For nearly 60 days, the Lord has been pouring out His love on His people in Lakeland. Todd Bentley has invested $750,000 on a new tent that will seat 10,000 a night. They moved to the Lakeland Airport and plan to be there all summer. Tonight is their first night at the tent and the miracles are outstanding. I've been speaking about the outpouring in Lakeland because I watch almost every night, I stayed there for four days and I'm going back for a week next month.
I want to respond to the many negative comments about what Todd Bentley is doing in Lakeland, as if it wasn't God.
Todd Bentley is a Canadian who would not be in Florida if God didn't call him there. He would not have left his full-time ministry, cancelled all his appointments and given this much time and attention in a foreign country unless God called him to it. I am so grateful for his obedience to come to the US to begin a revival that will cause a habitation for God's glory.
The Pharisees didn't think what Jesus was doing was of God. They came against Him numerous times with their critical words about people getting healed. I asked God what He had to say about the negative comments on my blogsite. Here is the text he led me to the following text. I flipped open the Bible to read:
Matt 12:25-30
"Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 30 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.
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John 10:10
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
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If anyone sees someone doing healing signs and wonders, please note. They are not stealing, killing or destroying. Therefore, they are not angels of darkness; instead, they are angels of light.
It is difficult to believe if you have not seen signs and wonders. But the Lord is saying, "Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it?" Isa 43:19
Once Jesus said to someone, "Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe." John 4:48 ASV
Jesus knew there will be people who cannot believe unless they see signs and wonders. But it was not a criticism, it was a statement about human nature. It's so true!
For years, the saying WWJD - What would Jesus do? has been popular. Here's what He did! If He saw someone sick, he healed them. If He saw someone demonized, He set them free. If He saw someone blind, He made them see. If He saw someone dead, He raised them up. If He saw someone deaf, He made them hear.
But Jesus knew He had to leave this earth so we could go further. Jesus told us as His disciples, "Most assuredly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father." (John 14:12)
After His ascension, His disciples perrformed many wonders and signs (see Acts 2:43).
Since the book of Acts, countless miracles have been performed. In the past 50 years alone, more miracles have happened than are recorded in the entire Bible. So if one person is performing countless miracles in the United States and not a foreign country, rejoice, because God's favor is upon us! Hallelujah!
When I think of anyone criticizing Todd Bentley for the selfless deeds he is doing in our country, I want to ask,
2 Sam 1:14-15
"How was it you were not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?"
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David did not dare touch Saul, for he knew Saul was God's anointed one. To be honest, each of us are God's anointed. We each are called to walk as Jesus walked, with a ministry followed by signs and wonders. We should not have a critical thing to say against anyone. For each of us are of a chosen generation, a royal priesthood. (see 1 Peter 2:9).
Jesus is the only one we should be talking about. It is the name of Jesus that brings forth healing. It is the name of Jesus that causes creative miracles. It is Jesus that delivers people from demons. Demons can't do any of these things, even if they are disguised as an angel of light!
America is filled with unbelief. The comments on my website are proof of the unbelief that is rampant in the United States. |
I want to give you encouragement. I know how you feel when it comes to skeptics, nonbelievers, or Christians cutting other Christians. I haven't been to Lakeland yet but I am hoping to go around or during June 22th. God is so Awesome and I want to feel the Glory Cloud. I have been looking around the web for anything on the Outpouring that is positive because there are alot of people that are posting the negative or what they think is negative and twist the WORD of GOD for what is actually is. -- Lance Dance