Dear friends:

In her "Open Seal Prophecy News" newsletter today, Hollis Caravetta exposes something going on in Christianity that  is wrong, wrong, wrong!!!

She writes:

I DID NOT KNOW that Christians were now being told that you NEED TO (legalism)* bring an offering for the Jewish high holy day of Yom Kippur, or Atonement Day.  Now being a Jew, I know what Jews who do not know the Lord do, but I was unaware that as a believer the newest thing out is that we too must now bring an offering to impress the Lord!   Benny Hinn and Steve Munsey among others are now pushing Christian “ATONEMENT OFFERINGS!” It has been suggested that God demands offerings to be made during a Jewish holiday to secure God's blessings! 

Munsey promises that if we do bring an offering, (to him of course) that we can be assured that the Lord will  “unleash the seven supernatural atonement blessings” that are promised in Joel: Double Portion, Financial Abundance, Restoration, Miracles, God’s Divine Presence, Blessings Upon Your Family, and Deliverance. Now if you send old Stevie your offering, you will receive your wonder! 

 

Since the Bible has made it clear that Jesus is the final sacrifice and that if we believe in Him, well then He ALONE is our FINAL ATONEMENT OFFERING!  As I recall, Jesus died ONCE for all as our PERMANENT atonement offering, we need not bring anything to Him but our willingness to believe, be obedient and to accept what He alone could accomplish on our behalf.   J. Lee Grady, editor of Charisma wrote an interesting article on the atonement offering called, “A Subtle Deception”. He rightly discerned the alarming aspects of buying into these grace plus- atonement offerings.

This is an abomination.  I began to notice Steve Munsie doing this a year or two ago.  It is an abomination, and some ministries are using Muncie for fund-raising purposes.  They bring him in and he makes his pitch for $200+ donations to secure these "seven blessings."  I don't know whether they are paying him a flat fee or a percentage of the take.  This includes, TBN, the Inspiration Network, Paula White, and maybe others.  Sadly, some of these are ministries that produce a lot of fruit for the kingdom, but they have been deceived by filthy lucre.  It is egregious error and an offense to the blood of Jesus.  It makes me want to throw up, literally. 

In short, BY HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS, JESUS FULFILLED ALL THOSE OFFERINGS FOR US, AND SECURED FOR US EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES!

May God deliver us from such disgusting, anti-scriptural fund raising practices, and correct those who use them.

Jim

Hollis is at Holliscar@aol.com