That made me think of the "revival" in Florida many years ago, where the (odd) preacher Todd Bentley, claimed gold dust from heaven was coming down on them. Claimed healing by kicking a woman in the face and knocking out another man's tooth. :dieu: :dieu: Indeed false teachers abound, teaching for gain. Sad that so many have found it necessary to make a living off the stripes of Christ's back! And the Lord himself shall surely deal with the false prophets of today. For He is hardly pleased by any of them! They who speak promises that even God doesn't intend to honor! For many are the afflictions of the righteous, and even so it is appointed for all men to die the first death. Sadly, many teach otherwise. Even after 50 yrs of exposed fraud, many still choose to buy into the premise that we must "prove" our faith to God, by giving a stranger $1000.00 dollars. (Seed Faith)! Seems that the Lord has His own ways to see our faith! Lastly, we are warned in the gospels that if any cry out lo He is in the desert, or here or there, do not chase out after such claims. For does not the Spirit of the living God already abide within us?! Yet many who are poor in spirit, chase after teachers and their teachings! It is disconcerting how little discernment is applied by the Church of today! Even in our most desperate hours, we need to seek Him out, and Him alone. We must learn to let our love, faith and trust in God, challenge Him to act on our behalves! Not the empty promises of men. Or as a wise man has said, stupid is as stupid does! TR "14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! I have always found this verse to be haunting. As the gospel is preached to the whole world, probably a few convert, but what is left is multitudes who haven't made up their mind. Scary when the coming of the Lord has got to be so near. I went to bingo last weekend and met a lady who was originally from Croatia. I asked her if she was a Christian and she said , "yes". Then I asked her if she thought the Lord was coming soon and found she didn't believe any of that and in fact didn't go to church. Though she was Greek Orthodox she did not believe that Christ was risen. I assured there were many witnesses to the fact. She remarked she really only believed in the law of Karma. So interesting that she didn't seem to have any Christian beliefs, yet claimed to be Christian! "Multitudes in the valley of decision. . ." She told me her name in Croatian meant "soul". My name is Sharon and I said to her when you add "Rose of" to it, it means "Christ". I encouraged her to go back to church this coming Easter and maybe to watch on TV the many shows about the life of Christ that accompany Eastertime. I pray for her. Well said Earthangel! TR
Or so it seems to me!
For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision."
