I don't care how many tattoos someone sports, or the length of their hair... I don't even care if they are crazier than me... but what I care about is if they are a fake! When someone is a wolf in sheep's clothing, scamming people in the name of God...
I don't care who they are, that is the final straw... and the gloves are off!
There are a few, and in my opinion, Tod Bentley is up there with the worst. His popularity has me baffled, like it was when the droves went after Benny Hinn... I really can't understand how people can be so duped as to follow after these false prophets. That's right false prophets! These guys hide behind the scriptures, but thank God for YouTube their every lying word is there for all to see and hear. These guys threaten God's wrath on all those who come against their ministries... well I will take my chances with God,
and I don't want to be partakers with the sin in their camp.
The Bible tells us to beware of false prophets... well who are they? How can we detect them, are they a thing of the past... or are they right under our noses. The list of false prophets is long and it would take a whole page just to expose them, let it suffice to say... in my opinion, these guys are operating on a different "word" than that of the Bible, and by a different spirit than that of Jesus Christ.
Some say that is judgmental and harsh... well I guess Jesus was a bit harsh then too. He called those Scribes and Pharisees snakes and white-washed tombstones... and I would say that is too good for the likes of them. The Bible warns that we are not to listen to false prophets... repeatedly we are warned, when will we get it?
Here is a few traits of this type of prophet...
http://www.lastdaysmystery.info/false_pr..."Then the LORD said to me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds." Jeremiah 14:14
"Bentley claims to be visited regularly by angels, including a 20-foot-tall angel in his apartment on one occasion and on another occasion an angel that knocked him out of his body. One angel's name supposedly is Emma. Bentley also says that Jesus Himself appears to him...Hank Hanegraaff, author and host of the popular "Bible Answer Man" radio program, called Bentley "an absolute false prophet." He calls what's going on in Lakeland a "counterfeit revival." "
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=2852...http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/08/ben...Enough of Bently, Benny Hinn is one of those guys that opened the door wide open for false prophesies and false prophets like himself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUTKKbcPh...SOME say that we should be tolerant and not so judgmental, but the Bible tells us to beware and warn people of those masquerading as those sent by God... what may be oblivious to some may not be to others who are falling prey to these wolves. This also gives the Truth a bad review, and sheds a poor light on the words that are to make us free... and not entrap desperate people in desperate times. It is not so easy to get out of the deception once a person has given themselves over... pride is a hard thing to let go of, admitting that one was deceived... or even taught the same message.
If you have been put off because of charlatans and fakes... don't throw Christ into that lot... He has given us His Word the Bible and preserved it, so we can tell the difference between true and false teachings. Jesus said He alone is the Way the Truth and the Life, these guys don't even preach Christ... "by their fruits (lifestyle) you shall know them!"
If you are a part of these kinds of "ministries" get as far away from them as you can...
...and those "ministries" that endorse them.
"...Jesus is
"'the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the cornerstone.'
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved." Acts 4:11-12