Chapter 15.17
Fake False Teachers
Word
of Faith movement – Gnostic Teachings – The God Class - Little gods
Thought
Power – Ask Anything - Wealth – Healing – 9 Spiritual Gifts
Jesus
Born again in Hell; took on a Satanic Nature
Jesus
death was insufficient for our sins.
I have not sent nor spoken to
them
They have false visions and
delusions of their own minds.
First Word
In 1974 I exchanged my King James Bible for a LIVING BIBLE and it changed my life. It used
words that I could understand and I read it from the front cover that said “Holy Bible” all the way to the back cover that
said “Genuine Leather”. Today there are many versions that are easy
to understand.
The
Bible I recommend is the one that you will read.
In the late 70’s I was part of the “Charismatic Movement” operating in the belief
that the GIFTS given by the Holy Spirit were
still operational today. I attended
Bible studies where I saw hands being laid on the sick and they did recover,
heard people praying in tongues, heard prophecy, saw people slain in the
spirit. I changed from “Presbyterian”
to an “Assembly of God” denomination
to be in the thick of it and about five years later switched back to Presbyterian.
In my Belief System,
I believe these gifts are still in effect
today even though the Presbyterian Church says they have ceased. The Book says that the gifts and
calling of God are irrevocable.[1]
By the early 80’s The “Word of Faith movement” was paramount. People young in the faith like me were all
over it, although seasoned pastors denounced it. All I could see was that wherever the word of
God was taught in abundance, prosperity was in abundance. My pastor would say; if that were really true it would work for every Believer, not just for some. BUT I WAS ALL IN.
The Gifts of the Spirit started to take a back
seat to; speaking
situations & things into existence;
Confess
it and Possess it - Name it and Claim
it - Blab it and Grab it.
Fence Post Theology looks at these NEW teachings and the voices that support them with fence post that either DO or DO
NOT line up with the other fence post of scripture. Looking at these fence post, you are able to
decide for yourself what is “out of line”
and if it is a fake false teaching or not.
The Good Book says that the time is
coming when people will NOT endure sound
teaching, but with “ITCHING EARS” will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit
their own passions.[2]
1 Corinthians 12:8-11 – Nine gifts of the
Spirit
8 For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of
knowledge through the same
Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to
another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to
another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. NKJV
Fence
Post Theology
I study so much and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to me
the understanding
of things that I write down; in doing so “I believe what I write down to be true”. But I
also have been given “Fence Post Theology”, which is simply; if the
fence post that I have just planted does not line up with the other fence post
that have already been planted by other scripture, then something is wrong with
my own Belief
System and I need to go back and study some
more.
It’s simple; either the Bible
is wrong or I am wrong.
This is hard for
me to say because I have studied, followed and grown in my faith through the
teaching of all of the ministers and teachers that I present here, but now it
seems these leaders have read into scripture teachings that are just not there,
and others are picking up on it and adding to it, resulting in a movement that
feeds off of its own self.
I believe they
believe these TWISTED verses because
the others in the movement seem to endorse it too. So the things I say here about ministers
and teachers
of God’s Word affects me very deeply and I wish it wasn’t so.
The Book says; “Satan
disguises himself as an angel of
light, therefore it is no great thing if his ministers
also transform themselves into MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.[3]
From among your
own selves will arise
MEN
SPEAKING TWISTED THINGS[4]
to DRAW AWAY THE DISCIPLES AFTER THEM.”
Word
of Faith Origin
Kenneth Hagan seems to be the
grandfather of the Word of Faith Movement
and is often quoted by many of its leaders. Central to this movement is “Positive
Confession.” what I confess,
I possess.
The Book says; I HAVE NOT sent them nor appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions,
divinations, idolatries and the DELUSIONS OF THEIR OWN MINDS If anyone comes
to you and brings a different teaching, do not take them into your home or
welcome them; they are disguised as Ministers of
Righteousness.
The Word of Faith movement includes:
ü
Little
god’s Doctrine
ü
Declaring
things into existence
ü
Material
gain and prosperity
ü
Jesus
was just a mere man on earth
ü
Jesus
death on the Cross was insufficient payment for sins
ü
Jesus took on a satanic nature of sin;
called transmutation
ü
Jesus
was tormented in hell for our sins and then was “Born Again”
Jeremiah 14:14 - I have not sent nor
spoken to them
14 The LORD said, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name.
I HAVE
NOT sent them or
appointed them or spoken to them. They are
prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the DELUSIONS
OF THEIR OWN MINDS.
(NIV2011)
2 John 1:10 - Do not let them into your house
10 If anyone comes to you and does
not bring this teaching,
DO NOT TAKE
THEM INTO YOUR HOUSE OR WELCOME THEM.
(NIV2011)
Gnostic
Teaching
Gnosticism is from the
Greek word gnosis meaning
"knowledge";
this MYSTICAL or ESOTERICLE
KNOWLEDGE is based on direct participation with the divine; Gnostics are those in the know
The Nag Hammadi Library is a gold mind
concerning Gnosticism, I am blessed
to have found such a copy at the second hand book store. In the Greek religion it was believed that
exceptional men and heroes were transformed into
gods at their death. I
speak here about Gnosticism so that
you can gain a little insight to where the HERETICAL
TEACHING of
man becoming a
god came from.
ü Theism – There is only one god.
ü Polytheism – Men shall become gods
ü Gnosticism - Man is an “exact
duplicate” of God.
ü
WOF - The
Gospel of Philip contains teaching that MAN
CAN BECOME A GOD.
ü
WOF - The
Gospel of Thomas also teaches that “YOU
TOO CAN BECOME A GOD”; that if a man drinks from the mouth of Jesus,
he will become like Him and Jesus will become like the man and the things that
are hidden will be revealed to him.
Many of the APOCRYPHAL
WRITINGS were
penned by someone other than the one it was attributed to, in order to get their
writing to have validity and merit and become established. The
Gospel of Thomas was one of those that was believed to be A FORGERY, therefore left out of the Bible.
ü
WOF Baptism was believed by the Gnostics that it was a rite of immortalization that DEIFIED its initiates…
Baptism united then into the death and resurrection of Christ but also united
them with the ascension and ENTHRONEMENT of Christ.
So baptism separated men from the mortals.
ü
WOF Gnostics believe that baptism is
OUR participation in the death, resurrection
and ENTHRONEMENT.
“I am the first and
I am the last; BESIDES ME THERE IS NO GOD”. [5]
It’s in the Book
Gospel of
Phillip 3:61:30 – You will become a god
30 You saw the spirit, you became
the spirit. You saw Christ,
you became Christ. You saw the father
you shall become the father.
Gospel of Thomas
109 – You shall become a god
109 Jesus said “he who drinks from my mouth will become like me. I myself shall become he, and the things that
are hidden will be revealed to him.
God
Class
Passages and verses are misused by
the Word of
Faith movement to create a “God Class”.
The Book says “you turn things
upside down,[6]
you have no understanding”.
WOF - God created men in His own image and likeness,
this is defined as; man was made DIVINE and
in the God Class where he can speak things into existence with sovereign divine power
over our life and things; he is a
small miniature god. Everything
produces after its own kind.
When the God head got together
they produce little gods; God made us little gods.
Brigham Young; the MORMON’S taught that Jesus and Satan were brothers and salvation
was by WORKS. According to their
doctrine, Adam was once a mortal man who was resurrected and EXALTED, therefore ADAM BECAME OUR FATHER AND OUR GOD.
Their
controversial teaching is known as the Adam-God Doctrine.
Kenneth Copeland: “Adam was in the God
Class... He was not subordinate to God... He was walking as a god.... What he
said went... What he did counted.”
The Book says such teaching exalts man and
demotes God. “It puts
man on the throne and makes him an extension of the Trinity. It is therefore a SERIOUS
ERROR to use such terms... Man is not now, nor can ever be in God’s Class” (Michael
Horton, The Agony of Deceit)
Benny Hinn: Adam was a super being when God created
him. He had dominion over the fish of
the sea and fowls of the air which means Adam could fly & could even fly into space; to the moon.[7]
The Book says man is actually
an earthly representative of God having ruler-ship and dominion to GOVERN, MANAGE and CARE for the things on earth on God’s behalf;[8] we are not little gods.
Little gods
False Teachers bring new
teaching that say that everyone is a god and has god like power to create and
bring things into existence and can sustain themselves in “Words” and “Thoughts”. Men
are exact duplicates of god... These false teachers DO
NOT FEAR GOD.[9] It’s in the Book
ü
Earl
Paulk
- You should act like gods.
ü
Creflo
Dollar –
“You are gods; little g”.
ü
Kenneth
Copeland -
You do not have a god in you, you are one.
ü
Paul
Crouch -
God doesn’t even draw a distinction between himself and us.
ü
Kenneth
Hagan –
You are as much the incarnation of God as Jesus Christ was.
The Book speaks about
little gods: You say ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of the
gods, in the heart of the seas,’ yet you are but a man, and NO GOD, though you make your heart like the heart of a
god.
Not one statement of this nature is documented in the NT by Jesus or
any of the disciples.
Ezekiel 28:2 – You said I am a god, but
yet you are but a man
2 “Son of man, say to the prince of
Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Because your heart is proud, and you have said,
‘I AM A GOD, I sit in the seat of the
gods, in the heart of the seas,’ yet YOU ARE BUT A MAN, and NO GOD, though you
make your heart like the heart of a god
(ESV)
The Book teaches that there is no
multiplicity of god. For although there
may be so-called gods and many “lords in heaven or on earth, yet for the
Christian there is only ONE God,[10]
the Father, from whom all things exist and ONE Lord, Jesus
Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
For the non-believer, whenever they
worship or offer sacrifices, they are offering it to demons, not to God.[11] He has said in no uncertain terms and so many
times; there is no other god;
however you can make yourself one.[12] It’s in the Book
The Big Lie: “you can become a
god” was spewed out the mouth of Satan in the Garden of Eden when he tricked Eve into eating the fruit of the tree of
Knowledge of good and evil. He told her she
would be like god. When
Cornelius met with Peter, he worshipped at his feet and Peter said; STOP THAT; I am only a man, just like you.[13]
Genesis 3:4-5 – THE BIG LIE - You will be
as god
4 And the serpent said unto the
woman, you shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day
ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and YE
SHALL BE AS GODS, knowing good and evil. (KJV)
Here is what God said: I alone am God[14]...
There is no other god besides ME [15]... I am the LORD,
and there is no other[16]...
Besides ME there is no god[17]
– No gods before ME nor none after ME.[18]
Sounds pretty clear to me; there are not any little gods.
From the “Forgotten Books of Eden” Secrets of
Enoch; Satan’s fall... God
kicked Satan out of heaven for doing the very same thing that the “Word of Faith
Movement” teaches[19]...
Isiah
and Luke
both confirm the same thing.
From the APOCRYPHA
2 Enoch Chapter
29:3-4
– God threw
Satan out of heaven
3 And one from out the order of angels, having
turned away with the order that was under him, conceived an IMPOSSIBLE THOUGHT, to place his throne
higher than the clouds above the
earth that he might become equal in rank to my power.
4 and I THREW HIM OUT from the height with his angels, and he was flying in the
air continuous above the bottomless.
Isaiah 14:12-14 – Satan fallen; five I
wills cut down to the ground
12 How
YOU ARE FALLEN from heaven, O Day Star,
son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!
13 You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit
on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north;
14 I will ascend
above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself
like the Most High.’ (ESV)
Twisted little god scripture
WOF... You shall be as God to him. Moses was created
as a little god & was to function
as a god.
The Book says that Moses would
receive information from God and tell it to Aaron “as IF he were God”.[20] This had nothing to do with Moses’ nature... The
Lord is one, there is no other besides Him.
WOF... You are gods, sons of the Most High, ALL of you; ALL of us are little
gods.
The Book says the text is
addressing the ancient Jewish rulers, the judges who have been given authority
over the land and using a HYPERBOLE, He refers to
them as gods to express their power and responsibility; they were not actually gods.
Jesus was quoting
Psalms 82 saying
that if He Himself as a deity was being blasphemous by claiming
Himself equal with God, then even more should undeserving mortals; the ancient
Jewish judges who were given authority and power be considered even more
blasphemous. They are nether deity nor
deserving of the titles.
I truly hate to spring this on you but there
is a second parallel conversation that takes place in the “Council of God”. In this council, God decides the fate of
someone and the Council
decides how His decree will be carried out. (Example Daniel 4:13-23...1 Kings 22:19-22...Psalm 89:5-7)
We don’t know why God has a council, but
He does; and these special created beings were judging unjustly and God told them that they would be cast down and die like mortal men...
This is a study into its own self,
Try to find the study: Book 3.1... Two Yahweh’s
Psalm 82:2-7 - You are gods, sons of the Most High, ALL of you
2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to
the wicked?
3 (You
should) Give
justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and
the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy;
4 deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
5 THEY HAVE NEITHER KNOWLEDGE NOR UNDERSTANDING,
they walk about in darkness; all the
foundations of the earth are shaken.
6 I said, “YOU ARE GODS, sons of the Most High, ALL OF YOU;
7 NEVERTHELESS,
LIKE MEN YOU SHALL DIE, and fall like any prince.” (ESV)
Now
back to the Word of Faith Teachers.
Paula White... You are a
little Elohim;
a little god.
The Book says the word Elohim is not shared with any other entity;
only God.[21]
Joyce Myer... God’s people
are not taking their proper places... You are little gods.
Kenneth Copeland... We want to
be gods. Jesus said, “I said ye are gods.”[22] It is with “the attitude of gods” in the
world that Jesus wants the Christian to live. You don’t have
a god in you; YOU ARE ONE.
Now Peter said; “by exceeding great and precious promises, you become
partakers of the divine nature.[23] Alright are we gods? We are a Class of Gods”.
STOP; NO
WHERE in
the New Testament does
it mandate that the Christian call themselves little gods. This partaking of the Divine nature is referring to
The moral transformation and
imitation of God’s Holy character.
We imitate the Divine
nature of God as humans with our MORAL transformation and NOT DIVINE transformation... We get to share in the human virtue and character with
God’s character. This is about the
acquisition of moral character.
There is a distinction between God’s energies and His
essence;
humanity participate in His energies, but not His essence. [24]
Thought
Power -You become what you think
WOF... You have power in what you think.
Joel Osteen... “Proverbs 18:21
says, “Life and death are in the power of our tongue”.[25] What are you saying about your future...?
What are you saying about your finances...? Make sure the words you are sending
out are in the direction you want to go.”
The Book says that we should
be careful of the negative consequences
of what we say. The verses Osteen quotes
before it are left out which says A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a
beating.[26] A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to
his soul.
The Book says the Word of Faith movement
ignores VERSE ELEVEN which says;
The rich THINK their wealth protects them; they IMAGINE themselves safe behind it.[27]
Joyce Meyer...
“Because
my thoughts were all negative, my talk and my life were too. Proverbs 23:7 says that as a man thinks in
his heart, so is he.[28] My life was a reflection of my thoughts and
my words.”
The
Book does not say a man will “become”
what he thinks. The context is about
eating with a corrupt king who tells you to “eat up”, but is begrudging the cost
of the meal in his heart, [29] and
verse four is always left out…. It says; DO
NOT WORK JUST TO ACQUIRE WEALTH.
What a man thinks is who he already is; not who he
becomes.
Declaring things into existence
WOF - Believe whatever you say will come to pass;
whatever you ask believing you will
receive.[30]
The Book commands us to have faith in God. God is the object of trust
not what we believe. Our asking is in
accordance to His
Will, not our will.[31] Our trust is NOT in our thoughts;
our trust is in God. Our asking is “God centered”; glorifying God; not “man centered”,
glorifying man.
Kenneth Hagan - Have the “God kind” of Faith.
The Book does not say to have the God kind of Faith, it says to have Faith in God.
They point to the scripture that says;
by faith
we understand that the universe was created by the word of God. The Bible reference to “faith” is addressing OUR faith, not GOD’S faith.[32]
WOF - We are like God, we can speak things
into existence.
Charles
Capps – The creative ability of man
comes through his spirit. HE (man) speaks spirit
words that work in the world of the spirit.
They will also dominate the physical world. HE
(man) breathes spirit life into God’s Word and
it becomes a living substance, working for him as it worked for God in the
beginning.
Kenneth Hagan – You can have
what you say. You can write your own
ticket with God. And the first step in
writing your own ticket with God is “SAY IT”. There
are four point’s from Jesus Christ given to Hagan; “1) Say it, 2) Do it, 3) Receive it and 4) Tell it”.
Gloria Copeland – You call what
you have, you speak what you want. – You’re the weather man or woman, you talk
to that thing; you are not coming here. - I command you to dissipate.
Paul Crouch - Speak that thing; Decree that thing and it will come
to pass, whatever it is in your life.
Joel Osteen – Say; I am
blessed, I’m healthy, I’m strong, I’m valuable, I’m talented… over time they
will create the same image in your own life.
Benny Hinn - There is power in me to speak life and death.
John Avanzini - If you believe in your heart, you will have what
you say.
Joyce Meyer – What you say
today is probably what you will end up having tomorrow.
Deuteronomy 15:11 - There will always be poor people in the land
11 THERE
WILL ALWAYS BE POOR PEOPLE IN THE LAND. Therefore I command you to be openhanded
toward your fellow Israelites who
are poor and needy in your land.
(NIV2011)
Do not pray- Decree and Command
Pat Robertson – You command
the dead to rise, you command money to come to you. That’s the way you take authority over the
material world around you; YOU DO NOT PRAY.
Joel Osteen - Some of you
are praying about things you should be speaking to. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PRAY about that fear anymore, you should say
“fear I command you to leave”.
The Book says the principal in scripture is NOT to command or decree a thing, but state
our desire and then pray, may the LORD do what seems good to him.[33] God is able to change our situation; but
regardless, may His Will be done.[34] We do not know what tomorrow will bring...
Our life is but a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. WE ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or
that.” [35]
James
4:13-16 – You boast in arrogance; all such boasting is evil
15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord
wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your ARROGANCE.
All such
boasting is evil.
ESV
The Model Prayer states we should
pray for “God’s
will” to be done.[36] In everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.[37] Everything is according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His
will.[38]
The Book says Paul had a thorn in the flesh; he DID NOT DECREE OR COMMAND that it be
taken from him, but prayed three times to God to take it from him. God DID NOT grant him his request, but said His grace
was sufficient for him.[39] The Word of Faith Movement
boast in their ARROGANCE of commanding
and decreeing things into existence[40]
and GOD
says such boasting is EVIL.
It’s in the Book
Material
Gain and Prosperity
Kenneth Hagan – Believe in
your heart; say it with your mouth. That is the
principal of Faith. YOU CAN HAVE WHAT YOU SAY.
Robert Tilton – My God’s rich
and He’s trying to show you how to draw out of your heavenly account that Jesus
bought and paid for and purchased for you at Calvary. NEW HOUSE? NEW CAR? That’s chicken
feed. That’s nothing compared to what
God wants to do for you.
Joseph Prince – I’ve got to
believe that I receive it, then I will have it. – I must believe that I receive
it, not FEEL that you have
it.
Kenneth Copeland – You must
realize that IT IS GOD’S WILL for you to prosper. This is available to you, and frankly, it
would be STUPID of you not to
partake of it.
Joel Osteen – When you DEMAND riches, all of heaven comes to fulfill your
material desires. Everything I put my hands to prospers and succeeds! Friend, when you make those kinds of bold
declarations, all heaven comes to
attention to back up God’s Word.
The Book says COMMANDING things into existence is God’s
unique prerogative alone.[41] The teaching that man can decree, demand and command things to happen elevates man and reduces God.[42] The First Lie from
the Garden
of Eden is ever present today; “you will be like
God”. If we can command
things into existence, then it follows that people should fear us and stand in
awe of us just like we fear and stand in awe of God.[43] NO WHERE in the Bible has any created being ever
been given “creative
power”.[44]
The closest we come to
participating in God’s creative nature is through child bearing.
Wealth
WOF “whatsoever” you ask for, believe
that you RECEIVE THEM and you will
have them.[45]
Fred Price – “What-so-ever”
means... house... car... Rolls Royce... airplane... finances... prosperity...
clothes... furniture... churches... bibles... television sets... television
stations... television cameras... WHAT SO EVER HE SAYETH.
TD Jakes – SOW this and REAP that.
Gloria Copeland – Give $10 and RECEIVE $1,000; give $10,000 and
RECEIVE $100,000
Joyce Meyer – If you stay in
your faith,
you are going to GET PAID. I am now living my REWARD.
The Book says when it comes to giving, give expecting
nothing in return.[46] You should be on guard
against all covetousness; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of
possessions.[47]
It’s not about getting, it’s about giving.[48]
Sell off some of your possessions and
give to those who have nothing.[49] Be rich in GOOD WORKS...
Be GENEROUS
and... Be ready to SHARE.[50]
The Book; The deceitfulness of
riches and the desires for other things enter into your thoughts and chokes out
the Word,[51] making the Word unfruitful,
you WILL NOT receive because you have ask wrongly.[52]
False teachers have trained
their hearts with greed[53]
and in their greed will EXPLOIT YOU with false words.
They themselves have gone astray with the love of money and have now
become a slave to it.[54] The people who don’t know God, FUSS over these THINGS.[55] It’s in the Book
Jesus
was Rich - He had a treasurer
TD Jakes – The Power of
Thought; you are one thought away from a great reformation in your life, one
thought away from being a millionaire.
Creflo Dollar – Soldiers (at the crucifixion) gambled for His
(Jesus) clothes by
throwing dice... Shows that Jesus must have been wealthy enough to have worn FINE garments.
The Book - When you go
through scriptures there is no way you can conclude Jesus was rich. There were four soldiers and five articles of
clothing, so each got an article and then they tossed the dice to see who would
get the remaining piece rather than tear it into quarters.[56] Although it was a peasant’s garment, it was
nevertheless a seamless good one[57] that
someone probably had made for Him; many students of the Word BS have
concluded that it was made by His mother Mary of Nazareth.
Note: Take a close look at the homes of the leaders
of the mega-churches and compare them to Jesus. He owned nothing but the clothes on His back;
He said the birds of the air have a nest, and the foxes have a den, but the son
of man does not even have a place to lay His head.[58]
JUDAS was His accountant and treasurer;
many of the Women Of the Church gave
money to the ministry known as THE WAY to provide food
and a nights lodging for the twelve plus the WOC workers.
Healing
WOF - Sickness comes
from the mind and right thinking heals it.
Joyce Meyer – By His stripes I was healed.[59] Healing belongs to me. I was healed two thousand years ago by the
stripes Jesus bore… I‘m not trying to get healing; I’ve already got my healing.
Gloria Copeland – So when sickness
starts to come on your body, don’t think of yourself as the sick trying to get
healed; you ARE the healed and the devil is trying to steal your health
The Book says that the wounds or
stripes that Jesus bore were for the healing of our transgressions,
our SINS; NOT for our literal sickness. His stripes are for the healing of our sins...
Like sheep that have “gone astray” is
a METAPHOR for sin; like HEAL the iniquity of my TROUBLED bones is a METAPHOR.[60]
It’s in the Book
1 Peter 2:24 - By whose stripes you were healed of Sin
24 who Himself bore our SINS in His own body on the tree, that we,
having died to SINS, might live for righteousness--BY WHOSE
STRIPES YOU WERE HEALED. (Of Sin)
(NKJV)
Ask Anything
WOF
- If you ask me ANYTHING in my name, I will do it.
The Book – The
“Anything”
has to do with enabling the disciples to be able to spread the Gospel. The “anything” asked is to glorify God.[61] The “anything” must be according to HIS WILL and guided by the Holy Spirit[62]
who dwells within us & restrains our
feelings & helps us in
our “request”
so that WE DO NOT WANDER OUT OF BOUNDS WITH OUR
DESIRES. [63]
John 14:14 - If you ask me anything in my name, I will
do it.
14 If you
ask me ANYTHING
in my name, I will do it. (ESV)
Prosperity
WOF
- God desires to PROSPER you.
Kenneth Copeland –
John writes that we should prosper and be in health.
WOF
- I pray that you will prosper; but READ ON,
the verse goes on to say “as your soul prospers”[64]
meaning that as you study God’s Word and
get it down in your spirit, you will prosper in health. This saying was also a “common greeting” among the Jews
that when they would greet each other... it would be like we would say today; “have a great
day”.
WOF - Receive NOW in this time houses and land.
The Book says this was referencing
those who had lost everything for the Gospel sake would be able to share with
others in the messianic community, their homes, land and their family. This early church community no longer exist in
our time today, although it could come about; Quakers are close to
communalisms. (This
is totally different from communism.)
ü Communalism – EVERYONE OWNS IT ALL. God is their source.[65] A system of government in which communes
sometimes on an ethnic or religious basis, have virtual autonomy within a
federated state. A small group of people living communally and
sharing in work and earnings.
ü Communism – THE
STATE OWNS IT ALL. God has nothing to
do with it.
The Book says that Communalism
works when God is involved. When man
puts himself before others, it fails. The Essenes lived in communalism for over 200
years, everything including their clothes was held in common; they ALL owned it ALL.
The Book says this letter was written to the Jews
that were in EXILE;[66]
He would bring them out of captivity in seven years if
they repent... It is not
a letter to every Christian that God will prosper them.
Jesus
was a mere man on earth
WOF Jesus was only a man when on earth and
did not possess a divine nature. Some
students of the Word BS say He became a god at
His BAPTISM and lost His deity at the CROSS. Other BS s say He did
not become BORN AGAIN until after He died.
They teach that Jesus experienced and
suffered BOTH a physical and spiritual death; once on the
cross and once in Hell.
The Book states that
Christ suffered only ONCE for ALL of our sins.
Kenneth Copeland – “He hadn’t come to
earth as God, He’d come as man.”
“Jesus prayed not as the Divine One who had authority as God, but
as a man” – Jesus never believed Himself to be the most high God. Jesus volunteered to go to hell and I’m going
to tell you something, ain’t nobody ever got out of there. Jesus went to hell to free mankind from the
penalty of Adam’s high treason… When his blood poured out it DID NOT atone… Jesus
spent three
HORRIBLE
days and nights in the bowels of the earth getting back for you
and me our rights with God.
The Book says Jesus spent three WONDERFUL days and nights when He went to Paradise and preached to the
captives there and SET THEM ALL
FREE.
Kenneth Copeland - God turned to a man (Jesus) and called him God. He is in a higher position now than He was
before He headed to the cross… A twice born man defeated Satan in his own domain…
Well now you don’t mean, you couldn’t dare mean, that I could have done the same thing? He
said, OH YEAH,
if you’d had the knowledge of the Word of God that He did, YOU COULD’VE DONE THE SAME THING cause you’re a
reborn man too. When His blood
poured out it DID NOT atone.
Fred Price – Jesus was on
earth as just a man, not the Son of God. Do you think the punishment for our sin was to
die on the cross? If that were the case,
the two thieves could have paid your price.
No the punishment was to go into hell itself and TO SERVE TIME in hell separated from God…
Creflo Dollar – God never
sleeps nor slumbers, Jesus came as a man and had to sleep. If Jesus came as God, then why did God have to
ANOINT Him? [67]
Earl Paulk – Easter
resurrection shows how Jesus moved from being an earthly man to being a
heavenly man. Jesus stood toe to toe
with the devil and overcame the principalities and powers of death, hell and
the grave. How are WE doing to conquer
death? WE are overcomers through Jesus Christ because WE are learning
the tools He used. WE are learning to
move in authority and power. WE implement the
concepts of His heart and mind. Jesus
the first fruit, teaches US the secrets of overcoming the last enemy. WE must do everything that Jesus Christ did. (to save ourselves)
The Book says that even back in New Testament times,
that the authorities DID NOT UNDERSTAND His Deity.[68]
Jesus
took on Satan’s nature
The Word of Faith movement states that at the death of Christ He took on a
satanic nature of sin; the process is called TRANSMUTATION.
Benny Hinn – Jesus knew
that the only way He could defeat Satan was to become one with him in nature.
Kenneth Copeland - It was not
the physical death of Christ that paid the price for sin, otherwise any prophet
of God could have done that. Jesus made Himself
obedient to Satan and took on his nature. Jesus allowed Himself to
come under Satan’s control.
The Book says that Jesus pre-existed as deity and when He came to
earth He took on flesh and then possessed a DIVINE and a HUMAN nature.[69] He DID NOT set aside His deity therefore He
could not take on a satanic nature.
The Book says; the translated
word Deity
means the “fullness”
of what constitutes the nature or state of being God; dwells bodily in
Christ. He possessed both a DIVINE nature and a HUMAN nature with the
property of each nature wholly preserved. He was by nature both flesh and Spirit, both made and not made; God
and man.
If Jesus was NOT true God and true man preserved in one
single consciousness, then we would still be in our sins. The blood of Jesus on the cross is what takes
care of sin, NOT His suffering
in hell.
The Book says that Christ is light and in
Him is no darkness[70]
and neither was deceit found in His mouth. Although He was tempted in all ways common to
man; He did not sin…[71]
WOF - 2 Corinthians
5:21 - For
our sake HE MADE HIM TO BE SIN who knew no sin,
so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
The Book’s literal translation is “He made Him as A SACRIFICE for
sin,[72]
who knew no sin; He became a sin offering.[73]
WOF - Satan being lifted up on a pole in the wilderness and Jesus
lifted up on the cross is representative and proves that Jesus had a satanic nature.
He became united with Satan and received
a satanic nature.
Kenneth Copeland – It was the sign of Satan that was hanging on the Cross.
He went to hell and suffered.
It is important for us to realize
that a born-again man defeated Satan… Colossians 1:18 refers to Jesus as the
first born from the dead… He was the first man to
be RE-BORN.
The Book - Satan lifted up on the pole represented
the sins of Israel,[74]
Jesus lifted up on the cross represented the
sins of the world [75]
and at His death He committed His Spirit unto the Hands of His Father God, not
to Hell nor Satan.[76]
Jesus
death insufficient for sins
The Word of Faith Movement denies that
Jesus was God while on earth, that His death on the cross was insufficient payment for our sins and that He needed to SUFFER in Hell also.
WOF - Jesus suffered and was tortured in Hell
by Satan and the demons for three days.
Fred Price - Satan and all
the demons of hell thought that they had Him bound, and they threw a net over
Jesus and the dragged Him down to the very pit of hell itself TO SERVE OUR
SENTENCE.
The Book states He cancelled the
record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands,
nailing it to THE CROSS, disarmed the
rulers and authorities and put them to open shame and triumphed over them. He was NOT
TORTURED by
demons, He TRIUMPHED over them; everything
was accomplished at the cross, nothing further was required.[77]
WOF argue that the comma placement is wrong
in the scripture that says; “Truly, I say to you, TODAY you will be with me in
Paradise”… saying it should be Truly, I say to you
today, you will be with me in Paradise; changing the meaning from He would be
in Paradise that very day, to He will be in Paradise at some point. This supports
their rational that Jesus spent three day suffering in Hell being tortured by
Satan and the demons.
It their argument
were true,
it would be the ONLY occurrence in
the entire New
Testament that Jesus stated “truly, I say
unto you”, and then DID NOT follow it with
a comma. - I counted at least 27 times that Jesus made this statement and every
time it was followed by a comma; EVERY TIME.
Luke 23:43 – TODAY He would be in
Paradise, a compartment of hell
43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, TODAY you will be with me in Paradise.” (ESV)
Kenneth Copeland – When Jesus
cried, “it
is finished,” He was not speaking of the plan of redemption. Jesus death on the cross was only the beginning of
the COMPLETE WORK of redemption.
Earl Paulk - We must learn
how to enter into His vicariousness… Jesus is our example as one who lived in
perfect harmony with God’s direction for His life….
Now the body of Christ must COMPLETE THE
WORK which Christ began.
The Book says Justification or
Salvation is by faith alone and NOT BY WORKS.
We don’t do good works to be saved; we do good works because we are
saved. The Work of Christ on the cross “Was Sufficient”
to save us from our sins; there is no WORK for us to complete.[78]
Jesus was born
again in Hell
WOF - As a man, Jesus was “born again” in hell and
became a God; so He was not unique. Jesus
as well as all other humans that are born again will receive the attributes of
God’s nature.
Joyce Meyer – Jesus could
have helped Himself until the point that He said “I commend my Spirit into your
hands”, He then become Sin, He was no longer the Son of God. When the first human sacrifice was accepted,
Jesus was the first human being that was ever BORN
AGAIN and
it happened when He was in Hell... Jesus did not go to Paradise at His death. (Implication; He went to hell first)
WOF - Jesus took on the “God Man” when He was BORN AGAIN, and when MAN is born again, they also take on “God Man”.
Kenneth Hagen – Spiritual
death means (Jesus)
having Satan’s
nature… is the first one who was ever BORN
AGAIN... Jesus went to hell and suffered
in our place... Jesus
took on a satanic nature and became a “new satanic creation”… Jesus
became sin. His spirit was separated
from God... Jesus was begotten like us, separated from God. He tasted a spiritual death and was the first
to be BORN AGAIN. He needed to be BORN AGAIN because He was estranged from God. God was not His father anymore, He had taken on
Himself the nature of Satan. There is a real incarnation in the new birth…
God imparts His very nature, substance and being to our human spirits.
The Book is actually
teaching that
Jesus was the first to rise from the dead to a state of immortality;[79]
He was the first fruits of many to obtain “un-ending life”.[80] There is nothing in the NT that states that
Jesus was “Born
Again” or needed to be.[81]
Christ was not abandoned to
Hell nor did His flesh see corruption.
It’s in the Book
The Take Away
Those in the Word of Faith movement have
certainly brought a lot of light on the Word of God, but some
doctrines have been
introduced that smack of the New Age Movement; the Power of Positive Thinking
Word of Faith vs; the Bible
ü
Little
god’s Doctrine – Before
me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me
ü
Declaring
and Commanding things into existence - Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and
do this or that.
ü
Material
gain and prosperity - The deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other
things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
ü
Jesus
was just a mere man on earth - For
in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.
ü
Jesus
death on the Cross was insufficient payment for sins – He canceled the record of debt with
its legal demands, nailing it to the cross and triumphing over them.
ü
Jesus took on a satanic nature of sin;
the process of transmutation - God
is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.
ü
Jesus
was tormented in hell for our sins and then “Born Again” - He was not abandoned to Hades, nor
did his flesh see corruption. - Christ has been raised from the dead, the first
fruits of those who have fallen asleep. – He was FIRST BORN of many from the
dead. - Jesus went to Paradise; preached the Good News message and led the
captives free.[82]
I sent in some
money to a TV ministry and they sent me back a book which every other chapter
was on giving money to TV ministries. I don’t
see anything inherently wrong with that, as it is a tool to raise money, but I
just observe it for what it is. WORDS MANIPULATE THINKING
The Book says the time is
coming when people will not endure sound teaching,[83]
but having itching ears they will
accumulate for themselves teachers to suit
their own passions. From
among your own selves will arise men speaking TWISTED
things, [84] turning things
Upside Down[85] to draw away the disciples of the Faith to follow
after them.
The Book says; I HAVE NOT SENT them or APPOINTED them or SPOKEN to them.
They are prophesying
to you false
visions, divinations, idolatries
and the DELUSIONS OF THEIR OWN MINDS.[86]
DO NOT WELCOME THEM OR LET
THEM INTO YOUR HOME
! [87]
Special Note
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Teachers,
there is a three hour YouTube video
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[1] Romans 11:29 - The gifts and the
calling of God are irrevocable
[2] 2 Timothy 4:3 – People will get teachers that
suit their own passions
[3] 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 – Satan disguises himself as an angel of
light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers ALSO TRANSFORM
THEMSELVES into
MINISTERS
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
[4] Acts 20:30 – Ministers speak twisted things
[5] Isaiah 44:6-8 – Besides ME
there is no god
-- Isaiah 45:5 - I am the LORD,
and there is no other
[6] Isaiah 29:16 – You are turning things upside down
[7] Genesis 1:26 - Let us make man in our
image
-- Genesis 1:26-28
– Man made in the image of God with Dominion over the
earth
[8] Psalm 72:1-13 - The King MANAGES
and CARES for the earth
[9] Romans 3:18 – FALSE TEACHER DO NOT FEAR
GOD.
[10] 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 - There may be many
so-called gods yet for the Believer there is
just one God, the Father
[11] 1 Corinthians 10:20 - Pagans sacrifice are to demons, not to God
[12] 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 – Let no one deceive you in any way, the Anti-Christ will exalt himself; proclaiming
himself to be God.
[13] Acts 10:25-26 – I am not a little god, I am just a man like you
[14] Psalm 86:10 - I alone am God
[15] Isaiah 45:21 - There is no other god besides me
[16] Jeremiah 10:6 - There is none like you, O LORD
[17] Deuteronomy 6:4 - The LORD is one
[18] Isaiah 43:10 – There are No gods before Me
nor none after Me
[19] Luke 10:15-18 – I saw Satan fall from heaven like
lighting.
[20] Exodus 4:15-16 - He shall speak for you to the people, and he
shall be your mouth, and YOU SHALL BE AS GOD TO HIM You shall speak to him and
put the words in his mouth
[21] 2 Samuel 7:22 – There is none like God; none besides YOU.
[22] John 10:32-36 – It’s written in your Law,
‘I said, you are gods’? ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
[23] 2 Peter 1:4– WE have become partakers of the
divine nature
[24] John 10:27-30 – I am one with the Father -- Deuteronomy 6:4 - The LORD is
one
[25] Proverbs 18:21 – The power of Life and death is in the tongue
[26] Proverbs 18:6-7 – A fool’s lips and mouth invites a beating
[27] Proverbs 18:11 - The rich THINK and IMAGINE their wealth protects them
[28] Proverbs 23:7 - As a man thinks in his heart, so is he
[29]
Proverbs 23:1-7 – Set down with a king, observe carefully. “Eat and drink!” he says
to you, but HIS HEART IS NOT WITH YOU.... Do not toil to acquire
wealth
[30] Mark 11:22-24 – Believe you receive and it will be yours
[31] 1 John 5:14 – Ask according to HIS WILL and He hears us
[32] Mark 11:22 - Have faith in God; Not “God kind” of faith -- Hebrews 11:3 –
Not God’s Faith, but have Faith in God
[33] 2 Samuel 10:12 - May the LORD do what seems good to Him
[34] Daniel 3:17-18 - God able to
deliver us, But if not may HIS WILL be done
[35] Romans 1:9-11 – State your case, ASK for GOD’S WILL in it
[36] Matthew 6:9-10 – Model Prayer; pray that GOD’S WILL be done --
Matthew 26:39 – State desire; PRAY NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR WILL
[37] Philippians 4:6 – Let your REQUESTS be made known to God in Prayer
[38] Ephesians 1:11 – It all works according to the counsel of GOD’S WILL - Romans 8:27 – Holy Spirit intercedes according to GOD’S WILL
[39] 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 – God DID NOT answer Paul’s prayer to remove his thorn in the
flesh
[40] James 4:13-16 - You boast in your arrogance... You ought to say, “IF THE LORD
WILLS” we
will do this and that
[41] Job 38:12 – Can you COMMAND
the morning to dawn? NO -- Job
38:34 – Can you SPEAK and cause a flood? NO -- Job 39:27 – Can you COMMAND an Eagle to make a nest? NO -- Psalm 33:8-9 – It is GOD that SPEAKS and COMMANDs... NOT MAN
[42] Proverbs 19:21 – It is the PURPOSE of the LORD that
will stand -- Job 23:13 - What
God desires, that He does
[43] Daniel 4:35 - He does according to his will among the host of
heaven & among the inhabitants of earth & NONE CAN STAY HIS HAND
[44] Job 38:4 – Tell me if you have UNDERSTANDING about the foundations of the earth
[45] Mark 11:24 – Whatsoever you pray and ask for BELIEVE that you will receive them
[46] Luke 6:35 - LEND, EXPECTING NOTHING IN RETURN and your reward will be great
[47] Luke 12:15 - Life
does not consist in the abundance of possessions
[48] Luke 3:11 - Share with him who has none
[49] Luke 12:33 - Sell some of your possessions,
and give to those in need
[50] 1 Timothy 6:17-19 - Be rich in good works, BE GENEROUS
& SHARE
[51] Mark 4:18-19 – Deceitfulness of riches chokes out the word
[52] James 4:3 – You don’t receive because you ask wrongly
[53] 2 Peter 2:14 - They have trained their hearts with greed -- 2 Peter 2:3 - In their GREED they will EXPLOIT with FALSE WORDS -- 2 Peter 2:15 – They love GAIN from
wrongdoing, and have gone astray
[54] 1 Timothy 6:6-10 - The LOVE of money is a
root of all kinds of evils. -- Matthew 6:19-21- Where your money
is, your heart will be there also--
Luke 12:15 - Life does not consist in the
abundance of your possessions
[55] Matthew 6:32 - People who don't know God fuss over THINGS -- 2
Peter 2:19 – They have become slaves to money and stuff
[56] Psalm 22:18 – PROPHECY
– They cast lots and divided my garments among them
[57] John 19:23-24 – The tunic was seamless, so they cast lots for it;
this was to fulfill the Prophecy which says,
“They divided my garments among
them, and for my
clothing they cast lots
[58] Luke 9:58 – Jesus had nothing; Foxes have
holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay
his head
[59] Isaiah 53:4-6 - With his WOUNDS we are HEALED He was
bruised for our Sins
[60] 2 Chronicles 7:14 – Metaphor – Forgive
their sin and HEAL their
land -- Psalm 6:2 – Metaphor – HEAL my TROUBLED bones -- Jeremiah 30:12-13 - Metaphor
– There is No HEALING;
your SIN is INCURABLE -- Nahum 3:19 – Metaphor – You Lost the battle, your Hurt WOUNDS are grievous -- Jeremiah 51:8-9 – Metaphor – Babylon has fallen; take BALM for pain perhaps she may be healed
-- Isaiah 1:5-6 – Metaphor –
You are SICK; you continue to rebel
[61] John 14:12-17 – ASK THAT THE FATHER MAY
BE GLORIFIED
[62] Romans 8:26 – The Holy Spirit helps us
to know what and how to ask.
[63] 1 John 5:14-15 – Ask ANYTHING
according to God’s WILL and
He hears us
[64] 3 John 1:2 – I
pray that you may prosper as your soul prospers studying the Word -- Jeremiah 29:11 – God desires to prosper you
and give you hope and a future
[65] Acts 2:42-47 – Christian
lived together; Messianic community... Communalism
[66] Mark 10:29-30 – Those in Exile; receive now in this time; houses and land
[67] Mark 16:1 – Jesus’ body was anointed with spices
[68] 1 Corinthians 2:8 – The authorities did not
understand His Deity for if they had, they
would not have crucified the Lord of glory -- Colossians 2:9 - In him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily
-- John 1:14 - The only Son from the
father became flesh
[69] Habakkuk 1:13 – GOD CANNOT BE UNITED WITH
WRONG
[70] 1 John 1:5 – Jesus did not take on Satan’s nature;
in Him is no darkness
[71] Hebrews 4:15 – Although Jesus was tempted, He remained without sin -- 1
Peter 2:22 – No deceit was found in His mouth
[72] Isaiah 53:10 – It was the will of the LORD to
CRUSH
HIM
as a guilt offering
[73] 2 Corinthians 5:21 – For our sake he MADE HIM TO BE
SIN
who knew no
sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God Romans 8:3 – God
sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh for a SIN
OFFERING
[74] Numbers 21:4-9 – Serpent represented the sins of ISRAEL; “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and
everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
[75] John 3:13-15 – Jesus represented the sins of the WORLD; as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up that whoever
believes in him may have eternal life -- John 8:24 – Unless you believe I am the
Messiah, you will die in your sins
[76] Luke 23:46 – Jesus committed His Spirit into
God’s hands not hell or Satan’s
[77] Colossians 2:14-15 – He triumphed over them
at the cross, not in hell -- Hebrews 2:14 – His death destroyed the power
of death; Satan -- 1 Peter 2:24
– He Bore our sins on the cross not in hell -- Colossians 2:13-14 – Our Sin Debt nailed to
the cross, not in hell
John 19:30 – It is
finished Sin debt paid in full on the cross;
not in hell -- Ephesians 1:7 – Redemption
through His blood on the cross, not in hell -- Romans
3:25 – Our Sins debt paid by His blood on the
cross, not in hell
[78] 1 Peter 3:18 - Christ suffered ONCE for sins the
righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, -- Hebrews 9:28 - Christ was offered ONCE to bear our sins to bear the sins of MANY -- Hebrews 10:10 – We
are sanctified through His offering of the body of Jesus Christ Once for All
[79] Acts 2:31 – Christ was not abandoned to Hell nor did His flesh see
corruption -- Psalm 16:10 - You
will not abandon my soul to Hell
[80] 1 Corinthians 15:20 – Christ is the first fruits raised from the dead
[81] Colossians 1:18 – Jesus was the FIRST
BORN to rise from the dead; NOT Born Again
[82] Ephesians 4:8-10 – He descended first to hell and led the captives FREE -- 1 Peter
[83] 2 Timothy 4:3 – People will not endure sound teaching, but will get teachers that suit their own
passions
[84] Acts 20:30 – Ministers speak twisted things
to draw away the disciples to follow after them
[85] Isaiah 29:16 – You are turning things upside down
[86] Jeremiah 14:14 - I HAVE NOT SENT NOR
SPOKEN TO THEM. They are prophesying
to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the DELUSIONS OF
THEIR OWN MINDS
[87] 2 John 1:10 - If anyone comes to you teaching a different Gospel, Do not welcome them or take them into your house -- Galatians 1:8 – Curse even an Angel that brings a different Gospel
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