Kundalini Dear friends,

As many of you know, I remained pretty silent during the Lakeland fiasco. This was not due to me backing Bentley or his message, I simply had no computer during this time and did not know what was happening personally. I read the reports from Andrew Strom and some others but due to not being personally acquainted with what was happening, I offered no opinion. I have made my opinion known when I had first-hand knowledge of what was happening, such as when reports started coming in when the Prophetic was teaching that Jesus is the Word, not the Bible. I have now been able to watch and read everything that came from Lakeland and when I couple that with our previous experience with the prophetic, I know that something simply must be done in response.

Today we find ourselves in the position in many of our churches of having to clean up the mess that this whole thing has left in its wake. Many of us have elements of the Prophetic movement in our churches, on our worship Teams or influencing members of the flock under our care. We must come to terms now with what to allow and what to drive out, for the good of the Church.

We have all heard about how Bob Jones and Todd Bentley welcomed an “Angel” named Emma into their lives, how this spirit began to teach them both about deep things of the spirit realm and guided them on out of body trips. Well, it turns out that Emma is the name of both a Wiccan deity and a Japanese/Buddhist God (Emma – King of Hell). From my friend Harold in Jerusalem:

“Then this week, this email came to me by way of a woman who had spent some time as a member among the occult sect of Wicca: She writes: “I saw this man on God TV, (I do not usually watch this but wanted to see what all the fuss was about) and saw the Wicca ‘EMMA’ brand on the inside of his left arm. THAT is what turned me off. I guess if people have not been in the occult, they have no idea just what this means. EMMA is the king of Hell in Wicca. It appears as a seducing spirit, either male or female, whatever appeals to the person who works for Emma. It calls itself an ‘angelic’ spirit, which tells its host that they do not have to approach ‘God’ alone, they will go with you and plead your case for you. You know, Satan can look whichever way he wants - if you are with Emma, he will look like the Lord.”

Curious, I began some research and found just what this woman had revealed to be true. In fact, what else I found documented on video was Mr. Bentley, caught on camera, boasting of his personal “angel” he had been given by God whose name is EMMA that had come to him and led him into salvation (I was careful to document his own words) and that he regularly prays with this angel who shows him heavenly things. On top of this, after watching hours of video from the Lakeland meetings, I was struck with the realization that rarely, if ever (I could not remember a single instance), where the name of Jesus was spoken. The words, “God”, “heaven”, “angels” (lots and lots of angels), “spirit” were all used frequently - but not the name of Jesus.

Folks, this is not rocket science. The scripture says plainly to “try” the spirits. The way they are tried is to hold them up to the standard of Truth which is the testimony of the Life of Yeshua.”

Also, many have found a direct connection between their experiences with the extreme prophetic (Toronto/Lakeland) and the Kundalini spirit of the New Age movement. This Kundalini is at the heart of the tantric Sex practices and Yoga meditation. Is it any wonder then that so many of the songs of the prophetic movement are intimate, so many of the manifestations erotic? As “Bridal Intimacy” has swept the church, (some even going so far as to imagine “pure” intercourse with Jesus!) we have lost masculinity, lost strength and welcomed a Jezebel Spirit into our churches, even embracing it as the Holy Spirit. And all of it has its roots in the New Age.

Patricia King and the Prophetic movement are advocating Ekstasis dancing as a viable method of worship If this doesn’t make you sick, if it doesn’t make you want to purge the new Age from the church, God have mercy on you.

Here are New Agers using the EXACT same term and promoting the EXACT same message to their followers:

The New Mystics ( http://www.thenewmystics.org) advocate “toking the Ghost, “Jehovahjuana” and “Godka”. These are all references to getting high or drunk used in secular circles and encouraged as genuine experiences that God wants us to have. They say they are redeeming the drug culture but can you imagine that a Holy God advocates this? I mean, I am a bald, tattooed gen-X preacher with no love for legalism and I am deeply offended that these people can get away with this stuff.

Is there no discernment at all in the Body anymore?

I have come to the opinion that the Prophetic movement is rooted in another gospel, a sinister New Age counterfeit for the move of the Holy Spirit today. If that is the case, we must as leaders begin to allow God to purge our churches and lives and return to the faith of our fathers before any more damage is done, to us or the Body of Christ on our watch.

To that end, we will be hosting a conference in October of this year dedicated cfrp to exposing the lies of the prophetic movement. With both references in writing, video and speakers with first-hand experience we will show what is being taught in the prophetic movement and what you can do about it as a leader. We will also be introducing the “Campaign for Real Preaching” and “Whole Stone Theology”, which are dedicated to returning the church to the Old Paths and reclaiming the Pentecostal Faith once again here in America. It is time for us to stand up, regain lost ground and seek real revival here in America once again!

I will write more on this over the next week.

God bless you all.

JC Smith