Benny Hinn's New Book "The Blood"
The book written by the world's best known "faith
healer" is, "The Blood" with a subtitle, "Its
Power from Genesis to Jesus to You." Like his previous three
books, "Good Morning, Holy Spirit," "The
Anointing," and "Lord, I Need a Miracle," this
book uses much Scripture and sets forth some precious truths
which all believers need to know. However, all of his books
contain dangerous doctrinal errors involving a twisting of the
Scriptures, and a misinterpretation of key portions of the Word
of God, all of which he seeks to validate by his claim that he is
writing and speaking under a special anointing of the Holy
Spirit--a claim that is definitely untrue but one which is
deceiving many believers and leading them astray.
A detailed analysis of some of the serious doctrinal errors to be
found in Hinn's new book will come later, but this immediate
warning is required because of the way Hinn and other charismatic
leaders are causing God's people to believe that the Roman
Catholic Church is part of the true body of Christ.
The closing chapter of "The Blood" is titled: "The
Communion In The Communion." On pages 161-165, Hinn writes
of his personal experience with a group of 49 Roman Catholic nuns
who attended one of his crusades "a couple of years
ago." He writes of the special place he has in his heart for
nuns since he was taught by nuns when he was a boy. He tells how
he called this group of 49 nuns to the platform; and, after he
found out they were "charismatic" nuns he invited them
to join him in "leading the people in a rousing version of
'How Great Thou Art'" after which these "nuns pulled
their crosses out from under their habits and lifted them toward
the Lord." Hinn says that this was a very powerful moment
which he would never forget. Later, these nuns invited Hinn to
visit them at their convent where, in their newly built prayer
chapel they "began worshipping the Lord 'singing in the
Spirit' and blessing the Lord for about half an hour." Hinn
further reported that the "sisters gave several words of
prophecy" that encouraged him. After this, Hinn wrote:
"By then I was on my knees crying because I sensed such a
tremendous presence of the Lord there.
It was an anointing that I had never before experienced in a
communion service, not even in my own church. It was a divine,
powerful presence of God that I can't describe except to say,
'Jesus walked into that little room.' . . . As I was kneeling and
praising the Lord with my hands extended directly in front of me,
the mother general put the wafer in my mouth. At that moment I
felt a fire literally go through me and as that took place
something else amazing happened. I sensed on the tips of my
fingers something like a robe--a soft, silky fabric." He
went on to explain that he felt a physical body within the robe
which he said he believed was actually the body of Christ. Hinn's
actual words: "l believe I was literally kneeling at the
feet of Jesus."
It is difficult to understand how any believer could be so
blinded by the errors of Romanism; yet, Hinn's book has a
commendatory forward by Jack Hayford and by Paul Crouch who is
offering "The Blood" as a special inducement for TBN
contributions. Hinn and his supporters are "deceiving and
being deceived" (II Tim. 3:1 3). Hinn is empowered by a
false spirit, not the Holy Spirit. Be sure to carefully read
Matthew 7:15-23 to see how all of this deception is possible.