Heresy Hunters vs the Holy Spirit
HERESY HUNTERS vs THE HOLY SPIRIT (# 17)
Justin is an intense heresy hunter who is confined to an electric wheelchair. His explanation for his cerebral palsy: Several millennia ago Adam sinned against God. That’s it. That’s his reason for being in a wheelchair. Justin, a cessationist, is a firm believer that healings ceased with the apostles. Justin, and/or his colleagues, have, through FB and other media, reached most of you now reading these words with this (what I consider to be) heresy.
Justin, at the 2024 Cessationist Conference, featured a film of (what he called) a “faith healer” who prayed for a clerk suffering pain in her back and arms from a car accident. After the prayer the clerk stretched and did a squat, and yes, she declared, “The pain is gone!” How does Justin explain that which had every appearance of a miracle healing?…. her healing was psychosomatic (mind over body) and would certainly (not possibly, not probably, but certainly) be gone in a very short time. So what is a psychosomatic healing? Justin explains, “There is a powerful peer pressure and group dynamic [when one is prayed for] that is at work that makes people think they feel better.” Can the word psychosomatic be found in the Bible? No. But let’s move on….
I suffered for years from a mishap to my tailbone while doing electrical work. While attending a conference a guest speaker, Bill Johnson – whom Justin and his friends label a false teacher – asked anyone suffering in their tailbone to stand. I stood. Then Bill said to sit down hard to see if the pain was gone. I complied. Most of the pain was instantly gone, and a few days later gone completely. That was 15-20 years ago and my tailbone is still healed. Now….
I am either lying or I am telling the truth. There is no other possibility. If I am lying that would not only make me devious, but stupid. (Heb.4:13: “All things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.”) But if I am telling the truth you must conclude that Justin (etcetera) teaches heresy. (Is it unkind to suggest you should never turn to an invalid in a wheelchair to learn about healing?) More about Justin in # 18.