Joyce Meyer said what!?!
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jim jones and pablo escabar were big givers to.
if you give just to get you name in the papers or on tv and use that to collect more money its not giving, its a business investment.
how many will have nothing to do with Christianity because of these people, how many are joining Christianity for the wrong reasons.
if you give just to get you name in the papers or on tv and use that to collect more money its not giving, its a business investment.
how many will have nothing to do with Christianity because of these people, how many are joining Christianity for the wrong reasons.
God is the Only One. I say this in reference to the Creator of all that is.
God is aware of everything we do, and He sees all. To refer to this as the All Seeing Eye is not some horrible title, it just referes to His ability and that He does know all...........
What is wrong with this? Did I miss something? This is truly hair splitting.
God bless all who allow for the manner of others' faith in our Maker.
God is aware of everything we do, and He sees all. To refer to this as the All Seeing Eye is not some horrible title, it just referes to His ability and that He does know all...........
What is wrong with this? Did I miss something? This is truly hair splitting.
God bless all who allow for the manner of others' faith in our Maker.
First, what does the Bible say?
It is absolutely necessary that we Christians use Biblical discernment when supporting any preacher and/or teacher of the gospel. It is irrelevant whether or not we like the person, think the person is a good speaker, or if the person says things that are uplifting. Instead, we must be as noble as the Bereans.
What does Joyce Meyer teach?
For the most part Joyce Meyer preaches a positive, Biblical message that is of great value to many people. We applaud her desire to be Biblical, to point women to godly submission and humility, to trusting God, being loving, to have value based in what Christ has done for us, etc. These are all good. However, there are some very significant errors that need to be addressed. Some of them are so bad that she is outside of Biblical orthodoxy and must be considered a false teacher. Let's take a look at what Joyce Meyer has said.
Following is a list of quotes from Joyce Meyer, along with responses.
It is absolutely necessary that we Christians use Biblical discernment when supporting any preacher and/or teacher of the gospel. It is irrelevant whether or not we like the person, think the person is a good speaker, or if the person says things that are uplifting. Instead, we must be as noble as the Bereans.
- "Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things were so," (Acts 17:11).
- "Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us you might learn not to exceed what is written, in order that no one of you might become arrogant in behalf of one against the other," (1 Cor. 4:6).
What does Joyce Meyer teach?
For the most part Joyce Meyer preaches a positive, Biblical message that is of great value to many people. We applaud her desire to be Biblical, to point women to godly submission and humility, to trusting God, being loving, to have value based in what Christ has done for us, etc. These are all good. However, there are some very significant errors that need to be addressed. Some of them are so bad that she is outside of Biblical orthodoxy and must be considered a false teacher. Let's take a look at what Joyce Meyer has said.
Following is a list of quotes from Joyce Meyer, along with responses.
- Jesus stopped being the Son of God: "He could have helped himself up until the point where he said I commend my spirit into your hands, at that point he couldn’t do nothing for himself anymore. He had become sin, he was no longer the Son of God. He was sin."(http://storage.carm.org/joycemeyer/joyce-meyer-Jesus-became-sin-stopped-being-son-of-God.mp3)
- Response: This is heresy. Jesus did not ever stop becoming the Son of God. Essentially what she is saying is that Jesus stopped being divine, the eternal son, second person of the Trinity. This is an attack on the very nature of Christ, and it is a dangerous false teaching. Joyce Meyer needs to repent and retract this statement. There is no place in Scripture that says that Jesus stopped being the Son of God. She's adding to the Word of God and placing in the hearts and minds of listeners false doctrine.
- Jesus was born again: "The minute that blood sacrifice was accepted Jesus was the first human being that was ever born again." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQrmUdhBwrs)
- Response: This is just plain wrong. Being born again means to be saved from the wrath of God for a person's sins (Eph. 2:1-3), to have a new birth (John 3:3), and to be regenerated (2 Cor. 5:17). Mrs. Meyer is simply wrong Biblically. Why does she teach this? It can only be because she has bought into many of the errors of the Positive Confession movement where it is sometimes said that Jesus lost His divine nature, went to Hell, finished the atonement in Hell, and was born again! This is a serious error since it implies that Jesus needed to be changed . . .
- Jesus paid for our sins in Hell: "He became our sacrifice and died on the cross. He did not stay dead. He was in the grave three days. During that time he entered hell, where you and I deserve to go (legally) because of our sin. He paid the price there,” (The most important decision you'll ever make by Joyce Meyer, second printing, May, 1993, page 35).
- Response: This is blatantly wrong. Jesus did not pay the price of our redemption in Hell. He paid the price on the cross. It was finished on the cross when He said, "It is finished," (John 19:30). Also, consider the following verses:
- Col. 1:20, "and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven."
- Col. 2:14, "having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross."
- 1 Pet. 2:24, "and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed."
- Jesus went to Hell in our place and was tormented: "Jesus paid on the cross and went to hell in my place. Then as God had promised, on the third day Jesus rose from the dead. The scene in the spirit realm went something like this: God rose up from his throne and said to demon powers tormenting the sinless son of God, 'let him go.' Then the resurrection power of Almighty God went through hell and filled Jesus. On earth his grave where they had buried him was filled with light as the power of God filled his body. He was resurrected from the dead--the first born again man," (The most important decision you'll ever make by Joyce Meyer, second printing, May, 1993, page 36).
- Response: Where does she get this completely fictitious dialogue between God and the demon powers? It is made up, not founded in Scripture, and mistakenly assumes that Jesus went to Hell, the place of torment and suffering after He died on the cross. The Bible does not teach any such thing. However, it does say that Jesus descended into the lower parts of the earth (Eph. 4:9). This can mean that Jesus was physically buried or that Jesus went to Hades to inform those who had already died about who He was and what He did on the cross, or it can be referring to His incarnation as is contrasted with His ascending into Heaven (Eph. 4:10). But there is simply no reason to believe that Jesus suffered in Hell and finished the atonement there. See response to Quote 1.
- If you don't believe Jesus went to Hell, you cannot be saved: "His spirit went to hell because that is where we deserve to go . . . . There is no hope of anyone going to heaven unless they believe this truth," (The most important decision you'll ever make by Joyce Meyer, second printing, May, 1993, page 37).
- Response: This is an amazingly bad statement on her part. She is saying that you cannot be saved from your sins unless you believe that Jesus went to the Hell where we deserve to go. This is a modification of the gospel message that saves as is found in 1 Cor. 15:1-4 that states it is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Nowhere in Scripture are we told to believe that Jesus suffered for us in Hell or that He went there--where we deserve to go. This is very wrong and is heretical.
- We are called little gods: "I was listening to a set of tapes by one man and he explained it like this . . . . this kind of gets the point across . . . . he said why do people have such a fit about God calling his creation, his creation, his man not his whole creation, but his man, little gods? If he's God what's he going to call them but the God kind? I mean if you as a human being have a baby you call it a human kind. If if [sic] cattle has another cattle they call it cattle kind. I mean what is God supposed to call 'em? Doesn't the Bible say we are created in his image? Now you understand I am not saying you are god with a capital G. That is not the issue here so don't go trying to stone me or yell blasphemy at me." "The Bible says right here John 10:34 . . . . . ' and Jesus answered is it not written in your law I say we are gods.' So men are called god's by the law . . . "(Joyce Meyer). (www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrP3OLCH9GI&feature=related)
- Response: In this clip, she goes on to quote John 10:34 where Jesus says to the Pharisees "You are gods," which is a quote from Psalm 82:6, which is an imprecatory Psalm of condemnation for the unrighteous judges. Psalm 82:7 says, "Nevertheless you will die like men." She then turned to Psalm 82 and went through it. *The video stopped, so I do not know what she would have said about the next, all-important verse.*
- *Note: updated links inserted in this CARM article as a courtesy to the author and viewer by GTFC for videos links that had since became invalid. Mrs Meyers did not mention Psalm 82:7 in the extended clip provided *
- Joyce Meyer said that she is not a 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 were and if I still was then Jesus died in vain. 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 am righteous and I can't be righteous and be a sinner at the same time." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhDBwJVQv_o)
- Response: Mrs. Meyer needs a lesson in basic Bible. 1 John 1:8 says, "If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us." Notice that John the apostle says "we." He is including Himself with sinners. Also, Paul said in Rom. 7:19-20, 24, "For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I practice the very evil that I do not wish. 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not wish, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me . . . . 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?" Is Joyce Meyer better in Christian character than John and Paul? I think not. Mrs. Meyer fails to recognize her own sinfulness and so mistakenly denies her own sinfulness. I can only conclude that this false teaching comes from pride because it certainly isn't Biblical.
- The host of Hell were literally on Jesus and were laughing: "They were having the biggest party that had ever been had. They had my Jesus in the floor and they were standing on his back jumping up and down laughing. And he had become sin. Don't you think that God was pacing, wanting to put a stop to what was going on? All the host of hell were upon him. Upon him. Up on him. The angels were in agony. All the creation is groaning. All the host of hell was upon him. Up on him. They got on him. They got him down in the floor and got on him and they were laughing and mocking. Ha ha ha ha. You trusted God and look where you ended up. You thought he'd save you and get you off that cross. He didn't, ha ha ha." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFG7cXOLiQQ)
- Response: Where did she get this--in the sacred Book of Joycemeyeronomy? It is certainly not in the Bible, and yet she has no problem teaching it as an authoritative truth. Does she not know that the Bible says not to exceed what is written (1 Cor. 4:6)? Yet, she has done exactly this. She is in grave error and has violated God's Word that says that Jesus bore our sins in His body on the cross (1 Pet. 2:24) and finished the atonement on the cross (John 19:30)--not in Hell at the hands of demons! There is no way demons were literally standing 'on' Jesus. Meyer is in gross error!
- Joyce Meyer gets revelation knowledge: “The Bible can’t even find any way to explain this. Not really that is why you have got to get it by revelation. There are no words to explain what I am telling you. I have got to just trust God that he is putting it into your spirit like he put it into mine.” (http://storage.carm.org/audio/joycemeyer/joyce-meyer-revelation-knowledge.mp3)
- Response: Revelation knowledge? Is she on par with the apostles who received revelation knowledge from God Himself? Or how about the Old Testament prophets? Does she, like them, also receive revelation knowledge from God? If so, how would we know if it were true or not? The answer is simple: we test what she says against Scripture, and it is obvious that she is getting a lot of things from somewhere else that contradict the Word of God.
Once I was listening to Joyce on TV. I was smoking , probably on my third pack that day. I smoked up to four a day, and I had a couple of cartons in the larder. She said if I had a habit or something that I felt I should not do I could give it to God. She said if I put it on the altar, it would burn up and become a sweet savor to God. I cannot say it the way she did,but I felt the Presence of the Holy Spirit, and I put out the cigarette I was smoking. That was over twenty years ago. From that moment I felt so good that there was something I could do to please God, and it was because of Joyce Mayer.
I will not go so far as to say she is another Peter or John, but I will say the Lord used her for me, and she was willing to be used, even for me. I wonder just how many other people gave up something with joy that was not good to create a pleasing odor for our Father.
I thank God for every brother and sister in Jesus Christ, and I have a very special place in my heart for this Preacher. She may err from time to time, I am not lookin for it or counting, but I do thank God for her passing on something that makes sense to me. Lord, I am still so far from being perfect no road map would be large enough to draw out the rest of the Way made for me, but I do know that when it is my time to sleep, the rest of the way will be finished by our Father, just as it will for all the family in Jesus Christ, amen.
I will not go so far as to say she is another Peter or John, but I will say the Lord used her for me, and she was willing to be used, even for me. I wonder just how many other people gave up something with joy that was not good to create a pleasing odor for our Father.
I thank God for every brother and sister in Jesus Christ, and I have a very special place in my heart for this Preacher. She may err from time to time, I am not lookin for it or counting, but I do thank God for her passing on something that makes sense to me. Lord, I am still so far from being perfect no road map would be large enough to draw out the rest of the Way made for me, but I do know that when it is my time to sleep, the rest of the way will be finished by our Father, just as it will for all the family in Jesus Christ, amen.
Luke 10:16. Whoever listens to you listens to Me, whoever rejects you, rejects Me. But whoever rejects Me, rejects Him who sent Me.
I do nothing more, nothing less than point to sound, undeniable scripture all day long, that is denied by some of you......all day long.
It's not me that you continue to reject. But I aint mad atcha! Just sad atcha.
I do nothing more, nothing less than point to sound, undeniable scripture all day long, that is denied by some of you......all day long.
It's not me that you continue to reject. But I aint mad atcha! Just sad atcha.
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Christianity is not a club. You don't 'join' it. Your statements sound like you do not actually have knowledge of how one becomes a Christian
you CANNOT become a Christian for the wrong reasons...you would NOT actually be a Christian if that were possible
have you purchased anything from Pablo lately?
you CANNOT become a Christian for the wrong reasons...you would NOT actually be a Christian if that were possible
have you purchased anything from Pablo lately?
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[SIZE=+1]What Christ did at the cross was,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]reconcile man to God by redemption through His blood for the forgiveness of sin. (Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19; 1 John 1:7).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]justify man by His blood (Rom. 5:9).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]purge our conscience from dead works, by His blood, to serve the living God (Heb. 9:14).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]sanctify us (make us holy) with His own blood. (Heb. 13:12).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]wash us in His blood from our sins (Rev. 1:5).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]make peace through the blood of His cross, and to reconcile all things unto himself; whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (Col. 1:20)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]in his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Pet 2:24)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]bring the Gentiles who were far off near by His blood (Eph. 2:13).
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....just a reminder.
[/SIZE]When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
[SIZE=+1]reconcile man to God by redemption through His blood for the forgiveness of sin. (Eph. 1:7; Col. 1:14; 1 Pet. 1:18, 19; 1 John 1:7).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]justify man by His blood (Rom. 5:9).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]purge our conscience from dead works, by His blood, to serve the living God (Heb. 9:14).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]sanctify us (make us holy) with His own blood. (Heb. 13:12).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]wash us in His blood from our sins (Rev. 1:5).[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]make peace through the blood of His cross, and to reconcile all things unto himself; whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. (Col. 1:20)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]in his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Pet 2:24)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]bring the Gentiles who were far off near by His blood (Eph. 2:13).
+++++++++++++++
....just a reminder.
[/SIZE]When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
J
relax willy just making a point. she is not pablo. and pablo was more than a drug dealer, he was a monster. he had a party at his mansion, caught a waiter stealing and drowned the guy in front of all the party guest like some sick entertainment.
when pablo died it was the biggest funural in Medellín history, people came from miles around to say goodbye, masses of people were sad.
and why would so many be sad over pablo, because he gave more to Colombians than any state welfare system, they loved him, the monster. its the oldest trick in the book when your trying to change public opiniion.
when pablo died it was the biggest funural in Medellín history, people came from miles around to say goodbye, masses of people were sad.
and why would so many be sad over pablo, because he gave more to Colombians than any state welfare system, they loved him, the monster. its the oldest trick in the book when your trying to change public opiniion.