DENNIS CRAMER in his "WORD FOR 2011
What exactly is meant by the phrase “at will”?...
“At will” means a believer makes a decision, on his own, to initiate
> or attempt to duplicate a particular sovereign, supernatural
> experience. The individual wants a particular supernatural
> experience to happen so badly, he will do anything, (within his
> power), to make it happen – to force it, to duplicate or copy it,
> whether or not it is God’s sovereign will. Rather, a believer should
> allow God to SOVEREIGNLY cause it to happen at His chosen
> time, as we see recorded in all similar bible examples.
>
> When a believer unwisely exercises his (soulish) human will,
> outside of or in conflict with the sovereign will of God, (anything
> contrary to the written word of God, the Bible), he is producing a
> seemingly supernatural (source unclear) experience, from his own
> will or “at will”. This is the meaning of “at will.” “At will” is self-will,
> and self-will can be sinful, and can lead to all kinds of spiritual deception
> and questionable practices.
>
> The question of supernatural sovereign experiences “at will”
>
> Do I believe in third heaven experiences? Absolutely, I do. The
> Bible supports such sovereign experiences as in the example of
> Paul in II Cor.12. Do I believe in being physically transported?
> Absolutely, I do! By a sovereign act of God, Phillip was physically
> transported (Acts 8) from one location to another. So if it’s in the
> Bible I believe it! I believe it all! Amen!
>
> However, there is a HUGE difference between God willing you to
> have a certain sovereign bible experience, (like Paul or Phillip) as
> opposed to you willing it, or trying to make it happen, to duplicate
> it through mere human effort or merely through the exercising of
> your human or soulish will, in other words, “at will.” These Bible
> experiences were 100% sovereign. They did not happen because
> these individuals willed them into existence or willed them to
> happen. God and God alone initiated them – He and He alone
> willed them. This is the very nature of a sovereign experience: God
> makes it happen when He wants, where he wants, and with whom
> He wants. Period! And they usually happened when the candidates
> or recipients least expected it. Why? Because these were
> sovereign events, not planned or initiated by man, but by God.
>
> When discussing a sovereign experience there is a big difference
> between initiating versus cooperating. God INITIATES all sovereign
> experiences, the believer COOPERATES with them. Mix the two,
> crisscross them, and this can lead to some real doctrinal
> confusion and counter-productive measures.
>
> It’s all about God’s sovereignty…
>
> The critical issue with operating in the supernatural is: who is
> initiating what or who is “willing” what? Teaching believers that by
> following certain steps, teachings, formulas, and/or merely
> exercising their own human wills, they can duplicate any sovereign
> supernatural experience is dangerous and unscriptural.
>
> One cannot go to heaven like Paul or be transported physically
> like Phillip simply because they want to, or because they feel like
> it, (at will). Teachings like this often cross over into dangerous
> methods and techniques that resemble new age, mysticism,
> spiritism or other occult manipulative practices. A believer cannot
> and must not force, manipulate, or otherwise attempt to reproduce
> a sovereign supernatural Bible experience by merely following a
> method, a series of steps, or worst of all “willing it” to happen.
>
> Whether we are discussing being translated in the spirit or
> transported physically, or any supernatural sovereign experience
> we read about in the Bible, the critical difference between whether
> it is God or not is who “willed” it to happen: Was it you or was it
> God? If you willed it to happen, it ceases to be a sovereign, God
> ordained, supernatural, Bible experience, and you risk
> experiencing a counterfeit.
>
> It Is Time To Dust Off Your Bible!...
>
> There is now wide-spread acceptance of “marginal to heretical”
> doctrines. Just 25 years ago individuals would have been thrown
> out of the church if caught teaching these heresies. How did this
> happen? Simply, we have become biblically ignorant. We have
> not been diligent to feed on the unadulterated Word of God. We
> are at best malnourished and in some cases starving to death.
> Biblical ignorance is on the increase in the church, even to
> epidemic levels! Like any form of “lack” created by ignorance
> which can lead to sickness, only the proper “intake” or in these
> cases, only proper biblical education can remedy it.
>
> “Warning: We live in an age of “anything goes” theology! The
> charismatic church is in big trouble!”...
>
> There is a growing trend towards some really bad doctrine out
> there. And we, the church, must put a stop to it! If we don’t, no
> one else will! The church must begin to police herself against
> unorthodox (false) teaching and bizarre practices. You must
> reacquaint yourself with the scriptures and know your Bible.
>
> “In 40 years of serving God, I have not heard so much bad doctrine
> preached from so-called ‘bible believing’ Christians – specifically
> charismatic Christians.”...
>
> We must pray for a “Berean Revival” in the church – a revival which
> returns us all to our roots – our roots in the Word of God. In the
> Bible, the original Bereans were believers who “searched the
> scriptures daily to find out whether these things be so”. There is a
> lot of doctrine currently in circulation in the charismatic church
> that is highly questionable – even heretical. Each believer must
> begin to “search the scriptures” for himself to discover whether
> what he is believing is biblical or not (Acts 17:11). Stop
> unequivocally trusting ministers and their pulpits to always and
> completely preach the truth – some do, some do not. You need
> to search and know the scriptures for yourself. If their teachings
> sound too good to be true – they very well may be! Know your
> bible... My prophetic word to all Pastors/ Teachers for 2011 is
> simple: “Preach the Word!” Know your bible.
>
> Some examples of current doctrine circulating in the church: You
> must believe me that I am NOT making this stuff up!
>
> DOCTRINES of CONCERN...
>
> • THIRD HEAVEN EXPERIENCES At WILL...
>
> • GOING TO HEAVEN AT WILL to GET YOUR GIFTS:... There
> is no biblical record of any believer having to go to heaven to get
> any gift. This is a totally unnecessary spiritual exercise. The three
> listings of gifts in Romans, I Cor., and Ephesians have all been in
> the church for over two thousand years. They are not in heaven, so
> why go there to get them? The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have
> each deposited Their respective gifts in the church here on earth.
> For 2000 years, Christians have been receiving here ON EARTH
> from this great deposit of gifts. “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be
> done, ON EARTH, as it is in heaven.” Amen!
>
> • CLOUD of WITNESSES / DEAD SAINTS: Teaches that
> Christians should expect the intervention of dead saints in our
> daily lives. This entire deception is based on a terribly
> irresponsible interpretation of a single obscure verse in Hebrews
> 12:1. We do not need dead saints intervening in our lives. We have
> Jesus as our Mediator, the ONLY mediator we need between God
> and man (I Tim.2:5) and He is not dead. He is alive! Necromancy,
> that is, communication with the dead, (any dead) is forbidden in
> scripture.
>
> • TRAVELING in TIME AT WILL: I have been unable to find this
> in the bible. Let alone doing it “at will.”
>
> • TRANSPORTING PHYSICALLY At WILL...
>
> • OVER EMPHASIS on ANGELS: Yes, they are real. But an
> angelic visitation is a rare and precious event. Most Christians will
> never have an encounter with one. And it is extremely unlikely that
> a Christian will be visited by an archangel. Michael and Gabriel
> were given specific, significant, world changing tasks in the
> scriptures. It is likely that they have more important things to do
> than to drop by your house for a visit!
>
> • GOING into TRANCES AT WILL...
>
> • TRANCE DANCING: I have been unable to find this in the bible...
>
> Seducing Spirits! (ITim.4:1-4) There has been loosed on the church
> for 2000 years a literal army of demons who sole task is to deceive
> the church! Unfortunately, these deceiving, seducing, spirits are
> enjoying some of their most successful efforts. Why? The average
> believer does not know his bible. The bible is absolute truth, forever
> settled in heaven. It is our sword of the Spirit – two edged and
> deadly. To be bible ignorant is to have no offensive weapon against
> our enemy Satan. Our ONLY defense against our enemy is a proven
> offense. And our proven offense against this hoard of demons is
> the written Word of God, the bible. Jesus wielded this same written
> word-sword against Satan in the wilderness with great results. So
> should you! I hear the church saying again, “DEVIL, IT IS WRITTEN!”
> It does not matter what you think, feel, sense, or even believe. It
> does not matter what experience you claim to have had, or how
> many trips to heaven you claim to have made, or how many angels
> you claim to know on a first name basis. The only thing that matters
> is what God said in His Word. Know your bible... - Dennis Cramer.
“At will” means a believer makes a decision, on his own, to initiate
> or attempt to duplicate a particular sovereign, supernatural
> experience. The individual wants a particular supernatural
> experience to happen so badly, he will do anything, (within his
> power), to make it happen – to force it, to duplicate or copy it,
> whether or not it is God’s sovereign will. Rather, a believer should
> allow God to SOVEREIGNLY cause it to happen at His chosen
> time, as we see recorded in all similar bible examples.
>
> When a believer unwisely exercises his (soulish) human will,
> outside of or in conflict with the sovereign will of God, (anything
> contrary to the written word of God, the Bible), he is producing a
> seemingly supernatural (source unclear) experience, from his own
> will or “at will”. This is the meaning of “at will.” “At will” is self-will,
> and self-will can be sinful, and can lead to all kinds of spiritual deception
> and questionable practices.
>
> The question of supernatural sovereign experiences “at will”
>
> Do I believe in third heaven experiences? Absolutely, I do. The
> Bible supports such sovereign experiences as in the example of
> Paul in II Cor.12. Do I believe in being physically transported?
> Absolutely, I do! By a sovereign act of God, Phillip was physically
> transported (Acts 8) from one location to another. So if it’s in the
> Bible I believe it! I believe it all! Amen!
>
> However, there is a HUGE difference between God willing you to
> have a certain sovereign bible experience, (like Paul or Phillip) as
> opposed to you willing it, or trying to make it happen, to duplicate
> it through mere human effort or merely through the exercising of
> your human or soulish will, in other words, “at will.” These Bible
> experiences were 100% sovereign. They did not happen because
> these individuals willed them into existence or willed them to
> happen. God and God alone initiated them – He and He alone
> willed them. This is the very nature of a sovereign experience: God
> makes it happen when He wants, where he wants, and with whom
> He wants. Period! And they usually happened when the candidates
> or recipients least expected it. Why? Because these were
> sovereign events, not planned or initiated by man, but by God.
>
> When discussing a sovereign experience there is a big difference
> between initiating versus cooperating. God INITIATES all sovereign
> experiences, the believer COOPERATES with them. Mix the two,
> crisscross them, and this can lead to some real doctrinal
> confusion and counter-productive measures.
>
> It’s all about God’s sovereignty…
>
> The critical issue with operating in the supernatural is: who is
> initiating what or who is “willing” what? Teaching believers that by
> following certain steps, teachings, formulas, and/or merely
> exercising their own human wills, they can duplicate any sovereign
> supernatural experience is dangerous and unscriptural.
>
> One cannot go to heaven like Paul or be transported physically
> like Phillip simply because they want to, or because they feel like
> it, (at will). Teachings like this often cross over into dangerous
> methods and techniques that resemble new age, mysticism,
> spiritism or other occult manipulative practices. A believer cannot
> and must not force, manipulate, or otherwise attempt to reproduce
> a sovereign supernatural Bible experience by merely following a
> method, a series of steps, or worst of all “willing it” to happen.
>
> Whether we are discussing being translated in the spirit or
> transported physically, or any supernatural sovereign experience
> we read about in the Bible, the critical difference between whether
> it is God or not is who “willed” it to happen: Was it you or was it
> God? If you willed it to happen, it ceases to be a sovereign, God
> ordained, supernatural, Bible experience, and you risk
> experiencing a counterfeit.
>
> It Is Time To Dust Off Your Bible!...
>
> There is now wide-spread acceptance of “marginal to heretical”
> doctrines. Just 25 years ago individuals would have been thrown
> out of the church if caught teaching these heresies. How did this
> happen? Simply, we have become biblically ignorant. We have
> not been diligent to feed on the unadulterated Word of God. We
> are at best malnourished and in some cases starving to death.
> Biblical ignorance is on the increase in the church, even to
> epidemic levels! Like any form of “lack” created by ignorance
> which can lead to sickness, only the proper “intake” or in these
> cases, only proper biblical education can remedy it.
>
> “Warning: We live in an age of “anything goes” theology! The
> charismatic church is in big trouble!”...
>
> There is a growing trend towards some really bad doctrine out
> there. And we, the church, must put a stop to it! If we don’t, no
> one else will! The church must begin to police herself against
> unorthodox (false) teaching and bizarre practices. You must
> reacquaint yourself with the scriptures and know your Bible.
>
> “In 40 years of serving God, I have not heard so much bad doctrine
> preached from so-called ‘bible believing’ Christians – specifically
> charismatic Christians.”...
>
> We must pray for a “Berean Revival” in the church – a revival which
> returns us all to our roots – our roots in the Word of God. In the
> Bible, the original Bereans were believers who “searched the
> scriptures daily to find out whether these things be so”. There is a
> lot of doctrine currently in circulation in the charismatic church
> that is highly questionable – even heretical. Each believer must
> begin to “search the scriptures” for himself to discover whether
> what he is believing is biblical or not (Acts 17:11). Stop
> unequivocally trusting ministers and their pulpits to always and
> completely preach the truth – some do, some do not. You need
> to search and know the scriptures for yourself. If their teachings
> sound too good to be true – they very well may be! Know your
> bible... My prophetic word to all Pastors/ Teachers for 2011 is
> simple: “Preach the Word!” Know your bible.
>
> Some examples of current doctrine circulating in the church: You
> must believe me that I am NOT making this stuff up!
>
> DOCTRINES of CONCERN...
>
> • THIRD HEAVEN EXPERIENCES At WILL...
>
> • GOING TO HEAVEN AT WILL to GET YOUR GIFTS:... There
> is no biblical record of any believer having to go to heaven to get
> any gift. This is a totally unnecessary spiritual exercise. The three
> listings of gifts in Romans, I Cor., and Ephesians have all been in
> the church for over two thousand years. They are not in heaven, so
> why go there to get them? The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have
> each deposited Their respective gifts in the church here on earth.
> For 2000 years, Christians have been receiving here ON EARTH
> from this great deposit of gifts. “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be
> done, ON EARTH, as it is in heaven.” Amen!
>
> • CLOUD of WITNESSES / DEAD SAINTS: Teaches that
> Christians should expect the intervention of dead saints in our
> daily lives. This entire deception is based on a terribly
> irresponsible interpretation of a single obscure verse in Hebrews
> 12:1. We do not need dead saints intervening in our lives. We have
> Jesus as our Mediator, the ONLY mediator we need between God
> and man (I Tim.2:5) and He is not dead. He is alive! Necromancy,
> that is, communication with the dead, (any dead) is forbidden in
> scripture.
>
> • TRAVELING in TIME AT WILL: I have been unable to find this
> in the bible. Let alone doing it “at will.”
>
> • TRANSPORTING PHYSICALLY At WILL...
>
> • OVER EMPHASIS on ANGELS: Yes, they are real. But an
> angelic visitation is a rare and precious event. Most Christians will
> never have an encounter with one. And it is extremely unlikely that
> a Christian will be visited by an archangel. Michael and Gabriel
> were given specific, significant, world changing tasks in the
> scriptures. It is likely that they have more important things to do
> than to drop by your house for a visit!
>
> • GOING into TRANCES AT WILL...
>
> • TRANCE DANCING: I have been unable to find this in the bible...
>
> Seducing Spirits! (ITim.4:1-4) There has been loosed on the church
> for 2000 years a literal army of demons who sole task is to deceive
> the church! Unfortunately, these deceiving, seducing, spirits are
> enjoying some of their most successful efforts. Why? The average
> believer does not know his bible. The bible is absolute truth, forever
> settled in heaven. It is our sword of the Spirit – two edged and
> deadly. To be bible ignorant is to have no offensive weapon against
> our enemy Satan. Our ONLY defense against our enemy is a proven
> offense. And our proven offense against this hoard of demons is
> the written Word of God, the bible. Jesus wielded this same written
> word-sword against Satan in the wilderness with great results. So
> should you! I hear the church saying again, “DEVIL, IT IS WRITTEN!”
> It does not matter what you think, feel, sense, or even believe. It
> does not matter what experience you claim to have had, or how
> many trips to heaven you claim to have made, or how many angels
> you claim to know on a first name basis. The only thing that matters
> is what God said in His Word. Know your bible... - Dennis Cramer.
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