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2 Timothy 4:3-4
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Liars, Thieves and Crooks2 Timothy 4:3-4
3For the time will come when men
will not put up with sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires,they will gather around them a great
number of teachers to say what their
itching ears want to hear. 4They will
turn their ears away from the truth
and turn aside to myths.
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Liars, Thieves and Crooks
The Prosperity Gospel
Liars, Thieves and Crooks
True Christianity
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Liars, Thieves and Crooks
Heresy:opinion or doctrine at
variance with the orthodoxor accepted doctrine,
especially of a church orreligious system.
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Liars, Thieves and CrooksGalatians 1:6-9
6I am astonished that you are so
quickly deserting the one who called
you by the grace of Christ and areturning to a different gospel
7which is really no gospel at all.
Evidently some people are throwing
you into confusion and are trying to
pervert the gospel of Christ
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8But even if we or an angel from
heaven should preach a gospelother than the one we preached to
you, let him be eternally
condemned! 9As we have already
said, so now I say again: If anybody
is preaching to you a gospel otherthan what you accepted, let him be
eternally condemned!
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The Prosperity Gospel
Name it and Claim it Gospel Blab it and grab it Gospel
Health and Wealth Gospel
Word of Faith Gospel
Gospel of Success
Positive Confession Theology
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The Prosperity Gospel
A new gospel is being taughttoday. This new gospel is
perplexing-it omits Jesus and
neglects the cross According tothis new gospel, if believers
repeat positive confessions, focus
their thoughts, and generate
enough faith, God will release
blessings upon their lives
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This egocentric gospel teaches that
God wants believers to be materially
prosperous in the here-and-now.
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Who are these people and
where can you find them:Just turn on and watch
Trinity Broadcasting Network
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Who is the greatest heretic
in America today?
Joel Osteen
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When you say of the Lord you
are healthy, you are whole, you
are free, you are blessed-whenyou say it, God has promised
He will do it If you are notsharing in his favor, you might
want to watch your words.
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Heres the key: If you dontunleash your words in the right
direction, if you dont call inyour favor, you will not
experience those blessings
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Pitts commented, God is aloving, forgiving God who will
reward believers with health,
wealth, and happiness. Its the
centerpiece of every sermon
To become a better you, youmust be positive toward yourself,
develop better relationships,
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embrace the place you are. Notone mention of God in that.
Not one mention of JesusChrist in that. Osteen replied,
Thats just my message.
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Osteens gospel, then, is that Jesus
died in order to save man from a
less than ideal life. Absent from his
preaching is a well-defined conceptof original sin, as well as a biblical
explanation of the death of JesusChrist on the cross.David W. Jones & Russell S. Woodbridge
Health, Wealth and Happiness
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2 Corinthians 11:13-15
13For such men are false apostles,
deceitful workmen, masquerading as
apostles of Christ. 14And no wonder,for Satan himself masquerades as an
angel of light. 15It is not surprising,
then, if his servants masquerade as
servants of righteousness. Their end
will be what their actions deserve.
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Liars, Thieves and Crooks2 Peter 2:1-3
1But there were also false
prophets among the people, just
as there will be false teachersamong you. They will secretly
introduce destructive heresies,
even denying the sovereign Lordwho bought thembringing
swift destruction on themselves.
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2Many will follow their
shameful ways and will bring theway of truth into disrepute. 3In
their greed these teachers will
exploit you with stories they have
made up. Their condemnation
has long been hanging over them,and their destruction has not
been sleeping.
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True Christianity
Suffering
Philippians 1:29
For it has been granted to you on
behalf of Christ not only to
believe on him, but also to sufferfor him
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True Christianity
1 Peter 2:21
To this you were called,
because Christ suffered for
you, leaving you an
example, that you shouldfollow in his steps
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True Christianity
1 Peter 4:19So then, those who suffer
according to Gods willshould commit themselves to
their faithful Creator andcontinue to do good.
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True Christianity
Luke 9:23-2423Then he said to them all: If
anyone would come after me, he
must deny himself and take up
his cross daily and follow me.
24For whoever wants to save hislife will lose it, but whoever loses
his life for me will save it
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True Christianity
Wealth and Poverty
Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me to
preach good news to the poor
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True ChristianityDuring His earthly ministry, Jesus
attended to and identified with
many from the lower class-including
prostitutes, orphans, widows, andother social and economic
outcastsduring His ministry He
apparently had no home, no land
and no regular income.
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True Christianity
Matthew 8:20
Jesus replied, Foxes have
holes and birds of the air have
nests, but the Son of Man has
no place to lay his head.
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True Christianity
But Jesus also interacted
with the religious elite
Christ also ministered to
powerful and wealthy
individuals
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True Christianity
Mark 10:21Jesus looked at him and loved
him. One thing you lack, hesaid. Go, sell everything you
have and give to the poor, and
you will have treasure in
heaven. Then come, follow me.
T Ch i ti it
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True Christianity1 Timothy 6:3-10
3If anyone teaches false doctrinesand does not agree to the sound
instruction of our Lord Jesus Christand to godly teaching, 4he is
conceited and understands nothing.
He has an unhealthy interest incontroversies and quarrels about
words that result in envy, strife,
malicious talk, evil suspicions
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5and constant friction between
men of corrupt mind, who have
been robbed of the truth and who
think that godliness is a means to
financial gain. 6But godliness withcontentment is great gain. 7For we
brought nothing into the world,
and we can take nothing out of it.
8But if we have food and clothing,
we will be content with that.
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9People who want to get rich fall
into temptation and a trap and intomany foolish and harmful desires
that plunge men into ruin and
destruction. 10For the love of
money is a root of all kinds of evil.
Some people, eager for money, havewandered from the faith and pierced
themselves with many griefs.
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18Command them to do good,
to be rich in good deeds, and tobe generous and willing to share.
19In this way they will lay uptreasure for themselves as a firm
foundation for the coming age,
so that they may take hold of the
life that is truly life.
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Final Thoughts
Word Faith teachers have
corrupted the heart of New
Testament Christianity, moving the
believers focus off sound doctrine,worship, service, sacrifice, and
ministry; shifting it instead to
promised physical, financial, and
material blessings.
John MacAr thur
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Final Thoughts
We are his servants, notHe ours. He has called us
to lives of loving serviceand worship, not godlike
supremacy. He blesses us,but not always materially.
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In no way can we write our
own ticket and expect Him
to follow our scriptThe life
of a Christian is spent in
pursuit of Gods will-not a
strategy to get Him to goalong with ours.