) that he has prophesied(sp?) and the prophecy has not come true. Therefore, he is a false prophet. I never looked into it myself, but Benny Hinn has done alot of prophecy so it would not be too hard to find out if they are true or not.
Anyone who thinks they are entitled to own luxury jets and mansions for their ministry automatically throws up a red flag in my book.Also about Benny Hinn, I heard on the radio, (I think it was the Bible answer man
?Gottle of Geer said:## Or, why should God not
It is God Who works miracles. Not man. God is not answerable to man. God did not have to call Abram from Ur, in the first place - He called Abram from the worship of other gods because it was His will to do so. No other reason other than this is needed - that God willed it.
And so with miracles - if God so wills, he can work through anyone whom He wishes: our human frailties are no barrier. Catholics are not the only creatures on earth
Whether, in a given case, there has been a miracle, is another question - but it applies to all claims of this kind: including Catholic claims. A lot of claims are probably mistaken, maybe fraudulent (though one must hope that is rare) - but the same may be said of any body of claims that a miracles has happened. And there is also the question of what is understood by the category of miracle - which may vary throughout culture and history, and from one set of believers to another. So such claims have to be looked at theologically, certainly, but also with an awareness that what may have seemed miraculous in first-century Palestine, say, might not be miraculous by the standards of Scholastic theology.
If God works miracles among Catholic Christians - why not in the history of the Roman empire ? The Roman historians have a lot to say about miracles - this was one of the replies to Christians; the gods had done may miracles on behalf of Rome, so the Christian God had no attraction on that score. These miracles were a vindication of the traditional religion of the Roman state - some of them are like those in the Old Testament, with miraculous alterations of weather (which is reminiscent of the fall of stones (= hail ?) which defeated the Philistines at Aphek).
Was the storm of stones a miracle as we might understand the category ? God can use created things to save - it does not follow that those things are, in themselves, beyond or above nature. But they can still be mighty acts of saving power, in their effects, even though they might, in a different setting, be quite usual and unremarkable. A severe storm, scattering an enemy fleet, might be a miracle for its beneficiaries - it could be a saving act, without being “supernatural” - it could still be , in principle, the kind of event predictable by a meteorologist using the means at his disposal. Which is not in the least to deny that “supernatural” acts or events are, in principle, possible within the world as we know it.
If God is the same God in 1000 BC as in 2000 AD - why should we expect God to work miracles only for a very small section of the human race ? The category of miracle, implies a lot of questions, of many kinds. ##
Do you feel the same way about the Pope?
The Pope does not claim to own the Vatican or Castilo Gandolfo (sp?). His quarters are very spartan and the only things he claims as his (last I heard) were his papal clothes.Do you feel the same way about the Pope?
Amanda, Is it a sin to have the best of everything? Everything we have belongs to God. My point is we are quick to condem others. You look at somebodys wealth and are quick to judge.
Actually, that was what Benny Hinn himself said in an interview when asked why he needed mansions and several Lear jets. Where is the humility? His flaunting the use of the money that people donated to his ministry for personal self agrandizement does not give the glory to God. It was giving glory to himself.Amanda, Is it a sin to have the best of everything? Everything we have belongs to God. My point is we are quick to condem others. You look at somebodys wealth and are quick to judge.
But remeber what JC said:Amanda, Is it a sin to have the best of everything? Everything we have belongs to God. My point is we are quick to condem others. You look at somebodys wealth and are quick to judge.
What you are missing here is that the love of money is the root of evil. You cant serve two masters. Having money is not a sin. God wants the best for all of us. All God want is 10% of our money to further His kingdom here on earth and we cant even do that. In order for that camel to go through the eye of the needle,all had to be stripped off. We have to get rid of our excess baggage.Where is our treasure? It should be on heavenly things to further Gods kingdom.
**Matt. 10:21What you are missing here is that the love of money is the root of evil. You cant serve two masters. Having money is not a sin. God wants the best for all of us. All God want is 10% of our money to further His kingdom here on earth and we cant even do that. In order for that camel to go through the eye of the needle,all had to be stripped off. We have to get rid of our excess baggage.Where is our treasure? It should be on heavenly things to further Gods kingdom.
Monarchy said:
Two things. One: Typing in all caps in the online equivelent to shouting at the top of your lungs. Two: I am just saying that is what the bible says. I am not a christian, and so do not give the bible much credit.AND HAVE WE DONE AS MUCH? I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT SOLD EVERYTHING I OWN AND GAVE IT TO THE POOR. I REALLY CANT SPEAK FOR YOU EITHER. WHY NOT?