I recently received a letter packet in the mail. I won’t name the ministry, but there are so many of them that do this, just fill in your own here. The packet was entitled “How to get your miracle from God.” And for a donation of only $50 they would send you the latest book by the head of that ministry on “How to Get Your Miracle from God”. And they would throw in a bottle of special “miracle working” anointed oil from the Holy Land.
What is wrong with this picture? First of all, if we just go on a common sense basis, you can go on Amazon.com and purchase this book for probably $13.00 and you can go down to the Christian bookstore in your area and buy a bottle of anointing oil in all sorts of scents for around $4.00. However, if this ministry were just preaching the unadulterated Word of God and were truly working to change the world through the salvation work of the Cross, everyone attached to that particular ministry should tithe or make offerings into that GOOD work. But most of the ministries on TV today are just spouting pure heresy! You ask, how do I know that? You read your bible and study it. You get commentaries that will help you understand it. You invest time in your soul! God will not honor any tithes or offerings that are sowed into a dead work or a work that goes against the true Word of God. You say you didn’t know? That is no excuse. Again, study the Word and it will keep you from silliness such as this!
So now that we have dealt with the books, and the anointing oils, and there are also water packets, and green pieces of cloth, and prayer clothes, and trees planted and the list just goes on and on, let’s look what God promises you personally. Don’t get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with asking for prayer, or going to the altar for healing, as that is all scriptural. Do you think I am wrong?…look it up…simple as that. Now, back to what is to me the most awesome scripture in the bible when it come to provision from God and this applies to ministries as well. John 15:4-8 (KJV) 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
Verses 4 through 8 are beautiful. They are full of promise and blessing. But the heart of this word from God is verse 7. And there is a condition laid out here. Does Christ abide in you and you in Him? If you are involved in anything that preaches and teaches any doctrine but of Christ, Him crucified, and the finished work of the Cross, you are not abiding in Christ. You are abiding in some ministry and the men that are the heads of it. You have to understand that the enemy of all our souls will do anything to woo us away from the pure gospel of the Living God. You have to know the Word. There is an old saying that if you do not believe in something, you will fall for anything. And millions upon millions of Christians are “falling” daily. Another saying, P.T. Barnum said it, “There is a fool born every minute”
When Christ left the earth, his last instructions were twofold. First he said, John 13:34 (KJV) 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. He also left a commission for us to fulfill. Mark 16:15 (KJV) 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Not all of us can go into all the world. We have to limit ourselves to where we shop, go to school, and by whatever other means the Lord puts in our path. And of course we can give to ministries, both the one’s we attend and the ones on TV that are going into the world with only the pure gospel of Christ and with no agendas of man attached. But if you are giving to ANY ministry that is not fulfilling the commission that is specifically laid out in scripture, you are in error. You need to truly listen to the guests these ministries have on their programs. Get on the computer and check into what these people are all about. There is so much twisting and perversion of God’s Word today it is sickening. MAN always thinks he can build a better mouse trap. In many cases they are delusional and think that they have been chosen exclusively by God through a vision, or visitation, or a trip to heaven! They have not “tested the spirits” as the Word commands. They have not taken the “word” that they received and checked it against scripture! There are so many movements afoot today that you do not need to be involved in let alone supporting. There is the Oneness movement, the Word of Faith movement (name it and claim it), there is the Government of 12 movement, there is Dominionism, there is a Purpose Driven movement. You NEED to look these false doctrines up and then you will see the blasphemy and the workings of man and not God.
I don’t mean to sound harsh, but one day you will be judged on everything you did here on earth. And if you have supported evil works, you yourself will be counted evil. Proverbs 17:15 (NIV) 15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent-- the LORD detests them both. Why did I select this scripture? Because the men of these movements think that those who stick to the pure written Word of the living God, as inspired by the Holy Spirit, and condemn their blasphemy and heresy are to be condemned and dealt with severely. By supporting these ministries, you are supporting every word that they teach and say. Below is a an example of an absolute Christian television icon who is loved and respected by millions and takes in millions of dollars as well. His programing virtually goes into all the world. But the guests that he has on to push their agendas that are NOT scripturally sound, are doing nothing more than polluting the world and causing countless millions to lose their souls. If you are a part of this, your soul is in danger too. If you believe in once saved always saved, that too is not scriptural!
Here is the article that was in the March-May 1991 issue of Foundation Magazine. Please note the totally unchristian language of Paul Crouch of Trinity Broadcasting Network, (TBN) who is responding to a magazine article about him:
“That old rotten Sanhedrin crowd, twice dead, plucked up by the roots…they’re damned and on their way to hell and I don’t think there’s any redemption for them…the hypocrites, the heresy hunters that want to find a little mote of illegal doctrine in some Christian’s eyes…when they’ve got a whole forest in their own lives… I say to hell with you!
“Get out of my life! Get out of the way! Quit blockin’ God’s bridges! I’m tired of this!...This is my spirit. Oh, hallelujah!”
“Have you ever seen the old movie, Patton? He’s my hero, he’s my hero. Old nail-chewin’, tobacco-chewin’, cussin’ Patton. But he read the bible everyday. I have a feelin’ we will see old General George in heaven.
“There is a wonderful scene in Patton…they’re tryin’ to get the Third Army across the bridge in France and there’s an old, dumb jackass…donkey…right there on the bridge and it’s blockin’ the whole convoy of troops…General George roars up, pulls out that ivory handled revolver and he shoots the donkey.”
“There’s a spiritual application here…I want to say to all you scribes, Pharisees, heresy hunters, all of you that are around pickin’ little bits of doctrinal error out of everybody’s eyes and dividin’ the Body of Christ, get out of God’s way, stop blockin’ God’s bridges, or God’s goin’ to shoot you if I don’t! Let Him sort out all of this doctrinal doodoo!”
“I don’t care about your doctrines as long as you name the name of Jesus, as long s you believe He died dead and was buried but came out of the tomb on Sunday morning and ascended to the Father. I don’t care about anything else! Let’s join hands to get this gospel preached in all the world”
“The rest of this stuff is what Paul the Apostle calls dung, human excrement! It’s not worth anything! Get rid of it and get on with winning the lost.”
“I refuse to argue any longer with any of you out there! Don’t even call me if you want to argue doctrine. If you want to straighten somebody out, criticize Ken Copeland, or Dad Hagin, but get out of my life! I don’t even want to talk to you, I don’t want to see your ugly face!” (end of quote)
Does this sound like the sweet Jesus loving man that you see on TBN?! And parts of what he said are a twisting of scripture in itself! I don’t think Paul Crouch even knows the meaning of Philippians 3: 1-9. What Paul (the apostle) calls dung in this scripture refers to doctrinal and Biblical teachings that go beyond the basic truths regarding Christ’s death and resurrection! The very things that Paul Crouch is allowing on his programming! To say the things that he did simply states that he doesn’t care about what effect false doctrine will have on millions of his viewers or how these ministries that gain access to followers will be lead away from the true Word of God. As long as the time slot is filled, he’s happy. This is not a caring man of God. This is someone who doesn’t want his money flow interrupted! He, for the sake of that, will allow “another gospel” to be preached, and according to Galatians 1:6-9 (KJV) 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
AMEN Y’ALL!
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