No Prostheses
Scientists can do some amazing things these days - fake hands and feet that look very realistic.
But I've been thinking.
Many of you have probably heard about the recent (or should I say old?) "outpouring" that's being claimed in Lakeland, Florida. Todd Bentley has been leading it since early spring, and his website and followers abound with tales of fantastic (definitions 1 & 2) miracles and healings. That's the most recent outbreak, but this is not a new occurrence. In fact, I wasn't at all surprised when I did a bit of searching today and found reports of gold fillings coming from this event as well.
"Gold" fillings are old news in this type of meeting - in fact, today I found references to gold dust from as early as 1948. There's nothing new here, yet it continues to capture people and ensnare them today. I want to make it clear here that this post is -not- about Todd Bentley -- rather, it's about the doctrine of devils that's been around for decades, for which he happens to be the current main proponent.
Let's talk about healing. When Jesus healed a cripple, did He give them a wooden leg? Or when He healed the blind, did He give them glass eyes? Or even a high-tech bionic eye? No... He didn't. He gave the real thing - that's why later the people would ask "Is this the same person who [...]?" (I may write an entry about what I believe is the reason for this later.)
Yet today, we're told that He is giving people "gold fillings" in their teeth. Wake up, people! Has G-d lost the ability to create the real thing? Is there any precedent from the "certain times" (Jesus' life or the lives of the prophets) of G-d giving something fake?
Does our G-d deal in counterfeits? Do His healings have to be replaced every 10-15 years? Who do the Scriptures say is the father of lies (falsehoods, fakes, counterfeits)? Why are so many people blind to this, running after "signs and wonders" and following a different Jesus?
When I began to write this, I thought the gold filling/prosthetic connection was new - it turns out a number of people have observed this before I did. Letusreason.org has an excellent article about the gold manifestations (forgive their grammatical errors), and the "Broken Man" has a blog entry about the phenomenon as well.
Let's be thinkers, people - remember the Bereans.
But I've been thinking.
Many of you have probably heard about the recent (or should I say old?) "outpouring" that's being claimed in Lakeland, Florida. Todd Bentley has been leading it since early spring, and his website and followers abound with tales of fantastic (definitions 1 & 2) miracles and healings. That's the most recent outbreak, but this is not a new occurrence. In fact, I wasn't at all surprised when I did a bit of searching today and found reports of gold fillings coming from this event as well.
"Gold" fillings are old news in this type of meeting - in fact, today I found references to gold dust from as early as 1948. There's nothing new here, yet it continues to capture people and ensnare them today. I want to make it clear here that this post is -not- about Todd Bentley -- rather, it's about the doctrine of devils that's been around for decades, for which he happens to be the current main proponent.
Let's talk about healing. When Jesus healed a cripple, did He give them a wooden leg? Or when He healed the blind, did He give them glass eyes? Or even a high-tech bionic eye? No... He didn't. He gave the real thing - that's why later the people would ask "Is this the same person who [...]?" (I may write an entry about what I believe is the reason for this later.)
Yet today, we're told that He is giving people "gold fillings" in their teeth. Wake up, people! Has G-d lost the ability to create the real thing? Is there any precedent from the "certain times" (Jesus' life or the lives of the prophets) of G-d giving something fake?
Does our G-d deal in counterfeits? Do His healings have to be replaced every 10-15 years? Who do the Scriptures say is the father of lies (falsehoods, fakes, counterfeits)? Why are so many people blind to this, running after "signs and wonders" and following a different Jesus?
When I began to write this, I thought the gold filling/prosthetic connection was new - it turns out a number of people have observed this before I did. Letusreason.org has an excellent article about the gold manifestations (forgive their grammatical errors), and the "Broken Man" has a blog entry about the phenomenon as well.
Let's be thinkers, people - remember the Bereans.
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