My brother mentioned another conference his church is promoting. Two guys named Bonnke and Dr. Crandall. Men of miracles.
And then he shows me a video of men and women receiving gold teeth, gold dust, manna and gem stones in church.
But the pivotal moment is when he decided to talk about false prophets. All these miracles, signs, and wonders are all a part of Jesus' ministry. To say that Jesus has changed is to go against the Bible. Jesus was, is, and will be the same.
John 14:12-14
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
If anyone teaches contrary to the scripture, he is a false prophet. I felt like he was suggesting that the teaching I've been receiving at church is false and I need to have a grander picture of God. For me to not believe in miracles, signs, and wonders, makes me a "pharisee." The kicker was when he suggested that I didn't know the gospel. I told him that it's not that I don't believe these miracles occur today, but the danger is the focus. If we put too much emphasis on the miracles, we lose sight of that's important here, our relationship with God. The most important thing to me is that Jesus is my Savior and he died on the cross for my sin and rose again to redeem me. "Jesus is our Savior, that's it?"
I replied, "Andy, did you just hear yourself speak?" I was thinking, 'Jesus being our Savior isn't enough for you?'
"Grace, you need to know the full gospel."
And after that, I no longer wished to talk to him.
I'm confused and heart broken.
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