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Are Christian divine healers Prophet TB Joshua, Evangelist Benny Hinn and other frauds?

Are Christian divine healers Prophet TB Joshua, Evangelist Benny Hinn and other frauds?

Their prosperous ministries are part of a movement known as the "prosperity gospel". This health wealth and prosperity brigade of preachers includes the richest Christian preachers in the world. (1) They are to be found in South Africa’s biggest cities and townships - wherever the masses are there you will find them.

They put up their massive bill boards and auditoriums on major streets and highways in order to attract the gullible into their cavernous halls of worship. The gullible are in plentiful supply especially in desperate times and they flock to these kinds of Churches to receive salvation from sin, a ticket to heaven,  increase of wealth and healing of mind, body and soul.

Preachers use the message of life’s situations and circumstances (sickness, poverty) that corral you into a corner whereby “you feel a lack of control” and thereby you turn willingly, thankfully and robotically like being hypnotised, to a Christ who:

“ Heals the broken hearted, sets the captive free and makes the lame to walk and the blind to see.”

Jesus makes you healthy, wealthy and a gives you power to become a Son of God. Who can resist? With a pitch like that no wonder the charismatic Churches are raking in the money. Running a Charismatic Church is the best recession-proof business to be in.

Even farmers become preachers and thousands of ex advantaged - currently disadvantaged whites in South Africa flock to listen to garbage at annual conferences where angels and God mix with mere mortals and miracles are the order of the day.

Certain dignitaries in the Catholic Church centuries ago abused their authority by selling and granting indulgences for sins committed whereby sinners could get a short cut to absolution with no penance involved.

Today Gods Mafiosi preachers fleece there gullible members and offer eternal life for a fee (indulgence) of ten percept of your gross income (tithe) and much more in offerings. The senior Pastors (most with pompous and bogus Dr Titles) live in indulgent tax free luxury with mansions, expensive cars and even private planes that would make the poor, humble carpenter’s son embarrassed to be associated with them.

They tell you, while applying brain-washing hypnotic techniques, (strong emotion, music, singing, fear, voice roll) that if you do not give money offerings you are robbing God. The Church members, while gently swaying with their hands in the air, enter into a trance-like state, their eyes mist up and with great emotional excitement cheque books and wallets are flung open with joy and glee.

Did you think it was free? And that is just the money offering. When the healing line is called the hall goes ballistic and the sick are slain as the “power of God” knocks them to the floor. 

Well how then do we know they are frauds?

Easy - take your pick : 

1. There is no divine God to heal anyone.

2, There is NO documented proof of permanent divine healings of serious illness.

3. These preachers also go to doctors, dentists, opticians and hospitals when required and some die from cancer etc.

4. They are all multi US Dollar millionaires from tithes and offerings.

5, Jesus, Paul and Christians throughout history have been poor and against “earthly” gain.

6. If God heals today, why don’t they go to the hospitals and empty them?

7. They “set the scene” in their healing crusades and bribe journalists for a good report when found out.

8. People that have been told to forget their pills, needles and treatment die.

9. They never heal people with clearly visible conditions; paralysis, paraplegics, missing limbs, organs etc with reconstructive miracles like ; new spinal cords, new limbs,  new eye ball etc

10. They have NEVER raised someone from the dead or given a fulfilled prophecy.

There is a sucker born every minute and there is no shortage of sheep that flock to these Mafioso Churches. Christianity was born in poverty and it has appealed to poverty stricken people ever since.

Paul tells us in 1Cor: “to the present hour we both hunger and thirst and we are poorly clothed and homeless” .

 Some people join the ANC to become rich, others become wealthy by starting Christian charismatic ministries. They know God is poverty stricken so when they need money, you NEVER see them ask God or his Son for money.

(1) List of Christian multi-millionaires-

South Africa:

Farmer Angus Buchan (Mighty Men)

Pastor Ray McCauley (Rhema Church)

“Dr” Theo Wolmarans (Christian Family Church)

Pastor Andre Roebert (River Church)

Pastor Attie Boshoff (Christian Revival Church) 

Nigeria:

Bishop David Oyedepo – Estimated net worth: $150M

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome – Estimated net worth: $50M

Prophet TB Joshua – Estimated net worth: $15M

Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo – net worth: $10M

America:

Apostle Kenneth Copeland net worth: net worth $769M

Healing Evangelist Benny Hinn: net worth: $42 million.

Senior Pastor/Joel Osteen Net Worth: $40 million.

Apostle T. D. Jakes Net worth $18 million.

Pastor John Hagee net worth: $5 million.

Pastor Paula White net worth: $5 million.

Pop phycology tele- evangelist Joyce Meyer- net worth $ 100 million

Pastor Joseph Prince: $5 million

Rev. Creflo Dollar Jr, Dr. Juanita Bynum, Paul Crouch, Jimmy Swaggart, Pat Robertson, Oral Roberts, Mike Murdock etc…….!

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