Gnostics influence on Pentecostals.

Most of the words used by Pentecostals today have their roots in Gnosticisms; Many Pentecostals have however been deceived to believe that these words are biblical which is not true. They were lied to by these Satanists that religion is about power and authority. Many believe that they have the power to bind Satan or to send him into fire; it is only God who can do this. Instead of saying ‘God, send Satan away’ they rather say ‘I send Satan away’. Even though they sometimes use the name of Jesus, they only do it after they have shown that the power belongs to them.

The statement of Iraneus mentioned earlier when he was fighting Gnostism still apply to most Pentecostals today “They consider themselves “mature” (in spirit) so that no one can be compared to them in the greatness of there knowledge, not even if you mention Peter, Paul or any other Apostle”

Pentecostals who use the words “confession is possession” may never know that they are out of the Bible; they are deceived into believing that “Confession” can refer to an inherent power in words. However, in the Bible, confession only means profession of belief in a truth or the admission of guilty. Gnostics fooled Pentecostals into this statement and many of them think they can really create by the power of words.

Many Pentecostal pastors today including Hagee, preach that sickness is a sin, others say that sickness is not real. Remember, this same statement is used widely by the church of Satan which claims that God fools Christians to think that they are sick so as to blame Satan.

Gnostics led the Pentecostals to believe that salvation is a faith movement instead of a grace movement. They have turned their belief from faith in God to faith in faith. In his book “ Faith in Faith” Hagin calls on Pentecostals to have faith in their faith. . Satan has cleverly installed this teaching that many of Pentecostals really think that they are too spiritual thinking they can use their faith to do anything. Under normal circumstances, it is God only who can do anything through us and not people through their faith.

Through these beliefs, Pentecostals were deceived that they can declare even when God has not declared. It is now common to find a young Pentecostals declaring every good thing on earth to them selves. In their prayers they assume the powers to them selves, they say “I declare that the blood of Jesus covers this place” though the correct prayer would “I pray that you declare that the blood of Jesus covers this place”. The difference between the two is that, in the former it is the Pentecostal who declare but in the latter, it is God who declares.
In an article "How God Taught Me about Prosperity," Hagin claims that Jesus Christ taught him not to think that it is wrong to have riches. Allegedly Christ told him not to "pray about money anymore; that is, the way you've been praying. CLAIM WHATEVER YOU NEED." Christ allegedly further taught Hagin that he has personal angels who can be commanded to do his bidding. Hagin says Christ told him in 1963 that the angels were waiting for his command to provide his material desires. "They are waiting on you to give them the order, just as the waitress cannot do anything for you until you give her the order" 8
The belief that consciousness sets the standards of the believer is also another Gnostic belief which crept into Pentecostalism. Many Pentecostal pastors also believe that we are “gods”, this desire to attain divinity is becoming common among Pentecostals but few know about the consequences. This is also an old Mormon belief.

In fact many eastern religion teach that when we seek God, we become close to him, then we become like him, then part of him and finally we become “gods”. The Pentecostal teaching of men becoming gods is never different from them.

Reference
Hagin, I Believe in Visions, p. 126.