Todd Bentley and the Revival in Lakeland

I have been asked about my opinion of the revival in Lakeland.  I want to say I am always thankful when people get excited about God.  I will honestly say I am very uncomfortable with the teachings of Todd Bentley.  I walked out of his teaching and preaching in Toronto when he started saying he was tired because his spirit was traveling all over the world healing people  I I am pretty sure the Word says that Jesus is the healer. I left the service.  I am also skeptical all of his encounters with angels, a spiritual encounter with the apostle Paul and also a visitation he had with an angel "emma". I am sorry but this does not line up with Scripture.  I do know that people can have an encounter with an angel, but it is a regular occurrence with Todd Bentley.  The thing with Paul is just..well.. out there.  Remember the Bible is our authority, not experience.   I am not on the same page with his teaching of "impartation" at all.  But, God is still touching people in spite of his error in teaching the Word of God, and my opinion.  I honestly do not believe he is a prophet at all.  A modern prophet would stay true to the word of God.  A crowd gathering does not validate that a man is a true prophet.  Paul Cain was also on the platform of this revival and has been involved in alcoholism and homosexuality.  Someone in charge there is not using a lot of wisdom.  I would not encourage anyone under my spiritual care to sit under Todd Bentley's ministry.

Comments

[Brian]

Pastor Nate,

Thanks for your thoughtful analysis. I'm glad to see more people who believe in the "this is that" of Acts chapter 2 says that this "this" isn't "that"

[Todd]

Thanks for the insight,

[Scott Miller]

Thanks for the input on that Nate...really not sure what to think of the guy...Scott

[Chris Chowdhury]

Thank for writing this post.

[Dustin Reed]

It's funny to me anybody who listens to him and is a "fan" of his teachings can do the same things he can do. Travel the world at night and heal people and say hi to Paul in his dreams. Has humans God has given us brains of decent size to understand this life is not a marvel comic. I pray and hope has followers of Christ we can get back to the fact that the creation of you and me will be what moves us to be lights in this world and not some crazy experience about flying at night.