Rod Parsley is the pastor of the over 5000 seat World Harvest Church located in Columbus, Ohio.
Parsley is a powerful motivational preacher who mixes truth with error. He is involved in word faith teachings and latter rain doctrines. He is one of the most popular Pentecostal TV preachers in America right now. He is able to release the anointing to people. He Cuts up prayer clothes to heal by laying hands on them and praying over them. He will even lay his whole body over a pile of letters as he believes he is literally transferring and releasing the tangible anointing. The prayer is answered due to the what he calls the corporate anointing. This is more like a transferable energy, since the anointing is the Holy Spirit who is God and is being used as a force. He tells us his faith is released toward us (faith is Godward not toward man), sometimes it is toward the letters or the cloths. He also states because he prayed every prayer is answered. This is not faith but at best overconfidence. Nowhere are we told in scripture that God will answer every prayer no matter how much faith one exhibits.
If you are a Christian you have his anointing and do not need to seek out another from someone else, at least according to the Bible.
Warfare is engaged and demons seem responsible for everything except his bad teaching. He says the atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles (Breakthrough Apr.15 1996) Much like the saying of Oral Roberts miracles are always coming toward you or their passing you by. Atmosphere is everything for the TV Charismatic's, and Parsley's is thick.
In one of his publications he writes Forget Paul's Thorn! We know God has the power to heal. He translated us out of the power of darkness and into the kingdom of light...You know Jesus has the power to heal. In this chapter, I am absolutely intent on convincing you that not only does He have the power to heal you, it is His absolute and perfect will to heal you. We do not have to sift through Paul's thorn, Job's boils, or Timothy's sick stomach to try to understand the perfect will of God. You must realize Paul's infirmity was not in his flesh; it was his soulish man - his mind, his will, and emotions. We know this because he told us the thorn was a messenger of Satan sent to buffet him....It is time preachers stop trying to make excuses for their lack of faith and understanding of the Word of God. (Repairers of the Breach, Results Publishing, 1992, pp. 267, 268 ) Scripture says it was a thorn in his flesh to humble him because of the abundance of revelations.
.(Potters house shown on Lesea June 12 1998) I always wondered why Jesus fasted for 40 days? Now we can kill demons by fasting. Unfortunately demons dont give birth to other baby demons so he way out of orbit in this one. T his new way of warfare is quite dangerous if one is not under a doctors supervision.
Parsleys has other solutions consisting of such things as On the inside of you, you will sense something prompting you to say words and syllables. Just open your mouth and let the words flow. I do not care if it is 'la, la, la,' or 'da, da, da.' The devil hates it all. (Repairers of the Breach 1992, p. 236) Is it really this kind of talk that scares the Devil, than little babies who say these words of nonsense are filled with the Holy Ghost.
 Inference is that the spirit is upon us as it is Jesus. Jesus certainly did not go around saying I'm anointed like this and neither should we.
we have the spirit in a limited, fashion he did not. Also his delight is in the fear of the Lord. Looking at what is being taught this is certainly lacking.
There is no such thing as a Jubilee anointing, go check it out! But Parsley does not stop there he now preaches a financial anointing a great financial revival is coming. 1 Jn.2:20 we have an anointing from the holy one vs.27 the anointing we received from him abides in us it is the same one that teaches and leads us into truth. There is no such thing as different anointing's only different gifts which are all mentioned in Scripture.
.this is your night, this is your night, as the high priest standing in this Holy place Im gonna put this shofar to my mouth and the moment I blow it every demon is coming off your shoulders, outta of your mind, outta your finances. When I blow it I want you to shout like you never shouted a shout of victory and freedom that you will .. are you ready , (he blows the whistle and everyone is screaming). There is only one high priest and that is Jesus, if its Parsley were in deep trouble. This is a perfect example of what Jesus warned about in Mt.24 many will say they are Christ (anointed). This certainly implies him as our deliverer.
Well In this year of jubilee god wants to paint or mark you with his anointing a supernatural fragrance which attracts his blessing and faithfulness, in Lk.4:18 the spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me, anointed here means that God literally painted or marked his son with a fragrance which attracted the blessing of the father. (thats interesting since it was at the same time God said this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, he was already pleased by him he didnt anoint him to be well pleased.) We are already in Gods favor by grace there are no extra anointings to increase this.
There is no such thing as a Jubilee anointing in the Scripture but Parsley does not stop there he now preaches a financial anointing, and promises a great financial revival is coming.
1 Jn.2:20 we have an anointing from the holy one v.27, the anointing we received from him abides in us. It is the same one that teaches and leads us into truth. There is no such thing as different anointings, only different gifts which are all mentioned in Scripture. If he cant get this simple teaching right then what about everything else that is tied to this.
Theses were extraordinary not common miracles and they were by his hands as an apostle these signs would follow them. This is not a normal practice for a regular Christian nor was it one for the apostles. They were healed by the clothes by their being laid on the sick persons body from the apostle Paul. We find hes not collecting or sending prayer clothes, Paul did not distribute clothes for people to release their faith. Paul did not put his hands on other peoples prayer clothes for them to get it. It could mean he used these to wipe the sick and they got healed but it wasnt the handkerchief ministry, anymore than Jesus taught to practice heres mud or spit in your eye ministry.
Acts 5:15 they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall (overshadow them) on some of them. I need to mention that he did not charge a fee for this either or ask for a seed to be sown into his ministry.
Once again this involves an apostle and hes there present with them. It has to do with his personal presence as an apostle. What causes a shadow to come over another person? The shadow was cast by Peter leaning over them. It does not say they were healed by his shadow they were wanting him to come near.
While these meetings can be exciting and even entertaining one needs to check the scripture carefully to see if what is being taught about the anointing and miraculous is actually correct. You may be surprised or disappointed depending on which side your on.
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