Deliverance ministry
- Thread starter rmb
- Start date
- Status
Deliverance...
Does that have something to do with dueling Banjos?
Does that have something to do with dueling Banjos?
Davidius
Inactive User
I had some experience with these kind of "ministries" in my past when I was still in a charismatic church. Basically what it comes down to, from my experience, is an extremely disfigured understanding of sanctification. Often, any struggles with sin will be labeled as battles against "demonic oppression" or "generational curses" instead of our sinful nature kicking and screaming within us post conversion. Instead of confessing our sin, repenting, attending to the means of grace, and patiently trusting in God's promises to deliver us from our body of death, sin is treated as a "sickness" (in the form of demons or curses) that can be instantly expelled through the casting out of demons and breaking of curses. It removes the responsibility of the sinner and deprives them of God's true means of healing and growth. It's an attempt to create a shortcut around true sanctification and in the process makes things worse because it feeds people lies about the nature of their problems and gives them emotional experiences that at best can only be short-term solutions; the problems will either come back after the person is down from their spiritual high or the person will be tricked into believing that they no longer have any problems.
turmeric
Megerator
Deliverance...
Does that have something to do with dueling Banjos?
Rich, he said it was a non-musical ministry!
Rich, he said it was a non-musical ministry!
I know. I just couldn't resist.
Honestly, this kind of Pentecostal excrement is worthy of ridicule. It would just be funny if it wasn't so spiritually repugnant.
As noted, these people believe that problems boil down to evil spiritual forces or demons that have dominion of people, or families, or even cities. These ministries are formed so that people pray to create more "power" in the direction of binding these forces or casting them away almost like winds driving away rain clouds. Not quite sure how they think it really works but they always speak of prayer as some sort of spiritual force that is dispelling the demonic forces that bind and oppress.
I was on TAD in Northern VA about a year and a half ago and tuned into WAVA - the major "Christian" radio station. They were advertising a huge gathering whose purpose was going to be to meet in a Church parking lot, get in their cars and then drive in a huge convoy of cars around 495 in a complete circle around Washington D.C. to "surround" the Nation's Capital with prayer. I guess it didn't work.
The real deliverance that is needed for Pentecostals is deliverance from their horrible doctrine. This is small potatoes compared with their ignorance of basic Christian truth. Focusing on why they practice such a foolish spiritual practice is looking at the symptom and not the cause.
- Status
