[CS-FSLUG] Benny Hinn - A False Prophet

[Chris Brault]

Hmmmmm...
 
> I have long didained Mr. Hinn's theology and
> "ministry".
> 
> Don

I have worked for years with people who enjoy Benny
Hinn's ministry. Being in the midst of this theology,
I learned many things. (Not that we didn't argue about
it. That's why I eventually left. I couldn't reconcile
my own biblical readings with Mr. Hinn. He was just
too far out there.)

1) I learned that many people believe they've been
healed when they have not, simply because the preacher
is convinced it happened.

As a counterpoint, I have seen the elders (and the
congregation) pray for a terminal cancer patient and
she was healed. She was saved and healed all at once.
A year and a half later she died when the cancer
suddenly reappeared as if nothing had happened. How do
I know that this was of God? That's easy. Half of her
family got saved when she was healed, and the other
half got saved when she died. That is how God works;
with an eternal purpose.

2) Preachers who follow his theology eventually
discover the practical problems with their own version
of the theology.

We were building a church in a very poor section of
south San Antonio. We evangelized. Converts then
evangelized. The church grew. The pastor had to "wait"
on certain theology because the congregation wasn't
ready. Can you imagine preaching health and wealth by
faith and speaking by faith things into reality? Now,
don't confuse this with lying to yourself until it
becomes true (self-fulfilling prophesy) or what comes
out your mouth is from your heart (Jesus said this).
Among the rich, health and wealth (give to get)
theology works. Among the poor, who rarely have much
to give, the theology had to be "adjusted" to be
scriptural (give as God call you to). In the end, it
wasn't health and wealth, it was healing by the elders
praying over you and wealth as in "have enough but not
too much". Amazing how health and wealth is twisted
into the truth when you have to look at it in the
light of reality.

Here's a morality tale:
A rather greedy pastor we knew (every sermon was on
giving) sold the south side church he was preaching
in, He abandoned his flock (who had paid for the land
and building) then bought some land in a housing
development in a wealthy neighborhood. When he had 5
members, his personal income was about $30,000 a year
(as much as he made on southside with many more
people). When he had 15 members it was almost $100,000
a year. 

And that's how you can tell when it's not God. The
pastor didn't move to the wealty neighborhoods to get
rich believers to help on the southside, he moved
there to get away from the poverty and, in the end, to
enrich himself. 

3) When health and wealth and speaking into reality
what you want are preached to the poor, they turn away
from the "greedy" preachers quickly. Giving to a man
to get blessings from the Lord, to the poor anyways,
sounds exceedingly like a con-man trying to hawk his
wares.  

You see, to them, money has never been their god.
Their priorities were family (80% were hispanic as I
am), God and then, lastly, getting ahead. And hey,
God, family and work are a good set of priorities if
you ask me.

My point: A pastor or preacher who follows the Bible
and the Lord, whether or not their core theology is
screwed, will find the Lord at work. The Lord will
work "in the truth" so that those who preach in His
name will be convinced of what the truth really is. 

I've seen true healings, true speaking in different
languages and true miracles ... and I've seen the
fake. 
But God is real, his power is real, and no matter how
crazy evangelists get, He does not change. 

Just a thought.


	
		
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