I have serious concerns with some of their teachings such as God’s Spirit moving through “portals” and the “rebirth of the seer” which re-engineers New Age concepts. Significantly, there is never any mention of the Lord Jesus Christ in these doctrines and that should serve as a serious warning to believers. Underlying all of these extreme teachings there is an undue emphasis on the Old Testament PROPHET. Hebrews 1:1 makes the relationship very clear, “In former days God spoke through prophets…now he has spoken through his Son.” The error of the “seer” teaching does not lie in the belief that God speaks “visually” to some people but that the word “seer” (Gk. mantis)is never used by NT writers. In the attempt to come up with a new idea, these people have gone beyond the Word of God which the Apostle Paul warns us against (1 Cor. 4:6).
Chris Archer (New Zealand)

“Todd [Bentley] has committed adultery”–John Paul Jackson
Posted on February 17, 2010 by Rick Hiebert

By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

Todd Bentley may no doubt hope that when it comes to the Internet that his potential audience listens to a mighty wind and not a still small voice.

This morning The Elijah List sent out the text of Rick Joyner’s latest statement about the restoration of Todd Bentley. (You may remember that I reported on it last week, not just once, but twice.

Steve Shultz, an Oregon charismatic teacher and writer, has created the biggest charismatic e-list on the Internet, complete with bookstore and other initiatives. Shultz sometimes sends ads to his e-list, which I don’t object to. But I mention that in order to point out that Shultz may have been paid by Rick Joyner to spread the word to his subscribers, which are over 100,000 around the world.
(I don’t think this was an ad, though, as Shultz has appended his own comment to the statement, which I may comment on later…)

If you hoped to get the word out amongst charismatics, The Elijah List is one way to go, as it has a great deal of Internet reach. It is very loud.

But it is something soft in volume, which has trickled out to the Internet, that I want to broadcast myself.

John Paul Jackson is some ways would be a natural to associate with the folks at The Elijah List. A very charismatic teacher and writer, he has his own ministry. Wikipedia reminds us that Jackson was one of the infamous “Kansas City Prophets”, but I don’t have a lot of knowledge about how orthodox he may be today.

It would be my guess that Jackson should naturally tend to agree with people like Rick Joyner, but he has chosen, somewhat quietly, to publicly differ with Joyner on one issue–the restoration of Todd Bentley. Jackson’s opinion? It may be too quick and it may be misguided.

Sometime in the past few weeks, John Paul Jackson sent out a letter to his supporters. I am guessing thsi was perhaps sometime in January. The apparent full text of his letter has been quoted on a couple blogs now, but I will be reprinting the full text, as I saw it, as a comment for your information.

Jackson favours restoration of ministers, but he argues that when a minister falls that they need to go through five stages of restoration, each of which, if done properly, takes at least a year. (It’s been about a year and a half since the collapse of the Lakeland revival.) He writes that “….ministers in the restoration process should be given responsibility slowly, and we should observe how they handle it. Pride was the fall of Satan, and it is the basis for the fall of humankind. Premature promotion will wipe out the brokenness and contrition that invite God to come near and continue the healing.”

Jackson goes on to use what I think is sensible Biblical logic. It leads him to decide that Todd Bentley committed adultery.

He writes (I have added emphasis):

We, the Body of Christ, not only fail to distinguish between grace and righteousness, but between forgiveness and restoration. Forgiveness is given the instant there is sorrowful repentance, but restoration only comes with trust and trust is earned. Thus Paul could order the man who was sexually involved with his step mother to be thrown out of the church for the destruction of his flesh (1 Cor. 5) and then after deep sorrow was exhibited Paul ordered the man to be restored to the Body of Christ (2 Cor. 2). Sadly, today we would say Paul lacked grace, and call him legalistic and self-righteous.

So back to the issue of Todd Bentley. Jesus said this, “And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery†Matt. 19:9. The fact is this–Todd has committed adultery. He planned out and premeditated the divorce from Shonnah. He, immediately after Lakeland, went to Hawaii with Jessa, whom he later married. Subsequently, though Todd is from Canada, he went to Reno, Nevada to get as quick a divorce (six weeks residency) to marry Jessa. In Canada it takes over a year to get a divorce.

Divorce is wrong for anyone, it is even more grievous when it occurs in ministers and this is why their judgment is even stricter (James 3:1). I believe Scripture is clear about leadership and divorce therefore Todd Bentley should not be back in ministry for a long while. Further, that Todd did this while the Lakeland meetings were in process only underscores the deep need Todd has for healing on many levels. I do not believe this depth of healing can take place in a few weeks or months. Biblically speaking, Todd’s restoration should be stricter than someone who was not in that position or in ministry.

Wow. It’s probably the clearest such statement from anyone in Bentley and Joyner’s wing of the church.

Matt Sorger, a former Bentley intern, started writing prophetic words about personal integrity right after Lakeland, without mentioning Bentley’s name.

John Arnott’s TACF used to issue a magazine, Spread the Fire. As Lakeland was starting to unravel, Spread the Fire readers got a slightly stale-dated magazine praising Bentley and Lakeland. The next issue of the semi-monthly magazine dwelt on the need for integrity by ministers, without naming any names or citing any examples.

Patricia King, an old friend of Bentley’s, recorded a series of short videos talking about Bentley and the collapse of the Lakeland revival, trying to address it frankly, but lovingly in the context of when ministers fail. A couple of days after her last video went on the Internet, the entire series was pulled from her site and YouTube, with no explanation.

But, of all these, only Jackson is trying to bell the cat.

http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2010/02/17/todd-bentley-has-committed-adultery-john-paul-jackson/
Todd’s Lies

http://endtimespropheticwords.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/index-to-all-articles-on-todd-bentley-lakeland-outpouring-florida-revival/

Third Wave Dangerous, Deceptive And Demonic http://tinyurl.com/288apq7
Dangerous Dominionsts http://tinyurl.com/3xhoqrg
CONARTISTS/CRIMINALS http://tinyurl.com/35axvdx
See how Pastors John Arnott and Steve Long and Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship moved their mountain through obstruction of Justice through lies, perjury and dirty tricks before Justice Trotter The $50 MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT http://www.scribd.com/doc/33446103
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing http://www.scribd.com/doc/33784302/

Pat King “The Third Wave Sorceress” http://tinyurl.com/2bcm9mn
Todd Bentley the Predator http://tinyurl.com/23jh5jd
It's tax-free now http://tinyurl.com/2cbxzoe
BENNY HINN THE SCOUNDREL http://tinyurl.com/2dtubzf
Christian protection racket http://tinyurl.com/28rwjkk
Rodney the Fleecer http://tinyurl.com/343w372
Third Wave Dangerous, Deceptive And Demonic http://tinyurl.com/288apq7
False Holy Spirit Conference http://www.scribd.com/doc/35527597/
Laughing Clark http://www.scribd.com/doc/35148050/
TO STEPHEN STRADER http://tinyurl.com/27cxz43
Lakeland-Revival http://www.scribd.com/doc/34189317/
Todd Bentley: Lakeland Liar interviewed on ABC Night line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMAVPXPx6H8
LIARS AND PERJURERS IN REVIVAL http://tinyurl.com/34cmz2p
http://www.scribd.com/doc/33780391/
Signs, Wonders & Miracles http://www.scribd.com/doc/33782544/
Todd Bentley John Arnott False Prophesy and Prayer
http://tinyurl.com/2eyec74
The Spirit http://tinyurl.com/2c36fqu
NOT INNOCENT http://www.scribd.com/doc/33762241
NOMINATE BENNY AND PAULA! THE BEST CHRISTIAN SOAP OPERA OF 2010?
http://tinyurl.com/38gkbza
Wealth Transfer Theology Is Demonic
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29618734
FAILED PROSPERITY http://tinyurl.com/35msnwl
The Pathetic Movement http://tinyurl.com/24m6p2p
Gold Dust http://tinyurl.com/38ehkwg
Solution financial problems http://tl.gd/634hr1
THE DEVIL’S CHANNEL http://tl.gd/63c041
Personal Freedom http://www.scribd.com/doc/39020197/Personal-Freedom
Judging http://www.scribd.com/doc/39701330
CONTROLLING MEGA PASTORS http://tl.gd/6p6hi3
BROWNSVILLE DEMONIC REVIVAL http://www.rickross.com/groups/brownsville.html

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