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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


True Christianity


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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

Health, Wealth & Happiness


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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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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.

Fi l Th ht


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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

Fi l Th ht


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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.

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