Tuesday, 19 August 2008

- Todd Bentley -

For many many weeks millions of viewers have witnessed the "Great Florida Healing Outpouring" all over the world. The man who has headed up this revival with the help of his ministry team Fresh fire Ministries, is Mr. Todd Bentley. Known for his outrageous approach to the healing of the sick, he claims he is so close to God that he hears the voice of God telling him to do certain things in order to heal certain people, for example to run at a man who has stage 4 Colan cancer and punch him in the gut, and many more...

I personally feel that especially in these end days we have to be so vigilant when it comes to these kind of things, the bible tells us to. Matthew 7:15-23 infact God feels so strongly on the matter of false prophets that he feels they are to be "Put to death" .. Thats strong.

I am not saying that Todd Bentley is a false prophet but what I am saying is that I believe we need to be careful. At the end of the day its God who does the work through the man, not the man.

Recently ALOT of bad press has come about, especially these past few days. Todd Bentley has now been asked to step down from all his public ministry as he was found out to be having an affair with a member of his ministry team. The ministry team released this, what i feel, "Sugar coated statement"

"We wish to acknowledge, however, that since our last statement from the Fresh Fire Board of Directors, we have discovered new information revealing that Todd Bentley has entered into an unhealthy relationship on an emotional level with a female member of his staff. On behalf of the Fresh Fire leadership and the Board of Directors we wish to apologize to our friends and partners and to the larger body of Christ and to ask for your forgiveness. We are truly sorry for the pain many of you must feel and so regret that in the midst of great revival, the enemy has found a way into our camp."

I think personally that this will do alot of damage the church. I think that a man should be tried and tested before he is allowed to lead a world wide revival. His marraige had been on the rocks before the revival started, and the team released a statement saying this but insisted that " Todd and shonna are experiening friction, and have seperated but no sexual immorality has taken place" The recent statment above was released as an aplology that there actually was.


I feel that we shouldn't be like the ones that celebrated Jesus when he made a triumphant entry into Jerusalem and then days later said, “Crucify Him!”, i think that if Todd is cencire abotu God that we should uphold him in prayer that God would show him repentance and love. But still think that if his marraige was over when the revival started, he should have pulled out, cuz if a man cant have his own home under control how is he supposed to lead the body of christ.

Pete.

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