The Abuse of the Holy Spirit | Costi Hinn | EP 147 

From someone coming out of the Pentecostal/charismatic movement, this is so desired and needed in my life!!

I was raised like this… all the bells and whistles of charismania… it’s interesting how easily I moved from this to being a full on witch, it’s like my mind was already primed🫣 Praise God for saving me from this madness🙏🏽

Thank you for doing this. Thanks to you, John MacArthur, Justin Peters, and Voddie Baucham. You all help my husband and I realize the truth and get out of a church that was not biblical.

I can hardly make it through the clips. My "post charismatic stress disorder" kicks in. 😬 like nails on a chalk board.

Left my WoF/Prosperity theology church this month, this comes in great timing, thank you Costi!

I’m so glad your starting this series. As someone who recently came out of the Pentecostal holiness movement, I really want to understand the role of the Holy Spirit better.

I was in a pentecostal charismatic church for about 7-8 years and I taught much false doctrine myself. I'm out of that false church and am grieved heavily on what I said to people. I was after an experience and a free ticket to Heaven but didn't care or really know scripture well I am extremely thankful that God brought me out of that doctrines of demons church.

If this angers me, imagine how it must grief the Holy Spirit. 😢

Please continue exposing these evil wicked pleople.

In the early 90's when I was around 19 years old I was brought to a Benny Hinn crusade. I didn't like the way he looked or sounded. He had an accent that made it difficult for me to understand him. I had never heard of Benny Hinn or the term "slain in the Spirit." As I listened though, he was preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ and of the gift of the Holy Spirit which appealed strongly to me because these were the things I have been reading about in the scriptures during the past few months. Then we began worshipping the Lord and I had never experienced or seen that level of worship ever before (I was thinking "The Lord is real to these people!"). Then as we worshipped Jesus Christ Benny Hinn stated "when I say now, the Spirit will enter into this room." All of the sudden I began to see people in the front rows fall back into their seats as if an invisible hand was sweeping through the auditorium. As I saw this I remember my father telling me that all Preachers are fake and only want your money. I said to myself "if this is not of God then I want no part of this" and I planted my feet and strengthened my stance as the man in the row in front of me fell back into his seat. Suddenly without no human being touching me or laying a hand on me, an invisible force slammed into my chest knocking me into my chair and then onto the floor. I had tears streaming down my face and understood for the first time that the Lord and His Spirit were more real than anything in this world and that all the words of Jesus the Son of God were true (John 14:21). 30 plus years later I'm following closer to the Lord than when I first began. This was my experience at one of Benny Hinn's Crusades.

It makes me tremble how flippantly and sacrilegiously they speak about Almighty GOD!!!!

This is why I will never stop learning church history. Plus I'm a theology nerd 🤓 I absolutely Love God my Father! It is my job to raise up my children and deciple and council them as best I can. Under my husband's headship. As for a church, I have been praying for a year since we had to move a few states away... for a sound church. So far we have seen lgbtq churches and a lot of other issues I will not attend because of. It has been hard. I pray for a church family and community 🙏 ❤

I’m so grateful to God that I found this series. I’ve been praying and for some more clarification on this topic. I came from a Pentecostal/Charismatic background (my family still believes that way). I gave up that life and, for the last few years, am now Reformed even reading the Bible cover to cover like never before. I thank God for showing me the truth through His Word. Keep up the good work. I look forward to more videos. Thanks!

I cannot comprehend watching that poor boy writhing and screaming on the floor and not knowing that is demonic and not at all of the Lord. This is disturbing.

One reason I am no longer a Pentecostal is the utter absence of discernment. And if you try to introduce discernment you get branded as a "Calvinist", "Intellectual", "heresy hunter", etc.

Looking forward to this series! Such a needed teaching. Thank you for SOUND doctrine.

Thank you, Costi! I'm looking forward to this series. It's very telling when we compare the "manifestation of the spirit" at places like Bethel with the "manifestations" of Hindu devotees. They are identical, complete with "speaking in tongues" (gibberish).

God bless you Costi for speaking the TRUTH!

Thank you so much for this EXCELLENT teaching and explanation. I'm free from this 3 yrs come this OCTOBER. PRAISE GOD. I just feel so sick when I see it and so thankful that I and my husband was rescued. Still growing in the truth. It's so hard to find a solid church.

This is such a greatly needed teaching. Thank you.

Being raised in the deception of pentacostalism, I was even told that we test the spirits by our feelings, until I was loosed from that deceptive trap, I really thought I was so gifted in discernment, (as most of my family, still do ) because I "felt" so much, but when I came into the knowledge of His true Holiness, I realize, we believe through FAITH, not of Feelings, I wish my family who still swim in that would just answer my questions , (which they never give me scripture when I did get to ask, when they used to talk to me) But my question would be, If you Never "felt" the spirit again, if you never fell out in the spirit again, if you never felt so connected to a song, would you still believe? Sometimes Gods ways are hard to accept, so I pray for the Lord to help me accept His ways, even if I don't like it, but in searching myself, I find that my own experiences, were Not Biblical, so my question to you, Is this spirit they feel, of the enemy? And do I disregaurd my experiences? Thank you, I have been following you since I seen American Gospel, thank you for your obedience to our Heavenly Father, and the Holy Trinity!

so clear, Costi!🔥

A great episode, thank you Costi.

So excited about this!!!

Thank you. I love the way you teach

Grateful for you Costi... Can't wait to read the book! Thank you for your faithful ministry.

I really appreciate what you have presented here and I found it very interesting - very coherent and well referenced. Looking forward to the following podcasts. Thank you.

Amen brother great discernment I’m blessed that he gives you a gift to teach , preach and discern this mess others teach correctly dividing the word of God as we should . Grace and peace.

thank you for this teaching - looking forward to the series. Thank you Pastor Hinn

Thank you!

Thank you Costi! This was refreshing to hear! 😊

Wow - I can't even tell you how excited I am for this series! Thank you Costi!

Thank you and God bless you...

Praise God!!! I've been waiting some 40 plus years to hear this! Thank you, Costi! Subscribed on this video. So glad I caught the first one. I hope to see them all.

Thank you, Costi Hinn. There is nothing like the Truth 😊❤

So thankful for your teaching brother Costi. I have your book on preorder, can’t wait!

Awesome message!!!!

Soli Deo Gloria Thank you brother

Thank you Costi - much needed teaching yes but the comfort that understanding provides once clearly understood means the soul is being nourished in the warfare of today

Thank you, brother Hinn. I truly appreciate your conviction, and I'm extremely grateful to God that He imparted His Holy Spirit to you and pulled you out of the pit. I have a few friends who've gone under the wheel at Bethel, and it absolutely breaks my heart.

I’m so happy that God saved you out of the prosperity gospel, so not only is HE allowing you to expose all that FALSE , but also to preach the TRUTH . You are an amazing awesome man of God and I will continue to pray for your uncle because I know you love him and obviously also because we are to pray for everyone especially those in leadership because we know they will be judged more strictly Love u Pastor Hinn and you have a Beautiful wife and beautiful children, you’re truly Blessed🙏🏼✝️

Very hard for me to watch these clips. Breaks my heart and makes me very uncomfortable. Looking forward to the series though! Glory be to God.

I have been blessed and privileged enough to be under teaching on the Holy Spirit for the vast majority of my life where it was emphasize that He is not to be taken lightly, He is to be revered, obeyed and loved. He is not a side show or used as a means of being silly or drawing attention to ourselves. He is HOLY and should be seen as such!

Wow… so good!

Needed this Costi. I pray and thank God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit.... Im so peaceful and happy, and still praying to stop my Apostle Peter's big mouth 😒 Im getting there. 😊 When i see this blasphemy from these people, i see nothing but a meeting run by Satan with multitudes BLASPHEMING THE HOLY SPIRIT. Its evil, and using Him to gain filthy lucre and lose millions to eternal DAMNATION. 😢... praying these people see through this before its too late and they lose their souls... 😭

When I relocated to coolgardie in my I did a huge review of my theology . Costis books were essential reading

Good word

Yes the charismatic churches remind me so much of the Corinthian church Super spiritual but still very disorderly and babies when it comes to the truth of Scripture

Thank you so much for this Costi, keep teaching the true word of God.

Scary what these false teachers are doing!!! Beyond words.

My husband and I left a church that believed Jesus was in modes one time God and then turned into the Holy Spirit. If they believe that that way they unsaved and not going to Heaven? Our focus of our faith has to be on Jesus Christ and Him Crucified! The Holy Spirit will only work in those perimeters.

Thank you, brother Costi, for the timely video on such an important topic! Watching these fragments from Bethel and H. Baker made my stomach hurt 😞, as I’ve been into this madness for 7 years. Thanks God for His saving grace! But I still have one unanswered question regarding the baptism in the Holy Spirit, pointed out by apostle Paul in Acts 19:1-7. There are many people in the churches, who confesses to believe in Jesus, but have no power in themselves to live a holy life, which comes only through the Holy Spirit, living in us. The disciples also needed the Holy Spirit, to be able to fulfil their calling. So, what is the practical implication of this in nowadays and how the churches, which are not charismatic or Pentecostal, suppose to do it? Thank you.

I don’t know when you started this RU-vid channel but you should have over 500K followers for sure, I pray that GOD will do just that 🙏🏼🙏🏼

That woman talking about "crowns upon crowns" was describing that scene from The Cat in The Hat Comes Back.

You are being very (perhaps too?) charitable Costi.

That clip from Baker was heartbreaking.

These chaotic behaviours is nothing but power of suggestion and hypnosis.

Where is anything even remotely like this taught in the Bible? This is why this type of "pastor" doesn't teach the Bible. If they taught the Bible people would know this isn't Christianity. It's so sad that these young people will end up being disillusioned and walk away from who they thought was God. I was raised in the AOG and they never taught anything like this.

A true Christian always has THE HOLY SPIRIT within you. Believe HE will guide you and protect you. COME LORD JESUS. Amen.❤

Father son and the holy Spirit they are all in one.

We are in the biblical end times. Get saved and rapture ready now!

He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. 🔥 HOLY BIBLE LUKE 3:16,17 🙌 ALLELUIA 🙌 A-men' 🌿

They have no self control 2 Corinthians.10:3-6 3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

Is is why I will never let anyone lay their hands on me that I am not for certain that they are Godly. Demons just use folks like these as tools

It’s important to bear in mind, when Jesus outlines the duties of the Spirit before He is given, he states that the Spirit is there to do three things: reprove the world of sin, the need for righteousness, of the coming Judgement (John 16:8). And only a few verses behind that in (3), he is said *not* to speak of Himself. The Charismatic movement is nothing short of *Ancient Montanism*

Even the thief on the cross knew Jesus was god. Isiah 43:10>11 kjv. Luke 23 :39>40 kjv ..

I think I got second hand trauma from those clips. The clip with that guy screaming and convulsing on the ground brought me to tears. So disgusting, I don’t know how people think that convulsing and screaming is from the holy spirit. I believe that the gifts can be present today, but the kind of stuff in these clips is just unhinged demonic behavior.

This why it’s important to read and study the Bible for yourself and don’t trust just anyone who calls themself a preacher. They can lead you wrong.

That shaking and convulsing you see is kundalini, based in Hinduism.

Love how Ms Baker said before she started that what she was going to say would sound a little weird…as I everything else she says does not 😐

I’ve seen this Heidi Baker clip before. Absolutely horrifying!

The Lord is the spirit 2 cor 3:17

1 Tim 4:1-5 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Anybody else notice the lady at 13:35 said crowns 6 times?

Will the book be at the G3 conference this year?

Costi thank you. Your teaching is an eye opening. Can you please tell me? I was planning to go to Israel on October 2 until .... I cannot remember the date will finish. It is related with Jerusalem House of prayer for All Nations. They are arranging a conference and one of the speaker is Heidi Baker. I don't know the other speakers. Can you please inquire about it? I don't want to be part of false teachings. Thank you so much.

19:10 RED FLAG! If I say God help me, that’s out to the TRIUNE GOD! That’s the Father , Son and HOLY SPIRIT, this guy literally discredited the TRIUNE GOD!

Why do people allow themselves to be decieved? I too was in charismatic movement but none of that happened to me and I was skeptic about it then left. Is this hypnosis going on?

Can you please tell me if the Holy Spirit can be called a mother? Based in we are born from the Spirit ... and other verses.

Jesus Jesus Jesus

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I've heard a pastor before he preaches, he calls/becons or seemingly conjuring up the Holy Spirit. Went so far to say, Jesus is here now 2x? Wouldn't they know that?

WHAT IS BLASPHEMY? The act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God. (Merriam-Webster) Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. (Matthew 12:31-32 ESV)

And yet,,, they keep a large audience. I feel sad for the people. They humanize The Almighty

Lol she needed notes!

Poor Holy Spirit. 😢

These clips are so much about some sort of mysticism instead of discerniment that comes from the Holy Spirit.

Yeah that impartation video snippet from Bethel was probably one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen in spiritually. As far as I'm concerned that church should be shut down

Bruh, that Mike Todd video was so disturbing, he literally said those stuff. Wow just sad.

It's hard to watch people mocking the Holy Spirit and attributing that nonsense to God.

Costi, would love to hear you on Chris Arnzen’s show, IRON SHARPENS IRON RADIO. It would be a great way to promote your book. 🍂🧡🍁

To fight Satan's evil spirits and demons. All this evil are fallen angels. GOD'S ARMOR AND THE HOLY SPIRIT is a must. You I are just a body. THE HOLY SPIRIT is the STRENGTH to defeat evil. THE HOLY SPIRIT gets all the credit and glory. Satan knows I fight his evil. Only JESUS CHRIST can defeat Satan. The unforgivable sin is disrespecting THE HOLY SPIRIT. Might be the 2nd Death and The Lake of Fire Forevermore. All is up to GOD ALMIGHTY and our my LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.

I heard a self proclaimed pastor calling the Holy Spirit "It", ugh.

One question i would love you to answer is, does the Holy spirit leave us when we sin? He lives in us and our bodys are the temple of the Lord, so if we have sinned in our bodies, can He still dwell there? Thank you

There is no record in the bible of Jesus or His Apostles or His disciples carrying on like that EVER!!! Thousands are following these cheesy hucksters right into hell. There's always a kernel of truth, as Jacob Prasch says, there's real cheese in every rat trap.

I can't fully understand if slandering other preachers is from God. Believers should read their bible so as not to be led astray by fault finding preachers. If all those so called 'prosperity gospels' are false prophets, why is it their ministries exists and keep going. Only God knows the condition of their hearts. God said do not judge. May God deal with you in that aspect. Only God can Judge.

Man, that Heidi Baker thing kind of turns my stomach.

It's kundalini!

Well that sounds like double talk. How do you be intimate?

These churches are hard to watch. Makes me very uncomfortable Demonic My sister is Pentecostal and believes this stuff. Wow