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Eduardo Grequi ery good admonition about the dangers of "The Prosperity Gospel"
so many people do not want the True Gospel and so many false preachers willing to lie to the people for monetary gain....
only those who Love the Truth will hear and receive the Truth....
Smooth Preachers
“Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits”
(Isaiah 30:10)
Introduction
Today the churches are filled with people who do not want to hear the truth but would rather listen to fables, lies, and deceits such as Nostradamus, The Da Vinci Code and the Judas Gospel. The only possible reason for this is found in what Jesus said in John 3:20: “For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.”
They do not want to hear the truth because they know that it will condemn their ungodly lifestyles. Instead they will be attracted to preachers who do not offend their sensibilities. No wonder our churches are full of entertainers and comedians that cradle the congregation into a state of spiritual slumber. No wonder there are so many different translations of the Bible that water-down the purity and holiness of God’s word.
Rebels and liars
Why did the people of Israel in Isaiah’s day try to quieten the prophets of God? It was for the very same reason that today’s believers object if they hear a pastor or preacher speaking about sinfulness and worldliness or promoting holiness and sanctification. In fact God Himself gives us the reason for their desire to hear “smooth things” ~ “That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD” (Isaiah 30:9)
These people did not want to hear God’s word anymore. Few are the places where the living word of God is being taught in these days. The preachers and pastors have compromised with “the lying children” and so preach “smooth things” and fables to them. They will preach a social, humanistic gospel that Mother Teresa would have been proud of. They will entertain them with exaggerated stories of exploits in others lands and with silly jokes. They will condone wine-bibbers and drunkards amongst them, but will never stand up for the faithful word of God. The pulpit has become a stage for “playing to the gallery” instead of the place where the Scriptures are upheld and rejoiced over. Christians are no longer able to discern when they are being deceived by crooked preachers and foolish pranksters in the pulpit. They are caught by every “new wave” abomination hook, line and sinker because they do not know what the Bible says. If every Christian took their Bibles off the shelf it would result in the biggest dust storm in history.
The new breed
The new breed of Christians today have an insatiable desire for that which is not in accordance with God’s word. Since they only want to hear “smooth things” they expect every preacher they meet to go along with their false teachings and godless lifestyles. What a surprise it is to such people when they come to a place where the Scriptures are not compromised and the teaching is solid, Christ-exalting, sin-destroying, and Holy Ghost anointed. Such God-given words offend them. What reaction do they have to the purity of God’s word? Do they bow their knees to the only Lord and Saviour? No, they turn on those who want to live right and call them legalists and judgemental. These “lying children” do not know that the Bible teaches that “But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man” (1 Corinthians 2:15). As a result they have less an understanding of the things of God than had Balaam’s donkey.
Strong delusion
The prophet Isaiah had to face up to the false teachers of his day who said to him, “And the messenger that was gone to call Isaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good” (1 Kings 22:13). But Isaiah refused this Old Testament ecumenical movement. He was not going to compromise his faith in God just to please King Ahab with “smooth” words. God had put “a lying spirit” into the mouths of the prophets because they had rejected His holy word (1 Kings 22:23). People’s hearts are being hardened against the truth through the flattering words of such false teachers today. They believe that which is not according to the word of God because they love to hear things that please the flesh. Lying spirits are ministering to many because they have rebelled against the Bible. The apostle Paul said, “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12). This is God’s judgement upon a people who would rather have “smooth things” instead of truth. A preacher who is a mere man-pleaser is a soul-destroyer. Do these people not care that they are being led to damnation? They do not want to hear about righteousness and holiness because they are enjoying themselves with the “pleasures of unrighteousness.”
The gospel of “smooth things” will pave the way for the antichrist one-world religion in the last days. Paul warned us that the antichrist would be he “whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders” (2 Thessalonians 2:9). He will be someone who will be empowered by Satan to deceive the world. He will no doubt use flattery and “smooth things” to capture the hearts and lives of people. Paul even tells us who will fall for the antichrist’s lies; “And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved” (2 Thessalonians 2:10).
Few want to know the sure word of God today. They have traded it in for what appears to be a better model, one that is “smooth” and showy. They desire health, wealth, exaggerated stories, and downright lies.
Preaching the truth
For those who are faithful preaching the word of God despite what the false teachers, ecumenists, and other deceivers are saying, keep on doing what God has called them to do. The Holy Spirit told us that such times as these would come, but He never commanded us to give up and throw in the towel. Regardless of the cost we must continue to “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure 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. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry” (2 Timothy 4:2-5).
Conclusion
Many Christians who appear to be worshipping God will not tolerate sound teaching; instead they want to be entertained. No wonder they will seek out preachers and teachers that tickle their ears. God is raising up a people today who will preach about sin, repentance, separation from the world, and holy living. They get persecuted, mocked, and boycotted, but they know where the blessing of God really is. They will not preach “smooth things” to those who want to be reassured that they can still be Christians while living in open rebellion to the word of God. They have the Sword of the Spirit in their mouths not a hot searing iron that makes their listeners spiritually brain-dead; “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron” (1 Timothy 4:1-2). In a Bible-illiterate society we must be faithful ministers of God declaring the good, faithful, soul-saving, delivering, and powerful word of truth.
“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32)
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Introduction
I never imagined that I’ll one day spend so much time
protecting the truth against people whom many of us would
consider Christians. My desire was to expound the teaching
of God’s Word to many in the body of Christ and proclaim
the truth against heresies and growing atheism in our
generation. It is a sad sight however, for the sake of
preserving the faith of our children, friends, and fellow
believers, error must be pointed out even if it is found
amongst those proclaiming to be Christians. However, my
criticism in this paper is not a hearsay, I came out of a
church that is 100% a prosperity preaching and I’ve been
involved in senior leadership.
The subject of the Prosperity Gospel (PG) can never be
written exhaustively in a small article as this however,
whatever truth we can lay hold to warn the people of God,
even a small paper is worth it. We need to look at the
effects of this heresy if we are going to draw fair
conclusions about its unbiblical teachings. The sure way in
which we can determine whether a movement is of God is
to see if its teachings are representative or in line with the
teaching of Scripture.
The Lord Jesus Christ having foreseen the terrible times in
which we will live said that His disciples should:
Beware of the false teachers – men who
come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath
that disguise they are ravenous wolves. By
their fruits you will easily recognize them.
Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from
brambles? Just so every good tree produces
good fruit, but a poisonous tree produces bad
fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a
poisonous tree good fruit.1
1 Matthew 7:15-18, Weymouth’s New Testament (WNT)
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The PG besides many other heresies is one of the fast
growing (numerically speaking) in propagating heretic
teachings that are not found in the Word of God. The
powerful influence of the media is quite clear, as many of
its proponents now use personal Television networks and
publishing houses to propagate their man-made doctrines.
The seed they sow through their preaching is not the Word
of God but their own fabrications, which appear to model
after the teaching of Scripture but totally opposed to the
true Gospel.
Many people are tempted to keep quiet about this doctrine’s
dangerous teachings because of its popular teachers and
perhaps the influence they wield worldwide. Others are
quiet simply because of the dominant spirit of apathy in the
world where people no longer tend to criticize but permit all
sorts of views to go unquestioned. Both positions are of
serious compromise to the true Gospel of Jesus Christ,
especially when we know the truth but decide to keep quiet
or simply agree to accept certain views just for the sake of
maintaining “peace.”
As we proceed we will take time together pointing out the
errors of this doctrine and how it is influencing and
changing the face of Christianity worldwide. The Prosperity
Gospel is sowing of heretic seeds which are producing tares
rather than wheat, drawing the children of hell into the
congregations of the people of God and bringing the world
into the church of Christ. It is making the sinners twice sons
of hell, driving the believer to the materialism that
characterizes the world today, and abuses the teaching of
Scripture to advance false doctrines. With the growing of
the Word of Faith Movement we see the fulfillment of Paul’s
prophecy in his writing to Timothy that:
…in the latter times some shall depart from
the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and
teachings of demons, speaking lies in
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hypocrisy, being seared in their own
conscience.2
It is a movement that is gathering people who many of
them are haters of sound Biblical doctrines and love to hear
what their hearts desire. Since these people at heart may
not be truly converted “the time will be when they will not
endure sound doctrine, but they will heap up teachers to
themselves according to their own lusts, tickling the ear.
And they will turn away their ears from the truth and will be
turned to myths.”3
1. Theological and Philosophical Implications
Unless the falsity of the PG is proven from Scripture many
people will still continue to run after this heresy. The PG is
propagating a message that is opposed to the whole
teaching of God’s Word. Regardless of the false biblical
claims it makes, it goes about taking advantage of the poor
in Africa, Asia and Latin Americas. Many are told that God
want them wealthy and healthy if they can only exercise
sufficient faith which is often through the giving of money
and positive confessions. Instead of people learning to be
sacrificial givers to God’s work, they are told to bargain
through their giving to God and are made promises of
receiving staggering blessings (riches and health). There
are both philosophical (logical) and theological (biblical
doctrinal) reasons of why the PG is false:
It claims that giving results in returns of 30s, 60s and
100s: this follows from the misreading of Mark 4:8.
However, commonsense will tell us that this kind of thinking
is erroneous. Even non-Christians give with good intentions
for humanitarian causes but they don’t receive back what
they gave in 100s. Giving is often out of personal gratitude
to God or having identified a need, not because we want to
have something in return, such giving can never be blessed
by God. Why don’t these preachers give away all their
2 I Timothy 4:1-2, Modern King James Version (MKJV)
3 II Timothy 4:3-4, MKJV
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luxuries so they will receive staggering harvests? The
Macedonian church ought to have been the richest if this is
the case.
It claims that God wants every Christian rich and
healthy: this poses a serious philosophic and theological
problem. 1) If God wants all believers rich and healthy and
not every believer is currently not rich or healthy, it would
mean that those who claim to be believers but are poor and
sick are in reality not Christians. 2) Since God wants every
believer rich and healthy and not all who claim to be
believers are rich and healthy, it would mean that they are
living outside of God’s demands i.e. being poor and sick is a
sin. 3) Since God wants every Christian rich and healthy but
they are at the moment not all rich and healthy, there is
something that limits God from executing His desire
towards the Christians i.e. there’s something that
overcomes God and frustrates His plan.
It claims that people should give with expectation:
this is the claim that whenever people intend to give to God
they should give with expectation or should tell God why
they are giving to Him. Thus, there should be a reason
attached to the giving and God should execute the desire of
the giver. This also causes its own problems: 1) Giving is no
longer out of gratitude for God’s blessings. 2) When we
seem not to have any significant need, we don’t have to
give because there’s nothing we want in return. 3) Since
the giving must be with a goal in mind, it nullifies the
purpose of giving and this becomes battering and God
renders the unavailable goods to the “giver.”
It claims that one’s gift is investment in heaven’s
bank: since it’s an investment, the giver can always go to
withdraw, actually by demanding it because it’s their money
they’ve invested. First, God is not seen as the provider of
our money but that we work off our tails in order to invest
with Him. Second, our giving makes God the borrower i.e.
He is indebted to us and must come up with solutions
whenever we need them. Third, giving to God’s work is a
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security jacket against loss of health, properties, jobs, life
etc.
It claims that all silver and gold belongs to God,
therefore all His children have access to the wealth of
this world: This is a common misinterpretation of Haggai
2:8. They overlook the prophetic implications of this
passage and read what they want into it. This passage does
not promise wealth to those who put their faith in God but
rather God admonishing that in the end He’ll gather all the
treasures unto Himself. We can see this explained better in
Revelation 21:10-22. If God wanted to bestow earthly
treasures upon the believer He would however, He chose to
give treasures that are surpassing that which adorned the
temple of Solomon. Misreading this passage of Scripture
and not understanding how God intends to bless and dwell
amongst the believers is the reason for giving such wrong
meanings. While there are believers who have access to the
wealth of the world, they are rarities amongst millions of
believers who are characterized by lack of the riches of this
world.
It claims that cattle on the thousand hills belong to
the Lord: Ps. 50:10, is not a promise of what God will give
to those who believe in Him. God is stating an argument
with the Jews who thought that God depended on them and
that without their sacrifices His work could not progress.
God speaks to them that He is not depended upon their
cattle and other animals and that if He wanted He would
get all the animals in the world because they are all His.
Now to reason that just because God is the owner of all in
the universe is the reason that we should make claim of the
earthly riches is to misinterpret the teaching of God’s Word.
Because this would imply that all Christians should have a
portion of everything that is in the world because it all
belongs to God so, it should be divided amongst them as
their inheritance. I’m working with very committed
missionaries and believers who don’t even own a goat,
people who have given up their all, in order to serve others
through the preaching of the Gospel.
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It claims that we’re blessed with faithful Abraham:
Gal. 3:8-9, can only be best understood given that the
context of Paul’s message is taken into consideration. If we
are to literally take the interpretation of this text concerning
the blessings of God through Abraham, there is no material
connection but that it refers to God’s spiritual blessing. The
spiritual blessing is that of justification through faith and
that just as God justified Abraham while he was in his
heathen state, so shall He also justify many who shall place
their trust in Jesus Christ (the seed of Abraham). To take
this passage as meaning material blessing is to deliberately
overlook the whole message of Paul concerning God’s plan
of justifying sinners through faith. The fact that those who
now trust in Christ are blessed with spiritual blessings in
this world and will inherit an eternal kingdom is more than
any material blessing can compensate.
It claims that the Patriarchs were all materially
blessed because of their uprightness: there is no denial
to that the patriarchs were rich materially. However, that
doesn’t not serve as sufficient reason to make their wealth
as the ground upon which believers ought to be rich. How
did they become rich? Is the question. Some got rich
through hard work, some through deceit (Jacob), some
through inheritance, and others because they were rulers
(David) etc. While God worked with the patriarchs in such a
way as a means of displaying His presence with them, we
see a total change in the New Testament of how God
reveals His presence in the church. The New Testament
reveals to us that God has blessed us with spiritual
blessings that surpass the material wealth that the
patriarchs had. This blessing is God’s own presence in the
believers through the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit.
The fact that God’s blessings are spiritual doesn’t denote
the denial of physical blessings, but only that the material
blessings are not God’s priority to the believer nor are they
requirements for the believer.
All of the above mentioned claims as reasons of why
Christians ought to be rich according to the PG are all false
and totally removed from truthful teaching of Scripture. The
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Gospel is a call to death both physically and economically
because of the animosity that the true Gospel brings
against those who proclaim it. However, the PG is based on
erroneous philosophic and theological assumptions or on
irrational speculations which cannot be supported both by
common sense and Scripture. This indicates to us of how
dangerous this theology is. It gives false hopes to the
believer and lures the unbeliever into the church with wrong
intentions in mind.
2. Eschatological Implications
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
For we brought nothing into this world, and it
is certain we can carry nothing out. And
having food and raiment let us be therewith
content. But they that will be rich fall into
temptation and a snare, and into many
foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in
destruction and perdition. For the love of
money is the root of all evil: which while
some coveted after, they have erred from the
faith, and pierced themselves through with
many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee
these things; and follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.4
By eschatological implications we mean, how this doctrine
of prosperity that is so prevalent in our days is part and
parcel of the fulfillment of Scripture concerning end times.
One of the things that will dominate the last days is that
people will be lovers of pleasures, riches, money, self etc
and we can see how the PG is falling into this category. The
writing of Paul to Timothy has a double effect or we can say
has been dominant throughout the whole of Church
existence. So what Satan is doing these days is to capitalize
on it with a newer zeal that sounds spiritual enough to draw
the attention of Christians because it is being advocated by
men and women who seem to have proper ministry
4 I Timothy 6:6-11 (KJV)
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credentials and are popular. Let us see some of the things
the PG will result in our days:
Firstly, it will go against the whole Biblical concept of
contentment and encourage greed and materialism.
Secondly, it’ll motivate people to live as though this world
is their home and desire to amass material things for
themselves. Thirdly, it’ll motivate people to live with little
awareness for God’s eternal kingdom as they will be so
earthly minded and will have nothing to do with heaven.
Fourthly, it will have people who are characterized by
discontentment with what seem to be basic necessities of
life. The discontentment is presented in such disguise that
very few will see that it is an ungodly and heretic message.
Fifthly, it’ll create such a craving in people to desire riches
even to the point of losing moral judgment just for them to
have. Sixthly, people will covet after money but will not
realize it and even when they turn away from the faith they
will think that they are doing exactly what God desires for
them (plundering the riches of Egypt). Seventhly, they will
not pursue after eternal things that will cause them to lead
godly lives because their hearts will be so deceived to think
that the spiritual things are only meant for heaven i.e. while
we live on earth we must pursue the earthly and when we
die our spiritual rewards will be ready for us.
Seeing that the doctrine of the PG is exactly that which the
sinners would love to hear, we will see an increasing
number of sinners filling the so called prosperity churches.
With these will come the increasing of evil, sin and
despicable wickedness. Then people will begin to wonder
that these not supposed to be the houses of worship which
have become no different from the world. When this begins
to happen we’ll begin to understand Jesus’ parable of
Matthew 13:24-40 of the weeds and the wheat. The PG is
one of the signs of our days of how God will judge the
wicked, those hypocrites, deceivers and the deceived, who
in their hearts were never truly repented but used the cover
of godliness as a means to gain their living.
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The PG serves to promote the wrath of God with its
contaminated message of preaching Another Gospel other
than what was delivered to us by the inspired apostles.
When the judgment of God is fully come, these people and
their followers will appear before Christ but will be turned
away by the Master of all creation, the Judge of all judges,
and the One whose judgment is just. On that day the
Master will look at them as say “I never knew you: depart
from me, ye that work iniquity.” But while we await for that
Day of Judgment this is what will be happening in our days:
Popularity will remove the judgment for truthfulness:
in our generation the kwaito, rock, pop, reggae and movie
stars have become the icons of truthfulness. This blindness
has infiltrated the Christian community, where people no
longer judge statements and doctrines made by “popular”
preachers. Just as might makes right, today we find that if
one is popular it means truth. This idolatry of superstars is
increasingly blinding the judgment of many and they leave
their lives to be dictated by superstars rather than
Scripture.
Personal experiences will dictate the meaning of
truth: seeing that many of those who advocate the PG
have in a way managed to secure great wealth for
themselves. Many unknowing people will use these
experiences and the measuring rod for truthfulness
regardless of all other forces that have contributed to their
material successes.
Shallow theological doctrines will be more
acceptable: since shallow theology simply goes only to the
level of human curiosity it will become so popular because it
will agree with many other doctrines that are advocated by
the enemies of the true Gospel. We can see an ever
growing hatred for theological discussions that challenge
our minds, lives, and worship as more and more people
want tailor-made sermons or teachings.
Increasing negativity toward criticizing of doctrines:
questioning of doctrine is something that is rapidly
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vanishing from the church of Christ as we’ve opened
ourselves to hear all kinds of rubbish from the pulpits in the
name of God. This is one leading attitude of our days that is
hastening the increase of the PG all over the world – very
few theologians are ready to face this heresy in its face and
tell the world that it’s a heresy.
Dear brethren, if we cannot see that the Prosperity Gospel
is a sign of end-time judgment – we will leave this error to
continue and wreck the faith of many believers. Not doing
anything about it is a clear sign that we stand to condone
the progress of evil. The judgment of God is being poured
out all over the world and men and women who are haters
of God are being handed over to the lust of their own hearts
because they hate the knowledge of God.
The people of the world because of their deep love for the
world are handed over to their lust. Thus, the cup of their
wickedness is full to the degree that they can no longer
pretend but that the actual intends of their hearts are being
revealed. The lovers of money preach their prosperity
gospel. The lovers of this life preach divine health and
healing. The lovers of the things of this world are preaching
materialism. The lovers of worldly power are preaching how
to take over government. Surely, they want all that this
world can offer and their commitment to Christ is rooted in
their getting of what they need to get as much as they can
get.
3. Ecclesiological Implication
The church is the body Christ consisting of believers of all
nations, tongues and tribes and it is called to hold onto
standards that are Christ exalting. However, while the
church is in this world there are many evil forces working
against it to contaminate its image. This is very evident
through the spread of the PG in the Americas, Africa,
Europe, Asia, and Australia. It is being spread in the name
of Christ and that it is Christianity regardless of the
shameful and immoral practices that comes with it. While
we know that Christ will preserve His church from being
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destroyed – we should not think that it means that heresies
will not crawl their way through into it.
The forces of hell are loose against the church in order to
weaken her testimony in the eyes of the world to which she
is to witness Christ. When we look at tele-evangelists
collecting money from crowds all over the world without
satiation. When they proclaim a Gospel that elevates the
things of this world and has little to do with Christ. When
we see the increasing Biblical ignorance amongst those who
follow after these teachers and don’t see any error with
their teachings. When we see millions of people pursuing
vanity while thinking that they are in for glorious rewards in
heaven. When we see people laboring for money and have
made themselves slaves unto the pleasures of this world
and simply live by lip confession that they believe in Christ.
And the list can go on. They are indications that the church
of Christ is in danger and the forces of evil are all raised
against her to see nothing else but her destruction.
Those who proclaim the GP are in reality enemies of Christ.
For if they knew the true Christ, they would proclaim what
He requires. There are many deceivers gone amongst us,
they look like one of us because they are dressed like
sheep, they move like sheep, however, as time is passing
by they can no longer contain the fact that they are wolves.
Their true colors are being revealed fast because God need
to purify His church i.e. there need to be a distinction
between the sheep and the wolves, between the sheep and
the goats, between good trees and the bad trees, between
the children of heaven and the children of hell etc. This
distinction is definitely something positive for the true
church however, as long as she lives in this world the
effects of these heresies are damaging to her image.
Because of the negative results of the GP:
1) The church must take her rightful place and combat this
heresy. We must make use of our pulpits, writing skills,
debates, newspapers, magazines, television, internet
etc to combat this heresy.
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2) True believers must dissociate themselves (I John 1:11;
Eph. 5:11; I Tim. 5:22; Rev. 18:4) and make our
positions very clear. These people should be treated like
heathens because they preach what is contrary to the
teaching of Scripture.
3) We need to take the ministry of teaching doctrine
serious to raise awareness of the teachings of Scripture.
4) We must not be caught up in the increasing spirit of
apathy and cease to point out error just in the name of
political correctness.
5) We must invest our time in the study of Scripture
because it is the source of the truth the Christian needs
to know.
6) We must pray that God through the Holy Spirit will
enable us to discern true doctrines from the false.
7) We should pray for true believers who are caught up in
this deception that God will grant them His grace and
rescue them.
The above list of things is not exhaustive but simply serving
as a guide.
Conclusion
Church let us wake up to the reality of the damage of the
PG doctrines and if you are involved in any of its practices
that you will seek repentance. The PG is a reality and is a
false doctrine that is influencing the theology of many,
however, it is a contaminating theology that is far removed
from the true Gospel. It is not God-honoring, but
completely in the forefront of promoting what is of this
world. It teaches the pursuing of temporary things and
minimizes the value of eternal things.
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About the Author:
Basilius M. Kasera is a young Theologian based in Namibia.
He received a B.A. in Theological Studies and is currently
doing his M.A. with Vision International University and MRE
with Trinity Graduate School of Theology and Apologetics
(TGSAT). He spends most His time lecturing Cult
Apologetics and Polemics and writing short articles on
Christian Thought. He is Dean of a Christian Leadership
School and also a member of the TGSAT International
Committee.
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Email: kaserabm@iway.na
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