Receiving Satellite
Posted July 8, 2016
During the summer of 1983 a man came over
from Word of Faith Outreach and shared that God had told him to install a
satellite receiver at a church in Plano. He went on to share that none of
the churches he approached would have it. I replied, “You haven’t asked me.”
He responded, “You wouldn’t take it”
“You don’t know that,”
I said.
I went on a seven day fast and on the sixth day the Lord
directed me to take it. It was installed and working with no cost to the
ministry. We began taking Word of Faith Satellite once a month beginning
that September.
We received the monthly meetings by satellite from
Word of Faith Church in Farmer’s Branch, Texas. The meetings included
ministers such as Bob Tilton, Marilyn Hickey, Charles Capps, Norvel Hayes,
Hilton Sutton, T.L. Osborn, R.W. Schambach, Frederick K. C. Price, and Bob
Yandian.
At one time during these meetings a lady at Water of Life
came to me and said, “Don’t you see some of these teachings are in error?”
“Yes,” I replied, “But God told me to take Word of Faith Satellite
and I obey God.”
Charles Capps spoke during one of the evening
meetings and God led me to confront him about something he said. Charles was
reading from Hebrews 7, about Melchisedec and he read the first three
verses;
Hebrews 7:
1 For this
Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham
returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
2 To whom
also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of
righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither
beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God;
abideth a priest continually.
As Charles Capps read the
last verse he said, “You know he had to have a father and a mother.” I could
not stand any more; I had to make a phone call. I called Capp’s office. The
person on the other end said to me, “Do you disagree with what Charles Capps
is teaching?” I replied, “No, he disagrees with himself. He says the Word of
God is truth, but then denies the Word of God right here, saying Melchisedec
had to have had a father or mother.”
The response I got? “We will
give Brother Capps your message.”
In March of 1986 a series of
meetings took place on Word of Faith Satellite with Bob Tilton and Norvel
Hayes. They were saying it was another Azusa Street, making all kinds of
proclamations and continuing every night. On the morning of the eighth day,
as I was shaving, I said out loud in my bathroom, “This is not God.”
God spoke immediately to me, “Now that you have rightly judged, you
are free from taking Word of Faith Satellite.”
I could not wait
to get to church to terminate it. I ended it that day. Several months later
the whole Word of Faith Satellite Network collapsed.
A couple of
times after that we rented the building out to the Maranatha Group, so they
could receive their meetings by way of the satellite feed.
Later I
subscribed to a series of meetings via satellite from Kenneth Hagin’s
Ministry. On the second night the satellite would not work. I called for the
technician and he promised to be here within the hour, but was not. I kept
trying until the Spirit of God spoke to me and said, “I don’t want you to
take any more satellite.” With that word, it ended and I removed the dish
from the property.
God bless you,
Doyle Davidson
Originally posted in 1983 A Work of Righteousness.
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