Defining Deception Quotes

“[The preacher] should open his mouth vigorously and confidently, to preach the truth that has been entrusted to him. He should not be silent or mumble but should testify without being frightened or bashful. He should speak out candidly without regarding or sparing anyone, let it strike whomever or whatever it will. It is a great hindrance to a preacher if he looks around and worries about what people like or do not like to hear, or what might make him unpopular or bring harm or danger upon him. As he stands high on a mountain in public place and looks around freely, so he should also speak freely and fear no one.[227]”
― Costi W. Hinn, Defining Deception: Freeing the Church from the Mystical-Miracle Movement

“True New Testament miracles always pointed to the person of Christ. Therefore, if the glory of God and the Good News of Christ aren’t clarified or enhanced by a supposedly extraordinary act, it isn’t a miracle of God.”
― Costi Hinn, Defining Deception: Freeing the Church from the Mystical-Miracle Movement

“The types of miracles that are being claimed today are absolutely nothing like New Testament miracles. In fact, the types of miracles today could be distinctly seen as different than New Testament miracles. Jesus and the apostles instantly and completely healed people born blind, a paralytic, a man with a withered arm. All obvious and indisputable miracles, even Jesus’ enemies didn’t challenge the reality of His miracles that He had the people there to verify them [sic]. He raised the dead, of course, as we well know. They never did a miracle that was slow, they never did a miracle that took time, and they never did a miracle that was less than permanent. By contrast, most modern miracles are partial, gradual, temporary, sometimes reversed, and impossible to verify.[23]”
― Costi W. Hinn, Defining Deception: Freeing the Church from the Mystical-Miracle Movement

“Sovereignty demands God’s eternal decree and continual providential work in, through, and unto His creation (Rom 11:36). This means that even when He’s not conducting miracles, the power of God’s word is providentially guiding all things to His perfectly determined end. In essence, God who works a miracle by stilling the sun in the sky, also works providentially by causing your tax refund to show up at just the right moment!”
― Costi W. Hinn, Defining Deception: Freeing the Church from the Mystical-Miracle Movement

“if we define everything as a miracle we lose the ability to recognize when a real miracle takes place.”
― Costi W. Hinn, Defining Deception: Freeing the Church from the Mystical-Miracle Movement

“Martin Luther likewise said, “An upright shepherd and minister must improve his flock by edification, and also resist and defend it; otherwise, if resisting be absent, the wolf devours the sheep.”[”
― Costi W. Hinn, Defining Deception: Freeing the Church from the Mystical-Miracle Movement