BRIAN GEMMELL COMMENT ON FALSE PROPHETS.
AN IMPORTANT EMAIL FROM BRIAN GEMMELL, OF THE BIBLE PROPHECY FOUNDATION, COMMENTING ON "THE WELSH OUTPOURING" AT CWMBRAN, AND INSTRUCTING US TO REMAIN CLOSE TO THE WORD OF GOD, AND TO TEST EVERYTHING BY IT!!!
Dear Neville,
I have checked out the comments on your blog on the Cwmbran "Welsh Outpouring" and must add the comment that anything to do with the apostasised "teacher" Tommy Tenney should be vigorously avoided. The most effective deceptions, and the best lies, are those which look closest to the truth and "the positive confession boys" approach that category. The obvious stupidity of the argument that Phinehas' wife died by a non-positive confession shows that any who accept the error are deceived. It also highlights the ignorance of God's Word, not just of a valid exegesis of 1 Sam. 7, but of a Biblical understanding of death, time and eternity. Our unchanging God, who is the "same yesterday, today and tomorrow", inhabits eternity and knows the end from the beginning of every life, as is clearly expressed in Psalm 90. The Word of God is also living and timeless and although it records past events in human history, it is alive today, and it is the source of all Revelation.
The grace of our God is permanently at work and, even during a deceptive work of satan, souls are reached and saved, bodies healed and the broken-hearted restored. So, as you say, DESPITE the current deception of Cwmbran, some lives will be touched. But, that said, the products of false teaching are false experiences, false "conversions and healings" and false disciples. The reality of the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of any individual out of these meetings will only be known after a little more time passes and a holy life follows. The previous experiences from Toronto to Sunderland, Pensacola to Chorleywood etc, indicates that there will be little that stands as a true work of the Spirit of God in the Biblical sense.
We only know the veracity of any religious work by examining it in the light of God's Word, not by sight. This is especially true when there are healings. God heals today and is glorified by His work as He blesses those who are healed, but healing is not to provide entertainment at some Christian side show. It is the product of faith not the producer of it. Indeed the Lord Jesus warns that " if they do not hear Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead".
I have checked out the comments on your blog on the Cwmbran "Welsh Outpouring" and must add the comment that anything to do with the apostasised "teacher" Tommy Tenney should be vigorously avoided. The most effective deceptions, and the best lies, are those which look closest to the truth and "the positive confession boys" approach that category. The obvious stupidity of the argument that Phinehas' wife died by a non-positive confession shows that any who accept the error are deceived. It also highlights the ignorance of God's Word, not just of a valid exegesis of 1 Sam. 7, but of a Biblical understanding of death, time and eternity. Our unchanging God, who is the "same yesterday, today and tomorrow", inhabits eternity and knows the end from the beginning of every life, as is clearly expressed in Psalm 90. The Word of God is also living and timeless and although it records past events in human history, it is alive today, and it is the source of all Revelation.
The grace of our God is permanently at work and, even during a deceptive work of satan, souls are reached and saved, bodies healed and the broken-hearted restored. So, as you say, DESPITE the current deception of Cwmbran, some lives will be touched. But, that said, the products of false teaching are false experiences, false "conversions and healings" and false disciples. The reality of the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of any individual out of these meetings will only be known after a little more time passes and a holy life follows. The previous experiences from Toronto to Sunderland, Pensacola to Chorleywood etc, indicates that there will be little that stands as a true work of the Spirit of God in the Biblical sense.
We only know the veracity of any religious work by examining it in the light of God's Word, not by sight. This is especially true when there are healings. God heals today and is glorified by His work as He blesses those who are healed, but healing is not to provide entertainment at some Christian side show. It is the product of faith not the producer of it. Indeed the Lord Jesus warns that " if they do not hear Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead".
There are many counterfeit spiritual activities in the world today from fake tongues to false healings. They are seen by all to be false when they are contained within the cults/new age, Buddhism, Islam, Church of Rome etc. But when the enemy cloaks himself in an Evangelical/ Pentecostal Christian guise it can be a little more difficult to discern, even for truly Godly folk. False teaching and false teachers will produce false "spiritual" activity making it as alike the real deal as possible with the deliberate intention of drawing true believers away from their holy walk with the Lord and into a spurious and often frenetic confusion.
We should remember that life is linear, and although man's foolishness is repetitive, history does not repeat itself. We should not be looking back to previous movements within church history, local, national or global, but looking forward to the coming of the Lord Jesus and doing so with a Biblical understanding of the signs of the times. We should also be wise concerning demonic activity which slides into such unbiblical events and soon takes control.
Bearing all of this in mind, and being aware that zealous believers do not want to be "left out" of anything that God is doing today (especially if it involves people being born again) we need to be extremely cautious at the very least and completely distant at our wisest from this current and expected deception.
We should remember that life is linear, and although man's foolishness is repetitive, history does not repeat itself. We should not be looking back to previous movements within church history, local, national or global, but looking forward to the coming of the Lord Jesus and doing so with a Biblical understanding of the signs of the times. We should also be wise concerning demonic activity which slides into such unbiblical events and soon takes control.
Bearing all of this in mind, and being aware that zealous believers do not want to be "left out" of anything that God is doing today (especially if it involves people being born again) we need to be extremely cautious at the very least and completely distant at our wisest from this current and expected deception.
As a matter of minor interest I had heard over a year ago that South Wales was a target for the next wave of this kind of deception. Please feel free to post this on your blog.
Blessings In Jesus,
Brian Gemmell.
Brian Gemmell.
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