Friends, don’t be fooled by her supposed baptism or her supposed stances. If you are going to vote for her based on religious reasons, then you need to understand fully what that means. Tell me, would you vote for Todd Bentley?
US Elections – Times Online – WBLG: Palin linked electoral success to prayer of Kenyan witchhunter.
The pastor whose prayer Sarah Palin says helped her to become governor of Alaska founded his ministry with a witchhunt against a Kenyan woman who he accused of causing car accidents through demonic spells.
At a speech at the Wasilla Assembly of God on June 8 this year, Mrs Palin described how Thomas Muthee had laid his hands on her when he visited the church as a guest preacher in late 2005, prior to her successful gubernatorial bid.
In video footage of the speech, she is seen saying: “As I was mayor and Pastor Muthee was here and he was praying over me, and you know how he speaks and he’s so bold. And he was praying “Lord make a way, Lord make a way.”
“And I’m thinking, this guy’s really bold, he doesn’t even know what I’m going to do, he doesn’t know what my plans are. And he’s praying not “oh Lord if it be your will may she become governor,” no, he just prayed for it. He said “Lord make a way and let her do this next step. And that’s exactly what happened.”
She then adds: “So, again, very very powerful, coming from this church,” before the presiding pastor comments on the “prophetic power” of the event.
An African evangelist, Pastor Muthee has given guest sermons at the Wasilla Assembly of God on at least 10 occasions in his role as the founder of the Word of Faith Church, also known as the Prayer Cave.
Pastor Muthee founded the Prayer Cave in 1989 in Kiambu, Kenya after “God spoke” to him and his late wife Margaret and called him to the country, according to the church’s website.
The pastor speaks of his offensive against a demonic presence in the town in a trailer for the evangelical video “Transformations”, made by Sentinel Group, a Christian research and information agency.
“We prayed, we fasted, the Lord showed us a spirit of witchcraft resting over the place,” Pastor Muthee says.
After the spirit was broken, the crime rate dropped to almost zero and there was “explosive church growth” while almost every bar in the town closed down, the video says.
The full Transformations video featuring Pastor Muthee’s story has recently been removed from YouTube but the rest of the story is detailed in a 1999 article in the Christian Science Monitor, as well as on numerous evangelical websites.
According to the Christian Science Monitor, six months of fervent prayer and research identified the source of the witchcraft as a local woman called Mama Jane, who ran a “divination” centre called the Emmanuel Clinic.
Her alleged involvement in fortune-telling and the fact that she lived near the site of a number of fatal car accidents led Pastor Muthee to publicly declare her a witch responsible for the town’s ills, and order her to offer her up her soul for salvation or leave Kiambu.
Says the Monitor, “Muthee held a crusade that “brought about 200 people to Christ”.” They set up round-the-clock prayer intercession in the basement of a grocery store and eventually, says the pastor “the demonic influence – the ‘principality’ over Kiambu –was broken”, and Mama Jane fled the town.
According to accounts of the witchhunt circulated on evangelical websites such as Prayer Links Ministries, after Pastor Muthee declared Mama Jane a witch, the townspeople became suspicious and began to turn on her, demanding that she be stoned. Public outrage eventually led the police to raid her home, where they fired gunshots, killing a pet python which they believed to be a demon.
After Mama Jane was questioned by police – and released – she decided it was time to leave town, the account says.
Pastor Muthee has frequently referred to this witchhunt in his sermons as an example of the power of “spiritual warfare”. In October 2005, he delivered ten sermons at the Wasilla Assembly of God, the audio of which was available on the church’s website until it was removed around the time Mrs Palin’s candidacy was announced. The blog Irregular Times has listings and screen grabs of the sermons.
It was during that these sermons that Mrs Palin, who was then preparing for her gubernatorial run, was anointed by Pastor Muthee. His intercession, she says, was “awesome”.
Her June 8 speech was to mark the graduation of students from the Wasilla Assembly of God’s Masters’ Commission, which, as Pastor Ed Kalins explains, believes Alaska will be the refuge for American evangelicals upon the coming “End of Days”. After her speech, Mrs Palin was presented with an honorary Masters’ Commission diploma.
Poppycock!!!!
Wow, what an answer. That really refutes everything. Thanks for clearing that one up.
As I have mentioned before, when I heard McCain chose a running mate, the Holy Ghost moved in me and caused me to pay close attention. I began to research who she is and the more I did, the more the Holy Ghost dealt with me. Thats enough for me, the enemy can dig all the dirt and us other events and misconstrue them as negative, but for me the Lord has spoken.
This may have some validity, obviously you thought so, but I can say by experience, I have dealt with some preachers in my time and made the best of it, and try not to go there again. We have missionaries out of our church in Africa and they have to deal with them as Africans, they have to operate to an extent in their culture. And beleive me, they cast out a lot of demons in the process. Witchcraft is rampant in Africa, it would figure this guy has had to deal with it.
Bro. Lanis, I will not dismiss you inspiration, but what if someone else, holy Spirit filled, felt the same inspiration, but to the negative?
Interesting question, it lends to another question. Is God fickle? You and I can answer that with no. Then, it would be down to who’s really in touch with God. I am in competition with no one, just allowing the Lord to lead me daily. I’m not the only one, I have talked to many, many saints that had their own experiences. Present day Esther was impressed on too many saints for it not to be God lead. We shall see, as God has daily control of everything going on, even our thoughts. I quit party affiliation years ago..have voted on people since.
Pentecost has never ended. When Jeses ascended to be with his Father, he sent us (believers in Jesus Christ) the Holy Spirit to dwell IN us to be our helper and counselor. A Christian’s struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Jesus cast our demons. He told believers that they would do the same and greater things that he did while here on earth. I think it is great that Sarah continues to seek God Almighty (the only living God), her creator, and has faith – for it is faith that pleases God and she knows it’s more important to please God than man.
Bro. Lanis, are you really comparing the United States of America with God’s people, the Church? If you say that she is an Esther or a Deborah, then you have to remember that they led God’s people. Are Americans God’s people? Would He chose one who has beliefs such as her to do so?
No, the U.S. contains God’s people or a portion. I can only give you what I recieved and heard of others as well. Can I tell you the mind of God? Do you or I really know what she believes? Or where God may make changes in her life in order to bring about His will? Moses was an unlikely choice, many others were unlikely, and everyone of them had sinned before, and some after being called. But, God brought them around and they led as He led.
I simply can’t judge who God should or should not choose, but if He moves on me and gives me witness, then thats all I need.
A slight correction on Esther leading, she did not lead, she intervened and sought favor of the king and saved the lives of the Jews. Being in the right place for one reason was her calling. Who knows why things are shaping up as they are.
I typically like the information you give, but this is a reach. Since when is it a bad thing that 1.) a pastor brings people together to pray 2.) they corporately agree something is a problem in their community 3.) a fortune teller and spiritist (aka a witch) is driven out of their community? The results show improvement, such as less crime. That isn’t Biblical?
Witch hunts in Salem or in modern day America are a bit different than in Africa where witchcraft is prevalent. I understand that there are wack-job “believers” in the Western culture, but African nations are still dealing with cultures that are a lot closer to the New Testament than where we live. I seem to recall a similar account of this…where was that??? Oh, in the book of Acts. Paul, slave girl, fortune telling. I’m sure you will argue that a spirit left the slave girl, and this woman was “run out of town”. Well, Jesus is preached, and people are saved. It’s not Todd Bentley…no angels, no Bam, no shaking. Just an African preacher who prayed with a woman who respnded for prayer.
You often trash folks for making the Bible say what they need it to in orde to validate their ideas. I agree with most allof what you say, but in this report I think you are reaching quite a bit. in fact, I would say you are doing with this story exactly what you complain about others doing. Muthee is not “Bentley-ite”, and I think this particular story is sensationalized. Keep it real, bro. I like your stuff, but this is just silly.
Jason,
Your points, 1 and 2 are fine. No one should be saying otherwise. The only community where we should be concerned about false religion is the Church. Nothing else. Should we run out the Muslims? The Baptists (tongue-in-cheek here)? The Catholics?
I don’t ‘trash’ folks; I point out the errors and remind them that their is no private interpretation.
This is not my article, but one that I felt relevant to the discussion. Would you have had a problem with me posting on on Jeremiah Wright and Liberation Theology?