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Two Liars Lying About the Holy Spirit

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But that is exactly how Mark has been since his mega church tour de force. He appeared first at Heretic Robert Morris' Gateway Church, where he gave a sermon about how much he was the victim in all of this. How his son suffered from night terrors now. How helicopters surrounded his house demanding an interview. How people were throwing rocks at his kids and leaving bags of nails in his driveway. He then spoke at a conference for pastors in California where the teaching was about when leaders are attacked. After reliving all of the horror stories about what his life had become he taught them that they needed to forgive their attackers. Once more brave Mark Driscoll rising above the assault that had been allied against him and his family. Except there was no assault. Mark Driscoll is the reason Mark Driscoll's life was turned upside down. He stole the money. He cheated the system. He preached about the pile of dead bodies. He bullied and fired people while mocking them. He plagiarized his books. The victims are the blessedly subtracted. The sheep he so casually slaughtered.

And now here he was again on his comeback tour. Doing a fluff interview piece with worldwide heretic Brian Houston. Knowing that the decision to step down would always look bad, Mark had to come up with a pious reason for doing so. Why not lie about the Holy Spirit then? Blame it on Him. We are expected to believe that after being held accountable by no one for over a decade, the Holy Spirit would instruct him to step down right when he would finally be held to some account for his ungodly behavior? Only someone who does not understand Scripture could fall for that. Or even worse, that the reason the Holy Spirit gave them is that the evil board of elders, which Mark handpicked, had conspired a wicked plot against him. Ever the victim. Don't buy it for a second beloved. Mark Driscoll is a liar. There was no trap. There was no supernatural message from God given simultaneously to Mark Driscoll and his wife. There is only an unrepentant former rock star who has fallen from grace and desperately wants to get back to the rock star life, where he can make merchandise of the sheep of the Lord again.

That is what our key verses warn us about today from Peter. Through covetousness means the motivation is greed. Todd Bentley made a fortune pretending the Holy Spirit was telling him to punch and kick people while screaming, "Bam!" Mark Driscoll's greed was apparent in his behavior with the tithe monies, cheating the NY Times, and plagiarizing. They both desperately want to make money again like they were in the good old days. So with feigned words, which means with lies, they will make merchandise of you. Todd Bentley created an entire school of lies, prettied up a professional promo video and slapped a $1500 price tag on it. To teach you things he could not teach if he was sincerely of the Lord, which he most certainly is not. Mark Driscoll knows he cannot return without explaining his resignation. So he lies about the Holy Spirit as well; claiming direct audible direction while slandering those that were about to finally hold him accountable. It is shameful, transparent and obvious. But take heart beloved because we serve a just God. We should just be careful to not fall for such deception. Either the low hanging fruit kind of Todd Bentley or the slicker more polished version of the tearful Mark Driscoll. Worship only with message and you will not find yourself worshipping the messenger. Remember as our key verse teaches us; their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Reverend Anthony Wade - July 31, 2015

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