Do you think Todd Bentley was a false prophet?
Bentley clearly had an anointing and was being used by God to perform miracles, but in terms of character qualities, such as being accountable and prioritising his marriage, he was weak.
We wouldn't necessarily call him a 'false prophet' but a true prophet points to Christ: not to angels, not even to miracles in and of themselves but to Jesus. We should all make it our priority that through words and deeds we constantly point to Jesus.
Tim
Question: Is Hopelessness a sin?!
Answer: In Ephesians 2:12 Paul says this:
“Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.”
What we see from this passage is that having no hope or being hopeless is a consequence of being separate from Christ and that true hopelessness is living without God. Hopelessness is a result of living in sin and being alienated from God and his people. For the Christian ...
NCC Why does it say do what is right in the eyes of everybody, rather than say in God's eyes?
Paul isn’t saying ‘do what everyone considers to be right’ which will obviously vary from one person to the next, rather we could paraphrase this verse by saying, ‘people are watching you, so be sure to act honourably’.
NCC - is it helpful to describe unbelievers as our enemies; especially when scripture teaches that our struggle ...
Here is the video blog we mentioned last Sunday, looking at Romans 11: 25-26 in a little more detail.
Answers to questions posed following Sunday's sermon.