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SPIRIT TRUTH MINISTRIES
DANGEROUS "WORD of FAITH/
PROSPERITY GOSPEL," MSOG DOCTRINES...
DANGEROUS "WORD of FAITH/ PROSPERITY
GOSPEL," MSOG DOCTRINES, DOMINION THEOLOGY, THE “NEW WAVE
PROPHETIC MOVEMENT: THE RISE OF ANTICHRIST IN THE CHURCH
(I preface this section by proclaiming that my faith rests solely in Jesus
Christ and His powerful word. I believe and preach the full gospel of Christ.
Others would definitely label me as "Pentecostal," though I don't
like to be labeled anything but a Christian- a follower of Jesus. Jesus
commands that we worship Him in SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. There are many that
wrongly relegate certain major portions of scripture to yesteryear. Jesus is
the same YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMMORROW! His word is IMMUTABLE (unchanging)
and the work of the Holy Ghost has not changed since Pentecost! I believe
that the Baptism in the Holy Ghost (Christ' Baptism) is necessary for every
believer in order to be of service to Jesus. This can happen at the time of
conversion when the Holy Spirit takes up initial residence but the full
Baptism in the Spirit usually happens later. ONE of the manifestations of the
baptism in the Holy Spirit, are speaking in tongues. All of the other
spiritual gifts are also still in operation– Jesus is the same
yesterday, today and tomorrow!)
Peter and Paul warned us explicitly about these deceptions because they are
so seductive and dangerous. If you don't recognize their message as being a
gross perversion of the Gospel then you have been deceived. They don't even
begin to comprehend the true nature of Jesus Christ. Their perverse doctrines
actually deny Jesus Christ. "Papa Hagin" as these
"disciples" call him, is the major fount spewing these demonic lies
from hell, whom these others emulate. Hagin stole his apostate teachings from
a New Age teacher by the name of E.W. Kenyon. Hagin plagaraized almost an entire book of
Kenyon's and blinded adepts yet bow to Hagin and even call him
"papa," which is the same title meaning "Pope"! Hagin's
disciples all preach a different Jesus than He who is found in the Word,
though they throw some Gospel in their mixture, and certainly mention the
name of Jesus. These adepts preach a dangerous mixture of high octane hype,
engineered to enrich themselves. (Read more about
Word/Faith teachers) They brazenly proclaim and model their evil
prosperity doctrines that equate having riches with being blessed by God and
thus possessing "righteousness." God's judgment is about to fall
upon them and there will be no escape unless they repent of their apostasies
NOW!
"If any man teach otherwise,
and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing
nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, wherof cometh envy,
strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt
minds, and destitute of the truth, SUPPOSING THAT GAIN IS GODLINESS: from
such withdraw thyself... But they that will be rich fall into temptation and
a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in
destruction and perdition. FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL: which
while some coveted after, THEY HAVE ERRED FROM THE FAITH, and have pierced
themselves through with many sorrows."
2 Timothy 6:3-5, 9-10
There is an enormous amount of scripture that definitely applies to this
counterfeit modern phenomenon called the "Faith Movement." These
adepts have taken the holy things of God and twisted their true meanings to
selfishly benefit themselves. They have become the modern version of the
"ravening wolves" that Jesus and the Apostle Paul warned us about.
They have taken extreme license to believe that they are spiritually superior
and deserving of any materialistic "blessing" that they can vainly
imagine. Prosperity disciples are not very subtle either. Many of these
"true believers" consistently act as though arrogance =
"faith." Many will defend their counterfeit icon leaders with fiery
jealousy if anyone dares to examine their fruits or judge their erroneous
doctrinal statements. These emotionally based adepts are well trained (even
brainwashed) to be "armor bearers" for their precious princes, and
refuse to listen to Biblical reason, but rather prefer to condemn one such as
I for daring to "speak against God's anointed," as though only
those who have enshrined themselves upon their own idolatrous pedestals could
possibly be hearing from God, let alone know His Word. I proclaim to you that
such are practicing a type of witchcraft and at the very least have been
bewitched themselves. Some of these even loved the Lord at one point, and may
still do, but they also love the false doctrines that have brought them a
false sense of power and often material "$blessings$," which are a
major sign (in their warped theology) that they are following God's
"formula" for success. They are "king's kids," special,
and self-deserving.
It would have been better for them
not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn
from the holy commandment delivered to them 2 Peter 2:21
Woe to them! For they have gone in
the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and
perished in the rebellion of Korah Jude 11
"Beware of false prophets,
who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs
from thistles? Therefore by their fruits you will know them. Not everyone who
says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does
the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and
done many wonders in Your name? And then I will declare to them, 'I never
knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness! Matthew
7:15,16,20-23
There will be some extremely arrogant "ministers" that will argue
with the Lord Himself on judgment day, proclaiming to Him that because of all
of the powerful "signs and wonders" which "they"
performed, that they are worthy of heavenly reward. These fierce, and
dangerous counterfeits presently infect a large portion of our Christian
airwaves due to the fact that their money formula "doctrines" which
inspire the foolish to give sacrificially to them in order so that they can
profit [as if Christianity were just some pyramid scheme]). This enables them
to raise ungodly amounts of money from deceived followers and to go on the
airwaves to rant and rave and bring dishonor upon the Gospel.
The Apostle Paul's final good-bye to the elders from Ephesus was
extremely sobering as to what the Spirit had told him about the future
church:
For I know this, that after my
departure SAVAGE WOLVES will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also
from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw
away the disciples after themselves. Therefore watch, and remember that for
three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears. Acts 20:29-31
The savage wolves and profiteers that are in the sanctuary today have reached
epidemic levels. Discernment is not an option brothers and sisters-it is an
absolute necessity. If you have doubts about the preacher you are listening
to, ask yourself: is the minister always pointing and drawing focus to Jesus
and glorifying Him, or are they just promoting themselves or some method or
formula? I am not saying that any one ministry is going to be
"perfect." God is perfecting us all- we ALL have some faults that
adhering to God's Word will expose so to us so that we can repent and be
continuously renewed. It is much easier to believe the right doctrines than
it is to practice them.
“after my departure SAVAGE
WOLVES will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also FROM AMONG
YOURSELVES men will rise up, SPEAKING PERVERSE THINGS to draw away disciples
after themselves, THEREFORE WATCH AND REMEMBER THAT FOR THREE YEARS I DID NOT
CEASE TO WARN EVERYONE NIGHT AND DAY WITH TEARS” (Acts 20:29-31).
If you think that things have gotten much better in the church since
Paul’s time, PLEASE open your eyes! The Lord warned us through Paul
that particularly in the last days there would be a massive "falling
away" from the truth or "apostasy" prior to the arrival of the
Day of the Lord (2 Thes. 2:3). Jesus warned us that "if possible," even
some of God's "elect," will become deceived in the last days by
“false christs and false prophets” who will do “great signs
and wonders.” (Matt.24:25). If ever there was a time to
preach God's holy and uncompromised word, in the power of the Holy Spirit,
(especially to believers) it is now, because major apostasy and deception is
rampant in most modern Christian movements. There are now numerous
“Simons” who are preaching a different “gospel” (or a
mixture) for the purpose of selfish gain. Though there are a few different
branches of this apostasy, it’s effect is the same: to deceive, confuse
and derail the true Gospel of God.
These movements have grown increasingly admiring of each other's popular
ministries, because they all openly idolize, bow to, and worship
"success" and "popularity," and relegate the authority of
scripture to yester-year. There are three major areas of apostasy but they
ultimately have one thing in common; they reduce Christianity to a phony,
personal success/prosperity trip. They have done the devil’s bidding by
creating a man-centered “gospel.”
The Word/Faith- false
prophet Movement reduces the Gospel to a shamanistic, word over
matter “faith” formula, in which God is bound to act on our behalf,
if we “speak” the right mumbo-jumbo into “existence.”
(Kenneth Copeland is a
prime example of this brand of false prophet heresy). Their
twisted “seed faith” teachings are designed to profit themselves
and broaden the empires that they have built. BUT, by far the most
blasphemous doctrine these deceivers preach goes to the very heart and nature
of Jesus and what He accomplished on the cross for us. Copeland, Hagen and others
preach that Jesus had to be "born again in hell"- that His death on
the cross WAS NOT ENOUGH TO ATONE FOR OUR SINS. They preach that "Jesus died SPIRITUALLY" (Known as the
"JDS doctrine"). That doctrine is absolute heresy and
means that they preach a completely DIFFERENT JESUS- ANOTHER GOSPEL! Oh, they
may mix it with all sorts of other Gospel truths (rat poison is only 1%
strychnine!) but at the core of what they preach is a FALSE CHRIST! Their
doctrines are TOXIC to the body of Christ and I like others, call them to
repentance from this gross heresy. The Apostle Peter also dealt with this
kind of covetous phony:
"But there were also false
prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you,
who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, EVEN DENYING THE LORD WHO
BOUGHT THEM, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow
their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time
their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not
slumber." (2 Peter 2:1-3)
Many of these "ministries" are foisting a dangerous, exploitive
counterfeit upon the public. Many "Christian" Television networks
have been completely conquered by these eccentric prosperity preachers, who
seem to thrive on emotionalism while spouting a dangerous, counterfeit
gospel. (Audio & video)
Many of these use the word as some sort of incantation in order to cast
“Christian spells” to receive what they positively confess for.
This is known as charismatic witchcraft, and must not be confused with
Biblical Christianity. Their phony “power” talk (positive confession/
name-it-and-claim-it) is NOT Biblical. There is a Biblical and
holy version of disciples proclaiming in faith as moved by the Holy Spirit.
God still does miracles as well, but not by utilizing certain “faith
formulas” that God is “bound” by to act upon. This
counterfeit is really dangerous and rife with abuses. God is not some cosmic
genie who is bound by certain cosmic laws to act on our behalf as we use the
word as a type of incantation. Satan's most insidious battle plan is to tempt
and delude Christians into aggrandizing themselves, causing them to pervert
the Gospel into a dangerous counterfeit.
A major demonic seduction is at work at varying levels, upon many in the
Charismatic /Word of Faith Movements and must be exposed. You will hear them
proclaim certain mantras like "I am the head not the tail," that
indicate what their faith has become and just WHAT their faith is in. WE ARE
NOT THE "HEAD" as they proclaim-- JESUS is the One and only Head of
His church. These hyper-faith charismaniacs have taken extreme license (given
themselves permission [self-entitlement]) to decide exactly what worldly
rights and benefits they DESERVE to have according to THEIR interpretation of
the scriptures (a private interpretation). As one local "Faith"
broadcaster put it: "You are a prince- I am a prince, we are above all
powers and principalities." OH REALLY! Just who do you think you are
sir, Christ Himself? They have deduced THEIR Christianity to a FORMULA for
disaster. They are raising themselves up to a non-existent, and perverted,
"god" status, which is extremely dangerous. They take the spiritual
truth of scripture and make some dangerous assumptions- they have GONE TOO
FAR! They have become like Esau, who DEMAND their inheritance NOW- in this
lifetime, and as THEY choose it, (health & wealth) and they base this all
on PERVERSIONS of scripture. Most of the followers in these movements were
born again and were once filled with the Spirit at one point in time. Most of
these hyper-faith franchises are simply repeating the same mantra (message)
that they see has been "successful" (money generating) in other
"ministries." Many of these "Faith" teachers have taken
spiritual messages meant for the regeneration of the spirit of man and
degenerated them for application to the soulish realm of man. God does want
all of us to flourish and prosper SPIRITUALLY, but these
"preachers" have unilaterally decided that Jesus meant that we all
have a God-given "RIGHT" to prosper financially and physically as
well, which is a massive perversion of scripture. Yes, Jesus still heals, and
real faith in JESUS still prevails, but the kind of "faith" that
these shamans are promoting is dangerous, because it instructs you to
"put your faith in faith," instead of in Jesus! Many of these still
love the Lord (to some degree) but have listened to such a twisting of the
scriptures that many have fallen completely away from the truth of the real
Gospel. There are still some in this movement that associate with it who have
not received all of its demonic doctrines and have been only partially
deceived. They must be warned and all others in it must be called to
repentance. REMEMBER: Jesus warned us that false prophets and false
"christs" would arise who would deceive, "if possible EVEN THE
ELECT!"
"SEE THAT NOT ANY LEADS YOU ASTRAY. FOR MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME,
SAYING, I AM THE CHRIST. AND THEY WILL CAUSE MANY TO BE LED ASTRAY...AND THEN
MANY WILL BE ENSNARED.... AND MANY FALSE PROPHETS WILL BE RAISED AND WILL
CAUSE MANY TO ERR... AND BECAUSE LAWLESSNESS SHALL HAVE BEEN MULTIPLIED, THE
LOVE OF MANY WILL GROW COLD." Matthew 24:4,5,10,11,12
Biblically speaking, I share allot of fundamental and BIBLICAL beliefs with
most prosperity teachers but many of them rarely preach these fundamental,
biblical truths. Most of them now preach about and believe in, extra-biblical
concepts that will make themselves and others, “prosperous” and “successful”
and much worse. By listening to them, one would think that Jesus died only to
make us "healthy and wealthy." They could care less about heaven
and being with Jesus- they want their "rewards" NOW! Some of them
(not all) are motivated completely by the opportunity of reaping
“ungodly gain,” and have relegated the true Gospel to second
class status. Most of them actually look down upon authentic, humble, poor
servants of Jesus Christ as being "faith failures" for not having
"wealth" and worldly "prestige." There is no room for the
sick in THEIR theology- except as an easy fund generating target for their
"faith" healer's division, i.e.: "sow to my ministry and God
will bless you with health and wealth" hype and lies. You see, in their
warped, Christian Science type theology, a "Christian" cannot
remain sick, which would be a sign of a massive lack of faith! I will not
mince any words. My desire is to please God, not man. GOD IS CALLING THESE
APOSTATE “MOVEMENTS,” TO REPENTANCE! THIS IS NOT A CONDEMNATION
OF INDIVIDUALS BUT IS MEANT TO BE AN EXPOSE` OF THEIR FALSE DOCTRINES...THEIR
“FRUITS.”)
God certainly does still heal and God does long to bless His children, but
many of these "name-it-and-claim-it," health and wealth folks have
taken complete liberty with God's word and are operating in a spirit of
license and self-entitlement. Their "theology" interprets God's
blessing to be primarily materialistic in nature and many are idolizing and
worshiping "prosperity." God does certainly want to bless us and
sustain us and He will always meet our needs as we trust in Him. We can ask
God and even proclaim in faith for great things, as long as we are not
praying out of our flesh for selfish reasons. Certainly, being prosperous is
not a confirmation of our spirituality. Some that have swung the other
direction have wrongly taken a vow of poverty and believe that it is wrong to
be wealthy. That is also ungodly. Cutting yourself off from God's blessing is
also wrong. What I am saying is that many in the Word/Faith/Prosperity camp,
have gone to far, and are fixated on obtaining health and wealth instead of
being focused on Jesus.
I urgently call brothers and sisters in these movements to seek the Lord and
closely examine their doctrines and practices. If the discernment that I have
received is from God, then we may now be seeing the fulfillment of the two
ultimate signs that the Day of the Lord is at hand and the hour is very late.
There is a distinct correlation between the rise of Antichrist and the
massive falling away from the truth of the Gospel, which is now in full
bloom.
The modern Pentecostal Movement has been a bastion of Christian holiness and
power, as it was in the in the first century. God’s Spirit moved
mightily in the early 20th century and is still moving in His remnant church.
But along the way, certain delusions were introduced by some individuals that
were obviously not from God. Some Pentecostals sought to duplicate and even
institutionalize the way in which God spontaneously moved at certain times.
Instead of repenting and genuinely seeking the face of God themselves (which
is why God manifested Himself in the first place) many began copying styles,
methods and performance. This has resulted in a religion of man’s own
making, filled with high octane hype, soulish gimmicks and religious methods
instead of humbling one’s self before the presence of God and abiding
in Him. Soon after the early moves of God in the past century, men began to
idolize the manifestations of God, even thinking that they could just conger
up the manifestations. There are many that will do anything to mesmerize an
audience and provoke people to give money. Manifestation of signs and wonders
is still possible today but there are some that create them in order to hold
people “captive.” Their motives are impure. Today, the fruit of
their errors are in high gear. There is a genuine Pentecostal movement and
there is a dangerous counterfeit, which is a part of the “falling
away” (apostasy) from the truth of the Gospel, referred to in 2
Thessalonians 2:3. While comforting the church that the Day of the Lord had
not yet come, Paul prophesies that in the last days, there would come a GREAT
apostasy from within the ranks of the church, which would allow THE
Antichrist to come to power, who would be “revealed,” at least to
the church.
I now see clearly that these new “Word /Faith,” MSOG, Dominion
theology, New Wave Prophetic doctrines, that dominate much of the charismatic
movement, are demonically inspired and constitute a major fulfillment of
scripture. “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some
will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of
demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a
hot iron.” (1Tim. 4:1,2). Paul warned the Thessalonians that the major
signs of the dawning of the ‘Day of the Lord,’ (which will begin
with the Rapture) would be a major “falling away from the truth”
or APOSTASIA (apostasy). Some clerics erroneously explain this as happening
outside of Christianity but the context more than infers that it would happen
from WITHIN THE CHURCH!
1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our
gathering together to Him, we ask you,
2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or
by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come.
3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the
falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of
perdition,
4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is
worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that
he is God. 2Thes. 2:1-4
The best bible commentaries agree (Matt. Henry, Geneva, Hill) that this
“falling away,” (from the truth of the Gospel and orthodox,
biblical doctrine) would happen WITHIN the church. Matthew Henry’s
brilliant and inspired commentary makes it clear:
“In these words the apostle confutes the error against which he had
cautioned them, and gives the reasons why they should not expect the coming
of Christ as just at hand. There were several events previous to the Second
Coming of Christ; in particular, he tells them there would be I. A general
apostasy, and there would come a falling away first, v. 3. By this apostasy
we are not to understand a defection in the state, or from civil government,
but in spiritual or religious matters, from sound doctrine, instituted
worship and church government, and a holy life. The apostle speaks of some
very great apostasy, not only of some converted Jews or Gentiles, but such as
should be very general, though gradual, and should give occasion to the
revelation of rise of antichrist, that man of sin. This, he says (v. 5), he
had told them of when he was with them, with design, no doubt, that they
should not take offence nor be stumbled at it. And let us observe that no
sooner was Christianity planted and rooted in the world than there began to
be a defection in the Christian church. It was so in the Old-Testament
church; presently after any considerable advance made in religion there
followed a defection: soon after the promise there was revolting; for
example, soon after men began to call upon the name of the Lord all flesh
corrupted their way, —soon
After the covenant with Noah the Babel-builders bade defiance to heaven,
—soon after the covenant with Abraham his seed degenerated in Egypt,
—soon after the Israelites were planted in Canaan, when the first
generation was worn off, they forsook God and served Baal, —soon after
God’s covenant with David his seed revolted, and served other gods,
—soon after the return out of captivity there was a general decay of
piety, as appears by the story of Ezra and Nehemiah; and therefore it was no
strange thing that after the planting of Christianity there should come a
falling away. II. A revelation of that man of sin, that is (v. 3), antichrist
would take his rise from this general apostasy. The apostle afterwards speaks
of the revelation of that wicked one (v. 8), intimating the discovery which
should be made of his wickedness, in order to his ruin: here he seems to
speak of his rise, which should be occasioned by the general apostasy he had
mentioned, and to intimate that all sorts of false doctrines and corruptions
should center in him.”
I will go on to expose most of these defections from the truth that pervade
these movements and why they are so dangerous. Paul definitely linked this
falling away from the truth, with the consequent rise of Antichrist and then
the Rapture of the church. I believe very strongly that Antichrist is in
power (though obviously not yet as world ruler) and though I am NOT
absolutely certain who he is, there are many holy men who have identified
most (if not all) of the evil traits of Antichrist in one particular person.
(SEE: “HAS THE ANTICHRIST BEEN REVEALED”) I discern that this
same spirit of Antichrist is working overtime in many sectors of the church.
It is manifested as “political correctness,” that bows (pays
homage, defers to) to powerful people and ministries (idolatry), rather than
to God. It is the preaching of a false peace that will be the cornerstone of
the government of Antichrist. Dissenters will be persecuted and that is
exactly what is happening within the church. Surely one of the most heinous attributes
of the Antichrist will be that “by PEACE he shall destroy
many.”(Dan. 8:25) Certainly we live in the time when many in the Middle
East, especially in Israel, are
crying out “peace, peace when there is no peace.” In fact, we are
living in the time when this verse will be fulfilled:
“For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as
a thief in the night.
3 For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction
comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not
escape.
4 But you, brethren are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you
as a thief. (1Thes. 5:2-4)
It is apostasy and rampant idolatry in the church, that caused a weakening in
our overall spiritual armor and has hampered the Spirit of God, to keep
Antichrist from rising. It is the incorporation of New Age doctrines (spirit
of Antichrist) within many sectors of Christianity that has paved the way for
the government of Antichrist to arise. “Wickedness in high places”
has deceived many a sheep in various ways and levels.
I am pointing out the context of these verses so that it is clear that the
great “falling away” of Christians from the core truths of the
Gospel and the rise of Antichrist are related and indicated by Paul to be the
final prophetic fulfillments before the coming of the ‘Day of the
Lord’. (Not even to mention that Jerusalem has
increasingly become “the cup of trembling” to the world, that was
prophesied in Zechariah, which is also in the context of the Day of the Lord!)
We cannot interpret that all that have fallen away from the truth have lost
their salvation. In the Word /Faith Movement, I believe that most of them are
certainly saved but are in various levels of religious self-deception. If it
was possible for Peter to be in gross religious error, who had to be
corrected by Paul, then it is certainly also possible for others today of
much less stature. But if you are easily fooled and smitten by men and women
who preach the “gospel,” who are nothing but cocky, self
confident, screaming, prancing, fierce performers, then you too have been
deceived and are fallen. Repent and return to your first love!
I sense an extreme urgency to proclaim what I clearly discern: that the two
major prophetic events that preface the Rapture are now upon us and are
intensifying (though the Antichrist himself has not “ascended” to
his world ruling throne). The massive falling away from the truth of the
Gospel is in full bloom throughout Christendom and the worldwide government
of Antichrist is being quickly established right under our noses. A sad
example in the ranks of the church of the intensifying of this falling away
from the truth, is the recent “knighting” of two major
“MSOG / “New Wave” false prophets, who have been fooled
into believing that “God is doing a new thing [through them].” Both Rick Joyner and Paul
Cain were officially made members of the ancient (now Masonic) cult named the
“Knights of Malta.” (I sense by the Spirit that there
are also others in their “prophetic” camp who have secretly
joined- perhaps Benny Hinn?). They are clueless to the fact that what these
occultic knights admire about them, is their mystical and “supernatural”
preoccupation and their large and growing power base, which they can MISLEAD,
deceive and captivate. Joyner even bragged that he was given the power to
"knight" others! This is an indicator of just how warped their
current doctrines are...it indicts them completely in that their “world
view” is compatible with a secret Luciferic society
(run from within the Vatican) that is hard at work ushering in the
government of Antichrist. Both Paul and Rick have been exposed for what they
really are: DANGEROUS FALSE PROPHETS who dwell on “new”
revelations that don’t line up with the word of God at all or in fact
mean the OPPOSITE of what THEY say their prophecies and visions mean. I see
this movement as being the armor bearer and spear-carrier for Word of Faith
ministries. The fact that Joyner and Cain could join forces with the Knights
of Malta proves
that they are without godly discernment of any kind... let alone could they
be God’s prophets.
In the new “New Wave Prophetic Movement,” there is an
intoxicating and idolatrous craving for supernatural manifestations and new
prophetic revelations that preys upon sheep who have the desire to feel
“superior” (above others) and who love to have their ears tickled
and their egos stroked. Some of these “prophets” have a high
degree of accuracy when it comes to accurately DIVINIG a person when any
familiar spirit [demon] can easily “reveal” this same kind of
personal information but these adepts instead credit the Holy Spirit (blasphemy).
Many of them are drunk with New Age power and are extremely proud and take
license in proclaiming that every vain imagination that they can dream has a
prophetic meaning of some sort (even writing whole books as if revealed to
them by God). They have raised themselves up to the lofty level of prophet
and many hold “services” that are much more like a psychic
performance than a church service. Yet many clamor for and pay dearly to hear
their latest “words of Knowledge.” Many of their followers lust after
“being on the cutting edge of what God is doing,” and are so
focused on new “prophetic” revelations, that the real word of God
is relegated to second and even third place... mostly used out of context to
ratify their false “prophecies.” What started as a preoccupation
(idolatry) of new “prophetic words,” has grown into a dangerous
religion, for many that are devoted to it. This movement is definitely
fooling (deceiving) some of God’s elect. Some listen to many of their
“prophecies” or “visions” but put selective weight on
it. Others are weary and discern the dangers in this movement but have fallen
under the tow of peer pressure and won’t voice their concerns about
abuses that they discern. For many, this false movement is just another way
of feeling superior, and “having prominence over others, which is the
last thing that a true, humble follower of Jesus should need to feel. These
people talk about discernment but they have been blinded and deceived (to
various degrees) because they have departed from the truth of God’s
unchanging word.
The following lies and distortions of truth, are among the devil’s
greatest modern tactics in spreading doctrinal deception thereby damaging and
defusing huge portions of the church, while protecting the controlling elite,
who closely resemble the “superior” ‘Nicolations’ of
the early church:
Lie #1. “At all costs, you must not judge your brother,” (When
the Lord says “JUDGE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT,” which is NOT tantamount
to CONDEMNATION. THE END RESULT OF THIS SPIRITLESS TYPE OF INTERPRETATION
WOULD AVAIL US TO BECOMING ONE WITH ALL OTHER RELIGIONS AND even CULTS. WE
MUST JUDGE EVERYTHING THAT WE HEAR PREACHED AS GOSPEL TRUTH TO SEE IF IT
LINES UP WITH GOD’S WORD, BEFORE WE BELIEVE IT AND CONSUME IT. WE ALSO
SHOULDN’T FELLOWSHIP SPIRITUALLY WITH NON-BELIEVERS, (UNEQUALLY YOKING)
THIS INCLUDES FELLOWSHIPPING WITH EVEN CERTAIN SHALLOW OR DECEIVED BELIEVERS,
WHICH IS ONE REASON THAT WE MUST JUDGE RIGHTEOUSLY AND WITHOUT MALICE OR
CONDEMNATION. WE CERTAINLY MUST ASSOCIATE AND BE FRIENDLY WITH EVERYONE WE
POSSIBLY CAN BUT WE CANNOT ENTER INTO SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP WITH EVERYONE.
JUDGMENT is not to be made in a "superior" or denigrating fashion
but always in mercy and in love, never looking down upon or being angry with
anyone).
Lie #2. “Christians must never be negative”- "positive
message only please" (HOW COULD A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL, POSSIBLY CALL
ANYONE TO REPENTANCE IF THEY SWALLOW THIS LIE? MANY "CHRISTIANS"
HAVE ALREADY BEEN BRAINWASHED NOT TO ACCEPT HOLY SPIRIT CONVICTION BECAUSE IT
“FEELS” BAD! Calling people to repentance and exposing sin is not
tantamount to condemnation!).
Distortion #3. “Do not touch God’s anointed” (IT’S SO
LIKE THE DEVIL TO TWIST GOD’S WORD TO MEAN SOMETHING ELSE. NO ONE IS
ABOVE REPROOF, REBUKE OR CORRECTION- YES, IT MUST BE DONE IN LOVE BUT GOD
DOESN’T SUGAR COAT ANYTHING! WHEN THEY HIDE BEHIND THIS SCRIPTURE, IT
ONLY CONFIRMS THE FACT THAT THEY FANCY THEMSELVES AS KINGS, EVEN AS
"gods." MANY NEW, SELF PROCLAIMED "APOSTLES," OPERATE IN
A SPIRIT OF PHARAOH [domineering, controlling, manipulative, preventing God's
children from entering the Promised Land.)
Distortion #4. “Anyone with his brother’s blood on his sword will
not enter the kingdom of heaven.” (REPROOF, REBUKE AND CORRECTION, ARE
NOT MURDER! CERTAIN APOSTATES HAVE TWISTED THIS WORD TO DEMONIZE ANYONE WHO
EXPOSES THEIR APOSTATE DOCTRINES AND PRACTICES AND THREATENS THEIR
“$KINGDOMS$” [The “counterattacks” that I have heard
from these “pacifists” make my skin crawl! Some of them have prophesied
death over their “critics.”])
Distortion #5. “But it’s not loving or Christ like to criticize a
brother.” (That’s true if that’s ALL that a person is
doing. But exposing dangerous doctrines that can destroy the body and
dishonor the Lord, and holding people responsible for what they teach and
preach is ABSOLUTELY LOVING, NECESSARY AND BIBLICAL. The Lord COMMANDS us to
warn and MARK them, IF NECESSARY, “REBUKE THEM SHARPLY” Titus 1:13).
“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them, which cause divisions and
offences contrary to the doctrine, which ye have learned; and avoid them. For
they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and
by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.”
Romans 16:17
Remember, Paul confronted and rebuked Peter: “I WITHSTOOD HIM [PETER]
TO HIS FACE, BECAUSE HE WAS TO BE BLAMED...BUT WHEN I SAW THAT THEY WERE NOT
STRAIGHTFORWARD ABOUT THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL, I SAID TO PETER BEFORE THEM
ALL...” (Galatians 2:11). Though Peter was rebuked and humbled before
his entire “congregation,” the formerly explosive and tenacious
Peter went on to deeply appreciate Paul and his doctrinal teaching:
“and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation as also
our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written
to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in
which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people
twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the
Scriptures.” (2Peter 3:15,16). In
Titus, there is a strong indication that Paul rebuked Peter,
“SHARPLY,” in that Paul is addressing the exact same
“Jewish fables and commandments” that he had once rebuked Peter
about: “Therefore REBUKE THEM SHARPLY, that they may be sound in the
faith, not giving heed to Jewish fables and COMMANDMENTS OF MEN WHO TURN AWAY
FROM THE TRUTH...THEY PROFESS TO KNOW GOD, BUT IN WORKS THEY DENY HIM...Titus
1:13,14,16.
Even many Christian leaders today, no longer understand the important
doctrinal teachings of Paul or are simply ignoring them. Without the firm
rebuke by the Apostle Paul, only heaven knows if the church would have
survived the first century or not! Peter was causing division in the body
even though it seems as though Paul was the only one who discerned that
something was drastically wrong and “withstood” against Peter
“TO HIS FACE,” in front of everyone, all by himself! IT IS NOT
THE TRUTH NOR THOSE WHO PROCLAIM IT THAT ARE CAUSING THE DIVISION, IT IS
THOSE WHO ARE DISOBEYING GOD AND HIS WORD WHO ARE CAUSING DIVISION, IT
DOESN’T MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THEM WITHOUT QUESTION OR HOW
“POPULAR” THEY ARE. IF THEY ARE PREACHING DANGEROUS DOCTRINES OR
SPOUTING FALSE PROPHECY, THEY NEED TO BE CONFRONTED BY WHOEVER GOD CHOOSES TO
DO SO (perhaps many). IF THEY REPENT, THEY CAN RECEIVE GRACE AND BE RESTORED,
BUT NOT UNTIL THAT TIME.
The ones who are truly “causing division” in the body are those
who have perverted God’s word for their own selfish gain and must be confronted.
The word of God is a sword that “rightly divides” the truth from
that which is false. God’s truth will divide the sheep from the goats
and those who resist the truth may find this process, painful. There are four
major directions in which born again Christians (or those who claim to be)
are proceeding. I see a small remnant that is obedient and seasoned, that are
growing in God’s grace and power and in their love and passion for
Jesus... knowing the depths of His word. The second group (large portion of
evangelicals) is embracing a watered down, powerless, compromised, and often
psychologized form of “Christianity.” The third group is stuck in
varying degrees of a legalistic mode of self-righteousness and pharisaical
practices. Some have religious spirits that cause them to project a false
superiority. These minister allot of condemnation and try to enslave people
into tedious, religion. Some of these are extreme fundamentalists who have no
idea of what God's grace is all about. Some of this type, will condemn you,
if you use anything but the King James Bible (a version that I also love but
would never call "the only inspired translation." Though there are
some pretty bad, new translations, including the NIV!) The last distinct
group, (4th) have become rich, elite, licentious “power brokers,”
who think nothing of creating “new doctrines” and perverting
God’s word to justify their own lust and greed.
"WOE TO THEM! FOR THEY HAVE GONE IN THE WAY OF CAIN, HAVE RUN GREEDILY
IN THE ERROR OF BALAAM FOR PROFIT, AND PERISHED IN THE REBELLION OF KORAH.
THESE ARE SPOTS IN YOUR LOVE FEASTS, WHILE THEY FEAST WITH YOU WITHOUT FEAR,
SERVING ONLY THEMSELVES...THESE ARE GRUMBLERS, COMPLAINERS, WALKING ACCORDING
TO THEIR OWN LUSTS; AND THEY MOUTH GREAT SWELLING WORDS, FLATTERING PEOPLE TO
GAIN ADVANTAGE. BUT YOU, BELOVED, REMEMBER THE WORDS WHICH WERE SPOKEN BEFORE
BY THE APOSTLES OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: HOW THEY TOLD YOU THAT THERE WOULD
BE MOCKERS IN THE LAST TIME WHO WOULD WALK ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN UNGODLY LUSTS.
THESE ARE SENSUAL PERSONS, WHO CAUSE DIVISIONS..." (Jude 11,12,16-19).
“But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there
will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive
heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves
swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of
whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. By covetousness they will exploit
you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle,
and their destruction does not slumber... having eyes full of adultery and
that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. THEY HAVE A HEART
TRAINED IN COVETOUS PRACTICES, and are accursed children. They have forsaken
the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor,
who loved the wages of unrighteousness; but he was rebuked for his iniquity:
a dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the
prophet. These are wells without water; clouds carried by a tempest, for whom
is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. For when they speak great
swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh,
through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in
error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of
corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into
bondage. For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through
the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled
in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.
For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of
righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment
delivered to them.”
(2 Peter 1-3, 14-21)
“Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also
from good will: The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not
sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains;
but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of
the gospel. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in
truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will
rejoice.” (Phil. 1:15-18)
In 2nd Thessalonians 2, there is a major prophetic revelation of a major
indicator of the “gathering” of the saints, or the RAPTURE, as it
is well known. In verse 3, Paul states that “ for that day shall not
come, except there come a falling away first...” The term,
“falling away,” is translated from the word
“apostasia.” It more than infers a rebellion from the doctrine
and practices which that future church once knew. John Gill says it this way:
“[apostasy] in a religious sense, of the falling of men from the faith
of the Gospel, from the purity of Gospel doctrines, discipline, worship, and
ordinances; and this not of some Jews who professed faith in Christ, and
departed from it, or of some Christians who went off to the
Gnostics...”
Matthew Henry makes it crystal clear from what quarters this apostasy originates:
“By this apostasy we are not to understand a defection in the state, or
from civil government, but in spiritual or religious matters, from sound
doctrine, instituted worship and church government, and a holy life. The
apostle speaks of some very great apostasy, not only of some converted Jews
or Gentiles, but such as should be very general, though gradual, and should
give occasion to the revelation of rise of antichrist, that man of
sin.”
With great sorrow, I have come to the conclusion that the apostasies found in
faith movement doctrines and practices glaringly indicate a massive
“falling away” from the truth of the Gospel. I AM NOT saying that
they aren’t saved (only God knows for sure about any one of us) but I
strongly believe that many of them are operating in doctrines of demons and
are on dangerous ground. We are now in the midst of the greatest apostasy to
ever affect the church, although Faith Movement leaders believe that they are
“in the greatest revival the world has ever seen.” The coming of
the Lord can’t be far off!
A major common root of error in these strange, 20th century
“spiritual” anomalies, known as the Word of Faith / MSOG
“prosperity gospel,” emerged from false prophecies in major
Pentecostal/ Charismatic meetings, back in the ‘40’s and
‘50’s. “Dominion theology,” “Manifest Sons of
God” and “Reconstrucionism,” is the cornerstone of their
spiritually and biblically bankrupt theological idol. God has called us to know
and walk in the Full Gospel of Jesus, which does not relegate the power and
work of God’s Spirit to yester-year, but what the Faith Movement crowd
has done, is to manufacture a whole new theology that tickles their ears and
indulges their flesh and their greedy, selfish natures but is a far cry from
biblical orthodoxy. In fact, their extra-biblical beliefs and perversions of
scripture emanate from New Age beliefs... not orthodox Christianity. The top
“theologians” of this movement actually create a whole different
Jesus, than our holy and divine Christ, who personally bought and finished
our salvation on the cross of Calvary. You will
see by their own brazen admissions just how different their
“jesus” is. Their “jesus” is clearly NOT God Almighty
manifested in the flesh. Just like New Age adepts, the most prominent leaders
in this movement actually teach and believe that they are also “little
gods,” who brazenly proclaim that they are “as much a
manifestation of God as Jesus was.” Please read on...
The basic premise of Dominion Theology is that Christ cannot return until the
church “rises up” to take complete dominion over this present
world and the “kingdom” is in place. It actually espouses the
mandatory establishment of a worldwide theocracy, before Christ can return!
(So much for “waiting and watching”). This doctrinal delusion
actually plays into the hands of other major deluded religions (not to
mention Satan) that are also set to usher in a new religious, unified
“order.” These demonic doctrines are responsible for the brazen
arrogance and worldly indulgences that presently define many Faith Movement
ministries who are busy building vast worldly empires, designed of course, to
“take the world for Christ.” But a small problem arises for them
in the form of, “MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.” The Kingdom of
God is within everyone who has been born again and is manifested SPIRITUALLY
within the TRUE body BUT WILL NOT MANIFEST AS A SOCIO-POLITICAL, WORLD WIDE
POWER, UNTIL CHRIST HIMSELF RETURNS TO EARTH, TO RULE FOR 1000 (THE
MILLENNIUM) YEARS AS THE BIBLE STATES, “WITH A ROD OF IRON.”
Their goal of changing and ruling society prior to Christ’ return, is
demonic doctrine... extremely dangerous. If their motives were pure and not
chock full of HYPE, high-octane methods and self-serving pandering, they would
be reaching millions more FOR CHRIST than what they have reached for
themselves.
Many of those who are embracing Dominion Theology have radically changed
their long held beliefs about Christ’ return for His church. Some of
them now condescend to good, simple folk who still believe in the
pre-Tribulational Rapture of the church... and the IMMENENCY of Christ’
return. People like Pat Robertson actually believe that the church will go
through the Tribulation (the part of it that received Christ AFTER the Rapture
will certainly go through it! Perhaps that body will contain many whom
thought they were “Christians” but in actuality were deluded and
deceived!). Though I believe that the church is already suffering
persecution, (some comes from other “Christians”) and may go
through an intense time of persecution before Jesus comes for us. HOWEVER,
GOD HAS PROMISED THAT HE WILL NEVER POUR OUT HIS WRATH UPON HIS CHILDREN! The
Tribulation will be a time of God’s systematic judgment and HIS WRATH
being poured out upon mankind. I believe that millions will then receive
Christ, having previously heard the Gospel but who won’t receive the
Lord until their world literally falls apart. They are destined, for
martyrdom, just like the martyrs in the early church.
What a slick and powerful deception (doctrines of demons) the devil has
created by using and twisting God's own word to mean something entirely
different than what God intended. Anything can become an idol, especially if
you pervert it, like the way in which many "Word of Faith" teachers
have redefined what faith really is. (It really smacks of the same kind of
word-smithing and word parsing that our illustrious president found in the
way he reinterpreted the word “IS.”) They are teaching that faith
is some “universal force” that must work according to the user's
invocation. These teachers arrogantly teach others to "put their faith
in faith," as a "force," which must work for them as they
speak whatever they want into existence. Ken Hagin and Ken Copeland teach
that "faith is a universal force" that can be used by anyone (even
non-Christians)! I proclaim to you that any "faith" outside of
FAITH IN JESUS, is counterfeit and dangerous! They also teach that we have
the same power in our words to create that Jesus had, but this is a major
perversion of truth. WE ARE NOT GODS! God can speak His word through us
(prophetic word) but NOT in the twisted way in which "faith"
teachers are teaching it. Copeland, Hinn and others encourage people to chant
“I am, I am, I am...” like some New Age mantra, as if WE are
Christ. This resembles dangerous, New Age religious teaching, not biblical
Christianity. We must not teach that we can have whatever we selfishly
proclaim (our hearts must be purely motivated) or whatever we can vainly
imagine because what is happening in the "Faith Movement," is that
many people are indulging their selfish, vain imaginations and creating a
reality that is soulish hype, to say the least. At the worst, this becomes
high-octane manipulation- a craft in the hands of a religious person. When
this is fully indulged, this doctrine can actually turn into the practice of
shamanism... charismatic witchcraft. Yes, many of these ministries are
"prospering," and God is allowing them to store up great wealth and
live lavishly but that is NOT God's will for us in these last days. “SO
NOW WE CALL THE PROUD BLESSED, FOR THOSE WHO DO WICKEDNESS ARE RAISED UP;
THEY EVEN TEMPT GOD AND GO FREE.” (Malachi 3:15).
There are direct comparisons between ancient, apostate Israel and the
apostasy that is presently rampant in these movements. The primary comparison
is the primary motivation of their hearts: “EVRYONE IS GIVEN TO
COVETOUSNESS; FROM THE PROPHET EVEN TO THE PRIEST EVERYONE DEALS FALSELY FOR
THEY HAVE HEALED THE HURT OF MY PEOPLE SLIGHTLY, SAYING PEACE, PEACE, WHEN
THERE IS NO PEACE.” The extra-biblical doctrines of this "Word of
Faith" heresy, were created by the master deceiver and though they claim
to be grounded and established in the "word," they have actually
attempted to grind and hone a "word" of their own making, A FALSE
WORD. They use God’s word to validate THEIR theologies and agendas. THE
CORE DOCTRINES OF THE FAITH MOVEMENT COMPRISE A COUNTERFEIT GOSPEL...
“A DIFFERENT GOSPEL.” “I MARVEL THAT YOU ARE TURNING AWAY
SO SOON FROM HIM WHO CALLED YOU IN THE GRACE OF CHRIST, TO A DIFFERENT
GOSPEL, WHICH IS NOT ANOTHER; BUT THERE ARE SOME WHO TROUBLE YOU AND WANT TO
PERVERT THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. BUT EVEN IF WE, OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN, PREACH
ANY OTHER GOSPEL TO YOU THAN WHAT WE HAVE PREACHED TO YOU, LET HIM BE
ACCURSED!” (Galatians 1:6-8). Paul accentuated this by repeating this
warning in verse 9 and uses the strongest possible language to impress its
vital importance. The “Word of Faith / MSOG gospel,” IS NOT Paul’s
gospel! Oh yes, they may also preach parts of the real Gospel but most of
them emphasize and showcase, THEIR own false Gospel to varying apostate
degrees, mostly for the purpose of obtaining ungodly gain. They actually
preach TWO different gospels and quickly transition from one gospel to the
other at will, without even blinking an eye. The scripture does confirm that
it IS more than possible to preach the Gospel for the wrong motives. Today,
we would say that they have an “AGENDA,” that isn’t pure! “Merchandising”
is a big idol in these circles as well because people clamor for information
about how God can "make them rich." You’ll hear them often
refer to their tapes, books and CDs that they hawk at exorbitant prices as
“product.” They often manifest the most self-deserving, cocky
spirit as they hawk their “products” at outlandishly high prices.
The great shame in what they preach and the plan of the devil is to
substitute a counterfeit "word" for the real word and the
interpretation thereof. What is now happening in places and in people that
have totally fallen and absorbed these false doctrines, is a FAMINE OF THE
REAL, UNCOMPROMISED WORD OF GOD. So without God’s protective covering,
they are falling for even MORE deception. However, some others in the
movement are realizing just how depraved it is and are repenting and coming
out (i.e.: Jim Bakker, of course God had to practically end his life in order
to spare it. Bakker now preaches against these evil doctrines but the Faith
Movement leaders are trying to muzzle him). A great wave of repentance and
revival in this camp has only just begun. More will fall under extreme
spiritual conviction and fear of the Lord and will repent before too long!
The other major perversion of truth that is prevalent in certain Pentecostal
circles, and rampant in the Faith Movement, revolves around
“restoration” of "apostolic authority." I certainly
believe that God anoints people to lead as preachers, teachers and
evangelists but those who fixate religiously upon the apostolic, seem to have
great desire to have power and dominion over others. I believe that there are
great men of God who have functioned in the office of apostle and prophet
since the second chapter of Acts...many who went unrecognized as such by the
“official church.” I believe that the exact same thing is
happening today. That there are many who operate in an apostolic office, but
who are so humble that they are not recognized as such by other
“hierarchy.” I would feel the same way because the only
“recognition” that I need comes from God! You would think that a
true “apostle” would exude the greatest Christ-like qualities
(love, humbleness, gentleness, prudence etc.) but what I see in many modern
day, self proclaimed “apostles” and “prophets,” is
tremendous pride, licentiousness, self indulgence and an idolatrous focus on
"apostolic authority," instead of an intense focus on Jesus.
Perhaps claiming a title in Christendom inflates their egos and their
abilities to draw people and funds but what this indicates is a massive power
trip and drive to control others? There are many in the last days church who
are really motivated by the pervasive spirit in the world today, which is
"looking out for #1." Like the Pharisees of old, there are many in
the modern church that desire to have PROMINENCE AMONG US. There are many
that are driven by selfish ambition; greed, pride and who are addicted to
having CONTROL over others. We must resist and confront such Nicolation
Napoleons in the body.
In some fellowships, the "prosperity" and "personal success
gospel" predominate every message, as if Jesus died to make us wealthy
and "successful." SOME in the "Word/Faith movement" have
completely ignored what the word says about lusting for riches and in
particular about using the gospel to procure wealth and are simply running a
religious pyramid scam (Robert Tilton). SOME of them preach the
"prosperity gospel" (like a one-note trumpet player) in a religious
spirit of superiority (elitism). The Apostle Paul had distinct words for
those who fall into the money snare: "But those who desire to be rich
fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts
which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root
of ALL KINDS OF EVIL, for which some have strayed from the faith in their
greediness...who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such
withdraw yourself." (1Timothy 6:9,10,5)
There is a strange attempt of mixing the holy things of God, with profane and
even demonic doctrine, by some who teach the 'Word/Faith/prosperity"
gospel. Greed, pride and licentiousness are rampant for SOME in this
movement. Some of these men think that every word that they
"proclaim" (and I believe in proclaiming in faith, if it is truly
from the Lord but only by the leading of His Anointing) cannot be questioned.
Don't they realize that they are claiming to have the same apostate position,
of "infallibility," that the Pope also falsely claims to have? The
real, pure gospel is much more powerful. The real Jesus is much more awesome
than silly prosperity teachings. Jesus has promised to make us rich, RICH in
HIS SPIRIT... RICH FOR ETERNITY!
Other Faith Movement preachers dwell almost exclusively on certain twisted
teachings for obvious personal gain. It is also possible to teach powerfully
on many subjects and yet be off on a few others. Just like David, even God's
most anointed can entertain compromise and make severe mistakes, although the
intense pride and licentiousness keeps many in this movement from being able
to admit their mistakes. I won't completely disregard a Christian because
they believe in some non-essential things that are wrong or that I disagree
with (but I will point out gross idolatry and call people to repentance AS
GOD LEADS ME). If that was true, God Himself couldn't have anything to do
with any of us, because we all still sin and have some error in our lives, in
our beliefs, and perhaps even in our doctrines to some degree. But God in His
mercy will systematically expose these sins and errors so that we can dwell
in Him, walk with Him and are of full service to Him. It is how we react to
the conviction of His Spirit that will determine how deep our walk can be. We
MUST obey His voice when He reveals an errant belief or sin that we are
practicing, even entrenched in. At that point, we are without excuse and God
will withdraw Himself to a certain degree, if we don't repent.
There are very few ministries with whom I am in 100% agreement on absolutely
everything they teach. However, David Wilkerson is one of those that I am in
COMPLETE agreement (as fas I know) with and he has delivered a convicting
message to the Word of Faith core of teachers. David Wilkerson is THE
foremost, last day prophet, who preaches the full counsel of God and has
warned us about many impending dangers, including the dangerous
"Prosperity Gospel," for many years:
" A gospel is being preached that is withering everything that is in
sight. Everything that is green and godly and pure is being withered. The
seed is rotten . . . there is a famine of hearing the pure Word of the Lord.
. . . there is no pasture. The flocks are desolate and hungry. The rivers are
drying up. A strange fire is devouring the pastors. Ezekiel says that
Shepherds are trampling down the good pasture and eating the best for
themselves. What are the shameful disgraceful things that are happening in
the Church of Jesus
Christ today?
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