Daniel Gelyana: Only Benny Hinn Makes Jesus Real
by Bud Press, Director
Christian Research Service
August 20, 2010
One of the earmarks of a cult is an elitist mentality and exclusivity. Cults believe they are superior in knowledge and that their "god" and "doctrine" is the only way. They use cultic jargon to explain why their way is better, but if you refuse their way, upon death you either POOF out of existence, die and reincarnate as a bug, or spend time in purgatory to get your attitude and mind straightened out.
At the center of every cult is the cult leader, the dictator, the perfectionist, the all-seeing and all-knowing revelator, whose words are viewed as above and beyond those of ordinary man, and whose teachings are not to be spoken against or questioned.
Behind the scenes, the cult leader is the master programmer, who is skilled in the art of conditioning his followers' minds, and rewiring their thought processes into a confused mass of pudding.
Those who dare speak a "negative word" against the cult leader are immediately condemned as troublemakers and agents of Satan, and are thereby shunned and ridiculed, or altogether banished as outcasts to wander the earth to in ignorance and utter darkness.
To question the cult leader is to question the very "god" the cult worships.
Cult leaders, and their followers, drive a wedge between the closest of friends and loving families. The cult leader, his followers, and their cultic "god" are all one needs to exist and survive the doom and gloom of the outside world.
Within every cult there exists a specific jargon (words and sayings that are designed to fit their beliefs and deceive the innocent), which they say is received through "divine revelation" from their cultic "god."
Without exception, cultic jargon downplays or denies the God of the Bible, and elevates the cult leader and his "god" to primary status. Taken further, cultic jargon preaches a counterfeit gospel, worships a counterfeit "Jesus," and twists Biblical passages out of context to mean the opposite of their original meaning.
At times, cultic jargon slithers in when we least expect it, and from people who claim to be Christians in the truest sense.
Benny on the brain
In a YouTube video titled, Benny Hinn-Spiritual Attacks of the Devil, Benny Hinn introduces his future son-in-law, Daniel Gelyana, and compliments him on the work he did during the March 2010 crusade in Phoenix, Arizona
Manasseh Jordan, and Benny Hinn's two daughters, Eleasha Hinn and Natasha Hinn also appeared in the video.
Beginning at 4:15 into the video, Benny Hinn says he is confident that Natasha and Daniel will get married, then hands the microphone over to Daniel, who informs the viewer that Jesus is real, but only by way of Benny Hinn:
One thing I realized tonight, when you look around, who out there is making Jesus real? I don't see anybody. [Looking at Benny Hinn, Daniel states] And when you stand up there, you turn everyone, you, you have everyone turn their attention on the Lord and Jesus becomes real. And that doesn't happen anywhere that I know.
Everywhere I go something else is real. But when we come to these meetings, Jesus is real. So, anyone who's listening to the sound of my voice, right now, if you don't support this ministry, I don't know what's going through your head because, no one else out there is making the Lord as real as I've seen you do that.
At this point, Benny Hinn interrupts and states, "You know, I've never heard you talk before like this. He is very good. Go ahead."
Daniel Gelyana replies with, "So, right now we just bless you in Jesus' name," but Benny Hinn interrupts again, stating, "Wait! Say a little more! I like what I'm hearing right now!"
Daniel continues, stating:
Ah, okay. Well, yeah, that's, that's what it is. It's, it's the Lord Jesus becoming real. He's being welcomed. He's being freed to move as He pleases, and His will is being done in these meetings.
Moments later, Daniel looks into the camera and states:
So the Lord is good. And, and when you support this ministry, when
you support the man of God, what happens is you're supporting the work of Jesus, and He's becoming real.
And Benny Hinn grinned from ear-to-ear.
It is blatantly obvious that Daniel Gelyana hasn't taken the time to obey the commands of Scripture and test his future father-in-law's teachings with the word of God (1 Thessalonians 5:21), nor has he tried the spirits that Benny Hinn operates under (1 John 4:1).
For Gelyana to say that Benny Hinn is the only one who makes Jesus real demonstrates an elitist mentality and exclusivity, and pushes aside solid, Bible-based pastors who proclaim the real Jesus and gospel from pulpits worldwide.
Furthermore, Gelyana's saying that only Benny Hinn makes Jesus real pushes aside Hinn's friends and collegues in the Word of Faith movement, such as Kenneth Copeland, Morris Cerullo, Creflo Dollar, Jesse Duplantis, Paul Crouch, Mike Murdock, Kim Clement, Reinhard Bonnke, Manasseh Jordan, John Hagee, E. Bernard Jordan, Clarence McClendon, Ronn Haus, Henry Hinn, T.D. Jakes, the late Oral Roberts, and more.
Like untold thousands across the world, Daniel Gelyana suffers from an acute case of Benny-on-the-brain. His jargon is dangerous at best and cultic at worst.
Benny Hinn bears the marks of a cult leader. The sooner his followers realize it, the sooner they will be free to accept the words and life-giving freedom of the One whose Name is above and beyond every name--Jesus Christ.
I love those who love me; and those who diligently seek me will find me (Proverbs 8:17).
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