DANGER OF OBSESSION WITH SIGNS AND WONDERS

Excessive preoccupation with signs and wonders has its dangers.

I have nothing against the miraculous, coming from a Pentecostal and Baptist background of more than 40 years.

But when teachers like Bill Johnson exalt signs and wonders to the extent that doctrine, scholarship and the use of one’s sound mind are all downplayed, extra-biblical mysticism and New Age practices are normative and even the deity of Christ is denied, red flags go up.

                                                                    

Are we so mesmerised by the miraculous and sensational that we are willing to depart from sound doctrine and whatever we hold dear in our faith?

                                                                   

A charismatic leader can become an object of hero worship that he can be seen to do little or no wrong. An inordinate emphasis on power, miracles and the realm of the supernatural keeps everyone too excited to question whether all these happenings are above board, scripturally speaking.

Personal charisma and miraculous signs keep many enthralled and excited even if truth is compromised. 

So when one is so obsessed with seeking supernatural power—that one throws doctrine and good sense out of the window—bizarre, spooky and wacky things can happen.

The following links are self-explanatory.

SUCKING THE ANOINTING

                                                                                                                                                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrHPTs8cLls

Jesus Culture—Cult Education Forum

http://jesuscultureawakening.blogspot.com/2013/02/warning-jesus-culture-cult-cult.html#.VEC1-fmSy_s

Denial of Christ by Jesus Culture

http://jesuscultureawakening.blogspot.com/2013/02/jesus-cultures-dangerous-denial-of.html#.VEC2pfmSy_s

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