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Televangelist Benny Hinn Admits Going Too Far With Prosperity Gospel in Wake of Billy Graham's Death

In the wake of the death of renowned evangelist Billy Graham, controversial faith-healing televangelist Benny Hinn, who has often been criticized for his endorsement of the prosperity gospel, said in a stunning confession Wednesday that sometimes he has taken the erroneous gospel too far.

"We get attacked for preaching prosperity, well it's in the Bible, but I think some have gone to the extreme with it sadly, and it's not God's word what is taught and I think I'm as guilty as others. Sometimes you go a little farther than you really need to go and then God brings you back to normality and reality," Hinn, 65, said as he reflected on Graham's death with a ministry colleague in a Facebook Live broadcast.

He admitted that as he has grown older and come to understand the Bible more, he now realizes that some of the things he learned from preachers when he was growing up aren't biblical and the popular interpretation of the prosperity gospel — the teaching that believers have a right to the blessings of health and wealth and that they can obtain these blessings through positive confessions of faith and the "sowing of seeds" through the faithful payments of tithes and offerings — is one of those things.

"The more you know the Bible the more you become biblically based and more balanced in your opinions and your thoughts because we are influenced. When I was younger I was influenced by the preachers who taught whatever they taught. But as I've lived longer I'm thinking wait a minute, you know this doesn't fit totally with the Bible and it doesn't fit with the reality. So what is prosperity? No lack. I've said this before," Hinn said.

He then elaborated on how he believes "no lack" should be interpreted.

"Did Elijah the prophet have a car? No. Did not even have a bicycle. He had no lack ... Did Jesus drive a car or live in a mansion? No. He had no lack. How about the apostles? None lacked among them," Hinn said. "Today, the idea is abundance and palatial homes and cars and bank accounts. The focus is wrong ... It's so wrong."

He said even though he has been accused of living lavishly and flying private jets in the past ,that is not how he currently lives.

"I mean forgive me. People have accused me of things that aren't even real. One guy wrote a comment 'Oh he's worth 40 million.' Oh how I wish. I would give it all to the Kingdom before God Almighty," he said.

"'Well he flies private jets,'" he continued mimicking criticism. "No, I don't. I have not flown private in dear God years. I fly commercial just like anyone else....

"We all sadly make the mistake of thinking that this is what God wants and God says 'No, that's not what I want.' It's time to live biblically. You know it all comes down to one thing. Do we love Jesus, yes or no? If we love Jesus then it's all about Jesus. If we don't love Jesus then it's about other things," he said.

Hinn was one of six televangelists who were part of a 2007 Senate inquiry that raised questions about the personal use of church-owned airplanes, luxury homes and credit cards by pastors and their families, and expressed concern about the lack of oversight of finances by boards often packed with the televangelists' relatives and friends. No definitive findings of wrongdoing were made. Hinn's World Healing Center Church and Joyce Meyer Ministries were the only two ministries that fully cooperated with the investigation and even implemented financial reforms.

Hinn, who was born into a Christian family in Israel, has repeatedly been accused of being a fraud and criticized for living extravagantly while leading a ministry that rakes in more than $100 million annually.

In a 2009 interview on ABC's "Nightline," Hinn denied being a fraud.

"I think if I was fooling the people, over 35 years of it now, I would have been caught already fooling them," he told the network.

Last April, after criminal investigators from the IRS and inspectors from the U.S. Postal Service executed a closely guarded raid on the offices of Hinn's ministry in Grapevine, Texas, he revealed that they were looking into "certain operations of the church."

While he did not go into much detail about which aspects of his ministry federal officials had reviewed, he said in a statement on Facebook that he was confident the investigation will end favorably.

"As has been widely reported, Benny Hinn Ministries is cooperating fully with the governmental entities that are reviewing certain operations of the Church. The ministry has undergone intense scrutiny over the years, and we remain confident that there will again be a positive and speedy outcome in the days ahead," his ministry said.

During the broadcast Wednesday, one of his colleagues, who has known him for 30 years, said Hinn would give every material thing that he has for the presence of the Lord.

As a pastor, Hinn also said he wants his life to end right with God.

"We all want to finish right," he said of pastors. "We all start right. Sometimes we, you know, stumble here and stumble there, but when you come right down to it, we all want to finish right. I'm 65 years old, I surely don't want to blow it at this point in my life and I thank you for praying for me. I really mean that."

Hinn, who began the conversation by reminding his audience of a prophesy he made in 1989 that the deaths of his mentor, Oral Roberts, and Billy Graham would bring about a great revival, said since both men are now dead, the revival has now been set in motion. Roberts died in 2009.

"What we are gonna see is a revival. Three things are going to happen, there's no doubt in my heart and mind because it's in the Bible. If you look at the Old and New Testament you'll see three things happening always at the same time. Number one, evangelism. What was the first thing that happened in the book of Acts? People saved," he responded. "The second thing, miracles, people healed. But the third thing was what? Prosperity. ... Here we are in this season. We're gonna see amazing things happen in those areas of our lives and get ready for your children to be saved in a big way, your families to be saved in a big way, loved ones respond to the Lord in a big way."

He also pointed out that Christians across the world are being persecuted and that American Christians have been spared "up to now" but he wasn't sure if "we will be spared for a whole lot longer."

"I am really praying. I want persecution to come for my sake 'cause I want to get purer before the Lord ... I think persecution ... like fire purifies," he said.

"The early church was persecuted. There is no respecter of persons and persecution is a part of our life. All who live godly will suffer persecution and we've been spared in America but things already are turning against us. No, you know what? For us, that's really a better way to say it. They're against us in the natural but who cares the natural? Think what God will do with it for our lives. What glory it will bring, the power it will bring," Hinn said.

In 2015, Hinn was hospitalized with atrial fibrillation, an issue he said he has been dealing with for more than 20 years.

According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, atrial fibrillation is the most common type of arrhythmia, which refers to a problem with the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. This can result in the heart beating too fast, too slow or just irregularly altogether. If the problem goes unnoticed, it unfortunately can lead to increased risk of stroke, chest pain or heart failure.

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67% of the prisoners are awaiting trail, this is absurd.

ojdollars:
Sir, the old testament was not abolished, it was made perfect in the new. The Word of God is not and never in testaments, it's God Himself. He never ages, He is the same today and forever.

Why is it that Israelites themselves no longer pay tithes?

OnyeOGA:
My fellow Christians, why did this Jesus made this statement on the cross:
"...My God, my God, why did you abandon me?"- Gospel according to St. Mark 15vs34.
Does it mean that His Father abandoned him or what?
Please help.

No one actually knows what Jesus said on the cross. It all depends on which account(gospel) you read.

Nigeria really don’t need another worship centre.

We need to eradicate poverty in Nigeria.

Jesus was a rebellious apocalyptic teacher in the ancient Israel, who was speaking against some established religious norms. He was later found guilty of treason, by the Romans, for calling himself a king and executed like a common criminal. His disciples taught he was the messiah and was coming back to save the isrealites from their Roman oppressor. Later, Christians in the early churches believe he died for mankind and he was equated with the God almighty.

aktom007:
Stupid folks commenting without watching the video

And how is the title different from the video? He sounds more stupid in the video.

omonnakoda:
This topic is for people of all faiths.
You do not need to make any declarations to comment.
I have interacted with many Muslims from Turkey,Pakistan and Iran who do dot follow this trend blindly but in Nigeria and particularly among Yoruba if you do not have an Arabic name they are not happy.
What is the evidence to back this up
The current President of Turkey is Recep Erdogan a well known Muslim.
Let us take for example the namesame
Hassan Abbas

What have they got to do with Islam
Sani Abacha was a Muslim as was Tafawa Balewa
Their names are not Arabic

Islam teaches people to have GOOD NAMES IT DOES not say Arabic names.

Are Arabic names the only good names?

Sani is an Arabic name.

Meajor:
Maybe you need to grow up from you ignorance, lest God deals with you in His own way.... How can a carnal mind understand the things of the spirit, for they are foolishness to him...
Paul will say... Some preach Christ for selfish motives, but it doesn't matter as far as Christ is preach....someone somewhere heard and his life was transform.... To hell with your myopic thinking...
At least you that who say d miracles are fake can start by showing us the original

I won’t be surprised if this person is more than 15 years old. The IQ of many Nigerians is less than 10.

felixomor:
Keep shut
Foooool

Omorowou, you need to calm down. Not everything is about money, you need to focus on your ministry first. God will provide for you family if you are doing his work.

They even wore annko to the event.

yanshDoctor:
oga i am telling you from experience. what they eat is Bull. and that what they export. cows are gods

Bro, your experience is limited then. I was in Bangalore for 1 year and I met some Indians that eat beef. If you go to the southern part of India, like Kerala, beef is popular. There is this popular beef delicacy called "Beef Ularthiyathu" around those areas.

Also, many Muslims in the Northeast region of the country consumes beef. Most Hindus don't, be some do.

yanshDoctor:
they don't eat cattle.

Some do

yanshDoctor:
Indians don't eat cattle. they only use it as work load or as pet. the protain chain is 70% chicken as its very cheap. goat 5%, bull 10%.

They export beef

wetin burn her hand?

Just look at the countries where cattle rearing is concentrated, there is no news of senseless bloodshed in those places.

Imagine, if the Fulanis control a large share of cattle like Brazil, there would be no living soul in the whole West Africa. Nigeria needs to think progressively, nomadic farming is not practicable anywhere in this 21st century.

67% of Nigerians are in abject poverty, more are in poverty.

The funny thing is that many of these people will still give, a portion of their meagre income, to their pastors so that God will bless them.

The Special Advisor to the President on Social Protection, Mrs. Maryam Uwais, says about 67 per cent of Nigerian population live below poverty line.

Uwais said this during a social protection Practitioners and Academics Dialogue summit on Thursday in Abuja. According to her, some of the social issues that plague Nigeria is high poverty, high unemployment rates, increased insecurity, gender inequality and poor literacy rates, among others.

She added that social protection was a response and a key strategy towards reducing poverty and socio-economic vulnerabilities in the population as well as to encourage G2p payments digitalisation and financial inclusion.

Uwais also said that the Federal Government has designed a four-point National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP), including Conditional Cash Transfer Programme (CCT). “This involves the direct transfer of N5,000 to the targeted poor and vulnerable households. “The Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) assist vulnerable families, feed their classes, primary 1-3 school children one nutritious meal a day and provides an incentive to send them to school which is targeted to feed 5.5 million children.

“The N-Power Programme is designed to put 500,000 young Nigerian graduates on employment and empower or train 100,000 of non-graduates with necessary tools to create, develop and build projects that will change our communities, economy and nation.

“There is also Government Enterprise Empowerment Programme (GEEP), which is targeted to financial inclusion and empowerment loans programme to deliver maximum impact to the economically under- represented groups that targets about 1.6 million beneficiaries,’’ said the presidential aide.

She said for National Social Programme to move forward, the cooperation of stakeholders was key in actualising it in terms of knowledge, resources and skills for transformative undertaking. She therefore called on stakeholders to partner with the initiative, saying the complex issues facing Nigeria would be met with comprehensive solutions by collective efforts to invest in the strongest and most promising sector. Mr. Folunsho Okunmadewa, the Lead Specialist, World Bank, noted that the dialogue was important, saying there are very important stakeholders in the actualisation of the social protection agenda. He said the social protection agenda has grown big due to government concern, participation of private sector, civil sector and researchers excluding academics. “Through the academia research would be evident and we are talking of a dynamic issue that change on a daily basis. “Those who are on the state level and in operations unit are constantly aware of changing knowledge,’’ he said.

He added that the academia research on a daily basis and that they can use the research to help with the programme and collaborate in the state and national level. He added that some of the existing data could be analysed and given information that could help in the project which would bring about a mutual benefit. He also said that involving the academia was a huge step in bridging the gap. Mr. David Adejo, the National Co-ordinator, Youth and Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO), also said that the involvement of academicians in the social protection agenda would boost the programme. He noted that academicians have the tools to collect data and also work for the existence of more evidence action. Adejo also said that the poor people were becoming more vulnerable and it needed the interventions which are ongoing.

The CDD Coordinator, Mr. Abdul Kareem, said the academia has a lot of research and community services which could be achieved especially in data collection. “We have so many primary health centres at the community level and with the help of the academics we can achieve some of the agendas because they can help us spread the news. “Food protection agenda is a very positive development, if academia gives us support and accessibility, our micro projects will increase. “We can’t go to a community and build a borehole when their need is not borehole and with the help of the academia we will be able to know the problem of each community through data processing,” he said.

Dr. Temitope Sinkaye, the National Programme Coordinator, said the social protection intervention has been taken to 21 states and about 300 households had been covered. She noted that the target was 1 million households and therefore called on the state governors to set up offices to enable them discharge their duties effectively.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/67-nigerians-live-poverty-line-presidential-aide/

If Spain can be Christianised, Nigeria is no exception.

enilove:
That is your opinion but not a fact.

The synagogue was a place of worship for the Jews and the custodians of the synagogues are the priests ,the Levite's.
The custodian of the church is the Pastor .

Abraham did not pay tithes to the Levites but God later gave the Levite's rights to receive tithes. Why ?
It is because tithes is for God and mearnt to show appreciation to Him. Why did God say " You have ROBBED ME" ? It is because tithes is for God . Any synagogue or church where the true God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is called is the House of God and you are expected to take your tithes there . The Pastor can use it for his welfare, church welfare and welfare of the people as the Holy Spirit directs him.

As I pointed out b4, we are expected to obey God and not because we want to be rich that should make a Christian to pay tithes.

The good deeds Jesus commanded us, has nothing to do with tithing. After your tithe, you should still be generous to the needy.
There is no one that will escape the judgement of God, even if he is the G.O of his church. They will give account of how they use the tithes and offerings. This we know because Jesus said so :
Matthew 7:22-23 KJV
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
[23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

That iniquity can be anything , stewardship inclusive.

Where did you get all these teachings from? Even the present day Isealistes do not tithe because it will be against the commandment of God given to them.

Pastors are not Levites, Levites belong to a Hebrew tribe of Levi, they receive tithe because they don't have any inheritance in Israel and not all Levites are priests (Only the descendants of Aaron are made Priest).

We are Christians in Nigeria, we are not Israelites and Pastors are not Levites.

Africa is a continent with lots of very poor people that have also been oppressed by their leaders over the years. When Penticostalism came with the wealth and health message, they embraced it because it offer them some kind of hope.

Pentecostal pastors then exploit the hope and fear of these poor ignorant people to enrich themselves.

It’s is no coincidence that 46% of Pentecostal Christians are in Africa. Another chunk of Pentecostal Christians (35%) are in Latin America (another poor continent).

elgramz:
He's right. The Bible actually said if we tithe, God will rebuke the devourer for our sake. And I believe it

Not the Christians, he was referring to the Israelites.

hahahaha see finishing

and funnier replies, these so-called 'men of God' are a disgrace to Africans

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Matthew Ashimolowo's tweet on Tithe and some very funny replies

[quote author=Prinq post=64052788][/quote]What do you expect, everybody will like to protect their investments.

Ogaonos:
for ur info.dangote was future was prophesy by late archbishop idahosa nd e has imams prayin 4 him.as 4 rest they practice wat God lik.cheerful giving dt d secret of america.dt wat we africans nd black lack dt 1 of d reasn we suffer.so oga atheist dnt cum here 2 preach atheism 2 me.only a fool dt preach/practice atheist in nigeria.even do u knw d story of dangote nd d family 4rm.u dnt knw dis men front 4 generals in d military tym.because den ther was no occult in govt lik nw.

Cheerful giving to who? and it very difficult to understand what you type. For your information, I am a Christian and you don’t know where I live.

Dangote has debunk that lie about Idahosa. Have you asked your question why no one in Idahosa’s church is as rich as Dangote abi he forgot to pray or prophesy into their lives too.
My brother, with this kind of thinking Nigeria will be forever backward and her people will suffer great poverty. Only village people think like this.

Ogaonos:
smh.educate me on wat.dt pastor prayers is nuthin/useless dt wil shuld wrkhard without pastor prayer wat ur write up means.

Please, who prayed for:

1. Singapore
2. Japan
3. China
4. UAE
5. Saudi Arabia
5. Malaysia
6.Dangote
7. Bill Gate
8. Mark Zuckerberg, etc

Ogaonos:
stop being ignorance hard wrk without spiritual support wouldnt get u anyway in nigeria.if u lik get 10phd u stil b unemployed.most successful pple na 3 things b ther secret eitha na devil or God bless dem or na illegal dem do.wit d way u talking i think u ar in ur 20's because in 9ja wen u reach 30's/40's u start feel d need 4 God.u need jesus(very strong man of God) wen doing biz.shey u knw more biz deals can b fraudulent.even ur own persn/blood brotha/sista fit sit dwn on opportunities 4 ur hardwrk nd u no go knw.let me giv a practical step u hav a strong man of God nd u doing a biz or hav a biz plans u go inform ur pastor mak em pray nd seek God wisdom /decisn on it.anotha is u doing biz u don sign m.o.u giv d names of d pple in d deal.no giv ur pastor any mou documents 2 ur pastor jux d names nt their contact.dis practice go sav u 4rm bein dupe.u fit do pure deal.ur associate fit tel u sey d deal na fraud so dt u go jonse d deal mak e chop ur share.

I am sorry, it will be an impossible task to educate you.