Kobus van Rensburg – A Self Anointed Prophet

Kobus van Rensbrug is a ‘prophet’ from South Africa.  He follows the word of faith doctrine and dominion theology.  I have watched him a few times on TV and all I can do is just shake my head in dismay - he is one of those preachers that can talk for hours but says nothing.  When he gives a prophecy it rhymes like a poem!  And he views himself in a very good light as being extremely sought after to bring the ‘good news’ to the nations.

KOBUS THE PROPHET: 

Kobus van Rensburg has appointed himself as a prophet and Kobus van Rensburg has a ‘pace setting church’.  I ask, how can one set the pace of Christianity?  No human can determine the future of the Church.  I think what Kobus means by this statement is that he (along with many other so called ministers) are setting the pace for deception and the ushering in of the Anti-Christ. His church’s main focus is signs and wonders - interestingly enough these signs, miracles and wonders appear without the preaching of salvation. Miracles only ever happened in the New Testament after the Word was preached, to confirm God’s Word of salvation, never before.   

TB JOSHUA:

 

Kobus says that he and his wife are the ‘sole’ founders of Spirit Word Ministries.  So is he saying that God had nothing to do with it?  Must be!

But let’s talk about humility here for a second or two.  I don’t see it in Kobus, I see pride.  Look at me, ‘I am renowned and appreciated and sought after and people sit for hours at a time just listening to me, me, me because I accurately quote scripture all the time which might I add is seldom seen or heard in this age.’ 

Watch his videos on his website where he ‘slays’ people in the ‘spirit’.  He uses words like ‘bam bam’ as he knocks people over with his ‘invisible’ power – like he is some kind of super hero.  But interestingly enough he also makes a ‘swoosh’ sound which I have heard before in other preachers who ‘slay’ people using the same ’spirit’.   Who are you channeling Kobus?

Kobus says that in meetings where ‘he is preaching’ Jesus Christ is really showing up.  Really??  Jesus specifically said in Matthew 24 v 23 “Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”

THE CRUCIFIX:    

 

And it seems they found what they were looking for:

Why are you seeking a Roman Catholic Crucifix?  With all your ‘anointing’, how did you come to ignore the Holy Spirit on this issue?  Did you wake up one morning with biblical amnesia and forget that Roman Catholicism is Anti-Christ?  Or is it because you actually believe in Ecumenism and that one day soon you will have a sermon on the Holy Mother of God and another sermon on all religions lead to one God?  Judging by the fact that you visited TB Joshua I would say the latter rings very true.

Jesus Said “It Is Finished!”  By Keith Green:  The Catholic Chronicles - http://www.gracegems.org/7/catholic_chronicles.htm

Every true believer loves the sound of these words: ‘It is finished!’ (John 19:30).  For it is the wonderful exclamation that the Lord’s suffering was finally over - He had fulfilled His mission!  Jesus had lived a Life of Sorrow, bearing the burden of a world gone mad.  He had been rejected by everyone, even His closest friends.  He had lived a perfect life before men and God, and His reward on earth was to be laughed at, spat upon, beaten beyond recognition, and finally nailed to a cross.  But He had submitted willingly, because it was the will of His Father to offer Him as the satisfaction of the penalty for all the sin in the world - past, present and future!

But here, in the words of a Roman Catholic priest, is the ‘true meaning’ of the words ‘it is finished!’  “These words do not declare that His sacrifice was finished, but that He had finished His former, normal, earthly life and was now fixed in the state of a victim…He then began His everlasting career as the perpetual sacrifice of the new law.” Hence, according to Rome, Jesus must be forever “perpetually” dying for sin.

Have you ever wondered why in every Catholic Church they still have Jesus up on the cross? Every crucifix with Jesus portrayed as nailed to it, tells the whole Catholic story - Jesus is still dying for the sins of the world! But that’s a lie! We need only look to the Scriptures to see the truth.

SIGNED PRAYER CLOTH:     

 

It says, ‘God has really anointed Prophet Kobus van Rensburg in this ministry of miracles.  Carry this cloth with you or just put your hand on the hand of Prophet Kobus & agree for your miracle.’

You’ve got to be kidding.  ‘Just put your hand on the hand of Prophet Kobus and agree for your miracle?’ - with advertising and everything printed on the same cloth.  Are you God? Oh wait, you follow ‘word of faith/dominion theology’, of which Kenneth Copeland says yes, ‘I am a god’.   I just absolutely detest the way you even signed your signature next to your hand print. 

Folks, I don’t know what kind of spirit comes with this cloth, but whatever it is it is NOT of God. 

REVIVAL:

On Kobus’ website in the following sermon:   www.spiritword.org.za/Sermons/English/STEC/sermonTimesofRevival.htm

Kobus says, “Only when the all things have been restored will Jesus come again. He is going to stay in heaven at the right hand of the Father. From God’s presence must first come times of refreshing. That refreshing will cause the restoration. If we seek God, we will get revival. If revival comes, restoration of all the things of which the prophets of old spoke about will come and then Jesus will return.”

www.africanaquatics.co.za/_christian/_articles/kvrensburg.htm  says:  “This is Restoration/Dominion theology – which advocates that Christians should take power of the earth, create dominion and then, only then, will Jesus come back. Not only does this belittle and demean our Saviour, but it makes men into little demi-gods. What is fundamental to understanding the last days before Jesus comes back, is the fact that Jesus Himself said there would be an APOSTASY, a falling away, before He comes back. NOT a Revival! Anyone who preaches or prophesies revival of the western church (the church of Laodicea) in the last days is biblically illiterate.

The Laodicean church is lukewarm, comfortable, rich, preaching what people want to hear, not what they should be hearing – and if you read Revelation 3, Jesus is ready to spit this church out of His mouth! How true this is of the church of today!

And what says the Lord:

2 Tim 4: 3  “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”

2 Peter 2: 1  “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.  2 Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.  3 In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.”

Jer 5: 30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;  31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so.”

 PARTNER ONLINE:

 

Oh boy!  money, money, money maketh the ‘Prophet’ big and fat.  What amazes me is how Kobus has this thing for filling in ‘the missing words’ in biblical scripture.  He does it all over his website and in all his sermons.  The bible says:  Proverbs 30:5-6 “Every word of God is pure; he is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.”

THE KOBUS VERSE (tainted)   Philippians 1:5-6   5 “(I thank my God) for your fellowship (your sympathetic cooperation and contributions and partnership) in advancing the good news (the Gospel) from the first day (you heard it) until now.  6  And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ (right up [to]sic the time of His return) developing (that good work) and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.” 

THE REAL VERSE (untainted)  Philippians 1:4-7   “3  I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,   4  Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,   5  For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;  6  Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”  7  Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.” 

Looking at the above scriptures:  The book of Kobus 1: 5-6  vs  Philippians 1:4-7,  you can clearly see that both these verses are now different – so after Kobus added his ‘thoughts’, the meaning of the verse changed. 

This is what Kobus is saying by twisting the above verse:  ‘I thank my God for giving me all your money, your sympathetic cooperation, contributions, and partnerships. (I’m using it to advance the Gospel…really!) and I hope that He who began a good work in you will continue developing your good work and perfecting it and bring it to full completion so that you will continue to give me money.’  

The real meaning of Philippians 1:4-7  is this:  I am very thankful for every remembrance of you, I pray for you all the time;  for joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day we met until now, being confident in this that He who began a good work in you (being saved and living a Holy Spirit filled life – not works) will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. I think this of you all, for you are in my heart, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, we are all partakers of my grace.

Kobus 1:5-6   is all about you giving him your money   /  Philippians 1:4-7   is all about love and prayer for our true brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ.

What a contrast.  And Kobus says ‘People sit for hours at a time as he accurately quotes scripture after scripture.”  Yeah right!

But as you can see, he now has an Online Partnership form where you can set up a debit order and just let your money flow easily and freely into his account.  Kobus says, “You fill a debit (as a partner) to Spirit Word Ministries, that then brings the credit, in other words your debit is the Ministries’ credit, now the good work has started and God will complete it. How? By Philippians 4:17  “Not that I seek or am eager for (your) gift, but I do seek and am eager for the fruit which increases to your credit (the harvest of blessings that is accumulating to your account.)”  Accumulating credit account for you – because you are a partner – WOW?  So complete your form to be a partner. Let the channel broadcast, let the church grow – you are a partner.”

Sounds like a Nigerian 411 scam.  ‘Welcome to the Spirit Word Ministries ‘Blessing of the Month Competition’. Enter now and you ‘could’ be blessed with a really large amount of money.  But before you can be blessed you need to send us X amount of $$$ on a monthly basis.  Now don’t just send us your money, you gotta have faith!!  For without faith you ain’t gonna get blessed.  And if you don’t get a blessing, it can only be one of two things;  1) you don’t have enough faith or 2) you didn’t give me (sorry I meant God) enough money.   But as I stand before you today as Profit Kobus van Rensburg, I can tell you that I am blessed all the time.  Every time I check my bank account and see another credit I thank ‘my’ God.

Conclusion:   Kobus van Rensburg is not anointed, he is not a prophet, and he sure as nuts does not operate under the Holy Spirit.<span>  </span>For if he did, he would not be doing what he is doing, preaching what he is preaching and visiting the men/women he is visiting.

1. Please read this article:   (From another very concerned South African with regards to Kobus van Rensburg):   http://discerningtheworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/appeal-to-kobus-van-rensburg-and-to-many-others-who-preach-another-kind-of-gospel/
2. Please read this article with regards to questioning, juging or doubting a minister or ‘prophets’ teachings, signs and wonders.   We are to TEST all things before we deem them to be from God (be a Berean) and WARN others so that they are not led astray by wolves in sheeps clothing:   http://discerningtheworld.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/is-it-right-to-question-or-doubt-a-prophet-etc/
3. Please read this wonderful article on descernment written by Anton Bosch:  http://discerningtheworld.wordpress.com/how-to-discern/
4. Some scriptures to help keep you safe from deception:  http://discerningtheworld.wordpress.com/scriptures-to-remember-that-will-help-keep-you-safe-from-deception/

Note:    I have closed the comments on this article, as I am being asked the same questions over and over again and replying with the same answers over and over again.  The article speaks for itself.  The warning signs are there.