Benny Hinn says that, unfortunately, much of what is being put forth in the prophetic movement today is a more of a mixture between the demonic and prophecy—much like what Balaam experienced in Numbers 24.
Hinn, who has been in ministry for more than 45 years, says the anointing simply isn’t pure in many cases. That’s because, he says, the anointing becomes tainted by various lusts in the lives of the prophets and his army of ministers.
“Life becomes polluted, and when that happens, the gifts will stop coming from Heaven,” Hinn told a group of employees at Charisma Media Tuesday afternoon. “The anointing becomes a mixture, and that mixture happens when they begin to walk away from their true calling.
“The gift they had is longer of the Holy Spirit. They are left by other things like greed, and they sell the anointing. The anointing itself is still pure, but the vessel has been polluted and is not pure.”
Hinn, who will publish a book in April 2022 titled Mysteries of the Anointing, says that the anointing on one’s life is not the same as the anointing of one’s office. The Bible says Balaam dealt in witchcraft, but he stayed anointed in his position.
“The anointing itself is a gift, the one on your office is God’s gift,” Hinn says. “But the anointing can also destroy you if you are living in sin. If someone is not walking with God, that anointing can destroy that man or woman. Every one of us has at least one weakness that nobody knows about except God. When that weakness comes out, that anointing will not be as strong.”
Hinn says much of what he learned about God’s anointing, apart from what he has read in the Bible, came from a treasured mentor of his: Oral Roberts.
“Very few people talk about the anointing—it is the power of God at work in your life,” Hinn says. “The anointing within you makes the presence of God so real that you forget yourself. It brings the reality of the Lord to us. The power inside of you is amazing. Think about today and the 300 million people globally who are under persecution but not denying him. That’s the power of the anointing, the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Note: This is the first of a series of articles on Benny Hinn and God’s anointing. Stay tuned for part 2 Wednesday. {eoa}
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