Trish from FishWithTrish.com interviews Justin Peters of JustinPeters.org to talk about the dangers of the Word of Faith Movement.
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A Call for Discernment Exposing the Word of Faith Movement
Posted by Crystal | 1:54 PM | False Teachings | 0 comments »Ten Reasons to Reject WORD-of-FAITH Teachings
by Tricia Tillin
Be sure to check out the rest of the article to see the 10 reasons why to reject the WOF: http://www.intotruth.org/wof/tract3.html
It focuses on self and the world instead of God and Heaven.
The emphasis in Word-of-Faith doctrine is all on success, prosperity, advancement, gain, health and strength. There is little compassion for those who fail to come up to these exacting standards. Any adversity is said to be a 'lack of faith' to confess the appropriate Word. This is a great misunderstanding of the wisdom of God, and His plan to bring his children to glory, for if we refuse to share in the trials, setbacks and persecutions of Jesus, we are not ready to share His glorification. [Rom 8:17]
Some of the Word-of-Faith teachers and ministries have been the worst offenders in bringing the Name and the cause of Jesus Christ into disrepute. Ministries that emphasise prosperity have ended up in greed, manipulating believers into giving money they can little afford. Over-emphasised teaching about God's healing has led to extravagant claims for miracles that have been exposed as hyperbole and sham. Doctrines about man's godhood and superhuman abilities have led to arrogance, self-will and the use of psychic powers to perform miracles instead of a simple dependency on the Holy Spirit. Also, teachings about faith have become rituals and formulas for producing instant result; and many who could not or would not go down this road were derided and rejected as "having no faith".
Legions of hurt people have testified to their bad experiences, both personally and corporately, with Word-of-Faith extremes and excesses. Indeed, the very root of this teaching is bad, coming as it does from Christian Science and the metaphysical schools of thought.
Visits the links below for some additional articles on the Word of Faith movement:
How the Health and Wealth Gospel Twists Scripture
The Word-Faith Movement By Gary E. Gilley
Benny Hinn and His Anointing
A List of the Word of Faith Teachers
CALL FOR DISCERNMENT: a Fair Biblical Critique of the Word of Faith Prosperity gospel with Justin Peters Ministries http://justinpeters.org/
Justin Peters travels across the country speaking to members of the churches to education them on what the word of faith teachings are about and warns them of the dangers. On his website is a demo of one of his seminars that I found very helpful. In case you could not find this, I took this link from Justin Peter's website:
Watch a demo of Justin's Seminar
I took this from Pastor Billy's sermon on Revelation Series Chapter 2:10b which is warning we are living in the last days. One of the word of faith movement teachers, Joel Osteen a video interview on his teachings.
I have taken this from Pastor Billy's Revelation study chapter 2:9 e. This shows the dangers of the word of faith teaching. There are some video news clips about some well known word of faith.
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