BOOKS THAT RUIN THE SOUL

By Akin Ojumu

May I have your attention please. May I have your attention please. This is a spiritual emergency being reported. It’s a five-alarm fire signal that I’m sending to everyone in my orbit whose soul I care about deeply.

The books you see in this picture are samples of literature, supposedly “Christian,” that are extremely toxic to the human soul. These books are authored by people who are directly or indirectly influenced by the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and the destructive heresies and doctrines of demons propagated by this dangerous movement.

If you read any of these books, you run the risk of exposing yourself to the following egregious false beliefs and practices. Now, this list is not exhaustive, it is but a sample of evil contained in such NAR books.

OFFICES OF MODERN-DAY APOSTLES AND PROPHETS RESTORED

One of the most atrocious errors of the NAR is the belief that God has restored the offices of the apostles and prophets. Even though Christianity has grown and thrived without these offices for 2,000 years, it’s as though it suddenly occurred to God that apostles and prophets have to be reinstated back to the Church.

In the NAR warped ideology, people who occupy the offices of apostle and prophet have governing authorities equal to the original First Century Apostles. These modern-day apostles and prophets are required to take over governance of the churches globally, otherwise God’s end-time plans will be hindered, and the return of Christ runs the risk of being jeopardized. Churches and Christians that fail to submit to a NAR apostle is an open rebellion against God Almighty. 

DIRECT DOWNLOAD FROM ON HIGH

The apostles and prophets of the NAR are believed to routinely receive new revelation from Heaven. These “fresh revelations,” aka “new truths” or “present truths” are essential in order to predict, interpret, and understand contemporary events. NAR heretics claim that God cannot act without revealing His plans to the apostles and prophets. To support this view, they cite the Book of Amos.

Amos 3:7

“For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.”

Much more than being read into God’s Top Secrets is the fact that before God can do anything on earth, He must obtain the permission of the NAR apostles and prophets. God requires a legal license without which He cannot operate in the world that He created. Myles Munroe, the late heretic from the Bahamas, described this permission as “Earthly License for Heavenly Interference.”

APOSTLES AND PROPHETS ARE ALLOWED TO GET PROPHETIC UTTERANCES WRONG

Unlike the Prophets of the Old Testament and the original Apostles of the New Testament, it is perfectly acceptable for the apostles and prophets of the NAR to get their prophecies and revelations wrong. Getting 90 out of 100 prophecies wrong doesn’t make a false prophet or false apostle. 

NAR prophet Kris Vallotton, Senior Associate Leader at Bethel Church, Redding, California, sums up succinctly the hit-and-miss nature of the prophecies of the NAR apostolic leadership:

“There is a difference between a bad prophetic word and a false prophet. You can get the word wrong and not be a false prophet. Because you give words that aren’t completely accurate doesn’t mean you are a false prophet. It just means that you have prophetic words that need help. I can tell you that there are people who have been wrong for thirty years. I’m not saying they are false prophets, I’m just saying that they are bad ones. There is a difference between a bad prophet and a bad prophet. False prophet has an evil heart. A bad prophet just gets everything wrong. I don’t know a prophet that gets everything right. I don’t know a prophet that gets everything right. But you ought…you know…fifty-one percent would be nice, because you could guess better than that.”

GREATER WORKS THAN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

NAR proponents believe that, under the leadership of apostles and prophets, the end-time church will perform miracles, signs, and wonders that are unprecedented in terms of their grandeur and frequency. New truths will be revealed by the new apostles and prophets that are crucial to “activating” miraculous gifts among individuals. Followers of apostles and prophets will grow in miraculous gifting until they “loose” God’s judgments on earth.

MIRACLES ARE THE NORM, NOT THE EXCEPTION

NAR believe that miracles, signs, and wonders are supposed to be a normative phenomenon in the experience of Christians. Supernatural events are supposed to be occurring on a regular basis in the local churches. In this perverse worldview, the life of the average Christian ought to be naturally supernatural.”

SEVEN MOUNTAIN MANDATE

The apostles and prophets of the NAR are vehemently convinced that God has given them the mandate to possess the seven spheres of influence in the society. Known as the Seven Mountain Mandate or Seven Mountain of Dominion, these apostles and prophets are charged to take control of the seven most influential societal institutions, called “mountains.” These mountains, which are currently dominated by secular humanists and atheists, include government, media, family, business, education, church and the arts. 

THE GREAT WEALTH TRANSFER

NAR are looking forward to the imminent transfer of wealth from unbelieving people to the church. This will likely occur as soon as they take possession of the seven mountains of dominion. When this occurs, the church will control the world’s economy. In this scenario, NAR apostles and prophets will be running the boardrooms of the largest corporations in the world.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE

According to NAR leaders, the way to advance God’s kingdom is not just through the historical means of evangelism and world missions. Rather it’s through the implementation of divine strategies that have been revealed by God to the NAR apostles and prophets. Some of the revealed strategies include strategic-level spiritual warfare wherein powerful evil spirits that are believed to rule specific geographical regions, cultural groups and societal institutions are confronted (Source: Advent Christian General Conference).

UNITY IS IN THE APOSTOLIC LEADERS NOT IN DOCTRINES

In the opinion of NAR apostles and prophets, the foundation of the unity of the church is formed by the teachings of the apostolic leaders, and not the doctrines of Scriptures as taught by the Lord Jesus and the original Apostles. Unity is forged when the church submits to the apostolic and prophetic declarations of the NAR apostles and prophets and not when the church submits to the authority of the written Word of God.

YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN REALITIES BY YOUR SPOKEN WORD

NAR believe in the power of spoken words. They teach that you can speak what you want into existence because your words have creative power to produce what you proclaim. Who needs a God when you can create what you want with your words?

IF YOU ARE NOT HEALED, IT’S YOUR FAULT

NAR believe that it is always God’s will to heal the sick. The reason you are not healed is because of your lack of faith or the presence of sin in your life.

In addition to all of the above beliefs and teachings, the books you see in this picture and several others like them will indoctrinate you into unbiblical practices such as activation of spiritual gifts, impartation or transference of miraculous gifts from the NAR apostles and prophets through the laying on of hands. 

By consuming the contents of these books, you are going to imbibe blasphemous habits such as issuing decrees and making declarations when you pray instead of a humble petition to God and asking Him what you need.

These books will create the permission structure for you to believe that practices such as SOZO sessions, fire tunnels, grave sucking or grave soaking, soaking worship or soaking prayer, dream interpretation, angelic encounters are authentic biblical conducts.

So, who are these NAR modern-day apostles and prophets? The following are some of their most influential leaders.

C. Peter Wagner – C. Peter “the Dangerous GrandFather of the NAR Heretic Movement Wagner.” Global Harvest Ministries

Bill Johnson – Bill “the Apostle of New Age Mysticism and Advocate of Grave Sucking” Johnson. Bethel Church, Redding, California

Kris Vallotton – Kris “the Shameless Advocate of Cover-up Culture” Vallotton. Bethel Church, Redding, California

Lance Wallnau – Lance “the Money-Grubbing Huckster of the Seven Mountains of Dominion” Wallnau. Lance Learning Group

Ché Ahn – Ché “the Protector of False Prophets” Ahn. Harvest International Ministries

John and Carol Arnott – John and Carol “the Disciples of T.B. Joshua” Arnott. The Toronto Blessing

Randy Clark – Randy “the Apostle of Gaslighting and Obfuscation” Clark. Global Awakening

Rick Joyner – Rick “the Enabler and Protector of Sex Deviants” Joyner. MorningStar Ministries, South Carolina

Guillermo Maldonado – Guillermo “the Sell My Soul For a Pot of Porridge” Maldonado. El Rey Jesús, Miami, Florida

Chuck Pierce – Chuck “the Incoherent Prophet with Cockamamie Gobbledygook Prophecies” Pierce. Glory of Zion International

Dutch Sheets – Dutch “Is So Full of” Sheets Ministries

Brian Simmons – Brian “the Author of the Heretical Corruption of the Holy Bible” Simmons. The Passion Translation

James Goll – James “the I Went into the Realms of God’s Eternal Dwelling” Goll. God Encounters Ministries”

Heidi Baker – Heidi “the Drunk in the Unholy Spirit” Baker. Iris Global

Mike Bickle – Mike “the Groom them Young, Abuse them Later” Bickle. International House of Prayers, IHOP

Lou Engle – Lou “the Tree Blown by the Wind” Engle. TheCall

Cindy Jacobs – Cindy “the Ukraine War with Russia is Not Inevitable” Jacobs. Generals International

Jennifer Leclaire – Jennifer “the Binding the Octopus-Squid Spirit” Leclaire. Awakening House of Prayer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Paula White – Paula “the Amanda Aka Ata Raka Deda Baka Sanda Ata Ambo” White Ministries

Todd White – Todd “the Leg Lengthening Parlor Tricks” White. Lifestyle Ministries, Lifestyle University

Todd Bentley – Todd “the I Leave My for My Secretary Tattooed Prophet” Bentley. Lakeland Revival

Chris Reed – Chris “the iPad/iPhone/Social Media Mining Prophet” Reed. Jesus Revolution Church, South Carolina

Shawn Bolz – Shawn “the Sexual Deviant, iPad/iPhone/Smartphone/Social Media Mining/Google Prophet” Bolz Ministries

Patricia King – Patricia the “Opening Up the Heavenly Portals” King Ministries

The aforementioned names are just the tip of a deep heretic iceberg of the NAR. What these people teach as Gospel is damnable heresies. Their books are like a pit full of venomous snakes. Reading their books will bring you nothing but spiritual ruin. If you have such books in your possession, my advice to you is, burn them right now. 

What these NAR heretics promote in their writings are witchcraft, sorcery, omen, soothsaying, and all kinds of abominable practices that corrupt the soul. You will do well to mark and avoid them.

Deuteronomy 18:9-14

“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you. You shall be blameless before the Lord your God, for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do this.”