Thanks for writing! Let me know if you need a hand getting started. So I agree and hope God reveals the truth to him. Here are the benefits: If your father is a modalist, youll find out rather quickly. Dr. R.C. We justly deserve death, but He died on our behalf. It reminded me of conversations I have often had concerning Christs fulfillment of the law. I'm Annoyed. God can and does use faithful people, unfaithful people, and even wicked people for His own purposes. Pauls entire ministry illustrates the selfless nature of the true Shepherd. Ive included a funny video below that you might like. He just changed forms. This is pretty basic, and every Word of Faith teacher including Steven Furtick does it. The reason people are taught that we cant understand the trinity is that we cant. Thanks for writing! In apologetics these days, there is so much information just slamming around, one needs to be able to verify the claims. Some teach that getting sin out of your life isnt a matter of obedience and self-discipline, but of being enlightened. While he was still in his teens, he read a book that inspired him to become a minister. Elevation pastor is not wrong at all. Im confident that were all better for it. All of the Bible? How many times have we heard a sermon like this from Furtick, or Joel Osteen, or Kenneth Copeland? Luke 3:21-23 KJV It is false to teach that God is a multiple personality being. Heres the point: the text does not say that Jesus ability to work miracles was in connection with, or in proportion to, or directly dependent on their state of mind. Because it was trapped in their unbelief. The idea of Trinity is a theological one. The screenshot below is from page 4 of Elevation Churchs helpful Spontaneous Baptism How To Guide. In this case, I consider it helpful to provide a general warning. There can be just one family. I too get tired of the nonsense, and the focus on secondary issues, and on the desire to be entertaining rather than edifying. As for telling Timothy to take a little wine for his stomach, you took that out of important context of which indicates the reason for the admonition, Drink no longer water, which was the source of his problem. Instead, Christ could not do many miracles because the circumstances under which the Lord readily shows Himself were not present. Steven Furtick is an American pastor, Gospel preacher, songwriter, and author. Is it okay to sing the songs, but not go to the concert? You werent willing to provide a simple answer to my question about why Paul wasnt healed. Seems like a pretty big deal. He draws us to Himself, or we could not be saved. I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. Steven Furtick House Paul wanted to be healed, but lacked sufficient faith. I would like to read them.. Andrea: As you might imagine, it takes time to write about what other people teach so while there arent many articles about specific people, you can find them on the List of False Teachers. Youre wise to combine the different gospel accounts to reconcile our beliefs. The same goes for non-Christian teachings from Word of Faith folks and NAR folks. When Paul wrote that he was glad that the gospel was being preached, he pointed to the fact that the gospel was being preached for personal gain. The only one who has the right to say if Im a true man of God is God himself, and if I wasnt called by God I will fall. He draws us to Himself. Will you bring Matthew Henry into this category too? Gods response? I mean no offense, Mercy but youre being irresponsible. The word is sozo, and its used here as a future passive indicative second-person singular word. I would never ask you to take my word for anything I simply want to point you to the Scriptures. Its clear that God does some miracles on the basis of a persons faith, and that God does some miracles independent of anyones faith. Thanks. Passion City Church Pastor Louie Giglio also tweeted at Pastor Furtick: "Lifting you up to Jesus and . In that case, your complaint seems irrelevant. If one doesnt, then such a one can ask humbly for help (James 4:10), as this man in scripture did! So that we, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fulness of God. This has honestly been the best Ive read about the subject. That doesnt mean that God cant USE the bad things for our good, of course but that doesnt make bad things good. God is not limited in what He can do. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness. We are as youre aware saved by grace, through faith and this is NOT from ourselves, it is the gift of God. And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. I guess thats why people thought of the three states of water, clover leaf, etc. I also appreciate you taking the time to comment, and to try to be helpful to Kathleen. The laws, regulations, and guidelines we see in Scripture for both ancient Israel and for followers of Jesus are, historically speaking, universally understood to be a reflection of Gods character. The only legitimate claims of modalists on this topic are the ones on which everyone agrees: there is one God. There are two problems in that quote that relate directly the passage in question. Ancient Greeks thought that the amethyst guarded against intoxication. After studying these things for literally several decades, Im still working to properly explain how one can tell the difference between those who are wrong and those who are false. Ill recap, for clarity: Steven Furtick said that the power of God was in Jesus, and that He WANTED to do miracles, but Jesus could not BECAUSE the power of God was trapped in their unbelief. Thanks, Again, thanks. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them. GodWords has been around for a long time, and being a web professional Im very good at making effective websites. I dont mean that you might create a circumstance where God has already made decisions about what will happen, as when someone dies after a lifetime of rebellion. Im not happy to say this. Im not chastising you, but making a point for all to see that the text is our source, and our interpretations should be entirely dependent on the text. However: teaching that Moses is I Am goes too far. Right, John 5 speaks to Jesus ministry, doing his Father work verse 17, again in Acts 10:38, going about healing all who were oppressed of the devil . The fact that something is IN the Bible doesnt mean its an instruction from God. Also who died and left you in charge of judging anyone? I mean to say that it hasnt always been combined into a single volume with other inspired Scriptures so, when Jesus referred to this scroll, he wasnt referring to the inspired writings of Luke, or Peter, or Paul. With respect, youre wrong on both. Mostly Im concerned for the next generation. Two responses: when Mark says Jesus could do no mighty works in Nazareth, He does not mean that their unbelief sapped His power. I plan to study it thoroughly with my husband. We cant know them all, as God has not revealed them to us. Instead, we see in Scripture that God is sovereign, that there are none like Him, that there are none above Him, and so on. I hope youll take all of this in the spirit in which it was written: from one brother to another, with respect, and even a little fun. It literally means He came out from my inside the Father. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. Pastor Steven Furtick. This is false. God is love, but we are not. That Jesus was speaking only about Revelation. Steven Furtick is a completely self-serving, self-worshiping, self-absorbed charlatan - a sinner who has never repented and been born again. Furtick is one of those. Please, I beg you: do your homework. He bares his heart in vs 2-14 as an example for what it means to fix our eyes on Jesus. Jesus sacrifice paid for us to be redeemed from them all. Yes, were made in Gods image. Steven Furtick earned a Master of Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. What gives you the right to say who is or is not of God? If you dont receive it in your heart, you limit what God can do. These men tend to teach extra biblical or unbiblical thoughts as truth. Matthew 24 gives us more: But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. I understand you want to have the final say in discussions, but let me share this last thought, then you can put me in my place, so to speak. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. God wanted Paul to be healed, but Paul had some hidden sin that prevented it. Thank you for sharing this. Dont trust Steven Furtick. She didnt do anything wrong but there were consequences for the people she touched. The New Testament is full of warnings about false teachers, so we do have an abundance of direction on the matter. There are no internal relationships in the Godhead but thats contrary to a whole bunch of clear passages of Scripture. This is what happens when we put ourselves into the text. Anything that contradicts Scripture is false. The scripture are flush with such scripture, and I shared many in my last response, as truly all things (healing, deliverance, and salvation, which is the greatest miracle) are possible, but one has to believe! He did not make us multiple personality beings, but made us in HIS image. We are not kept in the dark about the truth of the gospel. First, He restrained His anger then, furious, He rejected Israel completely. Unfortunately, Furtick gets this one wrong. 10. Thanks for trying to help. This is where you read a section of the Bible and you ask what is says. In that equation, we save ourselves. So it cant apply to the whole Bible, or even to the whole New Testament. Dont pretend that you know my heart, either. My comment is about the comments here. Unfortunately, many false teachers have perfectly orthodox statements of faith. Paul wrote a whole bunch of books in the New Testament, right? Husband- Steven Furtick. The law of the Lord is perfect (Psalm 19:7-10) and God could not break his own law for sin is the transgression of the law. (1 John 3:4);thus Christ was undefiled sinless Lamb of God and therefore as priest and victim He would make the perfect sacrifice to atone for sin. No, all these scripture above are contrary to your saying; our lack of faith cannot prevent Him from acting if He wants to just does not fit. Its a waste of your time and mine. Not Maybe Jesus chose not to exercise His power because they wouldnt acknowledge Him as Messiah, or Maybe Jesus decided not to perform more miracles because people didnt really want to be healed, or Maybe Jesus knew that more miracles would accomplish nothing for the Kingdom, or anything like that. There are three main ideas in this doctrine. Thousands have responded to the news of the elder Furtick's passing by writing to the pastor via social media simple messages like "love and prayers," as did LifeChurch.tv Pastor Craig Groeschel. Again, he seems to have passed up the opportunity to clarify that his words werent intended to contradict Scripture. Instead of seeing Gods grace in this life and His mercy they didnt receive and STD or worse, the justify their sin going as far as to say It was obviously Gods will I have this baby, so I dont have to recognize my sin in its conception and anyone who tries to call me to account is going against Gods will.. Thanks for catching my mistake, Stegman! Narcigesis makes Scripture about me. Because basically it comes down to; He did not, because he could not, because of their lack of faith! Jude 1:3-4. Its not a surprise to see that Andrew Wommack agrees with Steven Furtick, as both are Word of Faith teachers. The Bibles descriptions of God tell us that the Son is not Father, the Spirit is not the Father, and the Spirit is not the Son yet they are all God, and there is only one God. His parents named him Larry Stevens Furtick. This is how it works, as right, it is this same power that we all have today (Hebrews 13:8) to obey the command of Mark 16:15-20. But hes sloppy in his enthusiasm. A very simple way to assess anyones belief system is to ask them about the nature of God. The subject of his ethnicity, however, is not as straightforward. That sounds good, but its the opposite of what we see in the Bible. And, I am sure you could have hit a few more points and added many more examples. Making the claim as if its self-evidently true is a mistake, and not how we should handle Scripture. Certainly Gods actions are, at times, conditional. Paul was talking about PEOPLE exercising gifts improperly in church and CREATING chaos, which clearly would not be from God. I know that his command leads to eternal life. Martyn Iles Removed as Managing Director of Australian Christian Lobby by Board, Seven Types of Rest to Restore Your Body, Mind and Spirit, 8 witnesses testified against Hillsong founder Brian Houston in court case, wife Bobbie reveals, Why you feel guilty for not going to church, Samaritan's Purse sends 52-bed field hospital to Turkey. God has revealed (some of) Himself through His Word. Ive never heard a Word of Faith teacher suggest that anyone COULD think too highly of themselves. If Steven Furtick IS a false teacher, it would be irresponsible to ignore the evidence. Word of Faith teachers regularly demote God and promote man. The alternative is heresy, as defined in the traditional, historic sense: limiting Gods power and ability to do what He wishes to do is a non-starter. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christs power may rest on me (2 Corinthians 12:9)
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