Writing Break Update 3
Jul 6th, 2008 | By Douglas K. Adu-Boahen | Category: Lakeland Revival, Lying Spirits and False TeachingI finished the paper yesterday, but had to take care of family business all day today, which impaired me sending it out. I have found this to be providential as the following was sent to me via -email anonymously:
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This Christian Civil War was prophesied by other people, and shown to me in a dream.
Dream: I saw the Lord’s church represented by a military base. Everybody had different positions and jobs. There were ground soldiers, fighter pilots, guards, captains, generals, etc. Everything looked fine and in order. But then I noticed something strange. Everyone was going about their duty when all of a sudden, a dispersed group of OUR ground soldiers (who happened to look like Storm Troupers) started marching in complete unity toward a specific area. This group was comprised of people from all different areas of the military base. They marched onto these wooden platforms that were high above the entrance of the airplane hanger. They marched in lock step, as though they were being given orders by some unseen force. The rest of us were amazed, and didn’t know what to make of this strange situation. When they got to the edge of these platforms they all pulled out their guns (AK-47s). I looked in amazement and said to myself, “what are you guys doing? Who are you responding to?“ When the first airplane came out from the hanger, all the soldiers shot at it. There was no chance for our pilot. Such a hail of bullets came against him that the airplane was destroyed. The pilot could not go fast enough to escape. I thought, “BETRAYAL“. The rest of us who were not part of this group started running in fear. This group shot down one plane after another, it was a complete slaughter. All the pilots tried to go top speed out of this hanger, but they had no chance. We were losing all our best fighter pilots. In real terms, 1 pilot in the air was more powerful that 100 ground soldiers, but none of the pilots could ever get up.
Then one pilot took a different path. Instead of trying to escape, and save his life, he turned his plain straight at the wooden platform that the soldiers were standing on, and crashed right into it, sacrificing himself. This collapsed the structure holding the men, and killed many soldiers in the betraying army. Somehow, after this happened, it broke the unity of that army, throwing them into chaos. They where still hostile to us, but no longer had unity.
This war became blatantly obvious to me when I began building this website. In investigating people who were given face to face visitations by Jesus Christ, I saw a clear and organized effort to discredit them. So much slander was in place, that anyone investigating these people would most likely be turned away before they ever knew their testimony.
For example, in doing a simple Goggle search on Rick Joyner, 4 of the top 5 results were negative, 3 were blatantly accusational. “Dangerous teacher”, “Self-proclaimed Prophet”, “False teacher”, “a man in the grip of evil deceit”, “the spirit of darkness and deception”, “Most unsound and dangerous teachers”, etc. Similar accusation have been made against many of the people shown on this site. In fact, entire Christian websites have been dedicated to the discrediting the God’s people. In many cases there are more attacks coming from within the Church than from secular sources!
Recently many attacks have come against Todd Bentley and the Florida Healing Outpouring revival. These attacks claim that many of the healing miracles that are happening are false, and that the revival is not of God. But upon personal investigation in Lakeland, Florida, I interviewed 25 people were miraculously healed, confirmed by multiple sources (Pastors, Relatives, Friends, etc). I saw 100s of other miracles and signs, but was not able to interview all the people.
This army that attacks strategic movements of God is filled with many well intentioned Christians that have been deceived by the “Angel of Light”. They listen to the voice of the accuser, thinking it’s the voice of Jesus. Many of us, have at one time been a part of this army, used by the devil, but have later repented. When a Christian learns the real voice of the Shepherd, he will never join this army.
This army has been used against every advancement in the Church. The Protestant Reformation, Evangelical revolution, Pentecostal, Charismatic, Prophetic, Apostolic, Spiritual Gifts, Healings, Signs, etc. We can no longer just sit back and assume that this army is just a group of concerned Christians with disagreements.
We must…
- Counter them in the media, on the web, in blogs, etc,
- Pray that their influence would diminish,
- Confront them with the truth,
- Bring to light those things they are trying to discredit and slander
- Pray that their accusations would not spread, but be rejected
- Intercede for their freedom & pray that the Lord’s (redemptive) judgments would bring them back. (not wrathful judgment)
Here are some of the establishments where many of the accusations are coming from.
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In the coming months, I will go into more detail about this army, and the strategies for overcoming them. Until then, get to praying! Pray Hard!
Needless to say this is libellous and I use the word in its strongest sense. I will now have to address this in the paper, which is why I presume this came my way. I also plan to send a copy of the paper to Robert Brownell, the proprietor of the website where this came from. As for me, it’s back to my Dell laptop
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Ezekiel 13:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’ 3 Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 4 Your prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel. 5 You have not gone up into the breaches, or built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the day of the Lord. 6 They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘Declares the Lord,’ when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfill their word. 7 Have you not seen a false vision and uttered a lying divination, whenever you have said, ‘Declares the Lord,’ although I have not spoken?”
When men refute or live in a way that is against Scripture, let alone prophecy or have dreams that are against the Word of God, they are the ones who are cursed. Yet they will claim His Holy Name, and many will blaspheme God on account of them. Pray for them, and hold fast to sound doctrine. Keep THIS faith, and no other, the Word of God is your only source of truth. Though it is difficult, look unto Jesus, I will pray for you. Stand firm, for He is worthy. Your brother in Christ, Joe Franklin.
Well, they are encouraging people to go the discernment sites. Perhaps some will then see the truth! I know that’s what happened to me when I was on the “other side”!
teddy,
Great to meet ya! I chuckle at God’s sense of humour at times. Why list the sites if they’re the enemy? You’re helping us not crushing us LOL
Whatever your take on this, don’t throw it all away. The person makes a great point. There is a difference between discernment and judgment. Yes, we must be discerning what is of the flesh, the devil and what is of God. And yes, we must test all things by the Scripture. If it doesn’t line up to the Word, there is a problem. But in a quest to test things and understand the biblical basis (or lack thereof) we must be careful to go forward with a motivation of love and the sake of the Lord’s name. We must go forward with a humble conviction with both an understanding of what is spoken of in the Scriptures but as well an understanding that we only see through a glass dimly. It is very true that in a quest for truth, the Lord’s name can be defamed by an accusatory spirit. This can tear apart the Body and can quench the Spirit’s work. Don’t miss that. Check out what happened to David in 1 Chronicles 21. The Word says that David was moved by Satan to take a census in v. 1. This angered the LORD. David later repented in v.8. Don’t miss that the same thing can happen today with people of good intentions. Be careful.
Clinton,
I have to disagree. This is an open “declaration of war” when we have called no war. It’s nothing more than some upset guy who is having a tantrum because his favourite preachers got called out.
We have declared no war, yet we are not walking in love? We are walking in love by warning those ensnared in a revival that is not a revival! I have prayed and prayed and prayed – but time comes when one must add action to their prayers! I will be sure to send a copy of my paper to Robert Brownell, so he can see what our grievances are…
Brother, I do not want to accuse you or anyone else of not walking in love. The truth should be spoken in love. The works of the evil one should be exposed.
And what you say about this person may be true. I’m just saying that there is some truth in what is being said and I’m saying we all need to be careful. Agreed. Faith without deeds is dead.
Here’s the main truth that I’m referring to: That truth is that in the same way that wolves in sheep’s clothing can imitate the work of Christ and deceive many, actual sheep with good intent can become Pharisaical and accusatory. Do not miss that. The enemy can use that to destroy the work of Christ just as much as he can use actual wolves to lead many astray.
Be careful that your motivation is indeed love. It’s not an indictment on you, it’s a warning to all of us.
I’m ashamed! We at DefCon didn’t even make the list. We must not be trying hard enough
I know! You guys are just as bad as me! (LOL)
creepy! What can be creepier than Todd Bentley?… People who send you anonymous emails declaring war on you in defense of him.
LOL! I think it was mean to scare me, but in the words of my grandfather, the time has come for a little sanctified rebellion LOL! If that’s supposed to delay me putting out my really bad paper, it’s not working!
Bentley’s here in London this weekend, but I’m going to see Mark Driscoll instead. It’ll anger me less.
>Bentley’s here in London this weekend, but I’m going to see Mark Driscoll instead. It’ll anger me less.
Haha, I’ll rather hear Driscoll than Bentley anytime. At least Driscoll is reasonably orthodox, as long as you can take his language…
Huh??? Driscoll? When and where brother?