Once and for all, I address all of the common misconceptions, misunderstandings, questions, and concerns that people have brought to me about our relationship/position about Bethel Church in Redding, CA.

I explain why we believe what we believe as well as what is commonly taught at Bethel and our stance on those issues.

I also explain very clearly and explicitly that:

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I hope this helps you guys.

‎”One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.” – Ps. 27:4

WE ARE NOW the house of the Lord (1 Cor. 3:16).

WE do NOT have to seek Him in His temple, because WE ARE His temple (1 Cor 6:19).

I have found Him.

No need to keep seeking as if He is far away somewhere.

How can you seek someone who lives in your house?

This is Paul’s ‘one thing’ in the New Covenant:

“Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” – Phil. 3:13-14

Your old nature is dead.

Forget about it.

The rules and regulations and ways of the old covenant are done away with (Heb 8:13, Col. 2:13-14) and the fullness of the Godhead already lives in us (Col. 2:8-10) and we already have everything we need (Eph. 1:3, 2 Peter 1:3, John 1:16).

It is no longer you who lives but Christ who lives in you (Gal. 2:20) and it is your responsibility if you call yourself a Christian to live like Jesus, not any other person in Scripture (1 John 2:6, 1 John 4:17).

Not Mary.

Not Anna.

Not Elijah.

Not John the Baptist.

Not Joseph.

Not John G. Lake.

Not Kathryn Kuhlman.

Not Smith Wigglesworth.

Not Paul.

Not Peter.

Not David.

Jesus.

He is the expressed perfect image of the Father and His will (Heb. 1:3).

You are His representative on this earth.  You do not have anyone else’s ‘mantle’ or someone else’s ‘anointing’.

You have Jesus’ “mantle” and the anointing of the Holy Spirit.  To say you need another one or someone else’s is to say that what you have from Him is not enough. His anointing does not lift.  It does not wane.  It remains.  You do not have to ‘feel’ anointed.

Jesus never talked about different anointings or mantles.  It is a man-made tradition that makes people feel inadequate and like they have to get something extra from God.

But as a Christian, you already are anointed.

You are either anointed or you are not.  Just like being pregnant.  You either are, or you aren’t.

“But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.” – 1 John 2:20

“As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you.  But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.” – 1 John 2:27

Act accordingly and stop begging Him for that which He has already given you and stop asking Him to do what He told you to do.

That is the goodness of the Gospel.

It.

Is.

Finished.

He has accomplished everything He is going to do until His second coming.

He is seated, already poured out His Spirit, and waiting on you to act like it (Acts 2:16, 2:33, Heb. 10:12-13, Romans 8:19).

So GO.

Transform the world with GOOD NEWS!

Decided to have some fun the other night and poke at some of the ridiculousness that is so prevalent in much of the culture of the charismatic church…enjoy