Whom Do We Listen To? Part 22

Whom Do We Listen To? Part 22
Monday, June 1, 2026 by Dr. James W. Walraven

Categories: Apologetics / Apostasy / Contemporary issues / Scripture discussion / Spiritual deception / Spiritual warfare / The church / Thought for Today / Truth telling

Hamon’s interpretation of Ephesians 6:10–17. In the previous post we found that Hamon twisted the passage to fit NAR doctrine. Unfortunately, there is more.

Hamon also references speaking in tongues, as it relates to the first part of Ephesians 6:18 (ESV): “Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.”

Hamon states (also page 98): “We can go on the offensive by praying in the spirit language for inner strength and empowerment. Prayer and praise are also weapons of power for the Christian soldier.” Hamon goes on to infer, page 101, that since one person can put 1,000 to flight (see Deuteronomy 32:30)—redefined by Hamon as “1,000 watts of Holy Spirit light power”—and two can put 10,000 to flight, ten can generate one trillion watts of Holy Spirit light power, and one hundred can generate one plus 303 zeros of light power. Hamon adds (page 108), “The gift of a spirit language serves as one’s own built-in hydro-electric power plant.”

It is true that one does find musicians involved in some of ancient Israel’s battles, along with the centrality of prayer. But those songs and prayers confess Israel’s reliance and dependence upon God, not self-pronounced victories. As for tongues, is speaking in tongues described as Hamon does, at any point in the New Testament? No.

Even laying aside the disagreement between non-Pentecostals and Pentecostals, that tongues spoken in Scripture are known human languages, not heavenly ones (which Pentecostals insist is the norm and is arguably inferred in 1 Corinthians 13:1) one finds no such description. Here, the text states “all prayer and supplication,” in other words, asking God, making requests, not issuing decrees, commands, and putting the enemy to flight, as Hamon and the NAR maintain. If supplication implies anything, wouldn’t that be praying from a place of deep humility?

Consider Hezekiah’s prayers when facing obliteration. He lays out the devastating letter before God in the Temple, admitting that what the Assyrians claimed they had done was true. He mentions their blasphemy of the Living God, and looks to God. He doesn’t issue proclamations of victory but waits on God. God does respond. But Hezekiah’s prayer in no way follows what the NAR prescribes.

As we’ve previously discussed, the NAR treats the Bible as a flat book: any Scripture can be taken as prophecy and applied to the end-times and used to justify NAR activity and teachings. That is a dangerous approach to Scripture. As we’ve also seen, the NAR typically elevates signs, wonders, and their self-pronounced “prophetic” words above Scripture. Doing so often leads directly to serious biblical error. One must pay close attention to how NAR “apostles” interpret Scripture.

It is far wiser to take Scripture at face value and in context, rather than placing one’s pronouncements above it, whether those pronouncements come from the religious right via the NAR or the religious left via progressive/inclusivists.

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