Slice of Laodicea

The latest charismatic “revival” is underway in Lakeland, Florida. This one has a number of Christians saying, “this is legit. This is no Brownsville! There really are people being healed. This has to be of God” Well, I submit to you the evidence. The leader of this new “revival” is Todd Bentley, a man who says he has had personal visitations from angels. You can read about it here. This new movement targets children. See this video clip.

For those interested, here are a number of other links to articles and videos on this supposed outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Just be aware that you are reading and watching deception, folks. When you read Bentley’s teaching on angels he tells people to pray to see into the supernatural realm, and he calls on “intercessory angels” to be let loose. Exactly why do we need angels interceding for us when we have Jesus Christ sitting at the right hand of God, our only mediator according to Scripture? Bentley’s entire body of angel teachings detract from the glory of Jesus Christ and have Christians seeking after “angelic” experiences rather than the Lord himself. These people will have “angelic” experiences all right, but how quickly we forget that there are dark angels as well as angels of heaven. Satan is a master counterfeiter. His very name, Lucifer, means “light bearer”. As Warren Smith describes in his book, “The Light that Was Dark”, it is plain that even what seems so good and true and lovely can be a counterfeit. As the deception is deepening, more and more we need to ask the Holy Spirit to bring the Word to mind to discern every idea, every prophet who comes in Christ’s name. The Lord told us that many things will be done in Christ’s name. Not all is of the true Christ. “Here is Christ, there is Christ”, the Lord told us they will say. “Believe it not.” Christ told us “for many will come in my name”. That time is now and the deception is as close as God TV tonight that is airing this Florida “revival”.

Here Bentley describes his encounter with “heaven”.

Angels and the Florida Healing Revival

A Letter from a Lakeland Resident Regarding the “Revival”

Here you can see in Todd’s message on heaven that he teaches that God has come to manifest heaven on earth. This is the dominionism we have been warning about.

This is more from Bentley on his teachings on angels.

Here in his blog, Todd says that a dead man was raised to life.

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