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I detect a pattern, here, among those who continue to support Osteen ministries.
All throughout this thread it is being repeated that the one great thing about Osteen ministries is that they "encourage and lift up the Body of Christ".
I really have to ask those who are saying this, "What, exactly, is it that you consider the 'Body of Christ?'"
Do you believe that every person on the Earth that claims to be a Christian and has attended church at one time or another makes up the 'True' "Body of Christ?"
If so, you need to do some Bible research on that topic and I feel certain you will change your minds about that assessment and discover that the Osteen ministries do absolutely 'NOTHING' for the 'True' Body of Christ.
Only God can build a church.
(Psalm 127:1) Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it;
There are so many 'countless' so-called churches on the Earth, is it even reasonable that they could all be legit 'IN GOD'S EYES?'
Is it even possible, then, that all the people in those 'countless' churches are saved?
Modern churches are money-making institutions run for the sheer purpose of putting butts in the pews and growing in congregation 'AND INCOME.' ANY doctrine that threatens any part of that equation is flat-out not allowed to be preached.
(Ask ANY current preacher/pastor who has experience in a modern church.)
This is true for 98% of the churches in the world. YES, it is. It is also 'TAUGHT' in modern seminaries.
Modern mainstream churches are run like businesses, and fast-food businesses at that.
All that matters, concerning their message as a whole, is how it looks, how it smells and how it tastes. Nutrition is not factored in whatsoever.
So, again, I ask. What, exactly, is this 'Body of Christ' that those, here, feel are being encouraged and uplifted by the Osteen ministries?
All throughout this thread it is being repeated that the one great thing about Osteen ministries is that they "encourage and lift up the Body of Christ".
I really have to ask those who are saying this, "What, exactly, is it that you consider the 'Body of Christ?'"
Do you believe that every person on the Earth that claims to be a Christian and has attended church at one time or another makes up the 'True' "Body of Christ?"
If so, you need to do some Bible research on that topic and I feel certain you will change your minds about that assessment and discover that the Osteen ministries do absolutely 'NOTHING' for the 'True' Body of Christ.
Only God can build a church.
(Psalm 127:1) Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it;
There are so many 'countless' so-called churches on the Earth, is it even reasonable that they could all be legit 'IN GOD'S EYES?'
Is it even possible, then, that all the people in those 'countless' churches are saved?
Modern churches are money-making institutions run for the sheer purpose of putting butts in the pews and growing in congregation 'AND INCOME.' ANY doctrine that threatens any part of that equation is flat-out not allowed to be preached.
(Ask ANY current preacher/pastor who has experience in a modern church.)
This is true for 98% of the churches in the world. YES, it is. It is also 'TAUGHT' in modern seminaries.
Modern mainstream churches are run like businesses, and fast-food businesses at that.
All that matters, concerning their message as a whole, is how it looks, how it smells and how it tastes. Nutrition is not factored in whatsoever.
So, again, I ask. What, exactly, is this 'Body of Christ' that those, here, feel are being encouraged and uplifted by the Osteen ministries?