So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? (Luke 16:11)
I have been reviewing Dan Irving’s fifteen video segments concerning some of today’s Christian preaching and teaching
(AN ALIGNMENT OF THE FALLEN (Pt 5 of The Seven Mountains Heresy).
To me, reviewing these videos has been like a descent into Hell. In fact, it affected me physically. I am the pastor of a small church, so what was taking place in the mega assemblings was not known to me.
When I first became a Christian, while in the Marine Corps, I was discipled by some of the men who were followers of Dawson Trotman. They had one credo: “The whole Scripture is the unerring Word of God. Do exactly what it says and do not depart from it.”
Since I had not been a churchgoer and did not know any Christians personally, I assumed that all Christian people were faithful to the Scriptures, so Dan’s video segments were shocking to me. What was being taught with great gusto clearly was not supported by the Scriptures.
In fact, no one said it was scriptural. The teaching and practices were validated by the experiences the ministers were sharing.
There is a great deal of the leaders touching people and having them fall to the floor. I do not see this practice operating among the Apostles of the Lamb, as recorded in the New Testament. do you? Yet the touching and falling appeared to be common to the representations I saw.
. I know that people do fall under the power of the Spirit of God. Yet in the examples I was reviewing, this occurrence seemed excessive.
The scenes, in my opinion, were not “decent and in order,” as the Apostle Paul exhorted. The ones I saw were more pandemonium than decent and in order. Just my opinion. Obviously, others see them differently.
The primary message in several instances was that God is going to remove the money and lands from non-Christians and give them to the faithful followers of the Lord. This is not taught in the New Testament. Also, it is not clear how this actually could come to pass. Yet the listeners appeared to receive this teaching as very good news.