Saturday, June 21, 2008

Are we just blind?

Ive been thinking alot lately. Not that I dont think most of the time but given whats been going on these days I have lots to think about. I came from a fairly charismatic christian background and some parts of it I really miss but it seems these days there is some pretty crazy stuff going on in the corporate church. There is a " revival " going on in the states right now that is getting alot of attention. Im a fairly sceptical person when it comes to any sort of big tv evangelist type event but I thought this guy seemed different. Acctually he looks alot like me when I shave my head. He comes from a rough background and i think he met god while he was in jail. Good sounding story and hes from abbotsford and hes really into impartation of the holy spirit which seemed good compared to the tv healer that uses his gifting for his own bussiness. But while I was watching him speak on line his audio kept screwing up and the voice that was coming out sounded demonic. It was acctually kinda creepy. The other thing he kept talking about was an Angel of healing. That was coming down to heal people and imparting the gifting. This didnt sound scriptural to me but im no scholar so I just left it alone asked a few people what they thought of the whole angel bit and forgot about it. But the momentum kept growing and more people where talking about it and my grandmother in law has been going to satelight meetings and my inlaws are getting wrapped up in it and so is the church they have been attending and they are believing in God that these miracles can happen to them. But Im not convinced that its God. Tavis called me yesterday and he had recieved some emailed stuff that addressed the whole Lakeland revival and it was pretty shocking and affirming all at the same time. Basically the guy who wrote the artical was taking issue with the angel and the impartation of the gift of healing. First his take on the Angel was that the guy talks to this angel and its name is emma. Which is wierd and I dont care where you come from. Also apperantley this is the English name for it and the really name comes from some eastern religion. The second thing was that the gift of healling is not for us to give to other people. I cant impart anything to anyone its all god. The  gift of the holy spirit is there for evferyone but is the gift of healling. So now Im thinking Which way is up? How can soemthign that seems so good be so off track

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Emma was the patron angel of Wm. Brenham. He started off with a notable healing ministry but went off the deep end and got all weird. Having Emma as your special angel isn't something I'd be too proud of. Anyways,Todd says that if Emma doesn't show up, there will be no healing. Makes you wonder where all the healings have been coming from. I'd be a little cautious of any extra-scriptural beings messing with my head. Stick with tried and true old fashion biblical orthodoxy Aaron. I think it's great that your not accepting this stuff blindly. Many Christians just look at the healings, feel the vibes (holy spirit?) and check out whose endorsing the ministry but ignore the the more important issue of how does it line up with scripture? .....Dad