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1 | Show me the money | Phil 4:19 | jcdm327 | 172154 | ||
I have not followed Copeland for many years. However, because of his faith teachings (not the wealth and prosperity message) I learned how to recieve from God. I recieved healing, experienced 7 miracles, and found a job that met every request on my petition. I got exactly what I asked for. I don't beleive Copeland is teaching that God wants everyone to be millionaires. But even as Israel prospered under Solomon, I think God blesses His children that love Him. God gives the power to gain wealth, but I don't think everyone can be trusted with wealth. The wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous. Well since the wicked have no treasure in heaven, It is not just a spiritual wealth we are supposed to inherit. It all belongs to God, and he will entrust it to whomever He pleases. Luke 22: 35 And He said to them, “When I sent you without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?” So they said, “Nothing.” |
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2 | Show me the money | Phil 4:19 | BradK | 172158 | ||
Hi jcdm, I appreciate your thoughts and the sincere tone with which they came:-) I'm also very glad to hear you're not following the false teachings of Kenneth Copeland! There is almost always an element of truth in every heresy or falsehood. Certainly Paul said as much in Phil. 1:15-18! The message of Copeland, et al is simply not in line with Orthodoxy and in fact is more founded in mysticism! John MacArthur has wisely stated, "I suppose that we could say that virtually every false religion ever spawned by man worships a god whose function it is to deliver some kind of "cargo." That is, human religion invariably invents gods for utilitarian reasons. They invent gods that give them what they want. They invent deities to serve them rather than the other way around. The Word-Faith theology has turned Christianity into a system that is no different from the lowest human religions. It is a form of voodoo where God can be coerced, cajoled, manipulated, controlled, and exploited for the Christian's own ends. Word-Faith teachers have corrupted the heart of New Testament Christianity. They have moved the believers' focus off sound doctrine, worship, service, sacrifice, and ministry; and they have shifted it instead to promised physical, financial, and material blessings. Those blessings are the cargo that God is supposed to deliver to those who know and follow the Word-Faith formula. In Word-Faith religion the believer uses God, whereas, the truth of Biblical Christianity is--God uses the believer! Word-Faith theology sees the Holy Spirit as a Power to be put to use for whatever the believer wants. The Bible teaches, however, that the Holy Spirit is a person who enables the believer to do whatever God wants. It is absolutely the opposite of Scripture. Many Word-Faith teachers claim that Jesus was "Born Again" so that we might become "little gods." Scripture, however, teaches that Jesus is God and it is we who must be born again. Frankly, I have little or no tolerance for these deceptions, these corruptions of Scriptures and false claims of the Word faith movement. I have absolutely no constraints on me to speak to this issue because I believe that I am literally bound by my obligation as one called to minister the truth of God to so speak, because this defies everything I understand to be true about Scripture." [Does God Promise Health and Wealth? Copyright 1991 , John F. MacArthur, Jr.] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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