The Picture on the Wall Get Ready the Tide Will Rise Again Pastor Joel Osteen
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2 Peter 2:1 But there were imitation prophets as well among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift devastation. two And many shall follow their pernicious means; past reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make trade of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth non, and their damnation slumbereth not.
In what is just the latest excess in the "proper name it and claim it" Prosperity Gospel movement, Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church, the biggest church building in America (with approximately forty,000 people per service), held an effect with a ticket site charging rock concert prices for his "Night of Promise" sermon in Primal Arena in Seattle Washington (B&Due east – Every bit the link to the January 2012 event is now down, the article has been edited to remove the pricing information). While church services regularly accept offerings where members can volunteer to brand a donation to support a ministry, at that place is no Biblical support for cover charges just to hear a church building service or increasing pricing to ridiculous levels for "preferred seating." How fortunate we are that Jesus Christ The Lord never charged whatever of his followers money to hear Him speak or had "preferred seating" for a select few who were rich and could actually pay for a good seat to hear Him preach. And when Jesus sent out His disciples on their own to get to different towns to preach the Gospel He told them: "..freely ye have received, freely requite" (Matthew 10:8).
And what is Osteen actually preaching one time you lot pay a cover charge for entering church? A false message. Equally he says in his book, 'Alive Your All-time Life Now': "It's God'due south will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. Information technology's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt. Information technology'southward God'due south will for y'all to live in health and not in sickness all the days of your life." This sums upwards Joel Osteen's prosperity gospel message, as well known as the Word of Religion Movement, which is based on the false idea that a Christian tin can use their faith to obtain textile proceeds and wealth. Other nuances include "speaking wealth into beingness" past pronouncing the riches before they get in. At the eye of it, it is commanding God to provide a material approval as if information technology is the individual who has power over the universe, fate and even God.
The Bible says otherwise. Jesus Christ said: Lay not upwardly for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay upwardly for yourselves treasures in sky, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not intermission through nor steal: 21 F or where your treasure is, in that location will your heart be likewise. As Christians, our focus should not be on gaining material wealth. Christians tin work, make incomes and enjoy material success, if information technology is God's will for us. But information technology is certainly not our goal or purpose on this Earth. In becoming a Christian, believers are to surrender their sinful desires and worldly lusts to let the desires of Jesus and His righteousness fill us upward. It is most living for God's volition, not our ain. And Jesus' will is non focused on our being wealthy and prosperous. He explained this in a parable He spoke:
13 And 1 of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he split the inheritance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over yous? 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness [desiring cloth proceeds]: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought inside himself, saying, What shall I do, considering I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18And he said, This will I do: I volition pull down my barns, and build greater; and in that location will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, consume, drink, and be merry. 20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: so whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. — Luke 12
In this parable, notice Jesus begins in poesy 15 by stating "beware of covetousness." Constant concern for material gain is non adept, in fact it is a violation of the 10th Commandment which instructs us not to desire the things others possess. And in the parable Jesus speaks of a man who was rich and successful to the point that he could not even store everything he had. Now this was non the sin. Success in and of itself, when lawfully gained, is not a bad affair in the Bible. It was what followed afterwards that was at issue. He stated to his soul, that he was now set for years to come, then he could relax, "eat, drink and be merry."
The wealthy man's misplaced confidence in his wealth made the man then blind that he assumed he knew how long his life would exist. He gave no credit to God for the crops growing so well and then showed he had no fear of God by his boastful attitude and ideas that he knew his ain lifespan. This is what Jesus ways by being "rich towards God." What God wants is non our gild and commands to Him. He wants our love, worship, respect and thanks. God is the i gives usa life. Who blesses us. And the merely ane who can provide eternal life. The prosperity Gospel goes against this by making worldly prosperity guaranteed and just a matter of increasing faith to receive it.
This "me-centered" false theology has exploded in church across the earth and led to great material gain for the pastors. Notice the passage at the opening of the article states: "And through covetousness shall they with feigned words brand merchandise of y'all.." The Prosperity Gospel preachers use human want for wealth, health and success every bit their means to make millions upon millions of dollars. All the while they distort the Bible and fifty-fifty become and then far as to deny Jesus Christ.
Hither is Pastor Osteen on Larry King Live:
These are tell-tale signs of a false teacher. Non just did Osteen deny Jesus, a caller had to quote Scripture to Him to remind Him that Jesus unequivocally stated "..no man cometh unto the Father [God] but past me." The Lord Jesus left no wiggle room. A basic concept of Christianity is Jesus Christ being the exclusive manner to Heaven. Jesus went on to say: "…but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." So for Pastor Osteen to say "it's not for me to judge" in the case of someone who conspicuously does not believe in Jesus he was denying "the Lord that brought them." Osteen, supposedly, the 'Number one pastor in America' says "it's not my business.." in reference to the eternal destiny of others. And he even indicates that people he has met in India who are non Christians are going to Sky as well. This is a breathy deprival of the Gospel, Jesus Christ and the Bible.
Again, nosotros stress that it is non incorrect for Christians or pastors to make an income. Joel Osteen has written many books and rightfully deserves the income from the millions of copies that he has sold. But information technology is the doctrine that is existence preached that is at issue equally information technology turns the focus from eternal life to the present life and emphasizes personal desire of following the desires of God. Jesus said: "If any man will come up after me, allow him deny himself, and have upwards his cross, and follow me."
The essence of beingness a follower of Jesus is the willingness to forego the sinful pleasures of today or their ain personal calendar for the greater celebrity of eternal life and membership in God'due south Kingdom. What if it is God's will that a well-to-practice immature woman, give upward a groovy future in college, a successful career and lifestyle to go live in one of the poorest, war-torn regions of Africa and start a ministry building? That is precisely what happened to once Christian woman. What if it is God's will that a star professional person football game player, set to brand millions in the prime of his career, retire early on to start spreading the Gospel equally a pastor? Or that a faithful Christian never makes whatever money? Would you still be interested in following Jesus? What would Joel Osteen say about this? A "me-centered" course of Christianity would say to ever stick to whatever personal goals you have fabricated and God will just give you what you want. But the bible says otherwise. Jesus has the answer already: "25 For whosoever will salve his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall discover it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole earth, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
In the end, textile gain is meaningless. At that place is nothing we have in our short time on the Earth in this life that we can take with usa to the grave. What ultimately matters is the fate of our soul. And having eternal life. And the willingness to forego what nosotros call up our "destiny" and "prosperity" should exist if it conflicts with our love, faith and God'south programme for our lives.
We actually live our best life in Sky. Not now.
In his best-selling book "Alive Your Best Life Now", Osteen writes: "If yous develop an epitome of victory, success, wellness, abundance, joy, peace, and happiness, nothing on earth will be able to hold those things from you" (p. 5). Jesus never preached any guarantee of worldly riches. He and His disciples were not wealthy and lived more often than not off of the hospitality of others. Jesus Himself said that He did non even have a place to residuum His head. What Jesus did encourage instead of focusing on a fiscal "breakthrough" or "harvest" or "victory" was instead non worrying at all: 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no idea for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the torso is more than than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor befouled; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
God knows our material needs and will provide accordingly. Jesus preached that we should not even worry virtually these daily cares when nosotros have our religion and trust in The Lord.
Destined for Victory…or A Hope of Suffering?
"You were born to win; you were born for greatness, you were created to be a champion in life" – Joel Osteen (p. 35).
Osteen repeatedly teaches that every human being has inborn "destiny" for immense wealth and success, given past God. Again, Osteen'due south focus is always on the present world – the verbal opposite of the bulletin of Christ. What Osteen and other prosperity Gospel preachers miss out on is the fact that non merely does the Bible guarantee suffering, that trials and tribulations actually help the relationship between a Christian and God. Let's look at the case of the Apostle Paul.
As a Pharisee, living in 1st century Judea, the Apostle Paul (so known as Saul), was a well-respected leader in his customs. A Roman Citizen, he enjoyed many benefits and a position of privilege among his Jewish brethren. He was living a good textile life. In his zeal every bit an enemy of Christians, Paul persecuted the church, tracking down Christians and having them arrested and sometimes sentenced to decease for their faith. Merely God had other plans for Him. Jesus Christ was preparing to speak to Paul directly to witness to Him that He was real and alive and give Paul a new mission: to go a Christian and spread the Gospel. In order to help Paul go started, Jesus chosen upon one of the early apostles to go meet Paul on his style to Damascus (where he would be converted to Christianity). Hither is what Jesus said when He gave Ananias:
10And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. 11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and become into the street which is called Directly, and inquire in the firm of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, 12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight…. Go thy mode: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to behave my name earlier the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name'south sake. (Acts 9)
Now here was a divine assignment. Jesus Christ, from Sky, handpicked Paul to serve Him as one of His greatest apostles. And how did Jesus describe Paul's destiny? Did he promise Paul a "victory"? No, he said He was going to show Paul from the onset the great things that he would suffer in the name of Jesus. There was no guarantee of Earthly riches and achieving his big dreams. The Christian life is about surrendering the cocky to let Christ rule united states. And in those sufferings and challenges, we abound closer to God because we phone call upon Him. It helps to test and strengthen our faith by which nosotros become better children to The Lord.
Paul received divine revelation, performed supernatural miracles and spoke to Jesus directly during his ministry (things that Prosperity Preachers claim to do on a weekly basis). But rather than boast of these things, Paul sought to remain apprehensive. And in order to keep him apprehensive, Paul was experiencing a demonic pain he described every bit a "thorn in the flesh":
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the mankind, the messenger of Satan to cafe me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is fabricated perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may remainder upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I stiff. (ii Corinthians 12)
Here Paul asked Jesus to remove the thorn and Jesus refused saying "my grace is sufficient for thee: for my force is made perfect in weakness." God tin can display His power and strength non when we are boastful and giving out commands and making our own plans, but when nosotros are weak, meek and humble. This is when Jesus Christ can work with us and "the power of Christ" can balance on us. Contrast this with Osteen: "It'southward going to happen… Suddenly, your state of affairs will change for the meliorate…He will bring your dreams to pass" (pp. 196-198) " Receiving blessings or "breakthroughs" in life is not about whatever special power within us, it'southward about recognizing the power of the God of the universe. This is why Paul said he took "pleasure" in the infirmities and pains he endured for Jesus' sake. Considering when he was weak and crying out to God, he became strong through Jesus lifting him back upward.
Comparing the perception of the Christian life every bit told past Osteen with the testimony of the Apostle Paul reveals two completely different worldviews:
Osteen: "You will often receive preferential treatment only considering your Father is the King of kings, and His glory and honour spill over onto yous" (p. 40)
Campaigner Paul: Thrice was I browbeaten with rods, in one case was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a dark and a mean solar day I have been in the deep ; (2 Corinthians 11:25)
Osteen: "God wants the states to accept healthy, positive cocky-images, to see ourselves every bit priceless treasures. He wants us to experience good well-nigh ourselves… God sees you lot equally a champion… He regards you every bit a strong, mettlesome, successful, overcoming person" (p. 57-58).
Campaigner Paul: "..not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; simply to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure out of organized religion." (Romans 12:3)
Fourth dimension and time again, Osteen'south message, while very positive and uplifting to the homo ego, is going against what the Bible instructs for Godly living. But Osteen is able to craft a bulletin that appeals to millions because he is focused on the individual and their "success" and not The Lord and His Glory. And with no mention of sin or damnation, his preaching is even more inviting and friendly. This is dangerous teaching because it non only leads people away from repentance and truly living for God, it can also enter the world of the occult.
The Steps to "Success"
Instead of teaching the Bible, Osteen is teaching New Age magic.
1 Timothy 4: 1 At present the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the organized religion, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.
Osteen then goes down some other dangerous spiritual route by what he declares are his 'steps to success':
ane. Mental Visualization: "The first step to living at your total potential is to enlarge your vision. To live your all-time life now, y'all must start looking at life through eyes of faith, seeing yourself ascension to new levels. See your business organization taking off. See your marriage restored. Run across your family prospering. Run across your dreams coming to pass. You must conceive it and believe it is possible if you ever hope to experience it" (p. 4)
"You will produce what y'all're continually seeing in your mind… If you lot develop an image of victory, success, wellness, abundance, joy, peace, and happiness, null on globe will be able to hold those things from yous… Start anticipating promotions and supernatural increment. Yous must conceive it in your heart and mind earlier you can receive information technology… You must make room for increase in your ain thinking, and then God will bring those things to pass" (pp. 5-6).
Nowhere is annihilation of the sort said in the Bible. What Osteen is promoting is known in the New Historic period equally the "Law of Allure" which is visualizing situations or desires in your heed to "brand" them happen in the future. Compare Osteen'due south words higher up and at present come across instructions from the a site that teaches New Age mysticism, witchcraft and wicca:
"Spiritually speaking, you lot can create anything you wish in your life. And the key to doing this is to offset see information technology in your mind. Creating images in your mind can help facilitate their creation in the physical realm too. Merely information technology doesn't happen instantly (ordinarily)… When you lot are set up, I want you to visualize your "perfect" life. If you could create annihilation right at present, what would you create? What kind of life would you exist living? What would your home wait like? What people and/or animals would share your life? What would you be doing for work? Would it fulfill you lot spiritually and emotionally? Would you be rich, or merely comfy? What would y'all await like physically? Would yous be married, and to whom?"
2. Using Organized religion to "Unlock God"
Osteen: "God works past religion. You must believe first, and then yous'll receive" (p. 33). "Nosotros receive what we believe. Unfortunately, this principle works equally strongly in the negative as it does in the positive" (p. 72). "Understand this: God will help y'all, just you lot bandage the deciding vote… [we must] get into agreement with God" (p. 74). "Information technology's our faith that activates the power of God" (p. 306).
Witchcraft: "Now for the difficult part. Why do you lot recollect you haven't created this life for yourself yet? Lack of opportunity, lack of money, lack of motivation? Or is it something deeper?… Do you believe that you deserve this life you have imagined? Really? Practice you lot believe that the Universe wants to bless you with the things you lot desire? It's easy to utter, "certain I do", simply I want you to really examine this question before answering. Many of united states actually don't believe that we are worthy of such blessings. Many of usa are conveying guilt from years past, or a deep-seated feeling that nosotros are not worthy of anything skillful. We tin work our tails off, but it will never exist "proficient plenty". If this describes you, it is very important to work on changing this belief."
Not only is Osteen copying from New Historic period/witchcraft, he is also encouraging his followers to usurp God and course their ain destiny. Equally he states "you lot cast the deciding vote" and that our organized religion "activates the power of God" and then in one case again, God is at our beckoning, and cannot human activity until we choose to "activate him." Meanwhile the Bible says that God: " maketh his dominicus to rise on the evil and on the practiced, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." God volition bring blessings and permit hardships to come into the lives of both skillful and bad people. He is not subject to commands from humans.
The Volume of Job: Refuting the Prosperity Gospel
We are not guaranteed any prosperity on this Earth and there is no "trick" to making sure you are blessed materially. The book of Task is the ultimate test of what the Bible states well-nigh the idea of material wealth, religion and whether or non we tin "make" God anoint u.s.. The book gives the account of Job, a man of God, who had great fabric wealth and suffered loss. Detect how the Bible describes Job's faithfulness to God:
"And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast 1000 considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright human, 1 that feareth God, and escheweth evil?" (Chore 1).
God was then pleased with Task, He declared him the near faithful, God-fearing man on the planet! Clearly this is a man who should have been able to unlock all of the blessings from Heaven on command. Past Joel Osteen'southward standards, Job should be able to visualize every nifty affair life has to offer, and receive information technology all in constant abundance. Yet in the account, Job, who had great wealth, land and prosperity, lost information technology all. Satan was able to not only destroy Job'south wealth, but kill his children and requite Chore a horrible sickness. In fact, Satan was permitted to practice this because Satan believed that Chore but had faith in God because of the material wealth he was blessed with and that if he lost it, Task would then lose all organized religion in God. The entire spiritual contest in this volume is showing the Prosperity Gospel faith, which is based on obtaining earthly things (which Satan was advocating), verses Godly, Biblical faith, that is based on the conventionalities that God has saved your soul eternally and that is what actually matters. And it'southward clear that by God's standards, our material wealth is not a measure of our organized religion in God. Our eternal life and eternal riches are. 'Success' in the Bible is going to Sky when you die, non having a mansion on Earth today.
Job was a believer who happened to be wealthy. And when he lost his Earthly riches, his response is very telling: "Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my female parent'south womb, and naked shall I render thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the proper noun of the LORD. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God heedlessly." (Job one)
Job'south response strikes at the foundation of any materially based message: "The Lord giveth and the Lord hath taken abroad; blessed be the proper noun of the Lord." Contrast this with Osteen who says that we must also 'speak to our problems': "Whatsoever your mountain is, you must practice more than think about it, more pray most it; y'all must speak to that obstacle… Start calling yourself healed, happy, whole, blest, and prosperous. Stop talking to God about how large your mountains are, and start talking to your mountains about how big your God is" (p. 124). Task did non speak to his "problems" when he suffered, he worshiped God Omnipotent. And when he prayed to God, he did non command more blessings to autumn on him. He only praised the Lord'southward Holy Proper name. Job did not know what plan God had for His life. So he submitted to circumstances knowing that God was going to come across him through them. Thus he was humble before God, not acting as if his faith could "unlock" or "unleash" God. The notion that The Lord must respond to our requests for physical approval and cannot act without our "vote" is complete heresy and an insult. Osteen'southward bulletin is non lining up with the Bible.
Additionally, nowhere is Jesus Christ or being saved from sin fifty-fifty existence mentioned in Osteen's message. And this is the running theme in the Prosperity Gospel. It takes religion, which the Bible teaches is needed to salvage our souls and using it to obtain the world's appurtenances and make ourselves prosperous and wealthy. Again, it is distorting Jesus Christ'southward message and luring people in by covetousness. This is precisely what the Bible prophesied would happen in the years leading upwardly to the end times. As the Betrayment, or falling away from the faith started, churchgoers would carelessness Biblical Christianity for a false message that is more geared to their desires and is pleasing for them to listen to: For the time will come when they volition not suffer sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." (2 Timothy four:3-four).
Prosperity Gospel Preachers go popular past appealing to lusts. Instead of preaching about the real issue facing humanity: sin and God's plan to forgive the states through Jesus Christ, they focus on the individual and their desires, goals and dreams. And people have been caught upwards as tin exist seen from Osteen'southward massive success. He has fabricated millions upon millions from his book deals, Tv shows and of grade, speaking appearances. And his millions of fans are so content that they run across no event with a Pastor charing equally much as $147 per seat at a church service! Notice the accurateness of the Bible when it prophesied that faux prophets like Osteen will: " with feigned words make merchandise of you."
Myles Munroe: $199 Pay-Per-View
Pastor Munroe recently charged $199 just to watch a pay-per-view showing of his church conference on the internet! Myles Munroe is a very sophisticated Prosperity Gospel Preacher. Rather than only stirring up the congregation to "sew a seed" of money and await their blessing, he has built an entire false doctrine centered on the Kingdom of God. Munroe'due south doctrine (equally will be seen in the video below) is the following:
one. God created the Globe for humanity to rule it.
two. Through sin in the Garden of Eden, the 'ownership of the Kingdom' on Earth was forfeited.
three. By seeking God and putting faith in God and Biblical living, we tin can re-enter the Kingdom and reclaim our Royal position.
4. Once we take re-entered the Kingdom, all material blessings are available to us because we now have full dominion over the Earth and everything in information technology. Then whatever nosotros desire or need in life, we can will it to happen or be received.
As will be seen in the video below, not only is Munroe preaching unbiblical heresy, he is as well preaching from an Antichrist spirit. From the onset, he denies Jesus Christ any glory by saying Jesus was only a messenger to let us know about the Kingdom of God and the power we have to repossess the Globe and all of its goods.
Munroe says: "the chief reason for Jesus to come to the Earth was not to go to the cantankerous." The Bible taught otherwise:
And Jesus answered them, proverb, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto y'all, Except a corn of wheat fall into the footing and dice, it abideth lonely: just if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall proceed it unto life eternal. 26 If whatever homo serve me, allow him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any homo serve me, him will my Father honour. 27 At present is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Male parent, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hr. 28 Father, glorify thy proper name. Then came in that location a voice from sky, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. 29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An affections spake to him. xxx Jesus answered and said, This vocalisation came non considering of me, but for your sakes. 31 Now is the judgment of this earth: at present shall the prince of this world be bandage out. 32 And I, if I be lifted up from the globe, will draw all men unto me. 33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.
Hebrews 9:26: "He and so would take had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself."
Mark 8:31: "And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and afterward three days rise again"
Munroe then says: "Jesus came not because of the cross primarily but to share the bulletin that nosotros tin can "re-enter the Kingdom" (speaking of Earthly Kingdom, royalty and wealth)."
The Bible says the ultimate purpose of God's love and plan for us is that: "But God demonstrates His ain love toward usa, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:viii)
For God sent not his Son into the globe to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. – John 3:17.
Jesus came into this globe to provide eternal life, not to conductor in a Kingdom on Earth for Christians to take "dominion" over today. Jesus died because that was the only way to satisfy the wrath of God against the sins of every human existence who has ever lived. Jesus took on the punishment we were supposed to so that we could take a risk to live in Heaven and not go to Hell.
Munroe on the Kingdom
Munroe: "Jesus said 'It is my Male parent's practiced pleasure to give you lot the kingdom'…Jesus sent out His disciples two past ii to preach the 'Kingdom of Heaven has come up unto you lot.'"
Similar many simulated teachers, Munroe has to use Scriptures out of context. Here is the context of the first verse he quotes: "Fear not, lilliputian flock; for it is your Begetter's good pleasure to give y'all the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and requite alms; provide yourselves numberless which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your centre be besides." (Luke 12:32-34)
The clear betoken of Jesus' words here is that the "Kingdom" is spiritual and Heavenly, not one on Globe. The passages states that we should value "treasure in heavens that faileth not" which cannot be corrupted. The focus of Christ'southward message, in context, was on eternal life, not the brusk, present life. And our hearts follow what we treasure. Munroe completely takes this verse out of context to make it say the exact opposite of what Jesus meant.
Regarding Jesus sending out disciples to 'preach the Kingdom', Munroe says: "After these things the LORD appointed other 70 too, and sent them 2 and ii earlier his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. And heal the ill that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come up nigh unto you." (Luke 10)
So going by Bible Scripture, what does the phrase: "Kingdom of God" mean? It is salvation in Jesus Christ. The belief in Jesus Christ as your Savior, who died for your sins, and was raised iii days later in glory, conquering expiry and the grave is the "Kingdom of God." For this time being, for those who are on World and believe, Jesus reigns in our hearts and fills u.s.a. with the Holy Spirit. Nosotros know this from Jesus' own words: "And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh non with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you lot." (Luke 17:20-21)
Jesus' point was that the Kingdom of God at present, arrives when someone puts their faith in Him. And that belief happens in the center, hence it coming without "observation." You cannot meet the moment someone becomes a believer. Information technology is a decision in the heart. Jesus further confirms this past maxim the kingdom of God is "within y'all." The world today in this fallen, sinful historic period is not Jesus' Kingdom. He made this articulate as well: "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, and so would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence." (John 18:36)
Jesus gear up a Kingdom in the hearts of believers in His start coming. At His Second Coming, He will come to physically establish His Kingdom on Earth. That is when the saints will rule and reign and accept "dominion." Not in this present world. In fact, Jesus identifies who rules this present age and earth we live in: " Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this earth be cast out." (John 12:31)
By his extensive quoting of scripture, Munroe very cleverly changes the gospel message past relegating Jesus and elevating the "Kingdom" which of course, allows united states to have control, luxury, wealth and all the good things to satisfy our lusts. At five:thirty in the video, Munroe goes into complete blasphemy by saying that preaching virtually "calvary" or "the blood of Jesus", the baptism of the Holy Spirit or "the Resurrection" was a strategy of Satan! This is an incredibly blasphemous statement. In one case again, the Bible says the exact contrary: For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should exist made of none effect. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; just unto us which are saved it is the ability of God. (one Corinthians 17 17-18)
This poesy is explaining that the main purpose of a follower of Christ is to preach the gospel. And the Gospel is about Jesus saving humanity from our sins, non almost taking dominion of the Earth today. The Apsotle Paul affirms this past saying that when we effort to add our "wisdom of words" to the Gospel message, we make the cross Jesus died on have "none issue." This is exactly what Munroe is doing. He is trying to preach a new revelation about the Kingdom, that he says most people have not even known about. And his Gospel of the Kingdom has zippo to do with the blood of Christ, which was shed as a payment to have the sins of humanity forgiven. He calls that blazon of preaching a program of the devil. This once more, is pure blasphemy and falsehood. (And we see more than irreverence and disrespect when Munroe mocks Jesus for calling Himself "the door").
In the book of John, Jesus over again explain what his exact purpose for coming to Earth was:
For I came down from sky, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.. And this is the volition of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the concluding day. (John 6:38-40).
The unabridged mission of Jesus was to give His life and resurrect and then He could provide eternal life to those who believe and trust in Him. We never see Jesus telling his followers to take over or control an Earthly Kingdom. As we take demonstrated above, Jesus did non consider the world he lived in His Kingdom. What was most of import was that Jesus save the souls of men, not their bodies. He did not come to ensure anybody dominate the finances of the world.
Peradventure The Lord does. Maybe He does not.
Like Osteen, Munroe is charging believers outrageous prices to watch him share his false Gospel. The Prosperity Gospel has get a global awareness in the church building and it is rooted on all of the verbal things that Jesus preached against. Christians are to base of operations their truth on the Word of God, which is the Bible and non the ideas and feelings generated by these Pastors who seduce their flock with promises of wealth and success.
When Jesus presented Himself to Israel as their Messiah by inbound Jerusalem on a donkey (in accordance with the Old Testament prophecies of how the Messiah would enter the Holy Urban center in the precise year and twenty-four hour period that the Messiah was prophesied to go far), he immediately went to the Holy Temple. With much of the religious leadership of the day preaching man-made doctrine instead of the Bible, the religious exercise had moved from Godliness. Equally a result, the outer parts of the temple were existence used to buy and sell goods. The use of the temple as a coin-making venue was the one of the few times Jesus is ever recorded displaying righteous indignation: "And Jesus went into the temple of God, and bandage out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 13And said unto them, Information technology is written, My house shall be chosen the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."
By using God'south House for money, they had perverted the purpose of it. And merely as Jesus prophesied, in churches today that continue to run into Pastors and their staff literally make millions off of their congregations while pedagogy heresy. Pray for these pastors to repent and for the truth of the Bible to shine in the hearts and minds of those who and so willingly follow and support these corrupt ministries. The church is suffering today because Satan knows he cannot defeat it. Thus he has to infiltrate it with false prophets and false teaching to mislead churchgoers from focusing on God'south message and putting their minds and hearts on their own desires and way they desire to live their lives.
Is It Ever Okay to Pray for Just Material, Earthly Success?
As Christians, nosotros can pray for a new job, a enhance, for a domicile, cars, money to support our families and textile gain. There is no sin in that. In fact, the volume of Task ends with Job being blessed by God with much more wealth than he originally had lost. Equally Jesus taught, God knows that we have physical needs that have to exist met every solar day and will provide for united states according to His Will. But we do non ever know what God'southward Will for our lives is. It may be God's will to make you a multi-millionaire. Or maybe God knows with more than coin, y'all volition forget about your commitment, faith and humility altogether. Our desires should not overtake our relationship with God, who knows what is best for us and will bless united states according to His perfect plan for our lives that He may be glorified. We must acknowledge that He is Male monarch of the universe and we are below Him as His children. And this is the groovy danger of preachers similar Osteen and Munroe. By putting so much accent on the cares of the earth today they non merely distort the message of the Bible they ultimately deny Jesus Christ Himself.
We practice not "unlock" or "unleash" God. And any blessings we receive today come with the understanding that they can exist literally gone tomorrow if God and then sees fit. This kind of faith, in God'due south eternal blessings and riches, is what helped Chore stay then faithful during the worst times of his life when he lost everything. It is what kept him from cursing God even when his wife was finally fed up with the whole situation and encouraged him to. The blessed balls Job relied on was that he had eternal life. Chore'southward faith was based on the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ: "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.." (Job 19:25). Job had eternal prosperity which every Christian has and can never lose. And thus his life was guided past God's perspective and non his own flawed, human outlook: And they that are Christ'southward have crucified the mankind with the affections and lusts. 25 If nosotros live in the Spirit, let usa also walk in the Spirit. (Galatians 2) We do not know what life on World is going to bring. Nosotros do not know what abundance of blessings or trials may come. Only letting Jesus Christ live in us, and believing upon His decease on the cross and resurrection volition 100% guarantee usa eternal life of happiness, richness, joy and pleasures in the presence of the Savior:
John 14:ane Let non your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Begetter'due south house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to gear up a place for you. 3 And if I become and prepare a place for y'all, I will come up again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, at that place ye may be likewise.
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