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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 | Shell | 27327 | ||
Hello Kalos, your answer gives me quite a lot to think about. In October, I attended a church in South Carolina with My sister, I asked the pastor a question about something he said in regard to healing and all of us, IF WE BELIEVE, should be able to raise the dead and heal the sick. My question was, "How is that possible unless it is the will of God that we are able to do this??" His answer was that the word says lay hands on the sick and they will recover, it does not say that only a few people are able to do this. I said that was a true stmt., however, I have always been taught that everything that is done has to be God's will or "it ain't happenin" He did not agree with that at all. After we left the church, my sister and talked about the pastor, she wanted to know what I thought of him,(she lives there and that is where she has been going to church) and I told her that I did not care for him and I did not agree with all his ideas. I told this pastor that I had great faith, and if that was the case, all Christians should go out and heal EVERYONE WHO WAS SICK AND RAISE ALL THE DEAD CHRISTIANS. He said yes, we should. I told him that I had never done this because God had never led me to do that. He then questioned my faith. I began to get a little angry then but did not say anything. On the ride home I asked my sister if she had every heard of Jessie DuPlanits and she said, yes, that is my pastors boss, why? I said as I was watching the pastor tonight, the way he acted or tried to act made me think of Jesse ( and I always get a laugh when I listen to him). The church and pastor in South Carolina seems to hung up on Lots of money, things, etc. I have rambeled on long enough, thanks for you input. Shell | ||||||
3 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | kalos | 27339 | ||
Shell: Thanks for your reply and for sharing your experience. I agree with you in that you quickly discerned that this pastor was missing the mark as far as sound Bible doctrine. You are correct. First, it is not true that it's always God's will to heal. If it were His will, then He would always heal, wouldn't He? Second, it is not true that if somebody doesn't get healed, then they didn't have enough faith. If that were true, all I could say is "Poor old Paul (the Apostle). He could have been healed if only he'd had enough faith." Third, not every Spirit-filled believer has the gift of healing. It is the Holy Spirit, not we ourselves, who decides who gets which gift. It is one and the very same [Holy] Spirit who divides [the gifts] to every man severally as *He* will (1 Cor 12:11). kalos |
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4 | No Joyce Meyer?????????????????? | Acts 17:11 | Shell | 27346 | ||
THANK YOU KALOS!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is exactly what I was trying to say----------IT IS UP TO THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO HE GIVES THE DIFFERENT GIFTS TOO. I was not very good at trying to get this point across to the preacher in South Caolina and therefore did not make my point to him. I left with him feeling that he was correct in what he was saying and that I was wrong. That's ok, I knew what I meant, just couldn't get it across. I get that way sometime and I wonder if that is God's way of shuting me up so as not to get in an argument???? I will not argue with anyone about my faith, religion or God. There are too many views, and most of the time, we all feel that our view is correct, and that is not always correct either. BUT THANK YOU, YOU SAID WHAT I WANTED TO AND COULDN'T. Shell | ||||||