom of God in Brazil claims over 3 million congregants. The world’s largest
congregations are now in Nigeria where the Church of Jesus Christ in Logos assembled 10-12
million people for its Holy Spirit service in December, 2000. The world has never seen this kind
of church expansion!”
According to Wikipedia, Kingdom Now theology (which the NAR ascribes to) believe that God
lost control over the world to Satan when Adam and Eve sinned. Since then, the theology goes;
God has been trying to reestablish control over the world by seeking a “special” group of
believers. Through these people — known as "covenant people," "overcomers" or "Joel's
army," depending on the source — social institutions (including governments and laws) would
be brought under God's authority. These "covenant people" or "overcomers" are "little gods" —
God's "extension" in the world to regain authority from the devil. The church, under the
leadership of "restored" apostles and prophets, therefore must take over the world and put
down all opposition to it before Christ can return. Anyone who rebels against the church,
along with other "evildoers," must convert or be punished.
No one is more central to this global takeover of the church than C. Peter Wagner. It might
frighten you to know that through Wagner’s World Prayer Center (WPC) he is tracking
thousands of ministries and churches.
"We see our task as getting people in touch with one another to form interactive, human web
networks that are properly equipped to wage effective spiritual warfare. The WPC is a fully
equipped nerve center with data and information about prayer needs throughout the world
[which] ... networks prayer ministries, denominations, churches and cell groups. World Prayer
Center website. Why is this groundwork being laid for a global network? To pave the way for
the Apostolic Reformation in which apostles take control of the church and usher in the New
Order church they call the kingdom of God.”
I don’t think anyone has put it more succinctly than Sandy Simpson in his forward to his article,
The Agenda & Teaching of the New Apostolic Reformation.
(http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/arise.html [1]) Simpson states that, “This agenda (the
apostolic and prophetic reformation) runs through thousands of agencies and web sites. It is
what is driving the Transformations movement, the global prayer movement, and thousands of
other churches and organizations. What Christians need to realize is that they need to make a
choice now. A majority of Christian churches have already succumbed to this Dominionist
agenda foisted on the churches by false apostles driven by false prophecies from false
prophets. Wagner is talking about the government of the church, under the
leadership of the new foundational restored "apostles", OVERTHROWING the
governments of the world. “
Recently someone sent me a DVD of one of these apostolic conferences called, 2008, Staring
the Year off Right. Dutch Sheets spoke shamelessly about their (NAR) groups plans to take
over. He showed a doted map of the United States with hundreds of large and smaller dots
spaced evenly across the country. He explained that the larger dots showed the apostolic hubs:
the teaching and training centers they had already implemented. The smaller dots showed the
individual apostles that had been put in place. Underneath the apostles, he explained, would be
the individual churches that would be, a local expression of the global church. He stressed that
we were no longer to think in terms of our local church but in terms of the Kingdom (buzz word
for the coming one world church). It might alarm you that they have deemed 2008 as the year
of the “great shift”
John Eckhardt , one of Wagner’s leaders, had this to say in his book, Moving in the Apostolic
“The war between the Pastor and the Prophet will cease with the full emergence of the
Apostle…. Are we going to be willing to submit our ministry to a specific Apostolic visionary?
This is a critical question that will determine our influence on hastening the coming
of the Lord, in our effective contribution to the restoring of all things spoken by the prophets”
Let me state emphatically that God does not need us to hasten his coming. That the God of the
universe would somehow be impotent and unable to return to earth until WE overthrow the
kingdoms of this world is not only heretical but utterly ludicrous.
Rick Joyner in his book The Harvest had this to say about the emerging government of the
Apostles. “It was said of the Apostle Paul that he was turning the world upside down; it will be
said of the apostles soon to be anointed that they have turned an upside down world
right side up” . Nations will tremble at the mention of their name
According to Joyner these reigning apostles will actually make all things right; they will bring
order out of Chaos. Interestingly enough, this is the same mantra as the New Agers and those
pushing for a New World Order. Joyner goes further in saying that the nations will tremble at
their name? If these apostles are going to make all things right and bring order, healing,
salvation, and the love of Christ to the whole earth, then why would the nations tremble? They
will tremble because they plan to kill those who do not go along with their governance.
You may be experiencing confusion right now; you may be saying to yourself, no this couldn’t
be! How could a deception this big exist? Well, let’s think about that for a moment. We know
from the Word of God that there will be a one world church and a one world government. This
one world government and church is not God’s. We know that the end of days will be marked
by deep deception and lying signs and wonders. In fact, the Bible says that the Antichrist will
call fire down from Heaven. The Bible also says that God will send a powerful delusion to those
that did not love the Truth so that they will believe a lie. If your only basis by which to judge
whether a person or ministry is from God are signs and wonders then sadly enough you are
already deceived.
Below are some of the teachings and beliefs of these self styled apostles.
· They believe that God is restoring the office of prophet and apostles to the church
· Claim that they alone have the power and authority to execute the plans and purposes of
God
· Believe they are building a new foundation for a global church.
· Believe they will literally establish the Kingdom of Heaven on earth
· Believe in a coming “civil war” in the church where they will overcome all (true Christian)
opposition.
· Place an inordinate emphasis on angels and the supernatural
· Claim extra biblical revelations that can not be scripturally proven ( progressive revelation)
· Claim that God is doing a “new thing”
· Frequently say that those not accepting their heretical teaching are “Putting God in a box”
· Teach that we should never question their authority.
· They use the term “Touch not God’s anointed” frequently when questions are raised.
· They peg those that question their authority as bound by religion, legalistic, divisive, narrow
minded, rebellious, and demonic
· Place a greater emphasis on dreams, visions and extra-biblical revelation than they do on the
word of God
· They believe they will be the corporate incarnation of Christ
· They believe they will execute judgment upon those who oppose them (up to and including
death).
· They believe in a one world religion operating in sync with a one world government.
· They believe in complete unity and believe that there is nothing they can not accomplish
through this unity.
· They believe they can bring Heaven down to earth (Yoism- see link below for more
information) (http://herescope.blogspot.com/2006/05/yoism-creating-heaven-on-earth.html
[2])
· They believe that we will be perfected here on earth
· They believe in aggressively organizing small group networks
· They believe in the organization of apostles under pre-eminent apostles
· They believe that ALL local churches must be under the authority of a regional or trans-local
apostle
· They believe each city must have an apostle- men given extraordinary authority in spiritual
matters over the other Christian leaders in the same city
· They consider themselves divine, little gods and equal to Christ ( although they loosely veil
this)
· They believe they will attain perfection on earth
· They consider themselves the “Defenders of the Faith”
· Place a great deal of emphasis on mysticism and hidden knowledge ( Gnosis)
· Do not believe in the rapture (or believe the wicked are the ones that will be ruptured)
· Stress unity over doctrine and reject the literal interpretation of the Bible
http://deceptionbytes.com/content/strong-delusion-new-apostolic-reformation
1) Spiritual warfare:
Spiritual warfare conducted through intense worship and praise
Spiritual mapping
Identifying strongholds
Rebuking demonic powers and binding territorial spirits
Walking through towns, praying over buildings to remove/bind evil spirits
Spiritual warriors and Intercessors ' Sole purpose of this is to reclaim towns, cities,
states/provinces, countries, and finally the earth for ‘Christ’
If the evil moves out, Christians will move in
If they ‘bind’ the evil, people will ‘get saved’ and come to Jesus.
2) Signs and wonders:
Small to large amount of focus on signs and wonders which will prepare you for:
An Elite group of over comer’s (false prophets) who WILL produce signs and
wonders unlike anything ever seen
Healing ministries
19) Anointing:
Multiple anointings -there is an anointing for everything
Anointings can be transferred from one person to another
Anointing/false spirit transferred via: touching, thought, blowing, gesturing, laying
on of hands, hands held above the person, etc.
20) Mantles:
Multiple mantles -there seems to be a mantle for everything
Mantles can be passed from person to person
Most famous Mantle: William Branham’s Mantle
22) Angels:
Angels that accompany the pastor
Angels that bring people messages from God
Angels that bring healing
Any focus on angels; speaking with angels, visitation by angels etc.
23) Believe and teach things that New Age and/or Occultists believe/teach/practice:
Portals, gateways, spiritual gates
Heavenly realms, prayer realms, seer realms, glory realms
Spiritual altars
Opening the Heavens
Ekstasis Worship
Spiritual hotspots, geographical areas that are more spiritual than others
Atmosphere, vibrations, light, sound and colours
Numerology -applying symbolism or significance to numbers
31) Christ comes into the church before he comes for the church
That the Church, his body will actually become Christ on earth, glorious and
triumphant
Peter Wagner
1. Baptism of the Spirit occurs at conversion
2. Multiple Fillings of Holy Spirit
3. Tongues is one of many spiritual gifts
4. Ministry under power and anointing of the Holy Spirit is a portal
5. Compromise regarding theological Matters
http://faculty.leeu.edu/~droebuck/The%20Third%20Wave.pdf
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IHOP is the bastard child of he now debunked and evil Kansas City Prophets alliance
which spawned the twisted and deviant line of sexual predator Bob Jones,
homosexual alcoholic Paul Cain, convicted child abuser, serial adulterer Todd
Bentley. Mike Bickle led a team of false prophets as KCP prophesying in 1990 that
the UK would experience great revival. Not only does history show this to be false,
but affirms the very opposite to be true. The UK has slid further into moral and
spiritual decline ever since.
From Kansas City to the religious fiasco in Toronto ,to the failed revival at
Brownsville resulting in a major church split and public financial scandal, and on to
the infamous heresy and abuse of Lakeland.
The same odious characters at the core attracting like-minded charlatans including
the Strader bothers, Daniel imprisoned until 2036 for defrauding elderly Christians
out of $3million and Stephen who was thought by the judge to be just as guilty.
After Bentley’s exposure in the USA on ABC Nightline he was swiftly removed from
ministry to prevent further scrutiny. Not only was he unable to provide evidence of
a single healing, many who were pronounced healed have since died. Furthermore
the Arnold Palmer Hospital has stated that claims of resurrections were bogus.
A thread of carnality and heresy runs through the veins of this movement whose
very DNA was present in the disgraced William Branham. It would seem that many
Christians have still to learn that our privilege of calling is fulfilled in the PURSUIT
OF GOD, not experiences. The twisted “charisma” of these false teachers/prophets
bears no resemblance to the biblical practice of charismata or charismatic gifting as
spoken of by Paul in 1Cor 14.
http://endtimespropheticwords.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/mike-bickle-ihop-cult-
like-tendancies/#comment-49265
John Arnott and Toronto Blessing
JOHN ARNOTT AND TORONTO AIRPORT CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP ARE PREACHING THE
WEALTH TRANSFER CONCEPT!
So what happened to the Wealth Transfer concept it went out of the window when real money
is needed to fix a real problem? It seems like it?
PROV 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, But the wealth
of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
While seeking God for answers, several months ago, our pastoral team took a week to
fast and hear from the Lord. After the week, we felt that we needed to present these
building repairs to our church family and friends. We believe God is calling us to a
project called “Raise The Roof”. Our goal is to raise ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
We believe another strong wave of Revival will descend upon us very soon. We have
had several encouraging Prophetic Words recently, that God is about to move again
very powerfully. Steve Long/John Arnott http://tacf.org/campuses/airport/raise-the-
roof/
Hi Gordon,
In January 2009 John Arnott and Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship with special guest
Dr Pastor Pat Francis had a wealth transfer seminary at the church! So how come they
are now begging for $ 1 million dollar to fix the roof?
And by the way as you know Pat Francis Doctorate from Christian Life School of
Theology, Columbus, GA is worth nothing since it came from a diploma mill unlike that
of my friend Dr. Pat Holiday who has an real earned Ph.D. from Southeastern
Theology Seminary and writes that Todd Bentley’s Pastor Pat King, a good friend of
John Arnott, is a Witch
http://www.remnantradio.org/Archives/articles/PH/Newsletters/Patricia%20King%20De
motes%20Jesus%205.pdf
Speaking of Todd Bentley, who now carries the label of a liar and a deceiver according
to Peter Wagner, and whose Florida revival was denounced by even the illustrious
scoundrel Benny Hinn, (http://www.christianresearchservice.com/BHinn39.htm), while
John Arnott the founding Pastor of TACF blessed Todd Bentley at Lakeland
http://endtimespropheticwords.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/john-arnott-of-the-toronto-
blessing-blesses-todd-bentley-at-lakeland/
John Arnott wrote to Todd Bentley, April 2008: (source The Elijah list) and said:
“Todd, you need to keep going in these meetings as long as the Lord is
moving. I feel that this is a prophetic sign that another wave of revival is
coming to North America. If you remember, the laughing revival was
released in Lakeland via Rodney Howard Browne. Randy Clark went to one of
Rodney’s meetings in November 2003 in Tulsa, and came to Toronto in
January of 2004, and it all broke out here. So, the meetings starting again in
Lakeland could mean that revival gets another fresh start all over the world!
“
Todd Bentley was EXPOSED as a LIAR and a THIEF!!! During the Lakeland revival Todd
also said that God told him to get 1,000 people to give $1,000 dollars. When people
confronted Todd, Todd admitted that God did not say that. We had positive proof that
Todd Bentley along with the leaders of the Revival were spiritually abusing everyone.
On resurrection morning, Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009 TACF pastors also presented an
opportunity to their church family and friends, and asked 1000 people to pledge
$1000. They also remind the people that God consistently tells us in His Word that
those who sow will reap. If we sow bountifully, in faith, we will reap also bountifully,
but if we sow sparingly, we will also reap sparingly (2 Cor. 9:6).
So what happened to the Wealth Transfer concept it went out of the window
when real money is needed to fix a real problem? It seems like it?
IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST CON GAMES IN THE BOOK - TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY
WANT TO HEAR THAT A GREAT REVIVAL IS COMING AND ASK THEM FOR THEIR
SUPPORT ESPECIALLY FINANCIAL AND THAT IS WHAT TACF ARE DOING! NONE OF
TACF PROPHETS HAVE SHRED OF CREDITABILITY OR A PROVEN TRACK RECORD BUT
ARE LIARS AND PERVERTS ESPECIALLY BOB JONES OR TODD BENTLY OR PATRICIA
KING THE WEIRDO WITCH!
It's obvious to most people that Todd Bentley and his Florida revival was an absolute
dud and of demonic origin. And Todd Bentley, the criminally convicted homosexual
pedophile turned drunken heretic and adulterer who kicked old ladies in the face and
stomach on YouTube at the failed Lakeland, Florida counterfeit revival has entered into
a biblically adulterous re- marriage while under a “process of restoration” led by
biblically proven false prophet Rick Joyner.
Bentley was ring master at a debacle of lunacy and false healing debunked on national
TV orchestrated by the infamous Strader family, whom the District Attorney implicated
in financial scandals defrauding elderly Christians of millions of dollars. While the Florida
District Attorney publicly names Pastor Steve Strader as complicit in the swindling, his
brother was sent to prison for over 30 years as a professional gangster under American
anti racketeering RICO statutes. Bob Jones was debunked as a sexual predator with
vulnerable women while Paul Cain was publicly disclosed to be a drunken pervert with a
life long history of alcoholism and homosexuality. (Jacob Prasch) See
http://moriel.org/MorielArchive/index.php/news/usa/false-prophet-rick-joyner-todd-
bentleys-re-marriage
In 2009 after the revival failed and Todd Bentley divorced his wife, Rick Joyner led the
restoration team which included leaders who had vouched for Bentley’s good character
in the past even as he was deceiving us all, and has posted a letter on his web page.
We are informed that ‘Even so, they are married now and are resolved to make the
most of their marriage, their lives, and to continue to serve the Lord in the best way
that they can. ‘
Their being married far from making it right has in my view made matters even worse
and totally disqualified Todd Bentley from any reinstatement in ministry in the
foreseeable future. It means there is no repentance. He has simply gone into outright
rebellion by marrying his mistress. Even if his wife had chosen to divorce him, which
does not seem to be the case, a more judicious, moral and righteous course of action
would have been to break off this adulterous relationship and stay celibate before God
Instead, he remarries quickly. And we are put before the fait accompli. Is there a recent
translation of the New Testament that decrees that the solution to adultery is to quickly
divorce the offended party and marry the mistress? ( Pastor Bola Olivia Ogedengbe,
ABBA HOUSE church, Paris) http://bolaoged.com/?p=743
Wagner, unlike Arnott admits that he, and the "apostles" where well aware that "chaos
and confusion had begin to invade the Outpouring" but he went against the warnings of
the others... Hence Wagner stated Todd Bentley now carries the label of a liar and a
deceiver. I'm sorry to mention it, but I felt personally deceived in the same way when
Ted Haggard's sin was exposed and he was immediately removed from ministry...
Suffice it to say that there is more than I am going to mention. First of all, Todd has
been removed from public ministry until further notice. He has resigned from the
ministry he founded, Fresh Fire, so he is no longer a part of that board. It has become
clear that he indulged in periodic drunkenness. He has no intention at the moment of
reconciling with Shonna, nor does she with him. Their marriage has been torn for years
by his emotional attachment with at least one other female whose physical contact
went beyond hugging and kissing and holding hands. Enough said-maybe more details
will be revealed later-but it was clearly immoral. All of this was skillfully concealed by
lying and by swearing close associates who had observed his behavior to secrecy.
Mark Berry told us that: Stephen Strader, who has been keeping records, affirms that
the evil that the prince of the power of the air had been subtly introducing into the
Outpouring I started to be exposed and unraveled the day after the alignment, June 24!
Some questions then... if that is correct and accurate what then was the "Chaos and
confusion" that so worried Strader that he felt he needed to bring in Wagner in the first
place? And what where the "problems" that Wagner and his friends where debating
before the 24th June? Hmmm there's a bucket full of contradiction there as far as I can
see!
I'll be honest with you, there is so much inconsistency in the statements from all the
"apostles" involved (Stradet, Joyner, Arnott and Wagner in particularly!) I can't help but
question what exactly went on. Dutch Sheets, part of the Prophetic/Charismatic
movement is worried about it too... he calls for more honesty from the leaders involved
(statement found here) ....
http://markjberry.blogs.com/way_out_west/2008/08/c-peter-wagners.html
If Dutch sheets called for more honesty from the leaders involved in the demonic
Lakeland revival how come it was never given by any of the revival leaders?
And the other fact many of the Third Wave leaders such as Wesley Campbell
and Stacey Campbell or Heidi Baker or Patricia King have a Kundalini
demon! http://www.newchristian.org.uk/kundalini.html See
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WER74TDgVVk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aWpTvcM74U&feature=related and
http://www.blinkx.com/video/todd-bentley-apostolic-and-prophetic-commissioning-3-
4/Aaw4i_tak8ltdRZ2SAka7w
The jerking in Toronto, Brownsville or any other revival place is not a sign of the Holy
Spirit but of a Kundalini demon which infiltrated Christianity mainly in North America
through Rodney Howard Browne! The fact is the bible never talks about “jerking” being
an attribute of the Holy Spirit but rather it states but the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control THE KEY
WORD HERE IS SELF-CONTROL AND WHEN YOU ARE POSSESSED BY A DEMONIC
KUNDALINI SPIRIT THERE IS NO CONTROL AND THAT IS TOTALLY WRONG AND
AGAINST SCRIPTURE
And it’s a fact that all the prophecies and prayers seen in the Todd Bentley
Apostolic and Prophetic commissioning were false, useless and dead! It
would have been very useful instead of just making a general statement “We
believe another strong wave of Revival will descend upon us very soon. We
have had several encouraging Prophetic Words recently, that God is about to
move again very powerfully” that we were told who these prophets were and
what was their proven track record so we could do what the scripture tells us
to do in 1 Corinthians 14 “Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others
judge” instead of taking the word of fools who supported and mentored Todd
Bentley!
And let us not forget that Bob Jones was debunked as a sexual predator with vulnerable
women while Paul Cain was publicly disclosed to be a drunken pervert with a life long
history of alcoholism and homosexuality.
Regards
Walter
http://www.scribd.com/tag/walter%20kambulow
http://walthope.tripod.com/
Not Innocent” http://www.a2zbookdepot.com/xxcrxxoxxoks.pdf or
http://crooksaog.tripod.com/
Dr. Pat Holiday Newsletters
http://www.remnantradio.org/Archives/articles/PH/PH.htm
Seducing Spirits and doctrines of devils…
http://www.scribd.com/doc/495757/Apostles-Prophets-and-the-Coming-NEW-AGE
Be Still and Know...that you are being deceived
http://www.onetruthministries.com/BeStill.htm
Western Standard Blog
http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2009/04/the-art-of-the-
apologetic-nonapology.html
http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2009/05/i-guess-that-if-
you-die-and-go-to-heaven-thats-a-healing-of-sorts.html
http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2009/04/divorced-from-
reality.html
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and
elders of Israel: Acts 4:8
And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was
shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God
with boldness. Acts 4:31
Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him
and said, "O full of all deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all
righteousness, will you not cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord? "And now,
indeed, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun
for a time." And immediately a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking
someone to lead him by the hand. Acts 13:9-10
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,
Ephesians 5:18
Gordon,
We see from the word of God that just being born again and knowing the word of God is not
enough, Christians must be filled with the Spirit and do whatever the Holy Spirit leads us to do
including speaking with other tongues, as the Spirit gives them utterance, prophesying,
speaking the word of God with boldness and rebuking false ones by telling them "O full of all
deceit and all fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease
perverting the straight ways of the Lord? God’s word is unchanging:
But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD, And of justice and might, To
declare to Jacob his transgression And to Israel his sin. Micah 3:8
We must remember that Holy Spirit, sent Paul and Barnabus for the work He had for them. So
they sailed to Cyprus and preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And when
they come the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew whose
name was Bar-Jesus, who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man
called for Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God, but Elymas the sorcerer
withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. As a result Paul, full of
power by the Spirit of the LORD, and of justice and might rebuked the man and made him blind
for a while!
The problem that we have in so called Christian churches today is that its members are not full
of power by the Spirit of the LORD, and of justice and might, and don’t rebuke anybody or deal
with any sorcerers be it Todd Bentley or Patricia King. And yet the bible has much to say on the
subject of rebuke:
Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear. 1
Timothy 5:20
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the
living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in
season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and
teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but
according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for
themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned
aside to fables. 2 timothy 4:1-4
For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those
of the circumcision, whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households,
teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain. One of them, a
prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." This
testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.
Titus 1:10-14
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
Revelation 3:19
Regards
Walter