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NASB | Proverbs 9:8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you, Reprove a wise man and he will love you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 9:8 Do not correct a scoffer [who foolishly ridicules and takes no responsibility for his error] or he will hate you; Correct a wise man [who learns from his error], and he will love you. [Ps 141:5] |
Bible Question: Why is the message of finances which is preached by Mike Murdock, Bill Winston, Kenneth Copeland, and many others so vehimently opposed? |
Bible Answer: Devoltd, Their message is not Biblical for starters. It is man-centered to the core and appeals to peoples' desire for material gain. Read 2 Timothy 4 for a scriptural support. The message of Health and Wealth, Prosperity is relatively new to Christianity. Historically, the Church (as a whole) has not preached nor taught this. It has come about more due to the prosperity that we as Americans have experience economically sine the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. The likes of Murdock and Copeland teachers have picked up on (false)doctrines by FF Bosworth, Edward Cayce, expanding on them and fine -tuning them into wealth creating financial empires. Their "theology" is based upon mysticism which the historic Church has never embraced! Essentially, they deny the authority of scripture, always claiming the "Lord spoke such and such to them", etc. See the article by John MacArthur titled, "The Rise of Reckless Faith". It is available via a web search. I will say that we need to know what sound doctrine is so thouroughly, that we can spot error. Start reading and studying the likes of John Gill, Jonathan Edwards, C.H. Spurgeon, or Whitefield. There is no comparison against the likes of WOF teachers. Yo will start to notice an absence of sound, Biblical doctrine and an almost exclusive emphasis on experience and the supernatural. I hope this helps, BradK |
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