JUST GOT DE-FRIENDED ON FB BY A CLOSE FRIEND TONIGHT :( A long-time friend of mine just defriended me because of my friendship with Paul Bortolazzo, and their perception that I am glorifying Paul [God forbid!] I conduct my life above board, as much as any of us can, by Gods grace. I will re-print their sad letter to me, and my response to them Please note that I am deleting their name on purpose. I would never provide the name of one of my friends for public consumption. If any of my other fb friends feel the way they do about my personal decisions in the ministry that Christ has given me, and you are offended that I re-post from other sites (that I agree with), please defriend me. I hope nobody does. No doubt they thought it was in my best interest to warn me about Paul (and I appreciate my ex-friends concern); but I do not agree with them. [Man, Paul seems to be a lightning rod; in my 45 years of pastoring I have never seen one man so grievously and unjustly attacked as him]. Okay, for those who care to read it: here is the full discussion. By the way, this person and I were friends for many years. ► THEY WROTE TO ME: Randy, you need to stop glorifying your friend Paul Bortolazzo, hes as much a false prophet as such I have seen. I decided to end our friendship tonight because as you said back then (when I left a page & certain people) you were so angered by what they were so egotistic about & yet, your posts over the weekend saddened me greatly. I wish you only the best. Please dont judge others unless you want to be judged, too. All My Best. ► MY RESPONSE: Beloved friend, I am not glorifying anybody. I am in agreement with him on certain things. And he knows exactly what I dont agree with him on (which is very little, as a matter of fact; we have both been Assemblies of God pastors. I still maintain my credentials). I fail to see where our study group at BTTR [Beast Then The Rapture] is false in any way, or that Paul is a false prophet, as you are now saying. God knows that I will not promote any man, nor myself, other than the MAN Jesus Christ. But we are allowed to agree with people, and quote them in the right context. In my thinking Paul and the other man (whom I think you are referring to) are two totally different men. Like you, I belong to nobody except the Lord. If you have something specific to tell me about Paul (of course in confidence) I will welcome your insights. I am sorry that you have made this decision. I think its a wrong one. If you want to defend John Hagee, a true false preacher, that is your business. I am saddened. When his four blood moons nonsense doesnt pan out (and it wont) you will realize who the false prophet was. And for the record, Paul is just as human and fallible, as anyone, whether it be me or Hagee or anybody. The issue is intentional deception, which I KNOW Hagee is guilty of, in the Presence of God. He once taught that Jews did not have to be saved if they kept the Laws of Moses! I have never seen Paul mislead one soul away from the Scriptures like Hagee has done for years! This is your choice, my friend, not mine. Since this is our last message to each other, may I share a final word with you about this subject? ---- JESUS told us to EXPOSE those who lie in His name (which I KNOW Hagee does all the time). My God, I am not judging him. If I had a personal quarrel with him, and went public with it--that is judging him. God does not allow us to stand by and watch wolves like Hagee (and many others) ravage the flock that Christ purchased with His blood. I do not fear Paul Bortolazzo -- or you or anyone. I do fear the Living God, and I am very confident that if I EVER find out that Bortolazzo is false, I will forever ban him from my Facebook, and withdraw my book from publication. That is a promise. You and I and all of us will someday soon stand before the Son of Man to give an account of our lives as Christians. We must be careful to make godly, wise decisions. This is apparently yours. I could not be more sad; but I honor your choice to say goodbye to me. Goodbye sweet friend. Randy
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 03:29:46 +0000
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