i hope you enjoy this brothers and sisters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJJzEUKhM1E&list=UUJXcYb9zYJ8_QA3Bcg5Fe2g

This one where he gives his testimony is interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIzcTUZQ5jQ&list=UUJXcYb9zYJ8_QA3Bcg5Fe2g
He came out of the charismatic and faith teaching churches because he saw it as being unscriptural, he then went into the extreme opposite (I assume he means cessationist), but then came to the understanding that this was dead and he sought God in prayer and fasting for forty days for direction.

Brother Greg,

Sorry if I went against the rules. I wasn't endorsing the person, just thought his testimony was interesting in the light of other discussions.

Could you explain what you mean by 'opposite side of the ditch'. I don't understand this phrase. Also do you know something about this ministry that we need to be aware of?

Thanks.

maby I have not red the rules aright ,,,,but this would not be considered a sermon link would it

is there some thing you want to talk to us about the clip greg ,,, always we should discuse and discern amongst our self about a clip ;like this being posted ,,,,I thought that goes with out saying it ,,the general topic speaks to that end

brother greg what do you know about this ministry

I watched quite a few clips from this ministry ,and the gospel seemed to be presented along with repentence

so I post to see what others think ,,,,are we seeing minni benni hin ministry in this clip

blessings

no worrys greg ,,it seems tho you may be throwing a wet blanket over this gyes ministry with out realy knowing what he preaches and teaches ,,,,,that's is what seems to happen ,,carasmatics do that to Calvinists ,and visa verse

did not Jesus heal the sick before many were converted ,for instances the lepers who were around ten men but only one glorified god ,,,,,,,did god hate the others 9 leperers ,,was healing them a manifestation of his love for them of him hating them ,,,,,greg what you said is not realy consistent with scripture in this example

Jesus did many miracles and healings along with his disciples ,and then rebuked there unbelief and pronounced a curse on them by saying it will be more tolerable of Sodom and gomera,,then for those citys,,,,was this all done in love or hate for the sinners or both

I think god loving unconverted sinners and hating unconverted sinners ,,is a huge topic in it self and would be good to prayerfully discuse

brother would it not be a little legalistic to say the gospel must come first and them miracles second , does the bible actually say it must be that way ,,I don't see that it does

how much of the gospel was being preached by Jesus before his first mirical canna

I even recall the bible literally saying to heal this sick then preach the gospel ,I think Jesus said that to the seventy

actually brother greg maybe this would be a topic worth discussing because it dosent seem a black and white situation as people might think

may god show us the patern set in scripture

blessings to you

RE: ///actually brother greg maybe this would be a topic worth discussing because it dosent seem a black and white situation as people might think
may god show us the patern set in scripture
blessings to you///

That was exactly what I was thinking, The healing and miracles often came first. That would be a good study and topic for discussion.

hi greg I just wondered if you actually watched the full clip ,,,,,because it was a very clear exhortation that the people are all sinners and ones needs to repent away from sin and the old life and be born again ,through a relationship with Jesus

I believe we are all born in sin as you but many good Christians don't believe that ,,but we all become sinners at a certain ,age that really doesn't affect the gospel presentation ,as long as you make it clear that we are all sinners ,,,,,this gyes says what you say in your last post that we can only come to god through the son

what headave posted on touches on that this gyes seems to believe in a intire sanctification through baptisim of the spirit ,,which is not what I believe ,,,but I respects the weaslens very much ,,,,its seems to be very much about holiness and a serious Christianity ,,,,,that what iv got from wathing some of this gyes stuff

im very verry sceptical about the charismatic movment so being more of a reformed continuest,, im sickened by the benni hins and creflo dollar joel olsteans ,,iv wept with grief over these thing and been angry ,, iv cried at watching some of the physical manifestation in this movement ,,,and im convinced ive seen demonic activity ,and hipnoses being used and play acting alike

so im not not into swallowing stuff that makes me sick

but im not like Macarthur and wanting to throw 99 percent in to the hearacy bin

I just though I should say where I stand so it doesn't seem like im promoting a movement that im involved in

I like to give people the benfit of doubt ,until I hear things that are doubtfull when it comes to the gospel

blessings to you

proud papa if you have something to say please do

brothagary wrote : ///proud papa if you have something to say please do ///

I will have to ponder on this one a bit, May God open our eyes,and my eyes on this subject.

RE: ///I believe we are all born in sin as you but many good Christians don't believe that ,,but we all become sinners at a certain ,age that really doesn't affect the gospel presentation ,as long as you make it clear that we are all sinners ,,,,,this gyes says what you say in your last post that we can only come to god through the son///

Well said,

Charles Finney, Paris Reidhead would both have strongly disagreed that 'men are born sinners' is what Scriptures taught, but they all would agree that all Men have Sinned.

amen

I have just one point and some questions.

First point is that Andrew Strom promotes this person's ministry on his website and calls Torben "my friend", so maybe Andrew can give us some more information on this.

I have questions such as,
Why is there no clear gospel message on the website of this guy's ministry? In fact no gospel message at all.

Why is the majority of prayer offered for small ailments (aches and pains, etc) and hardly any real maladies such as lame, blind, deaf etc?

Why in most of the video clips all you see is the 'healing' and no gospel and call for repentance? There are a couple of instances showing this, but not much.

I would not call most of what is shown 'miracles', even though they may be healings, which I am not belittling. Miracles would normally be something that could not happen any other way, but by a supernatural act of God.

that's interesting dave ,,,strom is look up to in sermon index as great deserner ,and not himself ,a(carsamaniac)

iv not look at much on his site ,,but did watch a gospel presentation on video on the front page ,,it was like a cartoon with stills

tho I do apreiate what he is doing ,as obviously strom does as well ,,,whay not go to a hospitial and walk through the wards and pray

iv noticed dave that on many of the clips ,they have either cut out the gospel message ,,,or said that now we tell them about Jesus and stop the clip ,,,I don't want to to negative about that because iv seen the gospel presentation in some ,and I would not want to make assumptions based on what I don't see but rather what I have seen

I don't know what to call it maybe not miracles ,,maybe they are ,,,iv had this happen before when I prayed and layed hands on my wife a wile ago ,,and yesterday I did and ,the pain left here arm and then neck,,and she giggled a fair bit and did not no why

one of the things that I think is not right ,,is that he did not warn people that if they don't repent some thing worse might come upon them ,,,Jesus said that do a laim man

and personally I think that at the very least if one does not repent ,,the sickness and pain will come back

blessings

greg when I go through the book of the acts ,,there is an example in chapter 28 where paul was on malta 3 days and healed and there was no mention of the gospel preach when he healed or even in the three days he was there no mention of peoples sins in that example

so i cant see how from a that short example you post it proves that there were not acting like the apostils ,,,,because it seems evident that this coribin preached on sin and the new birth and repentence ,,in other clips ,as the apostils did in others examples

brothers with all respect on a whole it doesn't seem to go against scripture if look at in its widest context
and take in to account all the different variables' and examples set in scripture ,,,,,,also scince a lot of this seems to be training amateurs and those who have never never heald or preached the gospel before ,it would be expected to not see a full presentation of the gospel or a very limited one according to the faith and ability of those evenglising

look at you and me ,,what did we say the first time we witnessed jesus to others ,,it wasn't the full gospel

look at Duncan camble ,,,,he said in the hospital he just mentioned the name Jesus and people were converted

we can get legalistic and expect every example of evangelising to be up to the standard of us or the apostils ,,,,we need to allow for what is mentioned here brother greg

paul said he who prophecy let him do so with which the abilities to which god supplies

it sounds like even corbin is only been saved around 17 years and the people he is training much less in many cases

blessings to you brother

SAD REACTION to WALMART HEALINGS!
by Andrew Strom

Last week we published a video of an old friend of mine, Torben
Sondergaard, as he prayed for the sick on the streets and in the
supermarkets of America. The deaf were healed and the lame
walked ”“ right on camera. But some people who saw the video
reacted quite badly. Maybe it was the fact that the video started
with "legs growing out” instead of the more impressive healings ”“
I don’t know. But it seems there is a lot of cynicism out there.

I have actually known Torben personally for 5 or 6 years. I have
stayed in his home and spent time with his family. I know his
writings and his preaching. To me, he is one of the few preachers
in Denmark who fully represents the gospel as it should be
preached. He stands for repentance, holiness and reformation
in a way that made us "click” together like old friends right away.
So it really upsets me to hear all the accusations people are
making ”“ who don’t know the first thing about him.

CYNICISM IS NOT DISCERNMENT

Since the Todd Bentley debacle and other waves of "Charis-
mania” in recent times, it is very easy to become cynical about
healings and miracles, etc. I can understand that. But I have
always been very clear that true healings, prophecies, dreams,
visions and miracles should be absolutely EXPECTED as a
totally normal part of everyday Christian life. In fact, without them
it is very doubtful that we have true "Bible” Christianity at all. So
it deeply grieves me to see people getting so cynical that they
"nitpick” every instance of the supernatural or the gifts of the
Holy Spirit to death. It has got to the point where I can hardly
post any of these things on my website without rafts of cynical
comments that try to pick apart every aspect of them.

My friends, that is not discernment. It is the spirit of "writing off
everything.” It is unwarranted accusation and nit-picking. It is the
"other ditch” on the far side of the road. Some fall into the ditch
of "hyper-grace” and ‘hyper-charismania’. Others fall into the
opposite ditch of Legalism and "cynicism of anything supernatural”.
Both of these ditches are equally dangerous. It is just as deadly
to become the type that "accuses first” and asks questions later.
A very dangerous cynicism takes hold at that point. Just like the
Pharisees. I think a lot of people need to repent.

We cannot just be focused on what is "wrong”. At some point
we have to be about establishing what is ‘right’. We have to go
forward into the "True” thing. Not just be exposing the False.
And the time has come to start in that direction.

I believe Torben has been shown a number of things that are
truly "revolutionary” ”“ but also very simple ”“ about getting back
to New Testament Christianity. Literally "what to do” to get
back there. That is why he and I agree on so many things. But
Torben is actually seeing it work IN PRACTICE. It is actually
happening. New Testament Christianity ”“ right before your eyes.
So I am going to be featuring a lot more of Torben’s stuff on here.

Let me give you an example. Torben believes in taking new
Christians out on the street very quickly to pray for the sick and
share the gospel. He believes this is a vital part of true "disciple-
ship”. Just like Jesus did with his own disciples. I have just posted
a brief video (above) where Torben discusses the amazing things that
happen when this is done. Please take a look. You will be glad you did.

God bless you all. ”“ Andrew Strom.

http://www.revivalschool.com/new-believers-heal-the-sick-torben-sondergaard/

edit add : cynicism is not discernment, but when brothers such as Greg have an uneasy feeling about something we need to becareful as to ride it off as only being cynicism.
I do not have enough discernment to make a judgement but I feel that I will just lean on the side of non judgement scepticism.

Thank you for that last post. I too want to thank Torben for his ministry,and the others with him that are going forth and living the gospel, as written in the Book of Acts. I have been taking his online classes now for about 9 weeks. Over 2 years ago, the Lord was speaking to my husband and I about getting out into the harvest field. We saw very few Christians doing that. So we just started going out, and saw some good fruit. What Torben is doing is encouraging others to do what Jesus and the disciples did. Many seem hung up on "wasting" the healing prayer on unrepentant sinners. Not at all, they are always told who did the healing,(Jesus) and even if they are not ready to repent, it is a seed planted.

Consider John 4:47-51. Jesus healed a man's son out of compassion for him. In verse 48, Jesus said "Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe." I don't believe Jesus was condeming the man, he knew his human weakness, and Jesus wanted him to believe, so that is why he did what he did. People are the same today, many need to know the love and power of God, they will not just believe words in a book, it must be demonstrated for them.

I am wondering about some of the people that oppose Torben or other evangelists out there. Are the critics out saving souls? When was the last time they brought someone to Christ, baptised someone, delivered someone from demons, healed?

Just something to think about.