More On the Signs and Wonders Crowd/They are coming out of the woodwork
Satan uses his supernatural “lying wonders and signs” to trap men into
following him, while the Lord uses His miracles to lead men in a
righteous path to follow Him. From the above verse, we see that men can
be deceived into believing a lie if they are deceived into accepting
lying signs and wonders. The Church is experiencing a lot of miracles at
this time, but along with the true miracles of God there are also false
gifts of power, signs and lying wonders, that are not of God. How do we
discern the difference so that we do not get caught up in something
that is not of God which could lead us into error?
As Christians we cannot receive nor accept all miracles, signs and
wonders just because the word “God or the Bible” is attributed as to
being the source of those things. The Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:21: “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”
What should our role as Christians be in regard to acceptance of a
sign, miracle or wonder? We are told to prove all things, not to reject
them because they might be strange or new to us. However, we should not
receive them either, until we first prove them. How do we prove things?
All true Christians are in agreement that our standard is the Word of
God, the Bible. God left us this Book as a reference, standard, or gauge
so we could know whether something is good or evil, truth or error,
right or wrong. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
Here are some questions we need to ask when proving things. Does the
sign, miracle or wonder line up with the Word of God? Is God receiving
the glory for this miracle or is a man or woman being exalted? Can you
picture Christ performing this miracle? Does the miracle draw attention
to Christ or to the man performing the miracle? Does this wonder cause
you love and worship God more? What is the purpose for this miracle? The
Lord does not perform miracles just to exhibit His power to men. He
does them for specific purposes and reasons.
This is demonstrated by the account of Jesus’ temptation of the devil
to perform a supernatural feat so people would know He was God’s son.
Look at Matthew 4:5-7, “Then the devil taketh
him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it
is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in
their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot
against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt
not tempt the Lord thy God.”
Here, Jesus refused to do a miracle just to demonstrate He had power.
He called this tempting God. God displays His power, signs, wonders and
miracles for His purposes. Here are some of the reasons and purposes in
the Bible where the Lord demonstrates His signs, miracles or wonders.
The miracles listed in the Bible are far few than all the miracle workers we have around today so it seems to me this is not the norm.
One reason some people move too quickly to accept the things they
believe to be God is that they are fearful of disobeying Him, and
thereby angering Him. They do not yet understand the loving and patient
nature of our Father. The Lord never minds us testing or trying things
to see if He is in them. It is only when we put God on trial that we do
wrong. If we come to Him with a humble and sincere heart, wanting to
know the answer to an honest question, He is more than willing to reveal
to us the truth about the matter. The only time we will not get an
answer from God is when we approach Him rebelliously, demanding an
answer from Him.
Many Christians are hesitant about proving or testing things as they
tend to categorize this right along with “judging,” and they have been
taught they are to judge no man. Most of us are familiar with the
Scripture in Matthew 7:1 that says, “Judge not, that ye be not judged.”
If we look at only this one verse, and we are trying to judge a
situation, we will feel guilty about making an evaluation. However, we
should look at all the other Scriptures related to this one, so we know
how we are to judge. Let us continue to read the rest of this Scripture:
For with what judgment ye judge, ye
shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to
you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye,
but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou
say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and,
behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the
beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out
the mote out of thy brother’s eye. Matthew 7:2-5
Examining all these Scriptures, we see that Jesus is not saying we
are not to judge, but rather how we are to judge. We are to judge
mercifully and according to the Word of God. We need to humbly submit
the thing in question to the Lord and ask Him to show us if it is of Him
or if the sign or wonder is from the devil. We need to go to the Word
of God and seek the answer in the Bible. If the sign is from Him it will
bear witness to our spirit, we who have the Spirit of Truth within us
will be able to witness to and hear that truth. If we are uncomfortable
about a sign, miracle or wonder, this could be the Holy Spirit warning
us to test this thing. If a service is reduced to a circus atmosphere
with weird things that don’t agree with God’s nature, His gifts and His
Word, it simply isn’t our Lord. Some things just don’t pass the test. 1 Corinthians 14:40 says “Let all things be done decently and in order.”
So we see another thing very much like the FIRE schools being promoted by Dan Bohi.
Another signs and wonders outfit with Nazarene endorsements. Notice on their about page this.
Power & Love Ministries was birthed out of the vision to see the
Church of Jesus Christ catch hold of its inheritance to win the lost, as
Paul says, “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power” (I Cor 2:4
NAS).
Why Schools of Power & Love?
It is time for the church
of Jesus Christ to “come out of the closet!” We have the best kept
secret of signs, wonders and miracles but until recently, they have been
accessible only to those who might venture into one of our meetings!
We believe that this is the season for Christians to demonstrate the
gifts of prophecy, word of knowledge, and healing IN THE WORLD! We
won’t be “arguing people into the kingdom” anymore…we will be
demonstrating the love of God through revelation and power!
The plan is to hold Schools of Power & Love in cities across the US
designed to empower you in the gifts of prophecy and healing as a
lifestyle! These gifted teachers will not only give you a wonderful new
understanding of power evangelism but then you will be “activated” as
you “do the stuff” of the kingdom!
Why is NOW the time for Power Evangelism?
I traveled with Randy Clark and Global Awakening nationally and
internationally from 2000 to 2007. During that time, we saw tremendous
and numerous miracles in every country we visited. We took thousands of
Christians from the US along with us on these international trips,
trained them, and then watched them grow leaps and bounds as the Lord
flowed through them resulting in tens of thousands of healings!
End quote
Notice the key words "We have the best kept secret of signs,wonders and
miracles but until recently,they have been accessible only to those who
might venture into our meetings." end quote
Notice only they have the secret, they have the power. What an insult to plenty of Spirit filled Christians
Wow the Holy Spirit needs a piggyback ride to your church and you need
to go get him from these guys? Trust me thats not the Holy Spirit and
what you will get is signs and wonders but those of the lying kind.
Second quote
"These gifted teachers will not only give you a wonderful new
understanding of power evangelism but then you will be "activated" as
you "do the stuff" of the kingdom. end quote
My comments
Notice you need
them to activate you so you can do the stuff. This is all very similar
to the FIRE schools now be promoted by Dan Bohi.
Yes we all are
leaky vessels which need the filling of the Holy Spirit possibly daily.
But this bunch notice is selling a NEW thing. What scriptures teaches is
not new and they would have you believe that we are not operating on
full power because a lot of stuff like shaking , people jerking like
people who have epilepsy, people laughing uncontrollably, and being
being slain by some spirit or frozen where they cant move.
This is a familiar spirit not the true Holy Spirit of scripture.
Reader Beware
http://powerandlove.org/about/
additional resource Betty Miller
Satan uses his supernatural “lying wonders and signs” to trap men into
following him, while the Lord uses His miracles to lead men in a
righteous path to follow Him. From the above verse, we see that men can
be deceived into believing a lie if they are deceived into accepting
lying signs and wonders. The Church is experiencing a lot of miracles at
this time, but along with the true miracles of God there are also false
gifts of power, signs and lying wonders, that are not of God. How do we
discern the difference so that we do not get caught up in something
that is not of God which could lead us into error?
As Christians we cannot receive nor accept all miracles, signs and
wonders just because the word “God or the Bible” is attributed as to
being the source of those things. The Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:21: “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”
What should our role as Christians be in regard to acceptance of a
sign, miracle or wonder? We are told to prove all things, not to reject
them because they might be strange or new to us. However, we should not
receive them either, until we first prove them. How do we prove things?
All true Christians are in agreement that our standard is the Word of
God, the Bible. God left us this Book as a reference, standard, or gauge
so we could know whether something is good or evil, truth or error,
right or wrong. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
Here are some questions we need to ask when proving things. Does the sign, miracle or wonder line up with the Word of God? Is God receiving the glory for this miracle or is a man or woman being exalted? Can you picture Christ performing this miracle? Does the miracle draw attention to Christ or to the man performing the miracle? Does this wonder cause you love and worship God more? What is the purpose for this miracle? The Lord does not perform miracles just to exhibit His power to men. He does them for specific purposes and reasons.
This is demonstrated by the account of Jesus’ temptation of the devil to perform a supernatural feat so people would know He was God’s son. Look at Matthew 4:5-7, “Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
Here, Jesus refused to do a miracle just to demonstrate He had power. He called this tempting God. God displays His power, signs, wonders and miracles for His purposes. Here are some of the reasons and purposes in the Bible where the Lord demonstrates His signs, miracles or wonders. The miracles listed in the Bible are far few than all the miracle workers we have around today so it seems to me this is not the norm.
One reason some people move too quickly to accept the things they believe to be God is that they are fearful of disobeying Him, and thereby angering Him. They do not yet understand the loving and patient nature of our Father. The Lord never minds us testing or trying things to see if He is in them. It is only when we put God on trial that we do wrong. If we come to Him with a humble and sincere heart, wanting to know the answer to an honest question, He is more than willing to reveal to us the truth about the matter. The only time we will not get an answer from God is when we approach Him rebelliously, demanding an answer from Him.
Many Christians are hesitant about proving or testing things as they tend to categorize this right along with “judging,” and they have been taught they are to judge no man. Most of us are familiar with the Scripture in Matthew 7:1 that says, “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” If we look at only this one verse, and we are trying to judge a situation, we will feel guilty about making an evaluation. However, we should look at all the other Scriptures related to this one, so we know how we are to judge. Let us continue to read the rest of this Scripture:
So we see another thing very much like the FIRE schools being promoted by Dan Bohi.
Here are some questions we need to ask when proving things. Does the sign, miracle or wonder line up with the Word of God? Is God receiving the glory for this miracle or is a man or woman being exalted? Can you picture Christ performing this miracle? Does the miracle draw attention to Christ or to the man performing the miracle? Does this wonder cause you love and worship God more? What is the purpose for this miracle? The Lord does not perform miracles just to exhibit His power to men. He does them for specific purposes and reasons.
This is demonstrated by the account of Jesus’ temptation of the devil to perform a supernatural feat so people would know He was God’s son. Look at Matthew 4:5-7, “Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
Here, Jesus refused to do a miracle just to demonstrate He had power. He called this tempting God. God displays His power, signs, wonders and miracles for His purposes. Here are some of the reasons and purposes in the Bible where the Lord demonstrates His signs, miracles or wonders. The miracles listed in the Bible are far few than all the miracle workers we have around today so it seems to me this is not the norm.
One reason some people move too quickly to accept the things they believe to be God is that they are fearful of disobeying Him, and thereby angering Him. They do not yet understand the loving and patient nature of our Father. The Lord never minds us testing or trying things to see if He is in them. It is only when we put God on trial that we do wrong. If we come to Him with a humble and sincere heart, wanting to know the answer to an honest question, He is more than willing to reveal to us the truth about the matter. The only time we will not get an answer from God is when we approach Him rebelliously, demanding an answer from Him.
Many Christians are hesitant about proving or testing things as they tend to categorize this right along with “judging,” and they have been taught they are to judge no man. Most of us are familiar with the Scripture in Matthew 7:1 that says, “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” If we look at only this one verse, and we are trying to judge a situation, we will feel guilty about making an evaluation. However, we should look at all the other Scriptures related to this one, so we know how we are to judge. Let us continue to read the rest of this Scripture:
Examining all these Scriptures, we see that Jesus is not saying we are not to judge, but rather how we are to judge. We are to judge mercifully and according to the Word of God. We need to humbly submit the thing in question to the Lord and ask Him to show us if it is of Him or if the sign or wonder is from the devil. We need to go to the Word of God and seek the answer in the Bible. If the sign is from Him it will bear witness to our spirit, we who have the Spirit of Truth within us will be able to witness to and hear that truth. If we are uncomfortable about a sign, miracle or wonder, this could be the Holy Spirit warning us to test this thing. If a service is reduced to a circus atmosphere with weird things that don’t agree with God’s nature, His gifts and His Word, it simply isn’t our Lord. Some things just don’t pass the test. 1 Corinthians 14:40 says “Let all things be done decently and in order.”For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. Matthew 7:2-5
So we see another thing very much like the FIRE schools being promoted by Dan Bohi.
Another signs and wonders outfit with Nazarene endorsements. Notice on their about page this.
Power & Love Ministries was birthed out of the vision to see the Church of Jesus Christ catch hold of its inheritance to win the lost, as Paul says, “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power” (I Cor 2:4 NAS).
Why Schools of Power & Love?
It is time for the church of Jesus Christ to “come out of the closet!” We have the best kept secret of signs, wonders and miracles but until recently, they have been accessible only to those who might venture into one of our meetings! We believe that this is the season for Christians to demonstrate the gifts of prophecy, word of knowledge, and healing IN THE WORLD! We won’t be “arguing people into the kingdom” anymore…we will be demonstrating the love of God through revelation and power!
The plan is to hold Schools of Power & Love in cities across the US designed to empower you in the gifts of prophecy and healing as a lifestyle! These gifted teachers will not only give you a wonderful new understanding of power evangelism but then you will be “activated” as you “do the stuff” of the kingdom!
Why is NOW the time for Power Evangelism?
I traveled with Randy Clark and Global Awakening nationally and internationally from 2000 to 2007. During that time, we saw tremendous and numerous miracles in every country we visited. We took thousands of Christians from the US along with us on these international trips, trained them, and then watched them grow leaps and bounds as the Lord flowed through them resulting in tens of thousands of healings!
End quote
Notice the key words "We have the best kept secret of signs,wonders and miracles but until recently,they have been accessible only to those who might venture into our meetings." end quote
Notice only they have the secret, they have the power. What an insult to plenty of Spirit filled Christians
Wow the Holy Spirit needs a piggyback ride to your church and you need to go get him from these guys? Trust me thats not the Holy Spirit and what you will get is signs and wonders but those of the lying kind.
Second quote
"These gifted teachers will not only give you a wonderful new understanding of power evangelism but then you will be "activated" as you "do the stuff" of the kingdom. end quote
Power & Love Ministries was birthed out of the vision to see the Church of Jesus Christ catch hold of its inheritance to win the lost, as Paul says, “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power” (I Cor 2:4 NAS).
Why Schools of Power & Love?
It is time for the church of Jesus Christ to “come out of the closet!” We have the best kept secret of signs, wonders and miracles but until recently, they have been accessible only to those who might venture into one of our meetings! We believe that this is the season for Christians to demonstrate the gifts of prophecy, word of knowledge, and healing IN THE WORLD! We won’t be “arguing people into the kingdom” anymore…we will be demonstrating the love of God through revelation and power!
The plan is to hold Schools of Power & Love in cities across the US designed to empower you in the gifts of prophecy and healing as a lifestyle! These gifted teachers will not only give you a wonderful new understanding of power evangelism but then you will be “activated” as you “do the stuff” of the kingdom!
Why is NOW the time for Power Evangelism?
I traveled with Randy Clark and Global Awakening nationally and internationally from 2000 to 2007. During that time, we saw tremendous and numerous miracles in every country we visited. We took thousands of Christians from the US along with us on these international trips, trained them, and then watched them grow leaps and bounds as the Lord flowed through them resulting in tens of thousands of healings!
End quote
Notice the key words "We have the best kept secret of signs,wonders and miracles but until recently,they have been accessible only to those who might venture into our meetings." end quote
Notice only they have the secret, they have the power. What an insult to plenty of Spirit filled Christians
Wow the Holy Spirit needs a piggyback ride to your church and you need to go get him from these guys? Trust me thats not the Holy Spirit and what you will get is signs and wonders but those of the lying kind.
Second quote
"These gifted teachers will not only give you a wonderful new understanding of power evangelism but then you will be "activated" as you "do the stuff" of the kingdom. end quote
My comments
Notice you need
them to activate you so you can do the stuff. This is all very similar
to the FIRE schools now be promoted by Dan Bohi.
Yes we all are leaky vessels which need the filling of the Holy Spirit possibly daily. But this bunch notice is selling a NEW thing. What scriptures teaches is not new and they would have you believe that we are not operating on full power because a lot of stuff like shaking , people jerking like people who have epilepsy, people laughing uncontrollably, and being being slain by some spirit or frozen where they cant move.
This is a familiar spirit not the true Holy Spirit of scripture.
Reader Beware
http://powerandlove.org/about/
additional resource Betty Miller
Yes we all are leaky vessels which need the filling of the Holy Spirit possibly daily. But this bunch notice is selling a NEW thing. What scriptures teaches is not new and they would have you believe that we are not operating on full power because a lot of stuff like shaking , people jerking like people who have epilepsy, people laughing uncontrollably, and being being slain by some spirit or frozen where they cant move.
This is a familiar spirit not the true Holy Spirit of scripture.
Reader Beware
http://powerandlove.org/about/
additional resource Betty Miller
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