Todd Bentley is a Joel Osteen on steroids. Recommend staying away from his teachings. It is profane fire (remember Aaron's two sons?) I recently watched several of his videos on YouTube. He seldom quotes Scripture and is big on signs and wonders (to fool even the elect, if that were possible). An acquaintance of mine is hooked on the gold dust/jewels stuff. It's an emotional addiction that some people just can't shake. Sad, but true. A lot of standing in the gap is required here.
A good friend of mine recently attended a prophectic conference not too far from where I live. She left appalled and very unsettled. She is a Yahuweh Almighty Yahushua believer, and what she experienced made her terribly uncomfortable. Apparently during the presentations, they broadcast a live telephone conversation with Bob Jones, another signs and wonders guru (Bob claims he is in touch with a dead Hindu medium/mystic, or some such thing). Anyway Mr. Jones said he had a vision of a bald eagle coming out of Canada, swooping down through the states of Washington, Oregon, and California, then swooping eastward across the U.S. Turns out Bob's wife interpreted the vision for him saying the bald eagle was Todd Bentley (Todd is bald, body pierced, and very tatooed.) Mr. Bentley is all over the Florida stuff like a cheap suit. Be warned that both Todd Bentley and Bob Jones talk to a female angel that I believe they call Emma. This is way out there kind of stuff. You can check out all of this stuff on-line. The adversary is having a field day. The wolves are thick among the sheep, and the sheep are fleeced regularly. I read what Bob Jones said in the telephone conversation and it was as clear as mud.
Andrew Strom, a street preacher from New Zealand, was recently interviewed regarding the Florida Healing Revival and Todd Bentley. Andrew preaches LORD and Jesus, not Yahuweh and Yahushua, but I have great hope for him. :o) He left the prophetic movement some years ago because he came to realize the 'sham' of it all. As he put it, there are many good people in the movement who are being terribly mislead. People who become entrenched in these things do not realize they are trusting in man and not in Yahuweh. Their ears are being tickled. Remember: Satan thinks like a man, ergo he knows what man likes to hear. One of the main things overlooked in these man forced revivals is that repentance comes before revival! Yahushua said it was a wicked generation who sought signs/miracles.
And yes, Robski, the goodness of Yah and the evil of Satan can and do often occupy the same room. Scripture is full of such examples of good and evil in the same place at the same time. And the world is full of such examples as well. This is temporary, however. When Yahushua haMashiac comes, he will put an end to such double occupancy.
Father, let us not to be deceived, nor become deceivers. We pray for our brothers and sisters who have unwittingly fallen under the adversary's spell. Awake them from their sleep O'Yahuweh our Mighty One. In Yahushua's name, please let it be so.
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