Even Charisma Magazine Uncomfortable with Lakeland Revival

[Gerald Creasy]

J. Lee grady writes in Charisma Magazine"

.....I would be dishonest if I told you that I wholeheartedly embraced what I saw in Lakeland. Something disturbed me, but I kept my mouth shut for three weeks while I prayed, got counsel from respected ministry leaders and searched my heart to make sure I was not harboring a religious spirit. The last thing we need today is more mean-spirited heresy hunters blasting other Christians.

....I fear another message is also being preached subtly in Lakeland—a message that cult-watchers would describe as a spiritual counterfeit. Bentley is one of several charismatic ministers who have emphasized angels in the last several years. He has taught about angels who bring financial breakthroughs or revelations, and he sometimes refers to an angel named Emma who supposedly played a role in initiating a prophetic movement in Kansas City in the 1980s. Bentley describes Emma as a woman in a flowing white dress who floats a few feet off the floor.

When exotic manifestations are encouraged, people can actually get a religious high from jerking, vibrating, screaming or acting intoxicated. (I have even been around people who writhed as if in pain, or made sexual noises—thinking this was a legitimate spiritual experience.) But emotional euphoria doesn’t guarantee a heart change. The person who is bucking like an untamed bronco in a church service would benefit more from sitting still and reading the Bible for an hour. When we put bizarre behavior on the platform we imply that it is normative. Thus more strange fire is allowed to spread.

Entire article is available HERE

[Gerald Creasy]

LINK

An examinations of Bentleys tattoos and his statments in relation to The Occult.

He has a tattoo of Jesus on his arm When he Raises it you can see the beard of Jesus become an Ape.

[jessicacook]

I have some friends that are all about this guy. They watch him at home. I know of some who have went to the services.

I was just watching a video on Youtube of him "ministering." He said that sometimes people don't have to tell him what's wrong with them because when he touches them, he can tell what it wrong. He got most of the things he asked them wrong. Also, I found it odd that when he prayed (right before they fell) he would say,"BOOM BAAH" or "BAADAA BING" That just doesn't sit right with me. It's just odd.

[KBevangelist]

I read this article several days ago.

I thought it was very good and that he hit the nail on the head

KB

[Gerald Creasy]

I mean I was just wondering:

The guy has tattoos of the Japanese God of Hell, EMMA-O and claims to see a female angel named Emma.

Coincidence?

The Angel is female, but the Bible never says there are female angels. EVER.

[Full Quiver]

I have some friends that are all about this guy

Sounds like a problem in and of itself. Why be so excited about a man?

[jessicacook]

Why be so excited about a man?

Do you get excited to hear someone you like preach?

[Full Quiver]

I was referring to your original quote.....

I have some friends that are all about this guy

I guess I was emphasizing the ALL in that statement.

[Gerald Creasy]

Well the School of The Prophets is cranking up with words from God regarding Lakeland:

The Word of the Lord as it came to Conrad Lampan:

"Listen to Me: This is not a revival as any other you have seen; it is much more. This is a linking of revivals ready to explode. The network of people and churches with a heart for revival that My Holy Spirit has been building over the years-- people who have put the Lord above anything else and are sold out to see a move of the Holy Spirit such as none before--people from all over the world that for years have cried out to Heaven, 'Rend the Heavens and come down'--those people are now coming to Lakeland at the prompt of My Spirit, not to see a man or to receive a healing only, but to get wired up in My network.

AND

"It is not this place only, or your place or a few other places; in the end, it is all places linked together into a massive revival--worldwide--and the most powerful revival ever! As you stand here in Lakeland, extend your hands toward your nation, city, state--wherever you came from--and pray, prophesy and use the anointing that is on you right now--do not wait until you physically get back, speak it out now!

"Speak healing, restoration, transformation, reformation over your place as if you were there physically now. You will be surprised when you go back home and people tell you what has been going on there while you were here. Because you are not carrying an anointing back only, the anointing is already there operating in your place, your home church, your city--all the while you are standing here.

The Most Powerful revival ever!

[Gerald Creasy]

While Bentley engages in Necromancy:


“…in a vision, the Glory Cloud of Revelation descending upon the church. It was also during this time of prayer that God took me in a vision to what I believed to be the Himalayan Mountains. I saw an Indian man with a turban on his head and heard the whisper of the Spirit say, “This is Sundar Singh. I am releasing anointing of revelation like this.” I had no communication with this old saint, nor did he say anything to me. The experience lasted only a moment….”


Sundar Singh died in 1925.

Why is Bentleys God engaging in necromancy???


AND annoints 13 Virgins to spread and Carry on the revival:

"Tonight, visiting evangelist Todd Bentley says he has been told by a prophet, Bob Jones, that 13 wise virgins would carry the revival forward. So Bentley calls teenagers up to the stage and "anoints" them, touching them and watching many fall backward, a practice Pentecostals call being "slain in the Spirit." It's just the beginning of an hours-long service."

Source

[Mister Ed]

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Here is a quote I found that is rather interesting; (at least to me):

If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
Thomas Szasz

This is what I think about people who say they have personal, 2 way conversations with God, Jesus, Angels, Mary.......(no reference to the Prophets and Apostles in the scriptures)


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[Gerald Creasy]

Interesting Youtube video:

Todd Bentley (pre tattoos) prays for someone and mocks the Holy Ghost in a sarcastic manner "blahblah blah blah blah'

3:55 minutes in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSTGiZQyKnQ&feature=related