FAKE FALSE TEACHERS
I have not sent nor spoken to them –
They have false visions and delusions of their own minds.
First Word
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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.
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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.
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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.
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By the early 80’s The “Word
of Faith movement” was paramount.
People young in the faith like me were all over it, 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.
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The Gifts of the Spirit started to take
a back seat to; speaking situations and things into existence; – Confess it and Possess it -
Name it and Claim it - Blab it and Grab it.
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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 false teaching or not.
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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.
1 Corinthians 12:8-11 – Nine gifts of the Spirit
8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. (ESV)
8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. (ESV)
Romans 11:29 - The gifts
and the calling of God are irrevocable
29 For the GIFTS and the calling of God are IRREVOCABLE. (ESV)
29 For the GIFTS and the calling of God are IRREVOCABLE. (ESV)
2 Timothy 4:3 – Get teachers that suit their own
passions
3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, (ESV)
3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, (ESV)
Fence Post
Theology
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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 understanding
and I need to go back and study some more. – It’s simple; either the Bible is wrong or I am wrong. -
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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.
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I believe they believe these TWISTED verses
because the others in the movement seem to endorse it. – 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.
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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. - From among your own selves will arise MEN
SPEAKING TWISTED THINGS, to DRAW AWAY THE DISCIPLES
AFTER THEM”.
Acts 20:30 – Ministers speak twisted things
30 and from among your own selves will arise men speaking TWISTED things, to draw away the disciples after them. (ESV)
30 and from among your own selves will arise men speaking TWISTED things, to draw away the disciples after them. (ESV)
2 Corinthians 11:14-15 – Some disguised as righteous
ministers
14 no wonder, for even Satan
disguises himself as an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, whose end will be according to their works. (NKJV)
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into MINISTERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, whose end will be according to their works. (NKJV)
Word of
Faith Origin
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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.
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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.
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The Word Of Faith movement
includes:
a) Little god’s Doctrine
b) Declaring things into existence
c) Material gain and prosperity
d) Jesus was just a mere man on earth
e) Jesus death on the Cross was insufficient payment
for sins
f) Jesus took on a
satanic nature of sin; called transmutation
g) 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 Then the LORD said to me, “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)
14 Then the LORD said to me, “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 take 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)
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
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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.
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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.
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Theism – There is only one god.
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Polytheism – Men shall become gods
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Gnosticism - Man is an “exact
duplicate” of God.
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WOF The Gospel of Philip contains teaching that MAN CAN BECOME A GOD.
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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.
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Many of the
apocryphal writings were penned by someone other than the one it was
attributed to, in order to get the writing to have validity and merit and
become established. The Gospel of Thomas was one of those that was A FORGERY, therefore left out of the Bible.
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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.
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WOF Gnostics believe that baptism is OUR participation in the death,
resurrection and ENTHRONEMENT.
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The Book says
“I
am the first and I am the last; BESIDES ME THERE IS NO GOD.
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.
Isaiah 44:6-8 – Besides ME there is no god
6 Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; BESIDES ME THERE IS NO GOD.
8 Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? And you are my witnesses! Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock; I KNOW NOT ANY.”
6 Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; BESIDES ME THERE IS NO GOD.
8 Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? And you are my witnesses! Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock; I KNOW NOT ANY.”
(ESV)
Isaiah 45:5 - I am the LORD,
and there is no other
5 I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, (ESV)
5 I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, (ESV)
God Class
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Passages and verses are misused by the Word
of Faith movement to create a “God Class”.
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The Book
says “you turn things upside down, you
have no understanding”.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 a serious error, therefore, to use such
terms. Man is not now, nor can ever be
in God’s Class” (Michael
Horton, The Agony of Deceit)
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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 and
could even fly into space; to the moon.
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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, we are not little gods.
Isaiah 29:16 – You are turning things upside down
16 You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”? (ESV)
16 You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”? (ESV)
Genesis 1:26 - Let us make
man in our image
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
(ESV)
Genesis 1:26-28 – Man made in the image of God
with Dominion
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (ESV)
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (ESV)
Psalm 72:1-13 - The King manages and CARES for the
earth
1 Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!
2 May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!
4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!
8 May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
12 For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy. (ESV)
1 Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son!
2 May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!
4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!
8 May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
12 For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.
13 He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy. (ESV)
Little gods
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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” & “Thoughts”. Men are
exact duplicates of god – These false teachers DO NOT FEAR
GOD. It’s in the Book
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Earl Paulk - You should act like
gods.
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Creflo Dollar – “You are gods; little g”
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Kenneth Copeland - You do not have a god in
you, you are one.
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Paul Crouch - God doesn’t even draw a
distinction between himself and us.
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Kenneth Hagan – You are as much the
incarnation of God as Jesus Christ was.
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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.
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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, the Father, from whom all things exist and ONE Lord,
Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
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For the non-believer, whenever they worship or
offer sacrifices, they are offering it to demons, not to God. – He has said in
no uncertain terms and so many times; there is no other god; however you can
make yourself one. – It’s in the Book -
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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.
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Here is what
God said -
I
alone am God - There is no other god besides me - I am the LORD, and there is no other – Besides ME there is no god – No gods before
Me nor none after Me. ---- Sounds pretty clear to me; there are not any
little gods.
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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; Isiah and Luke both confirm the same thing.
Romans 3:18 – False teacher do not fear God.
18 There is NO FEAR OF GOD before their eyes.” (ESV)
18 There is NO FEAR OF GOD before their eyes.” (ESV)
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)
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)
Acts 10:25-26 – I am not a little god, I am a man
too
25 When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.
26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I TOO AM A MAN.” (ESV)
25 When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.
26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I TOO AM A MAN.” (ESV)
1 Corinthians 8:4-6 - There may be many so-called gods
4 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”
5 For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”—
6 yet FOR US there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. (ESV)
4 Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”
5 For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”—
6 yet FOR US there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. (ESV)
Isaiah 43:10 – No gods before Me nor none after Me
10 You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. (ESV)
10 You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. (ESV)
Isaiah 45:21 - There is no
other god besides me
21 Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me. (ESV)
21 Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me. (ESV)
Deuteronomy 6:4 - The LORD is one
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.
(ESV)
Jeremiah 10:6 - There is
none like you, O LORD
6 THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might. (ESV)
6 THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might. (ESV)
Psalm 86:10 - I alone am
God
10 For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.
10 For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.
(ESV)
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 – Will exult himself;
proclaiming to be god
3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
4 who opposes and exalts himself against every SO-CALLED GOD or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, PROCLAIMING HIMSELF TO BE GOD.
3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
4 who opposes and exalts himself against every SO-CALLED GOD or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, PROCLAIMING HIMSELF TO BE GOD.
(ESV)
Ezekiel 28:2 – Said I am a god, but yet you are 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)
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)
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 is
fallen; 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)
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)
Luke 10:15-18 – I saw
Satan fall from heaven like lighting.
15 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades.
18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. (ESV)
15 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades.
18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. (ESV)
1 Corinthians 10:20 - Pagans sacrifice are to demons, not to God
20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.
20 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.
(ESV)
Twisted
little god scripture
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WOF You shall be as God to him. - Moses was created as a
little god and was to function as a god.
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The Book
says that
Moses would receive information from God and tell it to Aaron “as IF he were
God”. – This had nothing to do with Moses’ nature. – The Lord is one, there is
no other besides Him.
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WOF You are gods, sons of the Most High, ALL of you;
ALL of us are little gods.
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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 calls them gods to express
their power and responsibility, they were not actually gods.
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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.
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Paula White – You are a little
Elohim; a little god.
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The Book
says the word Elohim is not
shared with any other entity; only God.
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Joyce Myer – God’s people are not
taking their proper places. – You are
little gods.
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Kenneth Copeland – We want to be gods. Jesus said, “I said ye are gods”
(Quoting John 10:34) - 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. Alright
are we gods? We are a Class of Gods”.
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The New
Testament NO
WHERE mandates that the Christian call themselves little gods. – The partaking
of the Divine nature is referring to a moral transformation and
imitation of God’s Holy character.
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We imitate the Divine nature of God
as humans with our MORAL transformation and not DIVINE transformation
and get to share in the human virtue and character with God’s character. This is about the acquisition of moral
character.
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There is a distinction between God’s
energies and His essence; humanity participate in His energies, but
not His essence.
Exodus 4:15-16 You shall be as God to him
15 You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do.
16 He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and YOU SHALL BE AS GOD TO HIM. (ESV)
15 You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do.
16 He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and YOU SHALL BE AS GOD TO HIM. (ESV)
Deuteronomy 6:4 - The LORD is one
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. (ESV)
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. (ESV)
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? Selah
3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy; 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)
2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy; 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)
John 10:32-36 – It’s written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?”
33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not WRITTEN IN YOUR LAW, ‘I said, YOU ARE GODS’?
35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—
36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?”
33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not WRITTEN IN YOUR LAW, ‘I said, YOU ARE GODS’?
35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—
36 do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
2 Samuel 7:22 – There is none like God; none
besides you.
22 Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. (ESV)
22 Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. (ESV)
John 10:27-30 – I am one with the Father
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are one.” (ESV)
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are one.” (ESV)
2 Peter 1:4– WE have become partakers of the divine nature
4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. (ESV)
4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. (ESV)
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”. 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
before it are left out which says A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his
mouth invites a beating. 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.
·
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. 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.
– What he thinks is who he already is; not who he becomes. – Verse four
is always left out…. It says; DO NOT WORK JUST
TO ACQUIRE WEALTH.
Proverbs 18:21 – The power of Life and death is in
the tongue
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
(ESV)
Proverbs 18:6-7 – A fool’s
lips and mouth invites a beating
6 A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
6 A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
(ESV)
Proverbs 18:11 - The RICH
think their wealth protects them
11 The rich think their wealth protects them; they imagine themselves safe behind it.
11 The rich think their wealth protects them; they imagine themselves safe behind it.
(MSG)
Proverbs 23:7 - As a man
thinks in his heart, so is he
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
(NKJV)
Proverbs 23:1-7 – Set down with a king, observe
carefully
1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
3 Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
4 DO NOT TOIL TO ACQUIRE WEALTH; be discerning enough to desist.
5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies,
7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but HIS HEART IS NOT WITH YOU. (ESV)
1 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
3 Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.
4 DO NOT TOIL TO ACQUIRE WEALTH; be discerning enough to desist.
5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy; do not desire his delicacies,
7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but HIS HEART IS NOT WITH YOU. (ESV)
Declaring
things into existence
·
WOF- Believe that whatever you say will come to pass; whatever
you ask believing you will
receive it.
·
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. – 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.
·
WOF - We are like God, we can speak things into existence.
·
Charles Capps – The creative ability of
man comes through his spirit. HE speaks spirit words that work
in the world of the spirit. They will
also dominate the physical world. HE 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.
Mark 11:22-24 – Believe you receive; it will be
yours
22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.
23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (ESV)
22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God.
23 Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (ESV)
1 John 5:14 – Ask according to
his will he hears us
14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. (ESV)
14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. (ESV)
Mark 11:22 - Have faith in God; Not “God kind” of faith
22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. (ESV)
22 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. (ESV)
Hebrews 11:3 – Not God’s Faith, but have Faith in
God
3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. (ESV)
3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. (ESV)
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)
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
·
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. -
God is able to change our situation; but regardless, may His Will
be done. - 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.”
·
The Model
Prayer states
we should pray for “God’s will” to be done. – In everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. –
Everything is according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to
the counsel of his will.
·
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. - The Word of Faith
Movement boast in their ARROGANCE of commanding and decreeing things
into existence and GOD says such boasting is EVIL. – It’s in the Book
–
Matthew 26:39 – State desire; PRAY Not my will, but your will
39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” (ESV)
39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” (ESV)
Romans 1:9-11 – State your case, ASK for God’s
will in it
9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow BY GOD’S WILL I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—(ESV)
9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you
10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow BY GOD’S WILL I may now at last succeed in coming to you.
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—(ESV)
2 Samuel 10:12 - May the LORD do what seems good to Him
12 Be of good courage, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what seems good to him.” (ESV)
12 Be of good courage, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and may the LORD do what seems good to him.” (ESV)
Daniel 3:17-18 - God able to deliver But if not His will be
done
17 If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” (ESV)
17 If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” (ESV)
Romans 8:27 – The Holy Spirit intercedes according
to God’s will
27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. (ESV)
27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. (ESV)
Matthew 6:9-10 – Model Prayer – God’s will be done
9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. (ESV)
9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. (ESV)
James 4:13-16 - You ought to
say, “If the Lord wills”
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—
14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
15 Instead you ought to say, “IF THE LORD WILLS, we will live and do this or that.”
16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. (ESV)
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—
14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
15 Instead you ought to say, “IF THE LORD WILLS, we will live and do this or that.”
16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. (ESV)
Ephesians 1:11 – It all works according to the
counsel of His will
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, (ESV)
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, (ESV)
2 Corinthians 12:7-9 – God did not answer Paul’s
prayer
7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (ESV)
7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (ESV)
Philippians 4:6 - Your
requests be made known to God in Prayer
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (ESV)
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. (ESV)
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. The teaching that man can decree, demand and
command things to happen elevates man and reduces God. – 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. – NO WHERE in the Bible has any created
being ever been given “creative power”. - The closest we come to participating
in God’s creative nature is through child bearing.
Job 38:4 – Tell me if you have understanding
4 Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. (ESV)
4 Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. (ESV)
Job 38:12 – Can you command the morning to dawn?
NO
12 Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, (ESV)
12 Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, (ESV)
Job 38:34 – Can you speak and cause a flood? NO
34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? (ESV)
34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that a flood of waters may cover you? (ESV)
Job 39:27 – Can you command an Eagle to make a
nest? NO
27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high? (ESV)
27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high? (ESV)
Psalm 33:8-9 – It is God that speaks and commands
8 Let all the earth FEAR THE LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world STAND IN AWE of him!
9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
8 Let all the earth FEAR THE LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world STAND IN AWE of him!
9 For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
Job 23:13 - What he
desires, that He does
13 But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does. (ESV)
13 But he is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What he desires, that he does. (ESV)
Proverbs 19:21 - The purpose
of the LORD that will stand
21 Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but IT IS the purpose of the LORD that will stand. (ESV)
21 Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but IT IS the purpose of the LORD that will stand. (ESV)
Daniel 4:35 - He
does according to his will
35 all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and HE DOES ACCORDING TO HIS WILL among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and NONE CAN STAY HIS HAND or say to him, “What have you done?” (ESV)
35 all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and HE DOES ACCORDING TO HIS WILL among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and NONE CAN STAY HIS HAND or say to him, “What have you done?” (ESV)
Wealth
·
WOF - “whatsoever” you
ask for, believe that you RECEIVE THEM and you will have them.
·
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. – You should be on guard against all
covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.
- It’s not about getting, it’s about
giving. - Sell off some of your possessions and give to those who have nothing.
- BE RICH in good works, be generous and be ready to SHARE.
·
The Book
says;
The deceitfulness of riches and the desires
for other things enter into your thoughts and chokes the Word,
making the Word unfruitful, and you WILL NOT receive because you
have ask wrongly.
·
False
teachers have
trained their hearts with greed and in their greed will EXPLOIT YOU with false words.
They themselves have gone astray and love money and have now become a
slave to it. - The people who don’t know God fuss over these things. – It’s in the Book -
Mark 11:24 – Whatsoever you pray and ask for you
will receive
24 Therefore I say unto you, All things WHATSOEVER ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
24 Therefore I say unto you, All things WHATSOEVER ye pray and ask for, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
(ASV)
James 4:3 – You don’t receive because you ask
wrongly
3 You ask and do not receive, BECAUSE YOU ASK WRONGLY, to spend it on your passions. (ESV)
3 You ask and do not receive, BECAUSE YOU ASK WRONGLY, to spend it on your passions. (ESV)
2 Peter 2:3 - In their
greed they will exploit with false words
3 And in their greed they WILL EXPLOIT you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. (ESV)
3 And in their greed they WILL EXPLOIT you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. (ESV)
2 Peter 2:14 - They have
trained their hearts with greed
14They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. THEY ENTICE unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
14They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. THEY ENTICE unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
2 Peter 2:15 – They love GAIN and have gone astray
15 Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who LOVED GAIN from wrongdoing, (ESV)
15 Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who LOVED GAIN from wrongdoing, (ESV)
2 Peter 2:19 – They have become slaves to money
19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are SLAVES of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. (ESV)
19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are SLAVES of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. (ESV)
Luke 6:35 - Lend, expecting nothing in return
35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. (ESV)
35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. (ESV)
Mark 4:18-19 – Deceitfulness of riches chokes out
the word
18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word,
19 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. (ESV)
18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word,
19 but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. (ESV)
Matthew 6:19-21- Where your money
is, your heart will be also
19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
(ESV)
Luke 3:11 - Share with
him who has none
11 And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” (ESV)
11 And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” (ESV)
Luke 12:33 - Sell your possessions, and give to the needy
33 Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. (ESV)
33 Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. (ESV)
Matthew 6:32 - People who
don't know God fuss over things
32 People who DON'T KNOW GOD and the way he works FUSS OVER THESE THINGS, but you know both God and how he works. (MSG)
32 People who DON'T KNOW GOD and the way he works FUSS OVER THESE THINGS, but you know both God and how he works. (MSG)
Luke 12:15 - Life does not consist in lots of possessions
15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” (ESV)
15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” (ESV)
1 Timothy 6:6-10 - The LOVE
of money is a root of all evils.
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain,
7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
10 For the LOVE of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. (ESV)
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain,
7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
10 For the LOVE of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. (ESV)
1 Timothy 6:17-19 - Be rich in good works, be generous & share
17 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
19 thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
17 As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy.
18 They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,
19 thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
Jesus was
Rich
·
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. – Although it was a peasant’s garment, it was
nevertheless a seamless good one that someone had made for Him; many
commentaries think it was made by His mother Mary.
Psalm 22:18 – Prophecy – They cast lots and
divided my garments
18 they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. (ESV)
18 they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots. (ESV)
John 19:23-24 – The tunic was seamless, so they
cast lots for it
23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into FOUR parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom,
24 so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.” (ESV)
23 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into FOUR parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom,
24 so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.” (ESV)
Luke 9:58 – Jesus had nothing
58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
(ESV)
Luke 12:15 - Life does not consist in abundance of possessions
15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” (ESV)
15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” (ESV)
Healing
·
WOF - Sickness comes from
the mind and right thinking heals it.
·
Joyce Meyer – By
His stripes I was healed. 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. This is a metaphor for healing of our sins; like sheep that
have “gone astray” is a metaphor for sin. – It’s in the Book -
1 Peter 2:24 - By whose
stripes you were healed
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. (NKJV)
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. (NKJV)
Isaiah 53:4-6 - With his
wounds we are healed
4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our
transgressions, He was bruised for our
iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was
upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
(NKJV)
2 Chronicles 7:14 – Metaphor
– Heal their land
14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and HEAL THEIR LAND.
14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and HEAL THEIR LAND.
(ESV)
Psalm 6:2 – Metaphor
– Heal my troubled bones
2 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; HEAL ME, O LORD, for my bones ARE TROUBLED. (ESV)
2 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; HEAL ME, O LORD, for my bones ARE TROUBLED. (ESV)
Jeremiah 30:12-13 Metaphor
– No healing – Your sin is incurable
12 For thus says the LORD: Your hurt is incurable, and your wound is grievous.
13 There is none to uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing for you. (ESV)
12 For thus says the LORD: Your hurt is incurable, and your wound is grievous.
13 There is none to uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing for you. (ESV)
Nahum 3:19 – Metaphor –
Lost the battle Hurt Wounds grievous
19 There is no easing your hurt; your wound is grievous. All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil? (ESV)
19 There is no easing your hurt; your wound is grievous. All who hear the news about you clap their hands over you. For upon whom has not come your unceasing evil? (ESV)
Jeremiah 51:8-9 – Metaphor
– Babylon has fallen – balm for pain
8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take BALM for her PAIN; perhaps she may be healed.
9 We would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed. Forsake her, and let us go each to his own country, for her judgment has reached up to heaven and has been lifted up even to the skies.
8 Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; wail for her! Take BALM for her PAIN; perhaps she may be healed.
9 We would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed. Forsake her, and let us go each to his own country, for her judgment has reached up to heaven and has been lifted up even to the skies.
(ESV)
Isaiah 1:5-6 – Metaphor
– You are sick; you continue to rebel
5 Why will you still be struck down? Why will you CONTINUE TO REBEL? The whole head is SICK, and the whole heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil. (ESV)
5 Why will you still be struck down? Why will you CONTINUE TO REBEL? The whole head is SICK, and the whole heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil. (ESV)
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. The “anything” must be according to His
Will and is guided by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us and restrains
our feelings and helps us in our “request” so that we do not wander out of
bounds with our desires.
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.
14 If you ask me ANYTHING in my name, I will do it.
(ESV)
John 14:12-17 – Ask that the father may be
glorified
12 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, THAT THE FATHER MAY BE GLORIFIED in the Son.
14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
15 If you love me, you will KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you ANOTHER HELPER, to be with you forever,
17 even THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and WILL BE IN YOU.
12 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, THAT THE FATHER MAY BE GLORIFIED in the Son.
14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
15 If you love me, you will KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you ANOTHER HELPER, to be with you forever,
17 even THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and WILL BE IN YOU.
(ESV)
Romans 8:26 – The Spirit helps us to know what to
ask.
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
(ESV)
1 John 5:14-15 – Ask ANYTHING according to His WILL
14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL he hears us.
15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL he hears us.
15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
(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” 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.) – NYOBS 16.34 –
ESSENES WHO WERE THEY
- Communism – THE STATE OWNS IT ALL. – God has nothing
to do with it.
- Communalism – EVERYONE OWNS IT ALL. – God is their
source .– 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.
- 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
are in exile, that 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.
Jeremiah 29:11 – God desires to prosper you and
give hope
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (NIV2011)
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (NIV2011)
3 John 1:2 – I pray that you may prosper as your
soul prospers
2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. (NKJV)
2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. (NKJV)
Mark 10:29-30 – Receive now in this time; houses and
land
29 Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left HOUSE or brothers or sisters or mother or father or CHILDREN or LANDS, for my sake and for the gospel,
30 who will not receive a hundredfold NOW in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
29 Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left HOUSE or brothers or sisters or mother or father or CHILDREN or LANDS, for my sake and for the gospel,
30 who will not receive a hundredfold NOW in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
(ESV)
Acts 2:42-47 – Christian lived
together – Messianic community
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles'
teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.
45 Selling their possessions and goods, they
gave to anyone as he had need.
46 Every day they continued to meet together in
the temple courts. They broke bread IN THEIR HOMES and ate together
with glad and sincere hearts, NIV
Jesus was a
mere man on earth
·
WOF Jesus was only a man when on earth and did not possess a
divine nature. Some say He became a god at His baptism and lost His deity
at the Cross. Others 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 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– NYOBS 68.29 –
THE THREE DAYS
·
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?
·
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 then, that the authorities
did not understand His Deity.
1 Corinthians 2:8 – The authorities did not
understand His Deity
8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (ESV)
8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (ESV)
Colossians 2:9 - In him the
whole fullness of deity dwells bodily
9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, (ESV)
9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, (ESV)
Colossians 1:19-20 - In Him all the fullness of God dwelled
19 For in him all the
fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. (ESV)
20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. (ESV)
John 1:14 - The only Son from the father became
flesh
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (ESV)
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (ESV)
Mark 16:1 – Jesus’ body was anointed with spices
1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to ANOINT Jesus’ body. (NIV2011)
1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to ANOINT Jesus’ body. (NIV2011)
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. - 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
and neither was deceit found in His mouth. - Although He was tempted in all
ways common to man; He did not sin…
·
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, who
knew no sin; He became a sin offering.
·
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, Jesus on the
cross represented the sins of the world and at His death He committed His
Spirit unto the Hands of His Father God, not to Hell nor Satan.
Luke 23:46 – Jesus committed His Spirit into God’s
hands
46 Then Jesus, calling out
with a loud voice, said, “Father, into YOUR HANDS I
commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. (ESV)
1 John 1:5 – Didn’t take on Satan’s nature; in Him is no darkness
5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
(ESV)
Habakkuk 1:13 – God cannot be united with wrong
13 You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and CANNOT LOOK AT WRONG, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he? (ESV)
13 You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and CANNOT LOOK AT WRONG, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he? (ESV)
1 Peter 2:22 – No deceit was found in His mouth
22 He committed NO sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. (ESV)
22 He committed NO sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. (ESV)
Hebrews 4:15 – Tempted, but remained without sin
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, YET WITHOUT SIN. (ESV)
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, YET WITHOUT SIN. (ESV)
2 Corinthians 5:21 – Made a “sacrifice” for sin
who knew no sin
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. (ESV)
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. (ESV)
Romans 8:3 – God sent His own Son for a sin
offering
3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, (ESV)
3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, (ESV)
Isaiah 53:10 – He was crushed as a guilt offering
10 Yet it was the will of the LORD to CRUSH HIM; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an OFFERING FOR GUILT, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. (ESV)
10 Yet it was the will of the LORD to CRUSH HIM; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an OFFERING FOR GUILT, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. (ESV)
Numbers 21:4-9 – Serpent represented the sins of ISRAEL
4 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.
5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.”
6 Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
7 And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
9 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
4 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.
5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.”
6 Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
7 And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
9 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
John 3:13-15 – Jesus represented the sins of the WORLD
13 No one has ascended into heaven except He who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. (ESV)
13 No one has ascended into heaven except He who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. (ESV)
John 8:24 – Unless you believe, you will die in
your sins
24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.” (ESV)
24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.” (ESV)
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.
·
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.
·
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.
Luke 23:43 – 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)
43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, TODAY you will be with me in Paradise.” (ESV)
Colossians 2:14-15 – He triumphed over them at the
cross
14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by TRIUMPHING over them in him. (ESV)
14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by TRIUMPHING over them in him. (ESV)
Hebrews 2:14 – His death destroyed the power of
death; Satan
14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, (ESV)
14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, (ESV)
1 Peter 2:24 – Bore our sins on the cross not in
hell
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Colossians 2:13-14 – Debt nailed to the cross, not
in hell
13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
(ESV)
John 19:30 – Sin debt paid in full on the cross;
it is finished
30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (ESV)
30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (ESV)
Ephesians 1:7 – Redemption through blood on the cross, not in hell
7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, (ESV)
7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, (ESV)
Romans 3:25 – Sins paid by His blood on the cross
25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. (ESV)
25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. (ESV)
1 Peter 3:18 - Christ also
suffered once for sins
18 For Christ also suffered ONCE for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, (ESV)
18 For Christ also suffered ONCE for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, (ESV)
Hebrews 9:28 Christ offered once to bear our sins
28 so Christ, having been offered ONCE to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. (ESV)
28 so Christ, having been offered ONCE to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him. (ESV)
Hebrews 10:10 – Sanctified through His offering
Once for All
10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ ONCE for all. (ESV)
10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ ONCE for all. (ESV)
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 Hagin – 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 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; He was the
first fruits of many to obtain “un-ending life”. There is nothing in the NT that states that
Jesus was “Born Again” or needed to
be. – Christ was not abandoned to Hell nor did His flesh see corruption. – It’s in the Book -
Colossians 1:18 – Jesus was the first to rise from
the dead
18 the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the FIRSTBORN from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
18 the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the FIRSTBORN from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
(ESV)
1 Corinthians 15:20 – Christ is the first fruits
from the dead
20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. (ESV)
20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. (ESV)
Acts 2:31 – Christ was not abandoned to Hell
31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. (ESV)
31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. (ESV)
Psalm 16:10 - You will not
abandon my soul to Hell
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. (ESV)
10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. (ESV)
Last
thoughts
·
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
a)
Little god’s
Doctrine – Before
me no god was formed,
nor shall there be any after me
b)
Declaring and
Commanding things into existence - Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills,
we will live and do this or that.
c)
Material gain
and prosperity - The deceitfulness of riches and the desires for
other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
d)
Jesus was just a
mere man on earth - For
in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.
e)
Jesus death on
the Cross was insufficient payment for sins – Canceled the record of
debt with its legal demands, nailing it to the cross and triumphing over
them.
f)
Jesus took on a satanic nature of sin; the process
of transmutation - God
is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.
g)
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.
·
I gave money to a TV ministry and received 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, 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, turning
things Upside Down to draw away the disciples after them. – NYOBS 14.02 – ANOTHER GOSPEL
·
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. - DO NOT WELCOME THEM OR LET THEM INTO YOUR HOME !
-
2 Timothy 4:3 – Get teachers that suit their own
passions
3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, (ESV)
3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, (ESV)
Acts 20:30 – Ministers speak twisted things
30 and from among your own selves will arise men speaking TWISTED things, to draw away the disciples after them.
30 and from among your own selves will arise men speaking TWISTED things, to draw away the disciples after them.
(ESV)
Isaiah 29:16 – You are turning things upside down
16 You turn things UPSIDE DOWN! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”? (ESV)
16 You turn things UPSIDE DOWN! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay, that the thing made should say of its maker, “He did not make me”; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding”? (ESV)
Jeremiah 14:14 - I have not sent nor spoken to them
14 Then the LORD said to me, “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.
14 Then the LORD said to me, “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)
Galatians 1:8 – Curse even an Angel bringing a
different Gospel
8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be ACCURSED. (ESV)
8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be ACCURSED. (ESV)
2 John 1:10 -
Do not take 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.
10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, DO NOT TAKE THEM INTO YOUR HOUSE or welcome them.
(NIV2011)
Eph 4:8-10 –
He descended first to hell; led the captives FREE
8 This is why it says:
"When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave
gifts to men."
9 What does "HE
ASCENDED" mean except that he also DESCENDED to the lower, earthly regions?
10 He who descended
is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the
whole universe.
(NIV)
1 Peter 3:18 -20 – He preached in Hell – In Abraham’s
Bosom
18 For Christ died for sins once for all,
the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death
in the body but made alive by the Spirit,
19 through whom also he went and preached
to the spirits in prison
(NIV)
John 8:32 – The truth set the
captives free
32 Then you will know THE TRUTH, and the truth
will set you free."
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In the
multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Proverbs 11:14
I am grateful to those that went before me
providing concepts, ideas, historical
information, and scripture verses. Because of them I can stand on their
shoulders
and see further that I otherwise ever could
have.
A Commentary; Critical,
Experimental and Practical - Eerdmans
All the Women of the Bible – Edith
Deen
Antiquity of the Jews – Flavius
Josephus Matthias
Apocrypha – Goodspeed
Baker Commentary on the
Bible – Elwell
Bible Almanac; The – Packer-Tenney-White
Bible Commentary – F.B. Meyer
Bible Dictionary – Harper and Row
Bible Dictionary – Nelson’s
Dake’s Annotated Bible – Dake
English Standard Version
Bible – ESV
Expositor’s Bible
Commentary – Frank E. Gaebelein
Forgotten Books of Eden; The – World
Illustrated Bible
Dictionary; The – Tyndale
Interlinear Greek-English
New Testament - Baker
King James Version Bible –
KJV
Lost Books of the Bible; The - World
Lost Books of the Bible; The - Bell
Matthew Henry’s Commentary - Zondervan
Missing Books of the Bible; The – Halo Press
Mysteries of the Bible – Readers Digest
Nag Hammadi Library; The – James M. Robinson
Nave’s Topical Bible - Zondervan
New International
Dictionary of the Bible; The – Douglas -
Tenney
New International Version
Bible (2011) – NIV
NOTE: The “new” NIV has been corrupted and made gender
neutral. AVOID IT.
Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls – Hugh J.
Schonfield
Thru the Bible – J. Vernon
McGee
Vincent’s Word Studies of
the New Testament – Mac Donald
Who’s Who in the Bible – Paul D. Gardner
Wycliffe Bible Commentary;
The – Pfeiffer & Harrison
Wikipedia –
Zondervan Pictorial
Encyclopedia of the Bible; The – Tenney
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