What are we to do with teachers such as: Creflo Dollar, T.D Jakes, Eddie Long, Noel Jones, Ike Hillard, Joyce Meyers, Benny Hinn and I have to throw Juanita Bynum in the mix? Here are some quotes and theological positions from some of these teachers.
What bibical scriptures and precepts do you see violated in each of the following quotes. To leave your answers click on the comment bar at the end of this post. I'm looking forward to hearing from you. I'll be posting the answers next week, so stay tuned. (These quizzes are printable; click more [at the bottom] to view the entire post and then the print icon).
1. Listen to this dialogue and tell me who you think it is.
CALLER: I’m a Muslim here in Portland. I’m part of a Shiite community. And we had a wonderful interface dialogue last weekend with a local Unitarian church. And I’d like to ask you please to speak about concrete experiences you’ve had as far as interfaith dialogue goes. And also would like to ask you, do you feel that only Christians could hope to enter Heaven?
Famous Pastor’s response: Very great question. When it comes to interfaith experiences, I’m currently serving by the appointment of former President Bush and President Clinton, as co-chair of an interfaith advisory committee to help people get back up on their feet.
And we do have on the board Muslims, Catholics, a Jewish Rabbi, Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals across the board. And we’re working together very effectively because we all care about common goals. We have our distinct theologies and our own ideologies but there are common grounds that we can work together very effectively in many, many cases.
When it comes to Heaven, I try to leave that up to God. I certainly believe that Christianity is right, but when it comes down to the final test–who goes and who doesn’t go–Jesus said, Other sheep have I who are not of this fold. Them also must I bring. I’ll let Him identify who those sheep are and I stay out of the conversation.,
(See John 10:16 for this quote in context)
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2. Here is another one.
I am looked at as one of the churches fathers. One of God’s CEO’s.”
“We’re not just a church, we’re an international corporation,” Famous Pastor said. “We’re not just a bumbling bunch of preachers who can’t talk and all we’re doing is baptizing babies. I deal with the White House. I deal with Tony Blair. I deal with presidents around this world. I pastor a multimillion-dollar congregation. You’ve got to put me on a different scale than the little black preacher sitting over there that’s supposed to be just getting by because the people are suffering.”
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3. "He allowed the devil to drag Him into the depths of hell as if He were the most wicked sinner who ever lived ... Every demon in hell came down on Him to annihilate Him ... [They] tortured Him beyond anything that anybody has ever conceived ... In a thunder of spiritual force, the voice of God spoke to the death-whipped, broken, punished spirit of Jesus ... [in] the pit of destruction, and charged the spirit of Jesus with resurrection power! Suddenly His twisted, death-wracked spirit began to fill out and come back to life…".
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4. “Yes! You are in control! So, if man has control, who no longer has it? God.”
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5. During this interview the following very disturbing dialogue occurred between the Moderator and this Popular Pastor.
Moderator: What if you're Jewish or Muslim, you don't accept Christ at all?
POPULAR PASTOR: You know, I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know ...
At this point, even The Moderator appears surprised by Popular Pastors answer. Then the Moderator tosses the Popular Pastor a "soft-ball" to explain his previous answer. And again Osteen openly denies that Jesus Christ is the ONLY way of salvation.
Moderator: If you believe you have to believe in Christ? They're wrong, aren't they?
POPULAR PASTOR: Well, I don't know if I believe they're wrong. I believe here's what the Bible teaches and from the Christian faith this is what I believe. But I just think that only God will judge a person's heart. I spent a lot of time in India with my father. I don't know all about their religion. But I know they love God. And I don't know. I've seen their sincerity. So I don't know. I know for me, and what the Bible teaches, I want to have a relationship with Jesus
Moderator: What about atheists?
POPULAR PASTOR: You know what, I'm going to let someone -- I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell. I just -- again, I present the truth, and I say it every week. You know, I believe it's a relationship with Jesus. But you know what? I'm not going to go around telling everybody else if they don't want to believe that that's going to be their choice. God's got to look at your own heart. God's got to look at your heart, and only God knows that.
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6. "The Spirit tells me - Fidel Castro will die - in the 90's. Oooh my! Some will try to kill him and they will not succeed. But there will come a change in his physical health, and he will not stay in power, and Cuba will be visited of God."
"The Lord also tells me to tell you in the mid 90's, about '94-'95, no later than that, God will destroy the homosexual community of America. [audience applauds] But He will not destroy it - with what many minds have thought Him to be, He will destroy it with fire. And many will turn and be saved, and many will rebel and be destroyed."(Please read Deut 18:20-22 to view God's response)
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7. “I’m going to tell you something folks, I didn’t stop sinning until I finally got it through my thick head I wasn’t a sinner anymore. And the religious world thinks that’s heresy and they want to hang you for it. But the Bible says that I’m righteous and I can’t be righteous and be a sinner at the same time ... All I was ever taught to say was, ‘I’m a poor, miserable sinner.’ I am not poor, I am not miserable and I am not a sinner. That is a lie from the pit of hell. That is what I was and if I still am then Jesus died in vain. Amen?”
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8. "Now I gotta hit this thing real hard in the very beginning because I ain’t got time to go through all this, but I am going to say to you right now you are gods, little “g”, you are gods because you came from God and you are gods. You are not just human. The only human part about you is this physical body that you live in." (hint: This verse comes from John:34 and is a quote from Jesus which he was reciting Psalms 82:6 and this is referring to Man having the authority from God to judge.)
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I pray that you all will see the heresy in such teachings. None of this is of God. I do mean none of it. In Deut 13 & 18 God tells Moses to do some pretty harsh things (from a human standard) with such false prophets. I will let you decide. However, please beware. If you are under the teaching of any such “Pastors” flee immediately. Find a healthy church and ask God to open your eyes to the deceit there.
