Graham Cooke

Graham Cooke

has written "how to" books

on

"How to speak prophetic words from God." 

Graham Cooke writes books teaching people

how to

give prophecies by using your imagination.

He admits it and is proud of it.

This page highlights some serious problems

with his teachings.

Note that:

Many of his books and materials

are used in churches

to teach people

" how to "

develop the gift of

speaking prophetic words from God.

Below is a 10 minute video of Cooke

talking about 

what is important to him on this topic.

Some things

Graham Cooke says

in the video

are false.

Graham is

mixing

truth and error.

He is putting pieces together

incorrectly

and

creating

a false picture.

Please consider watching this video.

See if

you can spot some of his errors.

See if

you can spot the dangers in what he says.

Below this video,

I will respond to the video.

I will use specifics including Scripture.

Next, 

a short interview with

Graham Cooke

I will comment on the section that starts at

5 minutes and goes through 10 minutes.

Beth says -

I am not in agreement with the first 5 minutes

but I am going to skip that part.

~~~

Please go with me

to the 5 minute mark.

I will point out some major errors.

When you see Graham C 1 - it means I am highlighting a quote from Graham Cooke. The quote will be green.

There are 8 quotes from Graham Cooke.

Interviewer asked,

"How do you decipher

between

your

imagination

and

God's voice

or prophetic wisdom?

Graham C 1

Graham answers, "I don't."  

That answer is a

HUGE RED FLAG

Graham is saying that

when

he hears words in his head,

he does not try

to distinguish

between

his own thoughts and God's voice. 

And when Graham hears what he would call

"a prophetic word of wisdom,"

from someone

he does not try

to distinguish 

if

the words are

from God

or

if

the words are

 from a prophet's own imagination.

Graham gives a

GREEN light

to promoting ideas

that are not

in agreement with the Bible.

Continuing

Graham C 2

LOOK

Graham says...

"Imagination

 is more

important

than knowledge or reason."

BUT

God does not agree with that statement.

2 Corinthians 10:5

tells us to

cast down imaginations

and

anything

that tries to come against

the Scriptures

in our mind.

The King James version

says,

"Casting down imaginations,
and

every high thing
that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God,

and

bringing into 
captivity
every thought to the obedience of Christ."

Graham is trying to get people to think

that God

mainly

operates in and through our

imagination. 

BUT

there are no Scriptures

that say that

or even

comes close

to saying that.

God exalts His Word NOT our imagination.

God speaks

in the highest of terms

about his Word.

Nothing

we think, feel, or say

can be elevated above God's Word.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV

All Scripture is breathed out by God

and profitable for teaching,

for reproof,

for correction,

and for training in righteousness.

God's Words are better than GOLD!

We need to value God's Words and

hide them in our heart.

Thy word

have I hid

in mine heart,

that I might not sin against thee.

Psalm 119:11 KJV

Note:

Psalm 119 is full of praise

for the wonders of God's Word.

Next,

I highlight the book of Proverbs.

Consider stopping right now

and reading

Proverbs 1:1-7. 

as you evaluate

what Cooke is saying  vs. THE BIBLE.

More about the value of God's Word

at the bottom of the page.

Graham C 3

Graham said,

"Wisdom

is

more attuned to

intuitiveness and imagination

than

it is to logic and reason." 

If that were true, then God would not have had to give us

the book of Proverbs....

Take note:

"Wisdom is knowing and doing right."

Proverbs 3:21 TLB

Knowing what is right comes from reading the Bible.

Graham C 4

Graham said,

"If I am going to  avoid   anything,

I am going

to avoid

logic and reason

because

FAITH doesn't live there." 

He is NOT correct.

 

Graham

is saying

that

faith comes by imagination.

What Graham is saying -  is false.

Beth says -

I remind you that Romans 10:17 says,

"Faith come by hearing and hearing by the Word of God."

Reading the Bible

creates

FAITH.

Graham's words

are a

HUGE RED FLAG

After you finish this page,

we have a page

that delves deeper

into this movement

and the use of their imagination. 

If you are interested - Click here 

Graham C 5

Graham said, 

"Logic and reason talk you out of faith."

Beth says -

"No, God uses logic and reason in the Bible.

And God commands us to meditate on his Bible words

to grow our

Faith.

God

never

says that

faith is increased by

going after

our imagination

and / or

supernatural experiences.

The Bible uses logic often.

An example of logic...

God uses logic to show us

a glimpse

of the Trinity

in John 1:1-4.

I explain this at the bottom of the page.

Jesus used logic often.

For example,

Matthew 12:1-14

Matthew 21:28-32

Speaking of the Supernatural

The Bible tells us that even the devil and his workers

sometimes do supernatural things.

The devil can create

lying signs,

wonders

and

miracles.

For example - 2 Thessalonians 2:9

The devil and his demonic team

try to

inspire our imagination.

They want us

to

think

outside

the boundaries and guard rails

of the Bible.

The Bible does not support

basing our beliefs

on supernatural experiences

or things we can imagine.

Before I continue examining 

Graham's words,

I want to point out something...

Graham

uses humor

to lower

the audiences' guard rails

so they will

more easily

accept his teaching.

Graham C 6

Graham says,

"I look at the Bible and I don't see
a shred of logic in it."

I say,

"What Bible is he reading?

I see lots of logic in the Bible."

Logic is sound reasoning.

The word "logic" is not a common word in the Bible.

Yet,

the Bible does use logic.

For example, Jesus used logic.

Jesus used logic

to

communicate truth

for example - Matthew 21:28-32

and to

refute the traps and false charges from the Pharisees

for example - Matthew 22:15-22.

As we mentioned above,

Jesus gave illustrations and parables

to teach truth to his audience.

 Jesus had a goal of teaching us to reason properly.

Logic urges us to think rationally.

Leaning on our

imagination

can easily take us

to cater to

our emotions.

God appeals to logic

in many places in the Bible,

including

all through the 

Book of Proverbs

God wants us

to pursue 

Wisdom.

In the video,

Graham says some things

that are true

and

some things that are false.

Graham C 7

Graham says,

"Faith has

more fellowship, more in common,

with

imagination than it ever can with logic."

No -

The Bible says...

Faith comes by hearing

and

hearing

BY the WORD of God.

Faith does not come by imagination.

Graham C 8

And

Graham said, 

"Logic and reason talk you out of faith."

No....

Beth says,

"No, logic and reason

will NOT

talk you out of faith.

And,

it is important to notice that...

Logic is supposed to talk you out of some things....

Logic is supposed to talk you out of...

sinfulness and foolishness.

Note that...

Your imagination

can easily talk you

into bad things.

God's word tells us

that our

imagination

can get us into trouble.

Genesis 6:5 KJV says

About Noah's Day...

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Note: Matthew 24:37

The Interviewer

At the end of the video...

The

interviewer

then helps the audience

to swallow

all of this false teaching

by saying,

"That was a pretty good answer wasn't it."

Then the audience claps.

Whether the audience knows it or not,

this technique helps to seal

each audience member's mind

to accept

the false teaching and

not question it. 

Consciously or unconsciously,

Graham and the interviewer

are using techniques of persuasion

to convince people

not to question what Graham is teaching.

The Book of Acts

promotes checking things out with the Bible

 Acts 17:10-11.

NEXT

Bill Johnson

gives a real-life example

of how he and Graham Cooke

teach people how to do

prophecy.

Take Note:

At the end of the page, there is prayer for

Graham Cooke and Bill Johnson.

Bill Johnson is speaking false words.

And...

There is nothing in the Bible called a Superior Truth.

Also see our Prophets page.

NEXT

Not Everyone is sent from God....

Jeremiah 14:14 NKJV

And the Lord said to me,

“The prophets prophesy lies in My name.

I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them;

they prophesy to you

a false vision, divination, a worthless thing,

and the deceit of their heart.

Extra Information

In Psalm 19,

God gives us

understanding of how 

valuable the Scriptures are.

In Psalm 19,

God uses

several different words that stand for the words

"Bible Scriptures."

Here they are:

The law of the Lord = The Bible Scriptures of God

The testimony of the Lord = The Bible Scriptures of God

The statues of the Lord = The Bible Scriptures of God.

The commandments of the Lord = The Bible Scriptures of God.

The judgments of the Lord = The Bible Scriptures of God.

Psalm 19:7-11

NKJV

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;

The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

⁸ The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;

The commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;

⁹ The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;

The judgments of the Lord
are true and righteous altogether.

¹⁰ More to be desired are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

¹¹ Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.

Logic

An example of logic...

God uses logic to show us

a glimpse

of the Trinity.

John 1:1-4 KJV says

 In the beginning was the Word,

and the Word was  - with -  God,

and the Word -  was -  God.

Before anything was made - 

The WORD was WITH God.

The WORD WAS God.

By logic

we realize that Jesus IS God

but

Jesus and the Father are NOT the same personality.

We are speaking about a ONE who is more than One.

So we are being told that God is unique. 

(Other Scriptures show us a glimpse of the Full Trinity.)

Prayer 

I invite you to join me

in the following prayer

or perhaps make up a better one

to pray for these two men.

Heavenly Father,

I pray that you would reach out to

Graham Cooke and Bill Johnson

and bring clarity to them

about ways that they have misinterpreted you.

I pray that you would speak truth

to the hearts of Graham Cooke and Bill Johnson.

I pray that you would expose to them

the lies that they are believing.

I pray that you would reveal to them the truth

that they are missing. 

I pray that you would take them

out of the deception that has taken them captive.

I acknowledge and celebrate the love

that you have for them

and for all those you lovingly created. 

In Jesus' name I pray,

Amen

Consider our

Prophets Page

and

Beware the New Jesus

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