Todd Bentley: Lakeland, FL Revival

I know I'm a bit late on this post as everything hit the fan a few weeks ago….but I figure better late than never.

For those of you who don't know, Todd Bentley's wife has left him due to "unhealthy relationship on an emotional level with a female member of his staff." (freshfire.ca)  This, of course, caused a huge ripple throughout Christian circles as the Lakeland, Fl revival was promoted big time around the world.

I was browsing the Charisma web-forum about this issue when I say the below quote:

This proves that this was a sham from the get-go. The Holy Spirit does not operate alongside such unrepentent sin. (by jalnor)

Sadly enough, no one in the forum said anything about this statement or the misguided worldview from which it comes. The worldview is that only those people with perfect and mature lives can be used by God to minister to people. This makes me SICK!!!!! [@more@]

We are all called to be ministers of the Gospel – to be used by the Holy Spirit to heal the sick, cleanse leapers, raise the dead, ect – as He deems. Alexander Venter put it this way in “Doing Church”

We dare not restrict ministry to the pure, the mature, the leaders and the ‘anointed man of God’. Ministry is all about mercy, grace and compassion – it can be a little messy.

While the fall of Todd Bentley is tough for the church enlarge, we must keep from going to the extreme of claiming that God does not use people with sin in their lives. Instead, let us live in the light and stop trying to hide our failures & sins; if we are struggling – we are struggling.