Did Benny Hinn Truly Repent?

I am sure you have all seen the video of Benny Hinn, who appears to be repenting of the prosperity gospel. In that video, he said some things like the gospel is not for sale, the blessings of God are not for sale, and I will never ask anyone to give money to sow seed. Many, including myself, were excited that he appeared to be repenting from the false teaching of the prosperity gospel.

One of my elders and I were discussing it this past week and we both wondered if Benny has truly repented. I have to be honest, I would love to say yes. I am a "wait and see" kind of guy in certain things and this is one of them. I have experienced Christians who claim to have repented of certain sins only go right back into what the sins they repented of never to repent ever again. Please do not misunderstand me, we all have sins we have repented from only to commit the same sin later, however, we repent of those sins and ask God to forgive us.

So the question about Benny Hinn is has he truly repented of his false teaching? If Benny Hinn repented from his false teaching, there would be fruit. In Luke 19, Zacchaeus was the chief tax collector who took more money than he should even though the Romans told him he could. After his encounter, he gave back four times the amount he took from others. Jesus said that salvation has come to this house referring to Zacchaeus demonstrating true repentance.

Can Benny give back all the money he took from people because they thought they were getting a seed? I am not sure because I am not aware of the amount of money he has received over the years, but I believer his net worth is somewhere in the millions. If Benny has repented, I believe one of the things he should is shut down his ministry. If he, according to the video, is looking at the Bible not the same way he did 20 years ago, then he should just shut down the ministry. He should step away from teaching. If he is expressing godly sorrow that does bring repentance (2 Corinthians 7:17), then I believe he should shut down his TV ministry.

I do hope Benny Hinn has repented of the false teaching he has embraced for so long, but I am wondering if this true repentance or false repentance. I am not trying to be judgmental, but if he truly has repented then we would see evidence. If he has not, then we should pray for him along with everyone who teaches the prosperity gospel or any other false teaching that they would repent. We should also pray for Costi Hinn, Benny's nephew, that he will continue to share the true gospel with his uncle so that he will experience the true saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.