Phillip: With due respect to the poor brethren who bring Kim Clement to a church, I can easily account for Clement’s powers. Or those of any of the TBN gang:

“2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”

A limited amount of supernatural ability is clearly credited to the imitative powers of Satan, and here, especially to God’s purpose in allowing false teachers to delude their followers as a form of judgement. Clement is no different from John Edwards or Sylvia Browne. Note the following passage:

“Acts 16:16-18 16 As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” 18 And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.”

A specifically identified demonic spirit was present in a woman who said that Paul was proclaiming the way of salvation. Plus, of course, Clements fails the Biblical standard for a prophet, which in the Old Covenant would entitle him to be killed in the parking lot by stoning. (Make up a flyer for that youth ministers!)

I’m no spiritual warfare fanatic, but your church leaders need to come to grips with the fact that Clements is doing nothing Jesus ever did, and doing a lot the Bible goes to the trouble to point out is demonic.