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NASB | 2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Timothy 2:15 Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth. |
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Bible Answer: Dear chessshores, I understand your explanation of what kind os churches are prevelant in your country... Joyce Meyers is closely aligned with the Word of Faith teachers. She teaches that you take the word of God and release the promises of God into your life by the level of your faith in God and that you receive rhemas from God to direct you what God wants you to do. She does teach that you must line up your life to reflect the word of God or you will not be able to release the promises of God into your life. However, God makes promises based off His own Holy and sovereign will and it is not necessary for men to take the action of having strong enough faith before God will choose to act, which is what Joyce Meyer teaches. One of the worst teachings in Word of Faith movements is that God will not act until you do, that is not scripturally supportable at all. You have to twist the scriptures to get that. Joyce Meyer teaches folks to get control over their circumstances by lining their lives up to the word of God, no problem, but then she says God will not act on your behalf until you do, her exact words. Benny Hin has been debunked by many who left his minstry as a complete and utter fraud. I have seen Benny Him literally push people down to the ground because they did not get slain in the spirit when he went to touch their foreheads. There are true reports that those who thought they were healed by Benny Him have gone to the doctor and been told they are not at all healed. Benny Hin has a whole lot of money and many holdings and possessions gotten from the middle class and poor from all over the world who think that this false prophet is a sainted man offering healing and freedom from demons and he rarely offers salvation to the lost. The Amplified Bible is not a literal translation of the Bible and adds many words to the Greek and Hebrew that are not there changing the fundamental meaning of the texts. The Charismatic movement has indeed made and spread a great deal of money through out the world, their traditions and attempts to use charismatic gifts do not make them Bible based, the proper intrepretation of the Bible does and a proper application of it does. Just because a church is very large and practices being slain in the spirit with great care does not make that practice Biblical at all, it just makes it tradition. If the good Bishop meant that all Christians have gifts from the Holy Spirit and are therefore Charismatic he was correct, if he meant that all Christians are Charismatic because they all could speak in tongues if they but would he was wrong. The Charismatic movement has gone world wide, that does not mean it lines up with what the Bible teaches about gifts and the use of gifts. My web browser is on the fritz, so I am unable to give you a proper web site, sorry for that I pray someone else will attend to this. Charismatics traditionally through out the world have honored others in both helping the poor and in working in concert with those of other views and denominations to partner with them in reaching people. Evangelicals do not always partner to evangelize or help the poor or church plant with those whose views and beliefs they do not agree with because that is being unequally yoked in minsitry which the Bible teaches against. God's day to you, Tamara |