Benny Hinn faith healer or fake?

I remember when he was here in FL. I would pass by his Church just about Every Sunday to Get to mine at that time. It was fenced up pretty good. It was Called The Orlando Christian Center I believe. (or something like that?) I never went.

 

The Holy Spirit gave the power to heal people to the apostles, I have yet to see anyone else, besides Jesus Christ himself that can truly heal.

Alot of what Hinn does is a mind over matter. Sometimes if you believe something enough, you willl convince yourself that it happened. Did it? No, and many of those "healed" I would not be surprised if weeks, or even days if their condition came back.

Speaking of Benny Hinn...who called me that anyways. Granted, it was a while ago, but who was it. I hope you were joking!

In Christ's gracious love,
Teresa

 

I think that Billy Graham is kinda okay. He doesn't claim to heal, he's mainly preaching the gospel. Although I do not agree with his approach, I would prefer to listen to him over Beny Hinn!

In Christ's gracious love,
Teresa

 

I believe he is a fake but I would be curious to see poll results of those who believe in present-day faith healing but who also believe Hinn to be a fraud.

 

These charlatans like Benny Hinn are a dime a dozen and a rich fake... The next thing he will be asking money for is a christian amusement center... Take a ride on the slide and be baptised and healed at the same time. Isn't there one on the market? Let me ask all of you a question... What is the difference between Benny Hinn and the Catholic Lourdes?... None... They both claim miracles and none deliver but the faithful just keep coming back!... Go figure?... Some sheep are just gullible and will eat and believe any lie disguised as the truth... Brother Glen

[ July 05, 2002, 02:32 AM: Message edited by: tyndale1946 ]

 

Hmmm...

Let's see...

1) Engages in necromancy

2) claims to be a "little Jehovah" and a "little messiah"

3) claims that Jesus' death (and subsequent resurection) were insufficient for the atonement of sins. In fact, he believes that Jesus had to go and suffer in Hell, Himself, to redeem Himself before He could redeem us.

4) claims there are nine people in the Godhead.

5) has been shown to have lied about his father being mayor of Jaffa, Israel

6) has been shown to have lied when he claimed to have held a crusade in a Sault St. Marie hospital in which every one in the hospital (even passers by on the street outside) were miraculously healed.

Benny Hinn is a false teacher of the highest magnitude.

He should not be given any place in the church.

 

I watch Benny Hinn regularly and admire him.
I have never heard him say that he is a Baptist.
He has been non-denominational and then became associated with the Assemblies Of God.
Of course the true meaning of the word "Baptist" was a derogratory term for "Baptized Beliver."
In that since he is a Baptist. MAny people fit that description of a Baptist.

 

Benny Hinn was caught paying people to get healed at his circus shows. He can not give the name of one person who was actually healed at his shows, not one can step forward with medical proof that they were healed. No, many have been disappointed inGod when they go home only to find that they were not healed, many have died from thier illness they were suposedly healed form. Does God do a half a job, or can we count on Him all the way?

He's been proven a fake over and over again.
Ever hear of testing the spirits to see if they are from God? Well it's in the bible. And testing to see if Benny Hinn is false or not is not unbiblical, we are commanded to judge if what he teaches is true. Benny Hinn doctrines can not stand up un scripture.

And 700 club is just as bad, they support and believe in people like Benny Hinn, even use the tatics of people like him. They give false teachers time on their show to spout their falsness to weak believers. If 700 club is a christian program, then let them act like it and step forward and denounce false teachers( the ones who they invite on their show ),and make their show a bible based show instead a circus where God preforms on demand.I stopped watching them years ago when Pat Robertson personally claimed credit for all the people who were saved in Russia, and that too bad he couldn't save more becasue the viewers hadn't sent him enough money, saying he was the only ministry in Russia.According to him 30,000,000 people(in Russia) are going to hell because viewers did give him more money. This I saw for myself.
I was actaully d u m b enough to call for prayer one time when I was really scared over haveing to have a mammogram, they didn't care, all they wanted to know was if I had spoken in tongues, and did I want to give them money.</font>[/QUOTE]YOu have made a very serious accusation of Benny Hinn.
I am curious about How you would know these things:
Who did Benny Hinn Pay?
How Much did he pay?
When Did This happen?
Where did this happen?
Were you There to see this happen or is this just hearsay?
If you were there do you have another witness that was there when you saw this happen first hand.

 

Well that definition has little to do with the historical origin of the world "Baptist".

The word "Baptist" is a shortened version of "Anabaptist" -- literally "Rebaptizer".

Critics accused "Anabaptists" of re-baptizing people when they came to faith because they had already been "baptized" as infants.

 

No it was on tv, and I saw him and Pat Robertson talking about it. Since it had already came out about him paying people he was admitting it on the 700 club. So it was straight from his own mouth. Do you believe Hinn is God? He does. I've heard him say this on tv myself. Maybe you should look into what he has been saying and teaching. There is nothing to admire there, he is someone who twists scripture, I saw him on tv saying the dust from the streets of gold in heaven had fallen down on him while he was preaching in Africa, that there was gold dust on his face, that was the same trip to africa that he said Jesus was going to show up in person, bodily on stage with him. Which of course didn't happen. And you admire that?

 

I will make 2 observations here:

In the NT in which group of people do we hear of miracles from in the book of Acts? The apostles were the only ones that were able to perform miracles. Am i saying that God dont heal people, no I am not. However, let me say this I dont believe that Benny Hinn is a miracle worker. In my lifetime, i cannot begin to tell u the number of people who have came to me and told me they were healed at a benny hinn service, only for them to go back to the same condition in a few days.

On to observation # 2, the only issues i have with John Hagee are as follows: He does not believe in eternal security--the Bible clearly teaches this important aspect of Bible Doctrine, and therefore i dont watch his tv program so i cant comment on his ministry.

Personally, I dont really watch tv evangelists because it is too easy to get confused or to get led astray on key points of Bible Doctrine. My local church is where i get fed and where my tithes and offerings go not to some tv evangelists where i dont even know if he is using the money for what he said he was going to use it. The Scriptural way is to give your tithes and offerings to your local church.

God Bless

Bro Joe

 

Binny Hinn is a joke.

 

Benny Hinn is no joke. He is a false prophet sending people to hell with false hope. He is dangerous, and needs to be exposed for what ho is.

Ernie

 

As embarrassed as I am to admit it, I agree with Ernie.

The only thing more frightening than Benny Hinn's false teaching is how many Christians who should know better are falling for it.

Here is a guy who

a) claims to be, alternately, a little Jehovah ("You can call me Benny Jehovah") and a little messiah.

b) claims to sleep on the graves of Katherine Kuhlman and Aimmee Semple MacPherson in the hopes that their "annointing" will rub off on him.

c) claims that there are nine persons in the Godhead

d) lies about everything from his father's being mayor of Jaffa, Israel (he wasn't) to the NHL schedule (he once claimed that God cancelled a game between the Flyers and the Florida Panthers so that he could put on a show. The NHL's official schedule showed that there was no game scheduled that night, anyway) to his heritage (he claims to come from a Jewish background, but his family is overwhelmingly Palestinian, adding even more to the absurdity of his claim of his father's, "mayorship")

and millions of Christians who claim to know God's word see nothing wrong with these things.

Here are some good essays that are heavily footnoted on Benny Hinn.

http://www.pfo.org/bhnecro.htm

http://www.pfo.org/new-clth.htm

http://www.pfo.org/prophecy.htm

http://www.pfo.org/oldhouse.htm

 

Hagee's not believing in eternal security is the least of his problems. Eternal security is an in house debate that Christians can feel free to disagree on.

Unfortunately, Hagee teaches some bad things that are much more serious than that.

Actually, a lot of reputable ministries belong to a group called The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (that's not to say that a ministry who doesn't is necessarily disreputable). Anyone can contact ECFA and request a member's annual report.

Ministries are accountable for where their money goes. If you don't believe that, just ask Bob Tilton, Jim Bakker and Mike Warnke, all of whom spent time in the joint for fraud.

Most ministries will make their budgets or reports available upon request.

I support KeyLife Network and I know they are very open about where their money goes.

I agree but that doesn't preclude you from kicking in a couple of bucks here and there to a ministry you feel is doing God's work.

Mike

[ July 14, 2002, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: Smoke_Eater ]

 

Having thrown my 2¢ in on the poll, and read the comments most have made about Hinn, all I can say is "Praise God, there is still a remnant!"

I don't know how Hinn and similar can miss and/or ignore all the warnings in the Bible about false prophets and teachers.

Titus 2:1: You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine. (NIV) Hinn & co do not.

When I have time I plan to email the bloke (his staff anyway), be interesting to see what sort of response comes back.

Pete

 

I just voted and but I did not take the time to read each post. If this is a repeat of another post, please forgive me.

An eye-opening testimony on this subject come from Joni Erickson Tada. She was paralyzed from the neck down (I think). She went to faith healers to try and be healed. Her own testimony was that those like her who were really, obviously crippled never made it to the platform. They would get caught in long lines. Others would be allowed to go in front of them etc...until finally the meeting was over.

Our Lord stayed until every last person was healed. If you can find her testimony, I'm sure it will be a blessing.