I just found out about this video yesterday. In all honesty I was expecting the (ungodly) usual of kicking old ladies in the face, a guy with colon cancer in the stomach, more beating, and more supernatural "HEALING"
Then I actually watched it, and, well you can see for yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL2q-8G_I5M
So, apparently, Jesus spins you around like a record. And that's pretty much the peak of theology and truth given to these people going to Todd Bentley's "Revivals"
Well, I am not going to say much about Todd Bentley's actual healing...ministry, although it's not a ministry, if you're thinking like bringing people to the true Christ ministry, but rather I'm really talking about what he's doing in this 'worship' scene.
So these people are jumping up and down in this meeting waving their socks all over the place because this "Angel of Light" (2 Corinthians 11: 14) is telling them to. The first question I want to ask is, why? Why are these people getting all excited about Jesus spinning them? Because Jesus died, he was murdered, so they could be alive where they are now? Because they don't have to fear going into the throne room of God with the blood of all the people they murdered on their hands? Is that what the singing of his grace, how amazed they are?
Well, you probably know where I'm going. I don't think any of that was in anyone's heart. Sure enough they were distracted, they weren't worshiping. Maybe something like 'why the heck am I waving my dirty sock around my head' or 'this is an awesome song and they added Jesus. Yay this is an awesome song' etc. etc.
It's not exactly the goal of true believers in Christ to get people worked up about the 80's and dirty socks.
Bob Kauflin put it well in his book 'Worship Matters' (pg. 122)
"We don't want to motivate people to worship God through manipulation [or to get them engaged but not worship god at all] I can try to manipulate them through music style...insincere emotion...mysticism (let's close our eyes and act like something really significant is happening though no one's sure what it is) and performance (that electric guitar solo before the modulation on verse 4 is guaranteed to get people worshiping)"
You see, it's not just about how cool something sounds that makes it good worship. But you know what, I doubt that's what even Todd Bentley was trying to do.
All that song was, all those 'Revivals" are are merely ploys to get people to buy into it. The happy 'cool' sound to the pointless song is mainly aimed at teenagers, or otherwise 'hip' people. If you're cool, you dance. If you're cool, you sing Jesus spins me. If you're cool, you twirl your socks. That's all there is to it. Oh and guess what, you get the added bonus of looking like your praising God. These people don't understand who God is. Even Satan can appear as an angel of light. Because if someone goes into one of Todd Bentley's services and comes out decided they want to follow Christ, as soon as they get into the real world they will either continue using false doctrine and never really believe, or they will realize how false and fake this teaching is and lose interest.
All of Todd Bentley's "revivals" are for his own glory. He even claims to be able to control God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeLabIBf9Aw
But I'm not here simply to tell you the problems that are packed into Todd Bentley's ministry. The point right now is about the worship.
That's why the rate is so high for college students and young adults and singles to fall away from the faith they had in childhood. Why? because they never are getting the gospel in the first place. They are getting all the motions. They go to a church, the sing songs, they here about voodoo monsters being cast out, and they say cool, so this is what I am. But they never...ever...really have true faith. This is the importance of true worship, true teaching, and having a guard for, frankly, heritics like Mr. Bentley.
If you want to learn more about the falasies in Todd Bently's ministry, I'd suggest listening to "The Lawman" witnessing at one of his revivals.
Part 1: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t_EqqP8YzVU
Part 2: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tw80YxifRJ4&feature=related
Another Video worth watching: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICmzl6VmyU4&feature=related
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Hello. =] I like the point of your blog. I'm going to try and remember to check back and see what you're writing.
On the subject of worship, it's definitely the person's heart that matters. And even though I agree with you that some of those revivals are just too much, I want to thank you that you did not flame them. =] Sometimes it's just too easy to be judmental, even when we're right, so I think you handled that well.
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