as for fake: endorsing necromancy (speaking to the dead); and endorsing this ludicrous tale of his father's that he went to Heaven's Library and saw all the sermons and words of Jesus that are not recorded in the Bible.
Perry and Fred Stone on Manna-fest, "Supernatural Encounters in the Last Days"
Perry Stone:
What happened when you were called to preach, now? I want to go to that.
Fred Stone:
When I was there, this little cabin, Perry, that me and my dad had built. Dad had helped me in West Virginia, up in a lease area, out in Creek Cold company. And I was up there praying and seeking the face of God. And Al Collins, while I was praying, I heard footsteps; it was in the fall and there was leaves about four, five, six inches high. And I heard two or three steps behind the cabin—I'm sitting just like I am now. And I turned and looked around and bent my head like this, and before I could see anybody, a hand reached through—the right hand of a man—reached through the side of the cabin and touched me on the head. I thought it was an angel of the Lord; but actually, the spirit man of Al Collins had touched me, you know what I mean? And spoke to me about what God wanted me to know, and that the Lord wanted me to know this and that and the other. And, of course, I was so overcome by the Spirit that it probably took me an hour after this experience for it to just kind of wear off.
You know, Perry, supernatural experiences with God usually stay with people forever. They stay with you all your life. Now, they're not as fresh, and they're not as great upon your spirit man as they were for the first two or three years or something; but they'll be there forever.
Perry Stone:
I remember when you told me—I mean, I've heard you tell that, actually, for years about how that you actually, when that hand touched you, you collapsed and thought you had a heart attack and came out of your body. Paul talked about in 2 Corinthians 12, "...whether in the body or out of the body, I cannot tell, God knows, such a one was caught up into the third heaven..." And so, there are experiences where it's either a vision, or it actually is happening. And you went out, like, being sucked out into the universe somewhere, where you ended up, where it was a beautiful sapphire blue, and you described what happened there. You said that you saw a ball of light that looked like the size of a silver dollar, is that right? And Al stepped out of that, and pointed his finger at you, right?
Fred:
It was moving, Perry, it was so far in the universe I couldn't estimate how far it was. And it was moving with the speed of a, it was like a lightning bolt. It was coming toward me so fast. But when it got from the size of my fist to the size of a person, but it was a ball of fire—a ball of light would be better, light and fire. And when it got so far from me, it just stopped moving, and the light just vanished and there stood Al Collins.
Perry:
And this is the friend that had passed away?
Fred:
Yeah, that's correct.
Perry:
You're out in the universe somewhere, though? I mean, way out, on the edge of eternity...
Fred:
And when he put his right hand out toward me, God let him speak to me.
Perry:
And he said what?
Fred:
And he didn't waste any time, Perry. See, I wanted to ask him questions. What it was like, Al, what was it like to die? What was this and that? That's what was on my mind, because we were these good friends. But I wasn't permitted to do that. He looked me and put his hand out and he said, "Fred, God has sent me, God has sent me to tell you..." Excuse me, Perry. "...God has sent me to tell you that you're called to preach. He's called you to preach. And you must preach, you must go and you must preach and you must obey me." And when he said that, the power of God came on me, Perry, and I couldn't answer him. I couldn't do nothing, I just trembled. I just shook under the power of God.
Perry:
And then, but you came back to yourself in that cabin.
Fred:
And one time he started to leave, and then something stopped him, and he told me he wasn't finished. And he turned around and said it the second time, said the same thing.
Perry:
Wow.
Fred:
That let me know it was Al Collins. It was the soul of Al Collins.
Perry:
Now, you had an experience, too, where you went, you saw into Heaven, and you saw books in Heaven, and that actually had photographs in them, or what looked like photographs, of the ministry of Jesus. Do you remember, can you remember that? So tell what happened though, that's what's interesting.
Fred:
Perry, I walked into this, I was praying and just carried out in the spirit, and I walked in...
Perry:
Now explain that for people that don't understand. When you say, "carried out," what happens?
Fred:
Well, the Holy Ghost just come on me so great, the Spirit of God moves on you so great, that He can do what He wants to do. He can show you anything He wants to show you. So while in the spirit man, I was on my knees in prayer, but in the spirit, my inner man walked into this great library.
Perry:
Literally, you saw this?
Fred:
Yeah, into this great library. And, Perry, it had books the size, the width of them was about like this, they were about this high.
Perry:
Was it about three, three and a half, three feet, maybe? Three feet?
Fred:
Yeah, three feet, they were. And one of them was called, "The Mighty Acts and Words of Jesus." And then there was another book there about Jesus, but I felt led to look at "The Mighty Acts and Words of Jesus." So I pulled it out, laid it in this table, it was a table with just, the most beautiful glistening white cover. And I laid it down, and when I opened the book, on the page it said, I opened the title page and it said, "The Mighty Acts and Words of Jesus." And I thought, "Well, I've never seen that book." So I started opening it up, and as I did, there was great pages of His preaching.
Perry:
So, you could read it, and see it?
Fred:
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Perry:
So, what do you think it was, Dad? Do you think it was the Holy Spirit, while Jesus was on earth, actually captured, somehow, for people to see one day, everything that He did?
Fred:
Well, you know, look what John said, he said, "There are many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself..." John 21.
Perry:
Wow. Right. So what did you see?
Fred:
Oh, it was like, the Sermon on the Mount; instead of just Matthew 5, 6, 7, it was other preaching that He did, that was with that.
Perry:
Wow. Now, in other words, when the Bible says, "Every word man gives an account of on that day," He literally has words, apparently, in books or something...
Fred:
So the Holy Ghost put in the Bible what He wanted us to actually see and read of the words of Jesus. But Perry, there are, there could be millions of words of Christ and sermons of His. Just like with yourself, there's been times when you'd start preaching in your meetings, that I would marvel because I knew what you were saying was not all notes. You weren't quoting from notes. And I believe, Perry, that that's where alot of preachers get so inspired today, that God just pulls some of the preaching of Jesus that's not in the books of the New Testament and just puts it in their mouth, and they preach it, and people are saying, "Where in the world did that come from? I never heard that before."
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Perry and Fred Stone recall a visit by the ghost of Al Collins
Uploaded on Nov 26, 2009
Sick Horses Evangelist Perry Stone hosts his dad, Fred. Fred recalls the time he was touched by his friend's ghost, Al Collins. And when he visited the edge of the universe. And when his 'inner man' visited heaven and read some giant books.
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sounds like another fake preacher who deals in
necromancy:
"I felt a terrific anointing...I was shaking all over...trembling under the power of God...'Dear God,' I said , 'I feel the anointing'...I believe the anointing has lingered over Aimee's body." - Benny Hinn on visiting the grave of Aimee Semple McPherson...to get an "anointing" from her bones.
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as for money:
"One time I preached 16 weeks every night without a break," he said. He founded Voice of Evangelism in 1985 and became interested in prophecy after his first trip to Israel. He wanted to prove that the prophecies detailed in the Bible's Old Testament were coming true.
"We went all over the country documenting three major prophecies that scholars taught were not supposed to happen until the Lord returns that were already happening," he said. "Then I'd preach on Saturday nights -- "Prophecy updates from Israel" -- with slides. That was back in the slides days. You can tell how old I am. That became our most-requested teaching."
Slides and books turned into videos and DVDs, CDs and T-shirts, tours to Israel. All for sale. At his annual conference this year, attendees walked past 11 tables of merchandise to get in the door.
"To stand where Jesus stood, to see what he saw, you'll feel his miracles come alive inside you," read a banner advertising Stone's 10-day tour to Israel.
When Stone takes the stage, one of the first things he does is offer a mini-lesson, a nugget from the Lord. God wants to pour out his blessing on you, he tells his audience. Picture a goblet, he says. You can't pour anything out of a goblet if you put your hand on top and block the opening.
"God does not control your blessing, you do," he said. "We're always looking for God to do blessing, blessing, blessing. But if our hand is over the goblet, God won't do anything. We need to remove our hand from the goblet. So how do we do it? We do it by obedience."
In about one minute, he continues, the ushers will be coming around for the offering.
There's a loud rustling as the crowd reaches for the white donation envelopes on the backs of the seats in front of them. Stone breaks into a song.
Million-dollar ministry: How Cleveland evangelist Perry Stone built a ministry empire
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God
wants to pour out his blessing on you, but He can't, you see. He won't.
He really really wants to. But He can't because you are holding back your MONEY.
but His hands are tied UNTIL we OBEY (
Stone's unbiblical teaching on tithing).
"God does not control your blessing, you do," he said.
