Hello Readers,
Today I want to give a prime example of someone not preaching the full gospel. Joel Osteen is in fact a false teacher. He preaches to the masses about health, wealth, and prosperity. You will never hear Joel Osteen preach about the dangers of sin. You will never hear him preach about God's terrifying wrath. All you hear is niceties and Joel saying how much God loves you and what God wants to do for you. This is a prime example of the false prophets in the old testament. They tell the people what they want to hear instead of telling them the truth.
All men of God warn both the church and the unbelievers about the consequences of sin, the wrath of God, and they place Jesus above everything. All that they say leads back to Jesus and how you can run to Him. Sinners must understand that they are not OK with God. That His wrath abides on all who continue in sin unwilling to repent and place their trust in Jesus Christ.
Dear readers be careful who you listen to. Do not believe everything you hear coming from the pulpit. Be diligent in your search of scripture. Make sure you have the right Jesus. The Jesus that saves His people FROM their sin. Jesus does not leave His people IN SIN.
A key to look at in discerning false prophets from true ones. Almost ALL false prophets ask for money and are covetous. If not all of them. Some do it and hide it from people. They also will not lead you out of sin but affirm you are OK in it.
May God Bless and Keep you,
Your Brother In Christ,
James Peters Sr.
APOSTASY DENIAL?--BY STEVE FINNELL
ReplyDeleteApostasy denial is one of Satan many deceptions.
Satan told Eve that she would not die if she ate from the forbidden tree. Eve ate and died, and Satan is still lying today.
Hebrews 6:4-6 When you find men who have been enlightened, who have experienced salvation and received the Holy Spirit, who have known the wholesome nourishment of the Word of God and touched the spiritual resources of the eternal world and who then fall away, it proves impossible to make them repent as they did at first. For they are re-crucifying the Son of God in their own souls, and by their conduct exposing him to shame and contempt.(The New Testament in Modern English by J.B. Phillips)
Hebrews 6:4-6 But what about people who turn away after they have already seen the light and have received the gift from heaven and have shared in the Holy Spirit? What about those who turn away after they have received the good message of God and the powers of the future world? There is no way to bring them back. What they are doing is the same as nailing the Son of God to a cross and insulting him in public!(Contemporary English Version)
Hebrews 6:4-6 After people have left the way of Christ, can you make them change their lives again? I am talking about people who once learned the truth, received God’s gift, and shared in the Holy Spirit. They were blessed to hear God’s good message and see the great power of his new world. But then they left it all behind, and it is not possible to make them change again. That’s because those who leave Christ are nailing him to the cross again, shaming him before everyone.(ERV-Easy to Read Version)
Hebrews 6:4-6 It is impossible to restore the changed heart of the one who has fallen from faith—who has already been enlightened, has tasted the gift of new life from God, has shared in the power of the Holy Spirit, and has known the goodness of God’s revelation and the powers of the coming age. If such a person falls away, it’s as though that one were crucifying the Son of God all over again and holding Him up to ridicule.(THE VOICE)
It takes a skilled professional, and willing subjects, to convince men that apostasy does not apply to Christians.
Let us go back to the Greek text and see what it says. I think the KJV does it a little more justice don't you? Like I said I agree Christians can fall away and apostatize however it proves they were never really of God. One who meets God and truly understands His Holiness how can that man stop believing? He may fall from grace but the Bible says a righteous man gets back up. Jesus keeps us friend.
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