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1 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | kalos | 27236 | ||
What you yourself have or have not heard him say and the presence or absence of a check in your spirit aside, please consider the following information about John Hagee. JOHN HAGEE A number of people consider Hagee’s teachings to be thoroughly biblical. We would disagree with Hagee, however, on the following points. Preaching Prosperity (...) The power of wealth, however, is such that it can lead people into idolatry. Some, for instance, may become so caught up in matters of finances and wealth that they neglect or completely forget about their duties and responsibilities to God. God, for some of these individuals, may begin to fade out of the picture altogether, being replaced by crass materialism. Rather than grounding their primary concerns on the eternal, they instead devote their lives to that which perishes (John 6:27; Matt. 6:19-21).5 Promoting Positive Confession (...) Like his teachings on prosperity, Hagee’s reiteration of the Faith movement’s doctrine of positive confession runs contrary to the teachings of Scripture. Nothing confessed by believers in faith — verbally or otherwise — automatically comes to pass. Only God has the power to create as He wills (Gen. 1:1). Christians are certainly instructed to pray to God for their requests (Matt. 6:8-13; 21:22). Ultimately, however, all such requests are subject to God’s sovereign will; whichever ones come to pass only do so as a direct result of God’s will and not the will of the believer (1 John 5:14).7 Salvation Without Conversion? (...) The Law, revealed through the Jews, was meant to be “our tutor to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor” (Gal. 3:24-25). As the Bible clearly states: “There is neither Jew nor Greek . . . for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise” (vv. 28-29). To be saved, a person — whether Jew or Gentile — must turn to Christ (5:4-6; cf. John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Rom. 10:9-13) who is “the end of the law for righteousness for everyone who believes” (Rom. 10:4). In writing that the “message of the gospel was from Israel, not to Israel,”14 Hagee discourages Christians from sharing the Good News with unsaved Jews who, like everyone else, have need of the gospel if they are to spend eternity with God in heaven. The Reluctant Messiah In Hagee’s theology, the Jews can hardly be faulted for not flocking to Christianity since it was supposedly Jesus who declined their request for Him to be their Messiah. “The [Jewish] people wanted Him to be their Messiah, but He absolutely refused,” writes Hagee. “The Jews were not rejecting Jesus as Messiah, it was Jesus who was refusing to be the Messiah to the Jews!”15 (...) Indeed, Hagee’s view is made especially ironic by the fact that Jesus Himself said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel” (Matt. 15:24). Scripture clearly teaches that Jesus’ own people rejected Him, and not the other way around (John 1:11; Mark 12:1-12). Judging Alternative Viewpoints as Anti-Semitic Hagee’s personal view regarding the Jewish people has led him to render harsh and inaccurate statements about individuals who differ with him on Israel’s relationship with the church. Those who believe the church is now the true Israel are, in his opinion, guilty of spreading the message of anti-Semitism.18 And along with amillennialism — “the view that when Christ returns, eternity begins with no prior thousand-year (millennial) reign on earth”19 — it is condemned as “ancient Godless heresy that is again raging through the Church masquerading as truth.”20 (...) “Is it important to be right on the Israel question?” asks Hagee. “When you consider that being wrong brings you under the curse of God and headed for eternal, everlasting fire with the devil and his angels . . . it’s important! Israel is not a ‘take it or leave it’ subject. It is a life and death matter . . . eternal life!”29 It is indeed unfortunate that Hagee would think one’s personal view of Israel can radically affect an individual’s eternal destiny. Nowhere does Scripture state that salvation hinges upon a person’s perspective of the new Israel. Hagee has no biblical basis for his denouncement. By making such unwarranted statements, Hagee winds up condemning many erstwhile believers, theologians, and defenders of the faith — both past and present. Though many may claim Hagee’s preaching is helping to spread the Word of God and building a bridge of unity between the Christian and Jewish communities, the fact remains that his message contains elements which lie in direct and serious opposition to biblical truth. (To read the entire article see Statement DH005 at www.equip.org) |
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2 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | Norrie | 27288 | ||
I basically quit listening to Hagee when he went w/the millions of years stance on creation allowing for gap theory. I basically quit listening to all of them. I used to be a TV preacher nut, I have tons of tapes I purchased from many of them including Hagee, Joyce, Copeland, etc. I used to tape then on VCR if I wasn't around to watch. Then I kept hearing wrong theology warnings and just quit everybody now. I followed Copeland since I was saved in '80 too. | ||||||
3 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | Hank | 27299 | ||
Norrie, your choice to call a personal moratorium on TV preachers is to be preferred, in my view, to soaking up every word that issues out of the mouths of some of these quacks. But, lest we throw the baby out with the bath water, I would point out that not all of them are bad by any means. There's Charles Stanley, D. James Kennedy, Adrian Rogers, David Jeremiah. On radio there is John MacArthur and the posthumous broadcasts of that grand old expositor, Vernon McGee. This is not an exhaustive list of the good ones, but it is a good list. --Hank | ||||||
4 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | Cyclist | 72077 | ||
Dear Hank, The praise of the Lord my God is in my heart continually! With my hands lifted up and my mouth filled with praise, with a heart of thanksgiving I will bless the Lord my God! I haven't been able to participate in the forum for quite some time. I really and truely miss it! Thank you for the list of TV teachers. I to enjoy Charles Stanley very much! Have you seen/listened to Joel Osteen? If so, what do you think? I have always appreciated your postings and have always looked for your posts when searching particular subjects for guidance because it is evident that you are truely an elder in Christ. 1 Tim 5:17 The elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. Thank you in advance! Your brother in Christ, Cyclist I will bless the Lord at all times! His praise shall continually be in my mouth! |
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5 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | Hank | 72090 | ||
Cyclist, thanks for your kind words and we've missed you! No, I'm not acquainted with the Joel Osteen broadcasts and thus am unable to comment upon them. There are on the airways and on the internet teachers and preachers, both good and bad, genuine and charlatan, true and false; and it is of prime importance that one take every measure to separate the sheep from the goats lest he be led astray into error and false doctrine. It's always good to play the role of a Berean and to measure carefully with God's plumb-line, the Scriptures, whether what we see and hear is true to the eternal word of God or is false and misleading doctrine. Grace, mercy and peace to you, Cyclist, and a belated wish for a good new year. --Hank | ||||||