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.
Speaking to his followers during a Facebook Live broadcast on Monday night (which was first highlighted by Larry Reid Live), Hinn, who has long been a lightning rod for criticism for his support of the theology, declared the Gospel "is not for sale".
"I'm sorry to say that prosperity has gone a little crazy and I'm correcting my own theology and you need to all know it. Because when I read the Bible now, I don't see the Bible in the same eyes I saw 20 years ago," Hinn said as his followers rejoiced.
"I think it's an offense to the Lord, it's an offense to say give $1,000. I think it's an offense to the Holy Spirit to place a price on the Gospel. I'm done with it. I will never again ask you to give $1,000 or whatever amount, because I think the Holy Ghost is just fed up with it.
"Did you hear me?" Hinn asked as his audience responded affirmatively in high spirits.
"I think it hurts the Gospel, so I'm making this statement for the first time in my life and frankly, I don’t care what people think about me anymore," he continued.
"When they invite me to telethons I think they will not like me anymore. Because when you look at the word of God … if I hear one more time, break the back of debt with $1,000, I'm gonna rebuke them. I think that’s buying the Gospel. That's buying the blessing. That's grieving the Holy Spirit. … If you are not giving because you love Jesus, don't bother giving," Hinn argued. "I think giving has become such a gimmick; it's making me sick to my stomach."
Hinn's outright rejection of the prosperity gospel comes just two months after his nephew, Costi Hinn, revealed in his new book,
God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel: How Truth Overwhelms a Life Built on Lies, how his family exploited millions around the world with the prosperity gospel and often traded so-called miracles for money.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/b...p-with-it.html
The above link is where I copied this passage from and where you can watch the video of Hinn saying the things he's quoted as such here.
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