REINHARD BONNKE
Reinhard Bonnke makes many incredible miracle claims but is
his claims really true? So called miracle claims are two a penny
today, and in fact many of the various cults, witch doctors,
psychic surgeons, and New Age healers also make the same kind
of miracle claims as Reinhard Bonnke, even an advert in a newspaper
promoting a “miracle pen” had with it a number of 'documented'
healings.
Anyhow back to Bonnke as he is different, he claims Biblical
style miracles at his crusades, saying: "When I step on
a platform, often without any touch of mine the blind begin to
see, the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak and the cripples to
walk…" and "Miracles happened as if copied from
the gospels and the book of Acts". The crusade chairman
in Onitsha, Nigeria boosts "We know that when Reinhard Bonnke
comes to preach, we will see the....healing power of God in action".
At Bonnke's crusades he reports "Each [person at the crusade]
was expecting the miracle that would transform their lives; they
looked desperate enough to pursue it - to grab it by force if
necessary....the healing power of God flowed each day as countless
numbers reported evidence of the miraculous". However when
pressed for proof of this 'healing power of God' and the 'biblical
style miracles', there is DEAD SILENCE and no help from his ministry,
in fact they refuse to listen to those who question these claims.
Do Bonnke’s miracles line up with the biblical record? do
they match up with the gospels and the book of Acts? NO NOT ONE
BIT! And the claim that people can take miracles by force? Unheard
of in Scripture!
Jesus Christ never ever went around making the incredible miracle
claims that Bonnke makes. Jesus Christ shunned acclaim and let
his miracles speak for themselves; proving that He was who he
said he was the Messiah, the Almighty God, the Saviour of the
World and that His message was from God. When Jesus Christ healed
it had a purpose, healing was instant and the healings were abundant
and some did not even require the physical presence of Jesus.
Jesus Christ was able to heal at anyplace, anytime, anywhere,
whether their was faith or not, and his healings were undeniable
even to his critics and never was there any appeal for money.
Jesus Christ could heal all manner of sickness and diseases using
different methods with the results irreversible, never turning
anyone away at his unarranged meetings. To sum up Jesus Christ
healings, Richard Mayhue in his book ‘The Healing Promise”
writes that the miracles of Jesus Christ were “undeniable,
successful, spectacular, without any recovery period. permanent,
overwhelming, abundant, awesome, instant, [and] authoritative,
without limitations, total, and convincing all without any major
medical attention that could possibly have taken credit for healing
in any way. “
Bonnke is the opposite of Jesus Christ a showman often boasting
of HIS power, promoting himself and marketing his ‘miracles’
to collect money. Bonnke mesmerises and charms people with his
healings only take place at certain times under certain conditions
at prearranged meetings using the same techniques with the healings
coming for no real apparent reason or purpose. The healings he
claims are spurious, and deniable, and his critics have proven
without a doubt that he is a fraud, a trickster even claiming
healings that are not healings at all. To sum up Bonnke’s
miracles we would say they are “spurious, bogus, deniable,
unspectacular, sparse, unconvincing, limited, pathetic and laughable”.
In fact many of the practices that Bonnke uses in his crusades
are not found taught in the Bible or practiced by Jesus Christ
or his disciples. These practices can be found in the occult
and New Age Movement.and are forbidden by Scripture.
Bonnke boasts that "Locals brought sacks full of witchcraft
items to the crusade grounds for burning each night" and
John Darku commented "This is the greatest number of witchcraft
items we have ever seen. People surrendered their idols by the
sack full....we started burning the witchcraft items from the
second night of the conference, when Reinhard preached on the
Blood of Jesus and took authority over the powers of the enemy.
The strongholds in the city were demolished and the people released".
Sadly many of these people are freed from one bondage and
caught into another when it was also reported; "Looking
at the crowds, it was if fire from heaven had fallen on top of
each head and burning hot coals had suddenly been rolled onto
the tip of each tongue. The fire seemed intense - almost execruciating
- judging by the painful expressions on many faces. The fire
caused many people to shake their heads uncontrollably, while
speaking non-stop in other tongues". These kind of manfestions
are never once found in the minstry of Jesus Christ or the Apostles
and are unbiblical in their nature and more at home in the world
of the occult.
Why then do so many people follow after the likes of Bonnke?
Why such crowds? CFAN say "Miracles? Well, signs and wonders
"Anthony Thomas, who wrote and directed the recent TV documentary
`Miracles`, believes Bonnke is popular in Africa because he taps
into the continents old religious and superstitions. "Bonnke
is the `voodoo priest`, casting spells on his enemies and summoning
up good and evil spirits as he dances to the beat of the drum,"
said Thomas'. However again another instance in which Bonnke
is out of tune with the Bible as Jesus Christ commanded his servants
not to curse their enemies but to "love their enemies, bless
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray
for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you".
Jesus Christ warned his believers to TAKE HEED and BEWARE
because in the latter times many false prophets, WOLFS IN SHEEP'S
CLOTHING doing 'signs and wonders' in His name, claiming to be
'anointed' would arise and deceive MANY. Paul wrote in his epistles
"Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these
also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning
the faith. But they shall proceed no futher for their folly shall
be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was."Who were Jannes
and Jambres? Two atheists? No magicians in Pharaohs court who
could up to a point duplicate the miracles of God with their
tricks. The clear answer is that what we see with Bonnke is the
same thing only he does it in the name of Jesus.
Bonnke claims to preach the "full gospel", however
there is no "full gospel" or "half gospel"
only the true gospel which Paul preached..."I declare unto
you the gospel which I preached unto you....wherein ye stand;
by which also ye are saved....how that Christ died for our sins
according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that
he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"
[1 Cor 15:1-4]. The 'full gospel' that Bonnke preaches is a gospel
full of errors, devoid of any real preaching on "sin, righteousness
and judgement to come", but filled with fables that are
hard to believe and which he most surely has made up? Even what
little truth he may present is lost in a sea of error. "Raise
your hands and wave to me if you want to receive Jesus Christ,"
proclaims Bonnke at his crusades. One wonders what Jesus, as
those at the crusades hang on Bonnke's every word mesmerised
and charmed by the figure on the platform? The truth is this,
Bonnke has "another gospel" which is not another and
he comes under the curse of Paul in Gal 1:6-10. What do we make
then of Bonnke? A false Christ? Yes the edivence proves his healings
are false and so is his mesage, a false Christ who is to be rejected
and denounced.
The sad truth is that the church has long wearied of sound
biblical teaching as the Apostle Paul foretold, turning their
ears away from the truth and heaping to themselves teachers like
Bonnke who will tell what they want to hear rather that what
they need to hear. The only solution is for the church to reject
and root out these false teachers like Bonnke whose folly has
been manifested, and return the flock back to the truth of God’s
word and the true gospel of Christ and Him crucified.
May God Help us!
Jesus Christ warned "An evil and adulterous generation
seeketh after a sign" [Matthew 12:38]
by David McAllister |
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