Your position basically falls into the third category. The problem with your position, is that you never confront false doctrine or false prophecy, and in the process, you tear down the authority of the Scripture in order to build up the authority of your teacher.

I have always understood the definition of a false prophet to be a person who prophesies falsely. If they claim to have received prophecies from God that do not come to pass within the specified time given, those prophecies are false, and the prophet is a false prophet. If you have a different definition, then perhaps you will explain it to me from the Scripture.

I have several questions to ask:
1. Who has the authority, the Bible or the teacher?
2. If a person claims to be an anointed leader (especially a 'doubly' anointed leader) and claims to receive revelations from God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Spirit almost on a daily basis, why do they speak false prophecies and claim that those prophecies came directly from God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Spirit?
3. Why do those persons also teach false doctrine?
4. Why is it, when false prophecies are revealed, the attempt is made to defend those persons instead of admitting to the authority of the Scripture?
5. Did you read the list of false prophecies that Benny Hinn has given? I noted four of them that are documented. There are more that could be listed, but since it only takes one false prophecy to make a false prophet, I presumed that four times as many would be quite sufficient.
See: Benny Hinn Prophecies
6. How do you justify those prophecies in relation to Benny Hinn's claim to be an anointed prophet by God, the Scriptural mandate in Deuteronomy 18:20-22, and the numerous other Scriptures which condemn those who prophesy falsely and claim that God gave them the revelation?

The association of Benny Hinn and Rick Godwin is clear enough, and my questions for Rick Godwin are the same as I have listed above, in addition to the one implied: How can a person associate in ministry with a false prophet?

I quite understand the fact that you find On Doctrine to be offensive, because you would like for me to affirm the leaders that you have chosen rather than the opposite being the case. The difficulty in your approach is that you view your leaders from the wrong perspective. You assume first, that they are anointed, speak correct doctrine and give true prophecies, rather than first comparing what they teach and claim with the Scripture and then accepting [the] judgment and authority of the Scripture as to what they represent. No leader is immune from scrutiny by the Scripture, as Luke wrote in relation to the Bereans and the teaching of the apostle Paul, Acts 17:10-12.

You have taken the authority of the Scripture and placed it in the mouths of your teachers, so, the truth of what they teach will be no better than who they are, rather than truth being what is the revealed word of God in the Scripture.

I am not of the Pentecostal persuasion, for some very good reasons, however, whether I am Pentecostal or not has no bearing on the reality that Benny Hinn prophecies falsely and Rick Godwin supports him in ministry. The Pentecostal beliefs of Benny Hinn and Rick Godwin are not the issues in that equation, because there are many Pentecostal believers who are true Christians, but there are no true prophets who give false prophecies, and no false prophet is anointed by God, whether they be Pentecostal or otherwise.

Sincerely,

Gary A. Hand
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