Wolves: Who is Heidi Baker?

Had Baker said something along the lines of “I want you to take the crown that’s on your head and pretend to place it at the feet of Jesus,” as the Scriptures tell us we will do (Revelation 4:10–11; though this pictures the 24 elders casting their crowns at Jesus’ feet, it is very likely that all Christians in heaven will do the same thing), that would have been better.

Unfortunately, Baker tells the crowd to do something that on the surface may appear to be spiritual, however, when we step back and look at the situation against Scripture, we see that this is merely a way for people to deify one another. It is decidedly New Age. Human beings do not crown anyone. God grants crowns if we earn them. The action of the people in the crowd only appears to be humble, when in fact, it is supremely arrogant.

Does Baker really think our focus in heaven will be on the crowns that we might be wearing? Everything will pale in the Presence of God the Son including our crowns. He, not we, will be the true focus.

Go back to time-stamp 0:50 to see a young blonde man standing at the platform, hands upraised, praying and waiting. Notice he is shaking slightly from side to side. This phenomenon is evidenced on many videos from the Signs and Wonders crowd.

Now jump ahead to 1:30 where Baker has crawled across the platform and faces that same young man. She says that the people in the crowd are to take their crowns and place it on someone else’s head and then say “More, more.”

As soon as she touches the young man’s head, she yells, “WHOA!” and you can clearly see the young man start to lean forward. In just a very short time, the young man is down on the platform and begins what appears to be sobbing. This could be godly sorrow. It could be a repentant attitude. It could also be the start of a manifestation of something evil.

At 1:49, the young man is racked with sobs and can be seen shaking in a very pronounced fashion. Baker starts repeating one word – “legacy” – numerous times again, reminiscent of a shaman or soothsayer. Then she says (to God), “Increase your glory.”

This is another problem with the signs and wonders crowd. We do not tell God what to do, yet people like Baker, Randy Clark, and too many others within the signs and wonders movement have absolutely no difficulty at all in telling God what He should be doing. This amounts to a command and is not seen in Scripture. We are at God’s command. He is not at ours. This is absolute arrogance hidden under the guise of spiritual signs and wonders.

At time-stamp 2:15, the camera goes back to a closer shot of the platform where Baker is still leaning over the young man. She is saying, “Fire!” and though he is difficult to see, you can hear the young man in what can only be described as agony. Baker says, “There’s fire. Place it on their heads.” This is ostensibly why the young man is screaming, because of the “fire.” Is it God’s “fire” or strange fire from demons?

In Acts 2, when actual tongues of fire sat upon the heads of the disciples gathered in the upper room, did it hurt? Was there screaming as though their skin was burning off? There was only one sound that the Bible records: a mighty rushing wind (Acts 2:2). There was no screaming of the disciples when the Holy Spirit descended. None. The disciples then went outside and spoke in tongues (known languages by those who heard them though unknown at the time to the speakers).