Paul Cain to appear with Todd Bentley at Tiger Town/ Joker Marchant Stadium

Last night (3rd May) according to another blog, Todd Bentley announced that ‘prophet’ Paul Cain was coming to speak at his meetings at Lakeland. Todd Bentley bought him a ticket and had him flown in so that he could speak about a prophetic word he gave in the past about healing revivals filling stadiums (the Joel’s Army prophecies that is, so Todd Bentley paid for a disgraced false prophet to validate his false revival). [Talk about perfect timing of releasing the prophecy on this site about Paul Cain, and the article by Debrorah on the New Breed]. Paul Cain is the prophet who ‘prophet’ Bob Jones declares to be the most accurate prophet to walk this earth. The late Vineyard leader John Wimber was so enraptured, bewitched, fooled even (as he later admitted when it was far too late to stop the damage) by Paul Cain – as he was by Bob Jones and other associated Kansas City Prophets – to literally millions of people’s costs - that Wimber introduced Cain in the 1990 Equipping the Saints  UK promotional tour (which I attended part of) as “the best wine for last”.  (When warned that Kansas City Prophet Bob Jones was immoral, John Wimber retorted “We know, that is why we only let him pray for leaders!”*)   R. T. Kendell of Westminister Chapel said of Paul Cain that he was ’his great and mighty conference partner’. [*source Jacob Prasch]

Paul Cain preaches Latter Rain and Joels’ Army heresies, and his history links him to heretic and false prophet of the Latter Rain William Branham. Paul Cain claims to have Branham’s ministering angels helping him – which is something Todd Bentley and Paul Cain have in common other than the spiritually dark New Apostolic Reformation, Kansas City Prophets and the Latter Rain covering over both of them.

The fact that Paul Cain is coming to speak at Lakeland double underlines all my concerns about this much hyped Florida Outpouring ’revival’ and its true  spiritual identity.  For a long time, Paul Cain was my prophetic hero. Until I actually asked God about him, that is. See this post here as to why I am concerned about Paul Cain and his ministry. http://endtimespropheticwords.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/a-prophetic-vision-of-prophet-paul-cain/

There is also some more information on Paul Cain here http://www.apologeticsindex.org/c06.html

Apart from being responsible for promoting the Joel’s Army heresy and the blasphemous Manifest Sons of God doctrine  and other Latter Rain heresies, Paul Cain is a well documented liar.

‘Liar’ and ‘prophet’ sadly do not go well together, as how can one believe a supposed mouthpiece of God who deliberately and consistently testified to the opposite of the truth over many years – and we are talking about more than false theology here. For years, Paul Cain had testified as part of his self righteous and doctrinally erroneous ’legend’ for setting himself up as a holy man and great prophet, that God/an angel had completely taken his sexual feelings away so he could live a life of celibacy -  but then it is revealed, actually not only had he been involved “with a woman I think in Scandinavia.” (source: John Wimber), but he was in long term homosexual behaviour even while he was falsely testifying he had no sexual feelings. (See Charisma Article below). And what is more, even when caught out by one  of his lovers reporting on him, Paul Cain still publicly lied, several times, before eventually confessing up.

For reference, for those who have not heard it, the well-repeated legend goes that in the 1950s Paul Cain was driving home from San Francisco after visiting his fiancee. Suddenly the Lord awesomely appeared beside him in the front seat of his vehicle.  ‘What do you think of the engagement, Lord?’ he asked. The Lord apparently just looked at him kindly. ‘But what do you really think about it? You don’t seem very pleased. Don’t you want me to be married?’ The Lord looked at him again and repeated softly, ‘I walked alone. ”Lord,’ said Paul, ‘if you don’t want me to be married I am willing to give up the idea but you will have to do something about my feelings.’  The Lord replied by simply placing his hand upon him. To Paul it felt as though fire passed right through his body. From that day to this, he said, he had never experienced any further sexual desire. That was Paul’s initiation into celibacy.” (from the book on the Kansas City Prophets, Some Said it Thundered  by Bishop David Pytches)

John Wimber also said of Paul Cain that Jesus, “physically touched him on the chest sometime later the lord visited him and touched him again and took all sexual desire out of his body… for over 40 years he’s lived with no cognizant sense of sexuality.” 

This revelation in itself, according to the plumbline we test every prophet or teacher by – the Bible - is a doctrine of demons (even if it had not been proved to be untrue.)  “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry.”   (1 Tim 4:1-3)  

Paul Cain saying the Lord told him this, and that He was jealous of his fiancee etc, should be a huge red flag waving a warning to anyone to guard and scrutinise anything and everything coming from the mouth of this so-called ’prophet’ so revered by the new breed of apostles and prophets. For if this encounter in this legend is true - (and it may not be true as people on the Christian circuit do  invent legends about stars or angels or other supernatural events in their lives – some even at or before their birth – in a bid to outdo William Branham’s legend which equally could be lies – yes shock, horror, some Christians lie!), then Paul Cain’s Lord is shown not to be the God of the Bible, and Paul Cain’s testimony indicates that he converses with demons he thinks to be the Lord Jesus and he prophesies for demons the doctrines of demons while claiming them to be from the Lord. [This is proven if weighing up Joels' Army against scripture, Joel's Army is shown to be antichrist]. And if the legend is not true, and it is just invented to set the stage, then this indicates intentional duplicity and charlatanism and lack of sincerity. It shows a false prophet and false teacher of the worse kind, not one who is sincere and well meaning but cold and callous and brazen. Certainly not the character of a man you should let speak to any Christian, far less prophesy to any church meeting or conference! [And how can it be true anyway when it was shown to be false by his sexual feelings evidently not being taken away, and worse perverse and unnatural ones, according to Romans 1, being in their place].

But the legend as well as being unnecessary and unscriptural is untrue. See the article below from 2004. Cain was given ample time to repent by Jack Deere, Mike Bickle and Rick Joyner, but lied and claimed on his website that there people were out to get him and were lying. He eventually confessed and removed these claims from his site.

Prophetic Minister Paul Cain Issues Public Apology for Immoral Lifestyle  http://www.charismamag.com/display.php?id=10627

After three ministers disfellowshiped Cain in October, he admitted to the charges and asked Christians to forgive him.

Veteran charismatic minister Paul Cain issued a solemn apology on Jan. 31 in which he repented for immoral behavior and pledged to seek counseling for his alcoholism.  Celebrated in charismatic circles for his accuracy as a New Testament prophet, Cain was disciplined and disfellowshiped by three church leaders last fall after they determined he had engaged in a pattern of unbiblical behavior that included heavy drinking and homosexuality.

Rick Joyner, Mike Bickle and Jack Deere released their charges Oct. 19 in a statement on the Internet. They also said Cain was unwilling to submit to a restoration process.

Cain initially denied the charges in a statement on his own Web site, maintaining that his reputation was being attacked. But three months later he decided to come clean.

“I am as guilty as I can be,” he told Charisma. “I am going for counseling. I am getting as much help as I can.”

Joyner, Bickle and Deere made their initial charges public because they found proof that Cain was involved in long-term homosexual activity and often got drunk, sometimes in public.

“We apologize to the body of Christ for our lack of discernment in promoting Paul’s ministry while he had these significant strongholds in his life,” their statement reads. “We hope that Paul can yet be restored and used again for the glory of God in the wonderful way that so many of us have been blessed to see in the past.”

Deere, who pastors Wellspring Church in Richland Hills, Texas, learned of the charges last year from a man who said he had been involved in a sexual relationship with Cain. Three witnesses also told Charisma that Cain drank heavily. The drinking got so serious that Cain once collapsed in public, one witness added.

Deere asked Joyner and Bickle to arrange a meeting in Moravian Falls, N.C., where they confronted Cain in April 2004. He initially confessed to the charges, Deere said. But later Cain retracted his confession and even sent out letters from doctors who vouched for his emotional health.

Now, however, Cain says he is no longer in denial.

“I have struggled with homosexuality for an extended period of time,” Cain said in his written apology. “I have struggled with alcoholism for an extended period of time. I apologize for denying these matters of truth, rather than readily admitting them. I am ashamed of what I have done to hurt those close to me and for the pain I have caused those who have believed in my ministry.”

Cain’s accuser, who spoke with Charisma but asked not to be named, is now undergoing spiritual rehabilitation. Meanwhile, Cain–who is 75– says he has no intention of going back into the pulpit anytime soon.

“I plan to take a low profile,” Cain said. “I promise to seek immediate help for my problems and submit to leaders in the body of Christ who will supervise my restoration.”

Cain has enlisted Korean pastor Daniel Kim of Destiny Training International in El Monte, Calif., to help him. Kim, who describes Cain as a “fallen general,” says he will serve on a committee of leaders who will oversee Cain’s restoration process.

“When a man of [Cain's] stature falls, there is often no support,” Kim told Charisma. “How we restore this man in mercy could end up being a lesson for the body of Christ.”

Kim said he believes Cain is also a “victim” in this tragedy because Christians sometimes idolize ministers and expect them to be super-human. “He had inner struggles and no one to confide in,” Kim said.

Meanwhile, Deere, Bickle and Joyner said they regret giving Cain a platform. “I think our basic mistake was to overlook a lot of serious and obvious warning signs,” Joyner told Charisma.

Deere agreed. “We all have preached that you never put gifting over character,” he said, “but that is what we did for Paul. We would have fired anyone else. The reason we didn’t is because of [Cain's] gifting. We let that gifting excuse character.”

Cain launched his ministry at age 18 during the Pentecostal healing revival of the 1940s and 1950s. But he vanished from the scene for more than 25 years, then re-emerged in the late 1980s when Bickle promoted Cain’s ministry at his Metro Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Kansas City, Mo.

Today Cain has homes in Kansas City, Dallas and Moravian Falls, N.C. But he says he plans to check into an alcoholism treatment center by the first week of March. If possible, he also hopes to complete a book he is writing, The Rise and Fall of God’s Anointed, which will include his memories of Pentecostal evangelists such as William Branham and A.A. Allen–men who, like Cain, experienced supernatural gifts of healing and prophecy.

“I never expected that I would be one of those fallen ones,” Cain said.”

His attempted restoration, just like Bob Jones and the others, was all too quick. Just one year. According to the following paragraphs of the “restoration” letter, it would seem that the deciding factor on his restoration was his income.

 
“He is 77 years old and has known only ministry as a source of income. During the restoration process, he has drained most of his assets and needs to be able to work. Though he has been able to pay for much of his care, individuals on the team have paid a large portion of the tab. While Paul Cain Ministries had some money in the bank account, Paul does not. He does not personally own the property in Kansas City.”
 
Those who would seek to block legitimate efforts for supervised self-employment need to realize that Paul is protected by law as well as by RTV Ministries to proceed with its agreed-upon process of restoration.
 
He is released to travel in ministry only in the full-time care of a traveling companion who is married, is more than 40 years old, is a licensed RTV minister or a part of the restoration team, and is responsible to update the team to Paul’s progress and needs on a regular basis.’ (from Cain’s website)

So what how old he is, or how much money he has or has not? Surely, even if a Christian minister had never publicly disgraced himself, finance or the lack of it should never be the motivator for any move into ministry anyway, far less as a prophet for hire!

The issue here is not just about Paul Cain’s morality, it is about his false prophecy, false teaching and heresy which has NEVER been repented of. He should never therefore be given platform in any church. In February 2007, although already released into ministry for some time before, Cain was publically accepted and welcomed back by many key players in the charismatic movement. Fifty nine years to the day from the inception of the Latter Rain movement in 1948, Paul Cain was welcomed at the Quantum Glory conference. Signs and wonders there included ‘angels feathers’ and gold dust courtesy of the ministry of Joshua Mills. Cal Pierce, an apostle from the Northwest, gave Paul a father’s blessing and prophesied that Paul’s greatest days of ministry were ahead of him and that he would have many spiritual sons and daughters. Michael Tyrrell and Snawn Bolz also had words basically saying it was time for him to get back into ministry…and wait, there was a new angel assigned to Paul Cain’s ministry. (from http://www.mountainofworship.com/karibrowningword.htm - note the ‘An army of radical revolutionaries are arising. I believe that God is about to change the understanding and expression of Christianity in our generation. The appointed time has come.’ which I will go more into in another article on Joel’s Army and the rise of dominionism).

Like I have said before, the fact Paul Cain is now with Todd Bentley really does say it all.