ABOUT JONATHAN CAHN:
I have personally known Pastor and Messianic Rabbi Jonathan Cahn for more than ten years. I have been both blessed and privileged to have had a front row seat to his teaching, and more specifically to the man himself.
Having been exposed to the various false teachings and pseudo-gospels that proliferate the mission field, our television sets, and the religious telemarketers on radio, and now cyberspace; being well-acquainted with the various false doctrines passing themselves off as God's Word, I've developed a nose for recognizing what is aberrant and unbiblical, both in practice and in teaching.
ABOUT THE MAN AND HIS DETRACTORS:
I can tell you with full assurance as one who has known Jonathan Cahn since 1998, and more closely in the last six years; every single charge and accusation – every single one against him, against his book, and against his teachings – is categorically wrong and Scripturally incorrect, and the methods used against him have been unbiblical I know this for a fact. In fact, I am willing to stake my life for it. I have never felt stronger about anything in my life.
WHAT HIS DETRACTORS SEEK EVIDENCED BY WHAT THEY'VE SAID AND WRITTEN ABOUT HIM:
These people seek to destroy the man, his credibility; his work, his ministry and calling in Christ, and the effectiveness of what God is warning this nation at this hour about; whereas Jonathan has not lifted a finger to reciprocate in like manner, but has continued his work and labor for the Lord in the Holy Spirit of God, and this itself bears witness unmistakably in my estimation of who is on the right side of this matter. Not just the facts – the facts, when properly examined and addressed in a biblical manner – bear his book The Harbinger out – but the conduct of the man contrasted to the conduct of his detractors.
WHY I WRITE AS I DO AND WHAT I SEEK WITH WHAT I WRITE
The aim of what I write and its content is for primarily for God's glory; to raise the Lord Jesus the Messiah up, to affirm the word He has given to our nation at this hour, to keep what has been entrusted to us as His servants, to fulfill God's calling on my life for this hour and beyond, and to add my voice to others calling the leaders of this nation, the people of this nation, and the people of God - Jew and Gentile - to repentance and revival in the name of Jesus the Messiah.
I seek to keep that which has been given to me as a gift from the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ - Yeshua ha Maschiach - the following words the Holy Spirit spoke through the Apostle Peter:
As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
(1Peter 4:10-11)
THE PURPOSE IF RECONCILIATION AND RESOLUTION
Therefore at the heart of what I do is to bring reconciliation between brethren with very different world views and theologies, but whom know the Lord, and to set the record straight about Jonathan.
I do not wish to destroy anyone's ministry, nor do I seek it; I seek to clarify and set the record straight, because much has been said and written about Jonathan Cahn and about his Best-selling book, The Harbinger.
I have no wish to hurt anyone, nor do I want to see any of my brethren on the other side of this controversy either to stumble in any way, nor do I wish to see anyone's faith or ministry ship-wrecked by this ordeal. My greatest desire is that when all has been said and done about The Harbinger, public apologies will be forthcoming to Jonathan and that there will reconciliation among the body of Christ.
THE PAINS OF LABOR BEFORE THE BIRTH OF RECONCILIATION
But before this can manifest itself, unfortunately the falsehoods must be excised by the truth, as one by one each charge; each accusation, each contention is properly addressed and biblically resolved not just to one party's satisfaction, but if the Lord wills; to everyone's satisfaction.
To this end, I have applied myself to this task in the Holy Spirit and in the truth of God's Word to address this matter and I will not rest until it is resolved and we can as fellow brethren of each other in the body of Christ and servants of His by God's calling, grace, and election; get the matter past us.
I have sought to do this here on my website, and via private correspondence in the recent past, sending responses to the various detractors of The Harbinger, and even to David James himself, but with very little results. I have sought to be an ambassador of goodwill, and as a fellow brother and servant of God in Christ to seek a resolution to the matter.
The criticisms of these people have been about the methods they've employed against other Christians and their ministries, and I have given example upon biblical example from God's Word as the Scriptural alternatives to their methods, but it has all fallen on deaf ears.
Again, I must reiterate; what I have done, I have done to bring resolution and not to put a stumbling block before anyone, or destroy anyone's faith, simply to tell the truth and nothing but the truth according to God's inerrant Word. I do not bring into question anyone's salvation, or faith in Jesus Christ - as some have done against Jonathan and against me - but to affirm the truth and correct the wrong done to this man and his ministry by these people.
I do not seek to discredit anyone's calling, or bring into question anyone's ministry or credentials, as some of these have done with Jonathan, nor do I wish anyone to be ship-wrecked as regards the faith; but to come out of this understanding that the year-long witch hunt conducted by The Berean Call under T.A. McMahon and David James whom they commissioned to write against it; will in the end, after examining everything, conclude that their obsessive attacks have been nothing but the product of a colossal misunderstanding on their part.
To this end, after all of my efforts to reach out by writing these responses to these people have all fallen on deaf ears; I am compelled to write a book, and maybe if the Lord wills, two books, definitively addressing all of the charges and accusations that have proliferated on cyberspace the last couple of months against The Harbinger and against Jonathan my friend whose walk and integrity and genuine faith I vouch for with my life. There are very few people I can speak of in this way. Jonathan is one most assuredly I am honored and humbled to know and call friend and fellow heir of Jesus Christ.
THE DESIRED OUTCOME OF ALL THIS
And if in the end public apologies are made by them to Jonathan and to his publisher, Charisma House, and the body of Christ is then restored to addressing the very real and very serious degeneration of our nation and its rapid decline; we may be able to join hands and pray to the God of heaven that He spare our land, forgive us our trespasses against Him and each other, and restore US to Himself and to one another in the unity and peace of the Holy Spirit of God.
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