Bible Lesson # 10: Word of Faith teachers: We are like gods. Bible: Man is a saved sinner.

Word of Faith teachers does not only promote the health and wealth «gospel of prosperity». They also claim that followers of Jesus are gods.

 

A handful of Word of Faith teachers that comes into your house through Christian TV or web-TV.

Many Word Of Faith teachers have sought to emphasize the full significance of the believer’s status as sons of God through the redemption by the blood of Jesus the Messiah.

The Word of Faith teachers are using phrases such as «little gods» to describe Christians. Kenneth Hagin wrote that God «made us in the same class of being that he is himself».

And that the believer is «called Christ» because «that’s who we are, we’re «Christ». According to Hagin, by being «born again», the believer becomes «as much an incarnation as Jesus of Nazareth».

Creflo Dollar teachers them same as the serpent in the garden of Eden

Kenneth Copeland says Adam was «not a little like God … not almost like God» and has told believers that «You don’t have a God in you. You are one»

Based primarily on the book of Psalms 82:6, which says «I have said, Ye are gods and all of you, children of the Most High».

This was also corroborated by Jesus making reference to this scripture in John 10:34. A common theme in Word of Faith preaching is that God created man as «an exact duplication of God’s kind».

But quoting Psalm 82:6 without also quoting Psalm 82:7, is twisting and and making a mockery out of the scripture:

Psalm 82:7

«But you will die like mere men; you will fall like every other ruler».

Man was surely created in the image of God, and lived in a perfect place in the Garden of Eden. But that was before the fall. We will also end up in our perfect Heavenly bodies, but not in this present age.

Suffer the Children, a documentary highlighting some of the teachings of the Word of Faith movement, has a video clip of Creflo Dollar teaching the «little gods» doctrine to his congregation based on the notion that “everything reproduces after its own kind.

Dollar: “If horses get together, they produce what?”
Congregation: “Horses!”
Dollar: “If dogs get together, they produce what?”
Congregation: “Dogs!”
Dollar: “If cats get together, they produce what?”
Congregation: “Cats!”
Dollar: “So if the Godhead says ‘Let us make man in our image’, and everything produces after its own kind, then they produce what?”
Congregation: “Gods!”
Dollar: “Gods. Little “g” gods. You’re not human. Only human part of you is this flesh you’re wearing.”

The Bible says this is the teaching of the serpent of the Garden of Eden.

Genesis 3: 1-4:

«Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?»

«The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die».

«You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil».

A snake bites the face of a man. Just like the serpent in the garden, Benny Hinn and Creflo Dollar comes to you with a copy-cat Jesus.

Jesus him self exposes men like Kenneth Copland and Creflo Dollar as false teachers.

John 2:23-25

«Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his name. But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men. He did not need man’s testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man».

While Copeland and Dollar are false teachers, the true teacher and Apostle Paul explain to us his status even after being saved by Jesus from Nazareth:

Romans 7: 23:

«What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord».

God never sin. Our Father in Heaven never makes mistakes. Jesus never sinned. But man keeps on making mistakes, even after we are justified and sanctified by the blood of the lam.

James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.

One of the purposes of God the Holy Spirit is to convince us about sin, and the fear of God will keep us from sinning. But if you think you can become a «little god» on Earth, you have no fear of God, and have become a fool and a hypocritical liar.

Supporters of men like Kenneth Copland and Creflo Dollar: Get out!

If not repented for, On the day of Judgment they and their followers will burn in the everlasting fire.

Written by Ivar

Evangelical Churches sued for “Spirit falls”

“They should have either warned Cheryl and people like her of the potential dangers”. 

The floor of Evangelical Churches is not suppose to look like a war zone, where people get injurded by their pastors.

A parishioner at the Disciple Fellowship Christian Church in East St. Louis, Ill., claims the spirit moved another worshiper so much during service that she caused others to tumble over backwards into her, causing injuries. Now she’s suing the church for damages.

Cheryl Jones alleges in a complaint filed in December that she was visiting the church when member of the congregation received the “spirit” during praise and worship and with no ushers or members to assist, the parishioner fell backwards knocking several members into the plaintiff, who was injured falling to the floor.

“They should have either warned Cheryl and people like her of the potential dangers -especially if they’re not going to have deacons or parishioners to help these people when they fall,” attorney for the plaintiff Brian Millikan told ABCNews.com. Because falling during the service, according to Millikan, is something that “seems to happen often” at the church.

Source: Abcnews.

My comment:

The devil is sometimes in the details.

If you read the Bible, you will not find a single person who has blessed by the Holy Spirit, by being pushed backwards.

All the people who were touched by the Holy Ghost and worshiped Jesus, feel forward. The positive effect by falling forwards, is that most of us face the ground after having the possibility of using our arms as shock absorbers. We can also bend out knees.

The problem cause by pushing people to fall backwards, is  plenty. Not only can we break our own neck. We can also fall over chairs and tables, and even brake the leg of innocent people behind us.

There is no Biblical defense for the practice of being “slained in the spirit’. Therefor is is suitable for Churches who practice this false Word of faith doctrine, to be sued for damages.

 Mark 3:11
Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”

Many Pastors do not mind that their Churches is moves into spiritual bankruptcy. But when they go bust also financially, it might lead them into some kind repentance, and willingness to obey the World of God.

Written by Ivar

Joel Osteen: Mitt Romney Is a “Believer in Christ Like Me”

Lakewood Megachurch Pastor Says Presidential Hopeful’s ‘Confession’ of Christ Is ‘Enough”.

Joel Osteen has no objections to all who claim "Christ" being son of God.

Joel Osteen, pastor of America’s fastest growing megachurch, has reiterated his opinion that GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is a “believer in Christ like me” and that the former Massachusetts governor’s confession of Jesus as the Son of God is “enough” for him.

Link to the CBS video:

Osteen, senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, told CBS’ Charlie Rose Monday morning:

 ”What I see about Gov. Romney is that he says ‘I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He’s raised from the dead and he’s my savior.’ I see him as being a believer in Christ like me.”

And “that’s enough for you?” Rose questioned.

 “That’s enough for me,” Osteen stated. “There’s differences in all religion. I realize that Mormonism is different from Christianity, but you know what he’s a man of faith and values. And to me that’s strong.”

Source: Christian Post

My comment:

I have earlier warned Christians that Joel Osteen is not a follower of Jesus of the Bible.  This statement of Osteen is just another example of the deception he represent.

 2 Corinthians 11:4
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

1. The “Jesus” of the  prosperity gospel is inspired by the devil and his demons.
2. People who stay put in World of faith congregation are either corrupt, or understands nothing.
3. Teachers like Joel Osteen will support the One World religion. His only demand he has is that people must confess some kind of faith in “Christ”.

Written by Ivar

Battle cry’s Ron Luce branded leader of cult

US TV: “Youth in Teen Mania Ministries are members of a cult”.

Ron Luke told his youth to eat worms. Only organically grown, he explains.

MSNBC aired a documentary Sunday night featuring former interns from Teen Mania Ministries as a embers of a cult.

During the film, video clips are shown of teens enduring extreme physical activities – like crawling through mud and preparing to eat worms – but Luce says the video is over 10 years old and is never fully explained.

But Luce says filmmakers didn’t put the video clips in context. The worms that were eaten, for example, were “organically grown, made for human consumption” and were only a part of the camp because the reality television series “Fear Factor” was popular at the time.

The filmmakers are also accused of taking audio clips out of context. In one clip, Honor Academy Executive Director David Hasz is heard saying, “We are not going to show compassion to you.” In context, Luce says that was part of a broader message in which Hasz was explaining that the event was designed to be difficult for a reason.

Source:  Christian Post

My comment:

A pastor in Norway  took the Church youth through water boarding. He claims he trained them not to give up their faith during torture.

The Media showed him no mercy.

To force youth to eat worms, even if they are “organically grown”, is another fruit if wickedness.

There is nothing about this kind of training in the Bible. There is not a single verse in the New testament, who display such lessons given by Jesus. The Holy Spirit is not a bully, but a gentleman. Worms are not Mana from Heaven.

The theology of Teen Mania is also wrong. Ron Luce tells his students they shall try to establish “gods kingdom on Earth”. Just like the Pope.

This is written on their web-site:

 The answer became both: They chose to reach out to young people and inspire them to change the world through missions by following the Biblical example of Jesus and giving compassion and hope to others with their lives.

To change this World is impossible, and a waist of time. Because the World dwells in evil. The Church is not a “kingdom builder” but a rescue mission. The true Church is a group of living stones who are not of this world. Waiting to be rescued, and taken home to Heaven. Lets do our best while we are here.

Jesus said it plainly: “My Kingdom is not of this World”.

The false prosperity gospel, leads people into worship of the flesh, and the goodies this World has to offer.  The movement who in our days run the race to win the Earth, do not understand the times. “Kingdom Now, or Domain Theology, is another false gospel”.  The last days shall not be known for massive revivals and support for Jesus of the Bible. But for deceptions and apostasy, and the massive revival around the One World Religion and the last anti-Christ. By massive false signs and wonders, the man of lawlessness, will deceive all who demands manifestations to believe in “god”.

When focus is wrong, and the theology is full of deception, the fruits will obviously become bad.

To act like a demon, and force youth to do wicked stuff, is wired and regrettable.

Is this what it takes to prepare youth to make a great show in public, that will be broadcasted on god.tv?

There is surely enough things to do, during discipleship training. Like teaching the youth to forgive people who harm them, to help their neighbors, and to take special care of the sick and needy. No need to eat worms. Rather go and display the Gospel to the people around you. Pray that the Holy Spirit will cut their heart, and that some of them will be found home in the kingdom of Heaven.

To follow Jesus is not difficult, if you are lead by the Holy Spirit. We walk in preplanned works. By their fruits, we will come to know who obey the Messiah, and who do not.

Please read Matthew 7:21-23 all over again. Heaven will not be populated with all who claim they are “born again”

Written by Ivar

Building new Solomon’s Temple by robbing in the name of “Jesus”

Universal Church of the Kingdom of God builds God’s temple by robbing people in Brazil.

A copy-cat Zion, build by World of faith preachers of prosperity in Brazil.

The controversial movement, based in Brazil. The movement also uses the name ”Stop Suffering.” Promotes word-faith teachings, with a particular emphasis on the seed-faith doctrine.

 The controversial Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Sao Paulo Brazil has received permission to build a new church building and it will be a replica of Solomon’s Temple.  At a cost of $200 million, it will seat 10,000 people and house a replica of the Ark of the Covenant.

Source: Apologetic ministry.

Since its theology and practices are far outside those of normal, biblical Christianity, this movement is considered to be a cult of Christianity.

Believers are promised healing and riches – for a price. The more one gives, the more miracles one will reap, The Post heard preachers say in church branches in four boroughs.

‘‘Give USD 500, USD 100, USD 50,” a Brooklyn bishop pleaded recently in a branch in a converted movie house on Fourth Avenue in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn. ”When you give freely, you will prosper.”

In Woodside, Queens, a pastor bellows out to his followers: ”Unless you give, you cannot be blessed.”

Regina Cerveira, the Universal Church’s chancellor and spiritual administrator in New York, insists that a higher donation doesn’t buy a better blessing.

”A person who gives $500 is not going to get more blessings than someone who just gives USD 100.”

But ex-pastor Mario Justino said that during a decade of preaching for the Universal Church in Brazil, Portugal and Brooklyn, his superiors instructed him to ”tell the people, ‘If you don’t give, God does not look at your problems.”’
Holy-roller church cashes in on faithful, New York Post, July 23, 2000

It claims to offer protection from black magic and attracts millions of followers. But the murder of Anna Climbie – in one of Britain’s worst ever cases of child abuse – has raised troubling questions about the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.
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  The Universal Church has already got into trouble over its claim that evil spirits are the cause of people’s woes. In 1997, the Advertising Standards Authority banned a church poster that said: ”Constant headaches, depression, insomnia, fears, bad luck, strange diseases . . . These are just a few symptoms caused by demons.”

 But now the deliverance service has dragged the church into its darkest controversy yet. It was to one of these services that eight-year-old Anna Climbie, the little girl who died of hypothermia after being tied up in a bathtub in one of Britain’s worst ever cases of child abuse, was to have been taken by her adoptive mother, Marie Kouao.

The exorcists, The Guardian (England), Jan. 15, 2001

My comment:

Many scoffers will come using the Bible to extort money, and to demonize all kind of issues.  They also appear on so-called Christian TV, and shouts “praise Jesus” and “Halleluja”.

Jesus the Messiah gave us a stern warning:

 Matthew 24:4-5
Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.

Written by Ivar

Paula White replaced prosperity drug-death-pastor Zachery Tims

On the day after Zachery Tims’ funeral, evangelist Paula White preached a Sunday sermon.

Prosperity gospel preacher Zachery Tims died of an overdose of drugs on a Manhattan Hotel.

Florida megachurch pastor Zachery Tims was found dead in a New York City hotel room on Friday, according to police.

A white powdery substance believed to be narcotics was discovered on the body, The Wall Street Journal reports.

New York City police said 42-year-old Orlando pastor was found dead on the floor of a room at the W Hotel in Times Square late Friday afternoon. There was no criminal activity suspected. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death.

On the day after Zachery Tims’ funeral, evangelist Paula White preached a Sunday sermon to the congregation that the outside world will be watching to see whether New Destiny Christian Center can survive without its inspirational, dynamic founder.

Prosperity preacher Paula White replaced Tims in his pulpit.

“New Destiny, it’s not just about you any longer. It’s about the nation watching you. It’s about how you are going to respond, about what you are going to do,” said White, pastor of Without Walls International Church in Tampa.

Source: Orlando Senteniel

My comment:

Who was pastor Zachery Tims?

He was a preacher of the Prosperity gospel, and a believer in the Word of Faith doctrines. This is what a website has recorded:

 Tims’ gospel, which I have heard in person, was not established upon biblical doctrine, but is that of the human desire for health, wealth and self-esteem.

 (ROMANS 16:17-18) The Word of Faith gospel. The Trinity Broadcasting Network gospel.

A gospel which is a combination of Pentecostalism and the Faith Movement, whose root teachings stem from a 19th century New Thought cult made popular by E.W. Kenyon. After Kenyon came Kenneth Hagin, Oral Roberts and A.A. Allen.

Then came Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, T.D. Jakes and Creflo Dollar. And is now a gospel being proclaimed to the world through all forms of media and literary art by their sons and daughters of the Word of Faith movement such as Paula White, Joel Osteen, and, the recently deceased Zachery Tims.

Source: The Cypress Times

I have earlier warned about the false Jesus, presented by the Word of Faith movement, The “ATM Jesus”, who promises good return for those who give cash to the teachers of the prosperity gospel.

If you are not born again from above, and submit to Jesus of the Bible, you will become a religious person. You will pretend to be blessed, rich and perfect. But the light of the World is not reigning in your heart.

Claim he lost daughter to the devil, vowed revenge

The daughter of Rodney Howard-Browne died. “Catch the fire” preacher vowed revenge.  

A lady catch the fire, coming from the anointing of Howard Rodney Browne.

On Christmas eve in 2002, the 18-year-old daughter of Rodney Howard-Browne died of a lung decease.

The sad death of Kelly Howard-Browne  was covered by an article in the March 05, 2003 edition of Charisma Magazine, the major magazine of the Charismatic movement in the US.

Rodney Howard-Browne believed His daughter had a demonic sickness, still she went home to Heaven without being healed.  After Kelly had departed, Howard-Browne also tried to raise her “from the dead”. He did not manage.

The Word of Faith preacher gave an interesting statement, recorded in Charisma:

“My daughter dying is the worst career move the devil could have made. We’re going after 100 million souls, and he will pay.”

Source: Charisma Magazine

You can read more details around the death of Kelly, on this site.

My comment:

My motive is not to dig into the family tragedies of Rodney Howard-Browne. I have deep respect for all who mourn over their loved once, those who prayed for healing of their children, and desired to see them get a long life on Earth.

But I will question the logic of Howard-Browne, and the theology he represent.

If Kelly is home in Heaven, how come this is presented by Howard-Browne as a victory for the devill?

What is it Howard-Browne feels the devil have to pay for?

Is Satan more powerful than Jesus?

What kind of spirit makes Howard-Browne give an public oat to take revenge?

If we turn this statement around, it looks like Howard-Browne did not want the soul of His daughter to return to Heaven.  It looks like this Word of Faith preacher have made“god” of this present word, His master.  A long life in the flesh, is his version of “Christianity”.

Many Charismatic preachers teach that only cursed people leave this planet because of sicknesses at an early age. They link sicknesses directly to demonic influence and control.

If Kelly was cursed, so is her father.

I looks like Howard-Browne’s “Lord Jesus”, lost his daughters soul, and that the devil scored a victory.

To base faith on such theology, is a spiritual disaster. Both for Howard-Browne and all who have accepted the anointing that rest up on him.  It looks like Howard-Browne tried to drive demons out of his own saved daughter, but failed.

Another aspect of the recorded statement of Howard-Browne, is that He did not have enough faith to get his own daughter healed. Nor did his daughter have enough faith to get healed.

We might not get a better proof that the Word of faith movement is representing a false Christianity. They are the promoters of a parallel kingdom, that leads people into deception.  Paul the Jewish apostle warns us about men who will come and promote copy-cats.

 2 Corinthians 11:4
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

Run away from such people. Do never let them touch you, nor pray for you to accept the spirit they walk in.

Written by Ivar

Confused American TV-preachers claims Jesus went to Hell

Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, Kenneth Copeland and Andrew Wommack have one thing in common. They preach that «Jesus died spiritually», and went to Hell. From there, their copy-cat Jesus will never be able to escape.

The mother of all errors. They preach about a Jesus that was sent to Hell.

Many Word of Faith preachers, and thousands of Pastors in Charismatic Churches spread lies about Jesus of Nazareth. They have Spiritual fathers that teach the «Jesus died Spiritually (JDS) theology». This gospel comes from the same source as the «Replacement Theology».

This is serious stuff. Lets take a deep look into this matter:

This teaching is basically a result of an error in Biblical Christianity, that has its origin in a faulty translation of one word in the King James version. Its the Hebrew word «Sheol» . In the 1611 A.D version of the King James Bible the two Hebrew words Sheol and Ghenna have been mixed up. The British translators even used the Greek pagan word «Hades» to explain Hell. The result is an English faulty understanding of the true meaning of the lake of fire. Hell, where the wicked will spend their eternity. A place no one can escape from.

Here is one example of this error in King James version of the Bible:

2. Sam 22: 4-7. (King James)

I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

NIV correctly translate Sheol as grave: «the sorrows of grave compassed me about»:

Another example:

Psalm 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. (King James)

The soul of the Holy One is not going to Hell.His soul will not even rest in Sheol. (the grave).

A third example:

Jonah 2:2
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. (King James).

Jonah was surely not in Hell. He speaks from his possible tragic «grave» Sheol, in the belly of the Fish. Also I would have cried from such an close to «impossible» tomb of silence.

An translation error from Hebrew and Greek into English:

Anglicans, who do not share a concept of «hades» with the Eastern Orthodox, have traditionally translated «sheol» (and «hades») as «hell» (for example in the King James Version). However, to avoid confusion of what are separate concepts in the Bible, modern English versions of the Bible tend either to translated the word sheol or to use an alternative term such as the «grave» (e.g. the NIV). Roman Catholics generally translate «sheol» as «death».

The Gideon Bible, the New King James and the NIV-versions have all corrected the faulty original English translation in the King James version. This error in the King James version has resulted in many misunderstandings about what the Spirit of Jesus did in the three days his body was in the tomb of silence.

What is the Hebrew meaning of Sheol?

From the Jewish encyclopedia:

Sheol is underneath the earth. Hence it is known also as «Dumah», the abode of silence. Return from Sheol is not expected (II Sam. xii. 23; Job vii. 9, 10; x. 21; xiv. 7 et seq.; xvi. 22; Ecclus. [Sirach]. Eccl. xii. 5). It is “dust” (Ps. xxx. 10; hence in the Shemoneh ‘Esreh, in benediction No. ii., the dead are described as “sleepers in the dust”).

God’s rulership over it is recognized (Amos ix. 2; Hos. xiii. 14; Deut. xxxii. 22; I Sam. ii. 6 [Isa. vii. 11?]; Prov. xv. 11).

What is the Greek meaning of the pagan word Hades?

The Greek God (ruler) of the underworld is called Hades. God of the Bible has prepared a place for Him and his dark angles at the end of time. That is in Hell, the lake of fire. Hades is not hell.

What is the correct Hebrew word for Hell?

From the Jewish Encyclopedia:

The place where children were sacrificed to the god Moloch was originally in the «valley of the son of Hinnom» to the south of Jerusalem (Josh. xv. 8, passim; II Kings xxiii. 10; Jer. ii. 23; vii. 31-32; xix. 6, 13-14). For this reason the valley was deemed to be accursed, and «Gehenna» therefore soon became a figurative equivalent for «hell». Hell, like paradise, was created by God (Soṭah 22a); according to Gen. R. ix. 9, the words «very good» in Gen. i. 31 refer to hell; hence the latter must have been created on the sixth day. Yet opinions on this point vary. According to some sources, it was created on the second day; according to others, even before the world, only its fire being created on the second day (Gen. R. iv., end; Pes. 54a). The «fiery furnace» that Abraham saw (Gen. xv. 17, Hebr.) was Gehenna (Mek. xx. 18b, 71b; comp. Enoch, xcviii. 3, ciii. 8; Matt. xiii. 42, 50; ‘Er. 19a, where the «fiery furnace» is also identified with the gate of Gehenna).

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The deceptive JDS (Jesus died Spiritiualy) teachings (gnostisism) that is preached by men like Benny Hinn and Kenneth Copeland, is often defended by a mixed up understanding of Gehenna, Hades and Sheol as Hell, found in the King James version.

The Spirit of Jesus did not «die», its an eternal Spirit. The Spirit of Jesus did not enter into Hell. While His body was in the tomb of silence, the Spirit of Jesus preached to the spirits in prison, who had been taken captive by the Kingdom of darkness. That kingdom is a present Kingdom. Hell is to the very contrary, prepared for Satan and his dark angels at the end of time.. And the «ruler» of the Kingdom of darkness is not in Hell, not yet.

1.Peter 3.18-19:
He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison. (NIV)

Also in King James this becomes very clear in this verse:

«Being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison» (King James)

From where did Jesus rise after three days?

Jesus did not rise from Hell. He rose from the grave, from Sheol. Jesus rose from the tomb of silence. Also our body, if we are not raptured before our body ends up in «a grave» or the belly of a fish, like Jonah. Our soul will be resurrected, and we will enter into our new heavenly bodies.

From where will people rise on the last day of Judgment?

Since the body of Jesus was in the grave, (Sheol) for three days, it might be the body of people who are in their, first, second or third day in Sheol who are going to be raised from the graves on the final day of Judgment. Thats going to be an awesome display of the Power of God. Even the sea shall give up its latest dead bodies on that day.

Will anybody be raised from Hell on the last day of Judgment?

Word of Faith teacher Benny Hinn

The Rich man who was sent to Hell (Gehenna) is not going to be raised. Abraham confirmed that there is no way, anybody will be able to escape that place of horror.

What about the people who came out of the tombs in Jerusalem, the day Jesus died on the cross? From where did they come?

The people who came out of the tombs of the graves in Jerusalem (Matthew 27:52) and appeared in the city, all came from Sheol. Another example is Lazarus, who Jesus raised from Sheol on the fourth day. In John 11:39, Martha warned Jesus about the bad odor, expected after four days in Sheol, also called the dust of the Earth. If the soul of Lazarus had departed for Heaven, his flesh in Sheol would literally have returned to dust. Thats what is expected to happen with all flesh in Sheol. Jesus called Lazarus back in flesh and spirit from Sheol, not from Heaven or Hell (Gehenna).

Was Jesus ever tortured by Satan in Hell?

Kenneth Copeland is in a league of his own. He once preached that «Jesus went to Hell to be tortured by Satan». Thats another gnostic «Jesus» from a gnostic gospel. Why? Because Satan has not even been in Hell, not yet. He and his dark angels roams around feeding the children they have deceive with more deceptions. But Satan surely will end up in Hell, the day Jesus of the Bible will throw Him into the lake of fire.

Where did the Spirit of Jesus go in the three days He spent in the grave?

Word of Faith teacher Andrew Wommack

When Jesus was crucified, Jesus communicated with His Father:

Luke 23:46
Jesus called out with a loud voice, «Father, into your hands I commit my spirit»
When he had said this, he breathed his last.

If you think the Father of Jesus was Lucifer, who now tortured him in Hell for some time, than sent him back to Earth to deceive us, you have been deceived by the father of all lies.

This error in the Charismatic Churches, has lead this movement into several other errors and occult and gnostic practices. The latest is «soaking».

God is good, and will gives us all we need. And all true Christians are cheerful givers. But Jesus is not a fleshy God, that will make you a slave of your own fleshy prayers and expectations. Many American TV-preachers are false apostles of «Jesus- the-ATM-machine». They preach and teach the false «prosperity gospel». They try to deceive us into believing that a man can demand anything from God, and even expect monetary returns like brokers promises us from the Stock Exchange. The brokers never return their commission, when their promises fails.

Word of Faith teacher Joyce Meyer

Hey, stop, you might say: «These men and women walking in an «anointing» of signs and miracles. How can you say that their teachings are faulty?

Lets see what Jesus said:

Mathew 24:4-5:

Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ, and will deceive many».

In whose name would these deceivers come?

Matthew 24:24
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible.

Word of Faith teacher Kenneth Copeland

Also Satan has the power to perform signs and miracles. Friendship with his false-Messiah`s will not help you on your final day of Judgment.

The Jewish Apostle Paul also warns us against false teachers who will come in the name of Jesus:

2 Corinthians 11:4
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

Therefore: Choose wisely your Bible teacher, brother or pastor.

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First published: July 13th, 2009.

Written by Ivar

The Father did not reject the Son on the cross

False teachers claim that The Father rejected the Son on the cross. Psalm 22 gives the answer.

Jesus gaines eternal victory over Satan on the cross. His offer is accepted by the Father.

Jesus the Messiah had to fulfill the Psalms, the Law and the Prophetic Word when He carried our sins to the cross.

False teachers in the Word of Faith Movement teach that Jesus was rejected by His father on the Cross. That Jesus had to die spiritually, and was sent to Hell to be tormented by Satan.

Teachers like Kenneth Hagin, Creflo Dollar, Benny Hinn and Kenneth Copeland are deadly wrong. They teach a doctrine taught by demons. Their gospel leads the flock astray.

Psalm 22 gives the answer. Using this psalm, Jesus cries out to His Father.  And His Father responded.
 

 Psalm: 22:1

My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me.

Psalm 22: 16-18.

16 For dogs have surrounded Me;
         The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
         They pierced My hands and My feet;
 17 I can count all My bones.
         They look and stare at Me.
 18 They divide My garments among them,
         And for My clothing they cast lots.

Psalm 24:

For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him.But when He cried to Him, He heard.

King James version.

To proclaim a Son that was rejected by the Father, is to proclaim a false Messiah. A Son that is not equally God as His Father. Such teachings end in a Satanic inspired conclusion: That on the cross Jesus was merely a man, not God.

The truth is that Jesus won victory on the cross. His perfect sin offering was accepted by the Father, and the devil was forever robed from any power over the children of God. In the Son there is no condemnation, and eternal life.

 

Colossians 1:19-21
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Colossians 2:15
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Written by Ivar

The enemies of the cross within Christianity

They claim to know “Jesus”, but rejects the true Messiah who won victory at the cross of Calvary in Jerusalem.

Chris Oyakhilome use a Bible to lead people astray to follow a 'Jesus" who honors Satan.

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of the Ministry Christ Embassy is one of the master deceivers who have entered into Christianity.

He presents one of the most occult teachings on claimed to be Christian TV. He boldly announces that Christianity did not come from the victory gained by Jesus death at the cross at Calvary Hill.

Men like Oyakhilome claims that Jesus after he said “Its finished” had to be sent to Hell and be tormented by Satan.

Read more about Oyakhilome false doctrines.

Such teachers say that Jesus took Satan’s nature on the cross. Their copy of “Jesus” rose from Hell after paying for our penalty in Hell, and they try to convince us that this “resurrection” from hell was the start of Christianity.

This kind of teaching is also called “serpent theology”. In the Word of Faith Movement this doctrine is called “DTS”, or Death through Spirit. That “god” had to die spiritually on the cross. The implication of such a doctrine is horrific, and rob Jesus from His eternal not changeable divinity.

Such preachers tells us that Jesus took the nature of Satan on the cross, and that it was “a serpent”, a cursed being, who died on the cross. Jesus was no longer God, but had been rejected by His Father God. Even the Holy Spirit had moved away from Him.

This false doctrine is very similar to Nestorianism. The copy-cat Christian faith, taught by Nestorius (386 AD to 451 AD). He said that since God can not suffer, Jesus was not God on the cross. Jesus had two natures, that could be separated from each other.

Read more about this presenter of a gnostic copycat of “Jesus”

What is the truth?

If God the Father did not suffer with His Son, He would not have loved the Son at all. The Father would not be able to share in the suffering of the Messiah, and the Son’s death of the cross is in deed pointless. There is no glory at Calvary, just shame.

This kind of “Jesus” is a copy cat that was not even able to save Him self, but perished and was sent to Hell.

Jesus of the Bible warns us about such copycats. Read Isaiah 53, and you will see that it is we who considered Him stricken by God.

Isaiah 53: 4-5.

4 Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.

There is not a single word that even hints that the Father will reject His son. Jesus also explains to us that He gives up His life for free, a command He received from His Father.

John 10:17-18.

The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”

If so: How could the Father reject a Son that did what the Father had told Him to do?

Men men Oyakhilome are liars, wolfs in sheep’s clothing.

Who else teach these doctrine taught by demons?

Treflo Dollar follows a false "Jesus".

Most of the World of Faith teachers. Men like Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, Joel Osteen and Benny Hinn. Most of the teachers who appear on TV-stations like God.tv are godless men, who will lead you astray.

Please do not entertain deceivers. Leave them.

Matthew 15:14
Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.

On the cross, Jesus was glorified by the Father, and won His victory over Satan.

John 17:1
When had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify and exalt and honor and magnify Your Son, so that Your Son may glorify and extol and honor and magnify You.

(Amplified Bible)

Colossians 2:15
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Philippians 2:8

And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!

Philippians 3:18

For there are many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, who walk (live) as enemies of the cross of Christ (the Anointed One).

Kenneth Copeland follows a gnostic 'Jesus".

The Father and the Son has planned the victory at the cross before the beginning of the World. When Jesus said” Father why have you forsaken me?”

He carried all the sins of the World, the most horrible burden that no man, only God, could carry. The Son felt rejected, but was and will never be rejected by His father. The Father and Son is always and will forever be in agreement. They are One.

Written by Ivar