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Cecil Andrews, PO BOX 13, Ballynahinch, BT24 8AL, Northern Ireland. Telephone/Fax 028 9756 5511. E-MAIL - takeheed@aol.com WEBSITE - http://www.takeheed.net |
Todd Bentley
& his ‘Healing Revival’ in
A helpful
book for such a deception as this:
‘True
To His Ways’ by Ruth Davis.
In
recent weeks I have had a number of inquiries concerning a supposed ‘Healing
Revival’ taking place in
I was first alerted to these happenings when an inquirer sent me a copy of a ‘personal update’ that had been issued by Mr Bentley. This is that ‘update’ –
Dear Friends,
As I write this, just two hours ago at
I just spoke with Bob Jones again and he told me several things. First, he was not
expecting that the glory would fall this soon. Second, Bob said the
angel, “winds of change,” is bringing the change NOW, and that this outpouring
would break out internationally. He said this outpouring, the very tangible
healing anointing, is for the world and would go everywhere. [God told me that
every night in the meetings I was to impart it to ministries, and as I write
this, several hundred pastors, evangelists and ministries have already come.] Third,
Bob said, and I agree, we have never seen such notable miracles.
[Distinctively, scars and burn marks have been removed from bodies, and there
are testimonies coming in of cancers, tumors, deaf ears, diabetes, lupus,
autism, and a vast array of other sicknesses and diseases, all being healed.
I’m talking hundreds of healings so far! There are dramatic salvations, and
heavenly visitations especially coming to the children.] Fourth, Bob
said that our interns would become “doctors,” quickly, and take this to the
world, and that our associates are needed to spread the fire. [Since many associates
are in the meetings here, right now, if you would like to book any of these
associates to bring the fire and revival to your city, church, or ministry, call
the Fresh Fire office: 604-853-9041 or go to our website www.freshfire.ca and
check out our associates under “Associate Ministries.”]
Please read the following letter and comments from Denny Cline, one of our real
friends and fathers, who pastors the Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Albany,
in
We are here through
April 27th and willing to stay longer. I also welcome any comments you might
have about what you believe is happening.
In
Revival
Todd Bentley
In my reply to
this particular inquirer I wrote as follows –
To
begin with, if the photo is of the writer, Todd Bentley, as I looked at the
stud in his chin and what appeared to be a few ‘implants’ in his left eyebrow I
thought of the verses in Leviticus 19:27-28 – these modern-day ‘adornments’
seem to be very close to OT procedures that God warned against...[the tattoos certainly are but they may have been ‘in
place’ before Mr Bentley supposedly became a Christian]
In his letter he
mentioned a ‘Bob Jones’ – could this be
the disgraced ‘Kansas City Prophet’ called Bob Jones? – The following article
is from this link http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/fridaynews/fridaynews020329.html
CHARISMATICS AND
DREAM EVANGELISM. Friday Church News Notes, March 29, 2002 (David W.
Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI
48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org) A group of Charismatics used
"dream evangelism" at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. This was
sponsored by the Foursquare church in
You can also read of Bob Jones and other ‘Kansas City
http://www.christiandoctrine.net/doctrine/articles/article_00093_the_kansas_city_prophets_web.htm
Then
in the letter it mentioned John Arnott – he is the pastor of the
The same inquirer then sent me part of an email
they had received from someone [that they had
met on a holiday to
Dear xxxx,
I admit it does sound
strange, some of the manifestations at the Healing Revival, but they already
got drunk in The Holy Spirit in the Upper Room (where we were!!!!) Acts 2:4-5…
And my response was
This
being ‘drunk in the Holy Spirit’ was touted at the time of
This supposed ‘Revival’ has received a
‘seal of approval’ from Wendy Alec who along with her husband Rory
founded the GOD TV channel some years ago. This was Wendy’s endorsement
that I downloaded from Todd Bentley’s ‘ministry’ website –
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GODTV IS BROADCASTING TODD BENTLEY’S
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Back in 2005 I invited a guest speaker to
come and talk on the subject of GOD TV and by way of introduction to
what he said I showed some video of a ‘fund-raising’ broadcast by GOD TV
that featured both Wendy and Rory Alec and their guest ‘fund-raiser’
called Steve Munsey. If you go to this link
http://www.takeheed.net/StrangebedfellowswithEA.htm
and scroll down in the article to the
section headed ‘Steve Munsey and Benny Hinn’ you will see where you can
click on a link to watch Steve Munsey. If you watch this particular
segment you will I think understand why it has been so easy for Wendy Alec
to put her ‘seal of approval’ on the shocking events happening in
I have watched a number of video postings
to YouTube of Mr Bentley ‘ministering’ and this is quite simply a re-run of
many of the horrible ‘manifestations’ that were claimed at the time of the
so-called ‘Toronto Blessing’ and then its successor [also in Florida] the
so-called ‘Pensacola Revival’. You can currently see what I mean by viewing
such an item on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BYxoSYTr_E
Over the past few weeks I have received reports/assessments of Todd Bentley and his
‘ministry’ and herewith are links to some of them that I hope will be helpful –
http://www.alittleleaven.com/2008/05/todd-bentley-th.html
Following the Tracks - from Abbotsford to Lakeland
(Part 1)
Following the Tracks (Part 2)- from Abbotsford to Lakeland
and Around the World
http://www.apostasyalert.org/REFLECTIONS/bentley.htm
http://www.christianresearchservice.com/ToddBentley1.htm
In the
title of this article I mentioned a book called ‘True
To His Ways’ by a lady called Ruth Davis.
Ruth, at her own expense, published this book back in 2006 and in it
she details her own charismatic encounters, particularly as they related to the
so-called ‘Toronto Blessing’ and she then goes on to chart how the Lord
enlightened her to the deception that she had fallen victim to.
This is a very honest and easy to read book that
provides answers to many of the questions that are posed by the claims made by
those orchestrating these ‘revivals’. In her own words she hopes it will be ‘A clear explanation of occult spirituality so
believers can avoid it in all their ways’.
One of
the endorsements on the back cover made by a retired pastor reads as follows – ‘Not
only charismatics, but all sinere Christians should read this book so they
understand about the occult and how Satan comes as an angel of light’.
What is
particularly interesting about ‘True To His Ways’,
in the light of current ‘goings-on’ in Lakeland, Florida is that there are
references to Todd Bentley on page 119. A little snippet from that page
reads – ‘Well-known charismatic, Todd Bentley, who claims to receive
visitations from angels, travels widely for “Catch the Fire” events to impart
occult visions in shaktipat-type [associated with Hinduism] practices’.
I
believe this honest work by Ruth Davis will
prove helpful to those who might be tempted to believe that what is going on
with Todd Bently and his ‘ministry’ in Florida is of God – it most assuredly is
not.
Details
of this book ‘True To His Ways’ and how
to order it can be obtained on this website link http://www.truetohisways.com/
Sadly from a local perspective the events in
Lakeland are being given both coverage and credence in the Elim Christian
Centre in Alexandra Park Avenue and there are links on their website to enable
people to watch what is happening.
Equally disturbing was a section in the early part
of one of their videos where the Belfast Pastor, Brian Madden, first of all
tells people in the congregation to turn to someone close to them and to tell
them ‘You’re going to get really messed up tonight’. He’s basically
assuring the congregation that God is without any doubt going to impact upon
people in the congregation. I believe such utterances, issued with that
intention, are both unscriptural and presumptuous. However I do feel he might
be very close to the mark in predicting that some people there are ‘going to
get really messed up tonight’ for that has been the documented testimony of
many people deceived by previous similar events witnessed at Toronto and
Pensacola in the 1990’s [a number of such testimonies are quoted in ‘True To His Ways’ by Ruth
Davis].
Then secondly the Pastor tells of visiting a young
man in hospital who he claims was clinically dead for 15 minutes [during which time he apparently ‘saw the devil’] but of how he felt led to ‘anoint the sides, head
and foot of THE BED with oil’ and to ‘rebuke the spirit of death’. Where in the
Word of God is such superstitious paganism authorised? This Pastor clearly
speaks with passion and sincerity but clearly, in a similar vein as Paul wrote
of his fellow Jews many centuries ago, “he has a zeal for God but not
according to knowledge” [Romans 10:2].
Returning to the events in Lakeland, I would close
by repeating what I wrote earlier – ‘this is quite simply a re-run of many of the horrible
‘manifestations’ that were claimed at the time of the so-called ‘Toronto
Blessing’ and then its successor
[also in Florida] the so-called ‘Pensacola Revival’
Cecil Andrews – ‘Take Heed’ Ministries – 24 May 2008
APPENDIX
Since publishing ‘True To His Ways’ the author Ruth Davis has I believe come to a much greater
understanding of the darkness and deception of both Roman Catholicism and the
false Ecumenical Movement. In relation to her quoting a Roman Catholic priest
on pages 67-68 & 101 she asked me to draw attention to, as she phrased it
in an email to me, ‘I did in a footnote (p 68) try to make it clear that I was
not endorsing the priest because his own practices were occult’. Then on
Ecumenism in the same email she wrote ‘I also would prefer not to have
quoted J I Packer, as it turns out’. One statement that Ruth and
I would not have a meeting of minds on is on page 75 where Ruth wrote, “I am not advancing the position
that God does not …communicate through words, visions or other extraordinary
means”. In an email Ruth stated that
this type of ‘communication’ would not constitute ‘new truth’ but
would simply be a personal ‘communication’. Based on my understanding of
Hebrews 1:1-2 and on my agreement with the principle of ‘Sola
Scriptura’ we have amicably agreed to disagree on this point. I do feel
however that it seems to run contrary to the huge volume of well-researched
material that Ruth has presented in the
book on the real dangers enshrined in ‘Toronto Blessing’ style movements. Her
acceptance of this type of personal ‘communication’ seems in ways to
mirror what she identifies in her book as ‘The White Magic Error’ but you’ll
have to read the book to discover what that is. Despite our differing viewpoint
on this issue I believe this book ‘lifts the lid’ on the reality of much that
has been and is happening in the world of ‘things charismatic’ and I pray the
Lord will use it to rescue many from these deceptions just as He has clearly
rescued Ruth herself.
Cecil Andrews –
‘Take Heed’ Ministries – May 2008