Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Mike Guglielmucci Fakes Cancer... or did he?

The video below is the cancer fraud confession of Michael Guglielmucci of Edge International Church in Australia. There has been a boundless range of emotions felt and displayed as Mike's true story has unfolded. Two years ago Michael Guglielmucci came public with the announcement of his terminal illness; an aggressive form of cancer. Within the hidden foundation, a story of hope and healing bloomed as Mike told hundreds of thousands of people about the song "Healer" that God inspired him to write during his illness. The song topped the charts almost everywhere and was picked up by thousands of churches (including ours). In August, we found out through a public announcement that the story... was all a lie. (see video for complete and shocking story)

The biggest issue I personally have is for the lives of his youth and the people that came to know Christ under his watch. The confusion that will consume them over this situation is an urgency that we need to be in prayer for. This situation will definitely be a major setback as our credibility in this world had just been diminished, and a new roadblock has just been installed on the road to our mission to reach people.

The cancer was fake. And the truth was much deeper. Of course, all of this can be seen in the video interview below. But what you're about to read, has yet to be written.

Shock was the first emotion I experienced when I heard the true news about Mike's story. Then came anger, followed by confusion. After letting those emotions settle down, I went back and re-listened to his song and his interview. What I heard was astonishing...

I heard a real cry for help. See, Mike really was dealing with a form of cancer, as his addiction to pornography consumed his life since his teen years, and had spread so rapidly that it started to affect him physically. In effort to distract himself, and maybe the people around him, he created this "terminal illness" in the form of cancer. He was suffering... he was dying... and he was sick.

So what to make of this song that was inspired by an infusion of lies? The song might be the most genuine plea for help ever recorded in the history of Christian Music. His story is proof that sin can cause physical ailments as seen in the evidence of his chronic vomiting, hair loss, pain and breathing problems that occurred over the past few years of his "cancer." He really did need for God to heal him from cancer, but he disguised his spiritual cancer with a mask that he could understand better in the natural.

Let's continue to pray for Mike and his "cancer" that he has been dealing with over the years. Is sick as it is, he actually needs people praying for him more now, than he did during his original , false circumstances.

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