Preach the Word; be
prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and
encourage-with great
patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will
not put
up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will
gather
around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears
want to
hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to
myths.
2 Timothy 4:2-5 NIV
Don't let anyone look
down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers
in
speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity… Be diligent in these
matters;
give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress.
Watch
your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do,
you will
save both yourself and your hearers. 1
Timothy 4:11, 15-16 NIV
These are the sources which match the order on the audiotape…
Paul and Jan Crouch, "Praise the Lord" program on
TBN, October 13th., 1992. ,Kenneth Copeland, "Why All Are Not
Healed," (
"Benny Hinn" program on TBN, June 8th., 1992. ,Paul Crouch, (see
footnote #4).
Benny Hinn, "Praise-a-thon" program on TBN, November 8th., 1990.
(Note: I cannot judge a man’s heart, but I can measure what a
man says
by the Word of God, the Bible. These issues henceforth are not
secondary. These
teachings are not Christian.)
"Force of faith is a spiritual force. God used faith." (This is
pantheistic. By implication it is being asserted that there is
‘something’
greater than God.)
Kenneth Copeland with Paul and Jan
Crouch, "Praise the Lord" program on TBN,
For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to
have
life in himself. John 5:26-27
"God is duplicating Himself"
John Avanzini with Morris Cerullo, "The Endtime.
Manifestation
of the Sons of God" (
Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. Isaiah
43:10
(In philosophical terms… Necessary Being cannot beget
Necessary Being.
So this means this claim is philosophically, metaphysically and
logically
absurd.)
Paul Crouch proclaims "I am a little god."
Paul Crouch and Kenneth Copeland, "Praise the Lord"
program on TBN,
Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if
you
understand. Job 38:4
"Adam was not subordinate to God." (Oh please…)
Kenneth Copeland. "Following the faith of Abraham I"
side 1
The earth is the LORD's, and
everything in
it, the world, and all who live in it;
Psalm 24:1
"God is the biggest failure there ever was."
Kenneth Copeland, "Praise-a-thon" program on TBN,
April, 1988.
He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A
faithful
God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. Deuteronomy
32:4
(Question: Why in the world would we want to worship a
failure?)
"The spoken word became flesh."
Benny Hinn, "The Revelation of Jesus — The Person of Jesus,"
videotape #TV-292.
For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth,
visible
and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all
things
were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him
all things
hold together. Colossians 1:16-18
(The ‘Word’ [John 1:1] is an
eternal and divine person {Jehovah God} by whom and through whom all
things
were made.
"The apostles were very rich."
John Avanzini, "Believer’s Voice of Victory" program,
January 20th., 1991
To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are
brutally
treated, we are homeless. 1 Corinthians 4:11-12
{And neither
was Jesus. Matthew
"Jesus never claimed to be God."
Kenneth Copeland with Paul Crouch, "Praise the Lord"
program on TBN, March 24th., 1989. See also the "Believer’s Voice of
Victory" magazine, Volume 15, No. 2 (February 1987) p. 9.
"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was
born, I am!" At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid
himself, slipping away from the temple grounds. John 8:58-59
(See
also Matthew
Benny claims he "faces devils as a little god."
Benny Hinn, "Our Position in Christ #2 — The Word Made Flesh,"
audiotape #AO31190-2.
"Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such
arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are
weighed.
1 Samuel 2:3
"You are everything Jesus is!"
Benny Hinn, "Praise-a-thon" program on TBN, November, 1990
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one
comes
to the Father except through me. John 14:6-7
(see Revelation Chapter 5 and Job Chapters 38 through 41).
"God will obey you if you will just believe it."
Marilyn Hickey, "Claim Your Miracles" (
"Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn
its place, (?’) Job 38:12
.
A ‘great man of God’ denies the Doctrine of the Trinity.
William Branham, "Revelation Chapter Four #3 (Throne of Mercy
and Judgment)," (Jeffersonville, IN: Voice of God Recordings, Inc.,
1961), audiotape #61-0108.
Then Jesus cried out, "When a man believes in me, he does not
believe
in me only, but in the one who sent me. When he looks at me, he sees
the one
who sent me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who
believes
in me should stay in darkness. John 12:44-46
(You must acknowledge Christ for who He is. Jesus is not the same
person as the
Father. This is essential. John 8:23)
"Benny gives William Branham a hearty thumbs up."
Benny Hinn, "Praise the Lord" program on TBN, April
12th., 1991.
For there are many rebellious people, mere talkers and deceivers,
especially
those of the circumcision group. They must be silenced, because they
are
ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach-and
that
for the sake of dishonest gain.
Titus 1:10-12 (If Benny was indeed a
good
teacher, he would not uphold the teachings of an obviously false
teacher. But
rather he would condemn those teachings [if they ever came up] in the
light of
Scripture.)
Endorsing the United Pentecostal Church.
(Quite frankly we’re loving them to death by not upholding the truth.)
Paul
Crouch with Tim Dicen,
"Praise
the Lord" program on TBN, September 5th., 1991.
No one calls for
justice;
no one pleads his case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments and
speak
lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil. Isaiah 59:4
NIV
Do your best to present yourself to God as one
approved,
a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the
word of
truth. 2 Timothy
"There are nine of them"
Benny Hinn "Benny Hinn" Program on TBN, October 13th.,
1990.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Deuteronomy
6:4
Benny confirms tri-theism.
Benny Hinn with Paul Crouch, "Praise the Lord"
program on TBN,
October 23rd., 1992.
Paul Crouch doesn’t care about "doctrinal doo-doo"
Paul Crouch, "Praise-a-thon" program on TBN, April 2nd., 1991.
They perish because they refused to
love the
truth and so be saved. 2
Thessalonians 2:9-10
Benny mocks Job. Claims the LORD never takes
away.
Benny Hinn "Benny Hinn" Program on TBN, November 3rd.,
1990.
"Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take
refuge
in him. Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a
liar.
Proverbs 30:5-6 (see also Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32 Galatians
3:15 Rev
22:18)
Price mocks Job…
Fred Price, "Identification #6," audiotape #FP548.
He replied, "You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept
good
from God, and not trouble?" In all
this, Job did not sin in what he said. Job 2:10
Benny claims ‘you are gods’
Benny Hinn "Benny Hinn" Program on TBN, June 29th.,
1997 .or "Benny Hinn" Program on TBN, August 10th., 1992. Or Benny
Hinn with Paul Crouch, "Praise the Lord" program on
TBN, June 1st., 1989.
(I’m not certain which of these he said this quote. And I don’t feel
like
listening to the source tape again.)
"This is what the LORD says-- Israel's King and Redeemer, the
LORD Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is
no God.
Isaiah 44:6 NIV
Copeland asserts that ‘you are a god.’
Kenneth Copeland, "The Force of Love," audiotape
#02-0028.
(Necessary Being can only create contingent being. i.e. God cannot do
what is
intrinsically impossible.)
"The occult connection…"
Margot Adler, "The Occult Experience," © 1984,
Columbia/Tri Star Video.
Arrogance exemplified…"
Jim Jones, "Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown"
program on National Public Radio (April 23rd., 1981).
Paul and Jan talking about God’s physical parts.
Paul and Jan Crouch with Benny Hinn, "Praise
the
Lord" program on TBN, October 23rd., 1992.
God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in
truth. John
4:23-24
Copeland talks about faith…
Kenneth Copeland, "Praise-a-thon" program on TBN, April, 1988.
Copeland claims that he could have done what Jesus did to redeem
mankind if
"he had the kind of knowledge of the Word of God that Jesus
had."
Kenneth Copeland, "Image of God in You III," audiotape
#01-1403.
(Need I comment?)
Avanzini asserts that the poor widow was "smarter
than
the apologists."
John Avanzini, "Praise-a-thon" program on TBN, November
7th., 1990.
If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the
sound
instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, he is
conceited and
understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and
quarrels
about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil
suspicions
and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed
of the
truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.
1 Timothy 6:3-5
Tilton asserts that being poor is a sin.
Robert Tilton., "Success-N-Life" program, February
11th., 1991.
(I guess Mother Teresa was a real dirt bag huh?…)
Price asserts how can God get the glory if you can’t hear.
Fred Price, "Is God Glorified Through Sickness?,"
audiotape #FP605.
(Why in the world would anyone send this… person… money?)
You shouldn’t pray to God saying "If it be your will."
Paul Crouch, "Praise the Lord" program on TBN,
September 24th., 1991.
Fred Price, "Ever Increasing Faith" program, November
16th., 1990.
Robert Tilton, "Success-N-Life" program, February
14th., 1991.
Kenneth Hagin, "How Jesus Obtained His Name," audiotape
#44H01.
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and
prayed,
"My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not
as I
will, but as you will."
Matthew 26:39
(What I don’t get is… Everyone (just about) knows the Lord’s Prayer…
How could
they possible get away with making these assertions?)
"Mere man interceding for man?"
Steven Hill, (Evangelist) Brownsville Assembly of God. 30
May
1996; videotape.
For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the
unrighteous, to
bring you to God. 1 Peter 3:18
Now there have
been many of those priests, since death
prevented them from continuing in office; but because Jesus lives
forever, he
has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely
those who
come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
Such a high priest meets our need-one who is
holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the
heavens.
Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day
after
day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He
sacrificed
for their sins once for all when he offered himself. For the law
appoints as
high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law,
appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever. Hebrews 7:23-28 NIV
"False Prophecy." (A ‘Toronto Blessing’ website
cites Kilpatrick apologized later when he realized his prophecy wasn’t
going to
come true.)
John Kilpatrick, "God’s Ears," Brownsville Assembly
of God Revival Service,
You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not
been
spoken by the LORD?" If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the
LORD
does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not
spoken.
That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
Deuteronomy 18:21-22
"God divided."
Carol Arnott, "Receiving the Spirit’s Power," Together
for the Kingdom ’95, audiotape (793C) (God is Immutable. Numbers
23:19)
"Dueling Tongues"
Kenneth Copeland and Rodney Howard-Brown, Southwest
Believer’s
Convention, Kenneth Copeland Ministries, Ft. Worth, TX, 5
August
1993, videotape.
Likewise the tongue is
a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a
great
forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a
world of
evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets
the whole
course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. James 3:5-6 NIV
A final note and a question: In an alleged conversation with Jesus,
John Arnott
(Toronto Airport Vineyard. "the
Recommended Reading…
Hank Hanegraaff, Christianity in Crisis. (Harvest House Publishers), 1997.
____, Counterfeit Revival. (Word Publishing), 1997.
On Benny Hinn—
http://www.letusreason.org/b.hinn20.htm
http://www.banner.org.uk/wof/Hinn.html
http://www.letusreason.org/Wf38.htm
http://www.letusreason.org/b.hinn.htm
http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/tbn.htm
http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/bennyhinn.htm
http://www.csicop.org/si/2002-05/i-files.html