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Bonnke Background Reinhard Willi Gottfried Bonnke was born on April 19, 1940 in Koenigsberg, East Germany. WWII was already underway. As a youth Bonnke knew the horrors of war, hunger, …
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You sit with a problem and you do know he was friends with Benny Hinn?
You believe these slanderous articles ( Canada Bible studies by what scholar?, HBO media ...) about him, implying that he was a fraud, that people did not receive miracle healings from God through his ministry, nor did he bring 77 million to the Lord? Okay, that's all I asked.
These writers (whoever they are, don't identify themselves) are damning critics of Christians who have done great things - likely because they do not understand, have not witnessed miracles or personally have done little themselves to draw people to God.
I have not seen anyone raised from the dead or the blind being healed; but
I have faith and believe things I have not seen and that with God, anything is possible. "Blessed are those who have not seen Me and believe".
These critics are claiming that Reinhard Bonnke is "of the Devil? Wow, a Pastor called by God to travel to Africa, out of his comfort zone, preaches, evangelizes, uses the Word, prayd in the name of Jesus, spreads the gospel and draws such massive crowds to Christ is doing it by the power of Satan?
That is what the Pharisees accused Jesus of doing, healing, preaching and teaching by the power of Satan.
Frankly, I believe there are some pastors that go off on a tangent and lead some people astray: Jim Jones, David Koresh ... the list is numerous ... but millions?
I personally don't think that 77 million, through his ministry, claiming to believe in Christ, are deceived; nor do I believe in many critics who, like the fake media today, report slanderous lies about people.
That said, John MacArthur and RC Sproul are my go to teachers often, but I am not a Calvinist, nor do I believe everything they say and both of them believe that spiritual gifts have ceased in the 1st Century. I was grown on a different branch - from the same Vine though. John is also Pre-Trib, I am not. If you haven't noticed, he is very serious, cold and does not smile much - where is the joy of the Lord? Conversely, my Pastor, brilliant and loving, was joyful in his approach. He had spiritual gifts - tongues included ( a heavenly tongue of angels)- but did not pray in tongues, and used it only for personal edification.
There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. 1 Cor. 12:4-11
>>You can't identify with any of these gifts in your life?
To say that the Spirit no longer works and assists in the ministries of His servants _ supernaturally _ and naturally _ in many diverse ways _ is absurd. God equips us differently, for a purpose, some to do great things, drawing multitudes to Himself and the rest us contribute in minor ways - like you and I. I guess He may equip critics to warn people about false profits.
Frankly, I think Satan tries to keep people away from Christ.
You can only say Jesus is Lord by the Holy Spirit. If someone says Jesus is not the only way or is not Lord or Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, L. RON Hubbard is the way to God, then a red flag should go up and I'll be the first to criticize them.
We have Catholics who say Protestants are of Satan and Protestants who say Catholics and the Pope are of Satan and I rebuke them as well. Some critics of true Christians should just shut up and do something good and loving for others rather than get on this accusatory bashing wagon. Judge not ... What will you say when you see Reinhard in heaven? "Sorry I doubted and bashed you man ... I was wrong". Heaven will be a humbling experience for many.
