It's Not Working For Them Either!
Probably the saddest "cut" of all is the FACT that the majority of what the Word of Faith/Prophetic Movement charismaniacs teach does not even work in their own sorry lives. I do not deny that the Lord our God is a Healer - - - but He does so according to His sovereign will. We, His children DO NOT command healing to "be." The people cited below all teach that healing is the right of all God's children, that we can speak creative miracles into existence, that we can live in such an "anointed" manner as to NEVER even get sick!
I grew up being taught "practice what you preach" which is a pretty good philosophy to live by. What I have come to learn after years in the charismatic movement is that what the majority of the international leaders are teaching does not even work for them. Let me cite two examples:
Divine
Healing
(keep in mind most of these folks teach it is God’s will to
heal you every time you are sick)
1. John Osteen, Word of Faith mega-church pastor in Houston - his wife, Dodie got liver cancer and through the mercy of God and medical attention survived.
2. John Osteen himself passed away a little over a year ago due to several medical conditions. His church "confessed" his healing and he himself had stated that God told him he would be preaching in the pulpit in his 90's. Osteen died in his 70's.
3. Frederick K. Price,
Word of Faith mega-church pastor in Los Angeles - his wife, Betty
got cancer and was medically treated (chemo-therapy) and by the
mercy of God was patched up. She wrote a book on her ordeal, just surf
Betty Price at http://www.amazon.com.
I guess after all the years of sitting under
"anointed" faith teaching by one of the movements
leading faith teachers was not enough for Fred’s wife - she
needed a doctor after all.
4. T. L. Osborn's wife, Daisy Osborn, died of cancer a few years back. Yet T. L is supposed to have a miracle ministry overseas, yet there was no supernatural healing for his wife.
5. Jamie Buckingham, Discipleship Movement & charismatic author - died of cancer. Jamie's too was under a medical doctors care.
6. Charles Capps, Word of Faith teacher, teaches power of our words to create reality - his wife got cancer and was medically treated. I guess Chuck’s wife must have not spoken the right magic words to keep the cancer from her body.
7. John Wimber, Signs & Wonders Movement, author of "Power Healing," - just died from cancer. He too, was medically treated - no "power" healing for him, only chemo-therapy.
8. Mack Timberlake, Word of Faith pastor - suffering from throat cancer, getting medical attention.
9. R.W. Schambach, Faith Healer - got a quadruple heart bypass (from a real live human doctor). Maybe so, but isn't it nice that He has provided doctors too? Without them, R.W. would have long ago faced his judgment.
10. Dr. Hobart Freeman, Word of Faith teacher & pastor of Faith Assembly - over 90 people died in his church following his teaching and then Hobart died due to a medically treatable disease.
I personally respect Hobart & his misguided followers. They actually took the teachings of the WOF movement to their logical conclusion. They stood on the "promises" alone and believed in their doctrine enough to face painful deaths instead of refusing to deny what they believed. Hobart Freeman is the most chilling testimony of the complete bankruptcy of the WOF errors. If WOF teachings were true they would have certainly worked for Hobart and the 90+ people who died in "faith believing." (BTW - Hobart is a name NONE of the WOF'ers mention, he was too serious about the teachings).
11. Prophet Keith Grayton, Prophetic Movement - died of the complications of AIDS. He spoke at our Church in Detroit, and declared he was totally healed. He died a year or so later.
12. Kenneth Hagin, "father" of the Word of Faith Movement - sister died of cancer, Hagin’s great faith and special anointing could not keep her on the planet.
13. Buddy Harrison, Kenneth E. Hagin's son-in-law, died of cancer Dec. 1999. Dad Hagin's "special healing anointing" (read I Believe In Visions by Hagin) could not help his own family member.
These people teach that it is God’s will to heal His children every time they come to Him in "faith." They also teach that we can "have what we say." Yet when they get sick what do they do? They go to the doctor just like the rest of us. None of the above received a "divine healing" or a "miracle" by the Biblical standard. In fact, several of these fine "Christians" berate other people who get sick and say it is due to their "lack of faith." However, when they or their family members get sick it is always an "attack of the devil," trying to stop their important Kingdom work.
My point is simple - what they preach does not work. Why not? Because their teaching is not Biblical and thus God does not back up their doctrine.
How Do They Explain The Following Text?
Deut. 34:7 And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
I have heard many WOF teachers "preach" this text in the context of "Divine Life" which refers to NEVER getting sick at all. The fact is Kenneth Hagin Sr. and Junior both wear glasses, as does Oral Roberts, Marilyn Hickey, Charles Capps, and Joyce Meyers (to name a few). NONE of the Pentecostal/Charismatic teachers of divine healing/health/life have ever lived to be 120 years old either. The fact is their eyesight fails with age, like everyone else’s, but this does not stop them from preaching their false doctrines regarding healing.
How Do They Explain?
Katherine Khulman
- an acknowledged divine healer DIED from heart disease in
Ann Arbor Michigan.
A.A. Allen
- an acknowledged divine healer and exorcist DIED from alcohol
& drug abuse. Click here to read A.A. Allen's death certificate.
Aimee Semple McPherson -
an acknowledge divine healer - died of a barbiturate overdose. Why
was she taking pills in the first place? Wasn't the
"peace" of God enough for her?
Jack Coe -
an acknowledged divine healer DIED from disease.
Morality
(these folks claim a close walk with Jesus daily, many claim to
see Him regularly in open visions, some claim to be His prophets)
1. Robert Tilton, Word of Faith Televangelist - 2 divorces, multiple law suits, caught in many lies, utters many false prophecies.
2. Peter Popoff, Televangelist - a proven fraud (read "The Faith Healers" by James Randi)
3. W.V. Grant, Televangelist - convicted felon for tax fraud, a divorcee.
4. Leroy Jenkins, Televangelist - convicted felon for arson & assault.
5. Jimmy Swaggert, Televangelist - adulterer, opulent lifestyle while crying broke on television.
6. Marilyn Hickey, Word of
Faith teacher - shameless use of charismatic trinkets
(blessed cornmeal, oils, cloths, seeds, coins, etc.).
7. Bishop McClendon's divorces his wife
of 16 years.
8. John Jacobs, founder of the
world-renowned strongman evangelist ministry, The Power Team, has divorced
his wife of 16 years, Ruthanne. The Jacobs have one son, Trey, age 3.
9. Amy Grant and her musician husband, Gary
Chapman, are splitting up which ended nearly 17 years of marriage.
10. Tim Storey and his wife, Cindy,
recently divorced. They have two children He attends an independent charismatic
church in Southern California.
These ministers
represent just a portion of the charismaniacs stew available on
television. Each one of them is far more a servant of their own
greed and lust for money & fame than they are a servant of
Jesus Christ. Each of them promotes a wide range of heretical
concepts always backed up with a plea to send the your money.
The problem is that these (and others) claim a high degree of sanctification. Each claims to either have met with Jesus personally, seen Him in an open vision, been visited by angels, etc. . .Yet with only a cursory look into their personally lives and lifestyles one quickly sees how fraudulent their claims are.
There are others can be seen in
this section 
Some might want to say "these people do not represent the movement" or that I have "stacked the deck." The sad TRUTH of the matter is that these people are KEY PEOPLE in the movement. These are the acknowledged LEADERS. If what they promote does not work in their own lives why should anyone else believe them?
