To single out an example would be Fresh Fire Ministries (Lakeland Revival) who are restoring to ministry a guy called Todd Bentley who's currently in an adulterous relationship. He divorced his wife (the wife didn't want it but he wanted to) in order be married to his younger administrator.
Just read the waffle by Rick Joyner found on this link, it's concerning Morning Star Ministries restoring Bentley to ministry:
http://www.morningstarmi...ticle.aspx?ID=1000046495 Todd says he wasn't in a physical relationship with the new woman while still married, but they divorced first and then only did he have sexual contact with his new "wife".
Their message is this: "It's OK to divorce and marry another woman, especially if your current marriage is under a lot of stress." Gosh, it's so much easier to jump in bed with another woman to easy the pain???
They must have erased 1 Corinthians 5 from their Bibles:
Quote:1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father's wife. 2And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this? 3Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. 4When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, 5hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.
6Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? 7Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.
What I find most sad is that I used to have so much respect for this movement, and now I'm not really chuffed with it, I can only be thankful that it inspired me to be serious for God and that their message does bring a lot people into belief, though be it errant in many places.
Philippians 1:15-18
Quote:15It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill. 16The latter do so in love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. 17The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains. 18But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.
I pray that Todd comes to his senses, realises his mistake, and turns from his errant ways. Honest question: can he now return to his first wife?
