I’m loath to write anything more on this matter (all I’ve written on it is on my facebook page and won’t be put up here unless asked) as its all to easy to keep flogging a dead horse, and at the same time all too easy to become a heresy hunter, which I really don’t want to be, but something I read today in my RSS feed really struck me and I felt it important to share, so here goes:
Ever since the truth about events at Lakeland came out, theres been a lot of noisy made about it, and a lot of excuses coming from those who endorsed the whole thing. Its ranged from outright lying (one ministry leader claimed all who disagreed with Lakeland were wrong, then when all this stuff came out, fired those members of her staff who went to Lakeland and told everyone God had warned her about it), through changing sides, or throwing TB to the dogs, to blaming it on everything but them, but the one thing that has been consistent in all these comments from God TV, NAR, the Elijah list, and others has been the distinct lack of an apology (please note, Dutch Sheets has kind of apologised, but it doesn’t appear that he has actually done anything about it).
Why is it so hard for these people to apologise? After all they made a mistake (or quite a number of them), they placed someone on stage who wasn’t suitable for that position, they disobeyed the Bible’s guidelines on who should be a Christian leader, they presumed to speak for God when they clearly were not. Surely that should merit an apology? Surely a public confession of repentance and Godly sorrow would be the right response to this?
Well today I read a really short post from Alan Hirst, which answered the question, heres the post:
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“False prophets are not godless. [Rather] They adore the god ‘success’. They themselves are in constant need of success and achieve it by promising it to the people. But they do honestly want success for the people. The craving for success governs their hearts and determines what rises from them. That is what Jeremiah called the ‘deceit of their own hearts’. They do not deceive; they are deceived, and can breathe only in the air of deceit” – Martin Buber
The meaning of false prophecy lies in the umbrella of deceit that includes both the teller and the told. Both false prophet and audience believe the lie they patently want to believe in…and they are both given over to it. They are in M.Scott Peck’s phrase ‘people of the lie’.
Think about prosperity doctrine, theological liberalism, or fundamentalism, cultism, etc. with this in mind.”
That kinda makes me feel sorry for them, they really are blind guides. I just pray that God would open their eyes and bring them to repentance, before its too late for them and the many ‘little ones’ they are leading astray…
Thoughts?
there is no need for them to apologise,no more than Nebuchadnezzar can apologise,it is the state of the church that permits their existence,as surely as the state of isreal allowed the rise of Babylon..centuries of idolatry and civil war .They have done exactly what they are permitted to do,and in God’s mercy have also been exposed that we can pray for them and forgive them as Jesus said, keeping them alive until they themselves do repent. we do not always repent when we should, I guess this is something we learnt from the 12,who did not repent to Jesus for getting His Feet wet when they went to Capernaum instead of going immediately to bethsaida,after the feeding of the 5000,nor did they repent of not going to galilee on ressurection morning,or going fishing when they were told to wait in the city,or appointing mathias instead of waiting for the Holy Spirit’s arrival first. No .slowness to repent by our leaders is a church tradition started by our elders…these ‘elders’are just upholding the tradition.what can you do..pray and build yourself up in your most holy faith with the Holy Spirit.listen to Jesus,follow Him and practice His words until you fulfill John14:12,even raising the dead ,pray for your fellowship until it is a church that recognises the voice of the Holy Spirit as He speaks, and wait for Jesus’s arrival as paul adviced the ephesians and thessalonians. Rejoice,God is always in control..for even now the Holy Spirit has set aside his elect and calling others, for the work He has for them to prepare the world and the church for the arrival of Jesus Christ the Son of Man. visit us at the workshop..google will take you there..Holy Spirit’s workshop,head office..Australia.the great southland of the Holy Spirit.dr.ed,a footstool of the Lord Jesus Christ.peace and grace of the lord be yours in abundance.