Quix you are right, there are many things we don’t understand, and e don’t have it all figured out. However please consider;
* The men who threw the body into Elisha’s tomb, weren’t seeking God or His anointing. It was a miracle!
* We are not told that pilgrims went to Elisha’s tomb or any other of the known burial sites of God’s servants, after the miracle in 2 Kings. People then would have understood such as an idolatrous practice.
* True also that the “non charismatic” world equally has errors. I think the whole subject of the apostasy is worth discussing, to “snatch some from the fire” and that we might be prepared for Jesus
‘ coming.
* I believe in the baptism of the Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit. I believe Satan has raised up Hinn, Crowder and Bentley to discredit the Spiritual gifts, The problem is that too much of the Charismatic World accepts or at least refuses to discern these charlatons and buffoons.
Good.
Thanks.
There are lots of people I put on a high shelf and wait and see what God does with or about them.
Off the wall charismatics are easier to throw rocks at.
I don’t know if UNFITTING judgment of others is worse than the gross junk of such folks . . . or not.
It is a hazard.
We reap what we sow.
And haughty judgment has a very ugly harvest.
And that's REGARDLESS of how kosher or off the wall the one being judged is.
The Lord Jesus said: “It is the Spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing, the words that I speak, they are spirit and they are life.” (John 6:63)
In another place Jesus said: “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but the words that I speak shall never pass away.”
Again, Jesus said: “I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
“....He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name.” (Philippians 2;8b-9)
>> “ I believe Satan has raised up Hinn, Crowder and Bentley to discredit the Spiritual gifts, The problem is that too much of the Charismatic World accepts or at least refuses to discern these charlatons and buffoons.” <<
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Hinn would not be my choice, but I still think that you may be pushing the envelope a bit here. There have been thousands of miraculous healings at Hinn’s meetings, and YHWH is fully capable of using a weak disciple to his advantage.
I suggest finding a 1965 edition of the Amplified Bible, and reading the New Testament therein. It provides much deeper insights into the realities of the first century church than do other versions.