Destructive (damnable) heresies of NAR and Word Faith cults: Part 2

The NAR's chief spokespersons today are Bill Johnson, Kris Vallotton, co-pastors at Bethel Church, and Che Ahn, pastor of Harvest Rock Church in Pasadena, Ca. These men claim to hear from God on a daily basis. They will often say things like, "The Lord told me," or, "God told me this morning." They hear from heaven more than the Lord Jesus did. 

    I would also guess that most of those reading this blog post have never heard of Bethel Church or Bill Johnson or Kris Vallotton.  They are popular in neo-charismatic and Pentecostal circles. Johnson is a storyteller rather than a preacher of God's word. His people like it that way. They fulfill the prophecy the apostle Paul gave to Timothy, 2 Tim. 4:1-4, 2 Timothy 4:1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

 3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

 (2 Tim. 4:1-4 ESV)

    The NAR leaders teach that it is always God's will to heal. Isn't it odd that faith healers often wear glasses and have illnesses in their own bodies and families? Oral Roberts died of heart disease, Charles Capps died of cancer, Kathyrn Kuhlman died on the operating table while they were trying to fix her diseased heart, Kenneth Copeland just got a pacemaker and Johnson's wife, Bennie, died of cancer while he was telling his people that it is always God's will to heal. And the sad aspect of all this is, they have millions of followers.

Part 3 coming up.