More stuff on Todd Bentley

[Praxeas]

I don't know if anyone posted this stuff
Todd Bentley actually has deep roots in the Prophetic movement, and he is one of the very few ministers that I have ever felt I had to publicly warn people about by name. -His ministry is that bad.
False "angel" encounters of the weirdest kind, gold dust, guided visualizations of the "Third Heaven" that are straight out of the New Age, etc. And yet there is a "power" with it that makes it all the more dangerous.

Often the people fell backward to the floor. After one elderly woman fell, Bentley told the audience: “She doesn’t know why she fell down.” The woman then laughed and said to him in the microphone:
“Because you pushed me!”

And so I bought Todd Bentley's teaching on third heaven visitations and brought it home to listen to.
"I was in my living room laying on the floor listening to the teaching on how to visualize the third heaven and what to say and was getting caught up into his teaching and all of a sudden I began to
shake uncontrollably and jerk and groan, and no sooner had this taken place I became frozen stiff - I could not move any part of my body and I knew this was a demon trying to take hold of me,
and so with all the effort I could muster I cried out, "God save me - Jesus help me" - and as soon as I cried out to the Lord my body went limp. God spared me that night and I will be forever grateful.

http://churchwarnings.blogspot.com/2...da-andrew.html

[ManOfWord]

You know, I am and have been hungry for revival on a wide scale for decades. I have also observed every "revival" that has hit churches since the the mid 70's.

Two things are to be noted:

#1 I have seen God's hand in each one as lives have been changed and miracles have happened in differing degrees.

#2 I have seen man's hand in it as well, as weird things have taken place and leaders have fallen.

Also, NO "revival/move of the Spirit" has lasted much more than a couple of years and maybe 3. There may have been an exception or two, but I can't think of any right now. This includes the "people of the name" who have been claiming the "right" to revival for decades as well due the truth of the oneness of God.

What "move of God" am I looking for? The move I am looking for is a changed life. One who was delivered from darkness and is now walking in light. Healings are a part of that, but those are not the things I am seeking. I want the Healer to show up more than I want the healings. I don't want a flash in the pan, blow in, blow up, and blow out "revival" that only becomes a memory.

Call me whatever you want, but I'll be guilty of desiring one more lost sheep coming home, over and over and over. If God sovereignly moves with His hand and Spirit I will rejoice along with everyone else. I certainly don't want to be guilty of hindering God's move in any way, but I am not so hungry for a "move" that I'll swallow anything that comes along.

Regarding Todd Bentley, he's a nut case who never should have come to the forefront. Someone should have stopped his foolishness early on. Extreme hunger can cause you to ingest unhealthy things. That being the case, God did still move in those meetings and people were touched for no other reason than the Great Shepherd loves His sheep!

Anyway, that's my take on it.

[steve p]

Originally Posted by ManOfWord

You know, I am and have been hungry for revival on a wide scale for decades. I have also observed every "revival" that has hit churches since the the mid 70's.

Two things are to be noted:

#1 I have seen God's hand in each one as lives have been changed and miracles have happened in differing degrees.

#2 I have seen man's hand in it as well, as weird things have taken place and leaders have fallen.

Also, NO "revival/move of the Spirit" has lasted much more than a couple of years and maybe 3. There may have been an exception or two, but I can't think of any right now. This includes the "people of the name" who have been claiming the "right" to revival for decades as well due the truth of the oneness of God.

What "move of God" am I looking for? The move I am looking for is a changed life. One who was delivered from darkness and is now walking in light. Healings are a part of that, but those are not the things I am seeking. I want the Healer to show up more than I want the healings. I don't want a flash in the pan, blow in, blow up, and blow out "revival" that only becomes a memory.

Call me whatever you want, but I'll be guilty of desiring one more lost sheep coming home, over and over and over. If God sovereignly moves with His hand and Spirit I will rejoice along with everyone else. I certainly don't want to be guilty of hindering God's move in any way, but I am not so hungry for a "move" that I'll swallow anything that comes along.

Regarding Todd Bentley, he's a nut case who never should have come to the forefront. Someone should have stopped his foolishness early on. Extreme hunger can cause you to ingest unhealthy things. That being the case, God did still move in those meetings and people were touched for no other reason than the Great Shepherd loves His sheep!

Anyway, that's my take on it.

Excellent post......thanks for your insight!

[Scott Hutchinson]

This article will be of interest here.
http://mission.org/jesuspeople/newannointing.htm

[ManOfWord]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

This article will be of interest here.
http://mission.org/jesuspeople/newannointing.htm

The link doesn't work, Scott.

[Scott Hutchinson]

Try this one,and look up the article, the new annointing in the articles section.
http://mission.org/jesuspeople

[Scott Hutchinson]

Here it is.
http://mission.org/jesuspeople/newanointing.htm
I'm not endorsing what these folks preach and teach but they have some good articles.

[Praxeas]

Maybe one of the problems we are like the greeks, wanting to hear some new thing...Why look for some NEW anointing or some NEW move when God has not changed and wants to keep doing the old move and the old anointing?

We end up with a lot of creativity to come up with something new