**This post is part of a series discussing the incorrect
doctrines and teachings coming out of Bethel Redding, Jesus Culture and the
Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry.
Bethel is a huge church with a lot of influence. Jesus Culture music is in many churches all
over the world, and there are big problems in the doctrine and theology that
comes in that music, and through this church.
I am writing these posts to show that what we see as bad teaching coming
from Bethel has its roots in their incorrect statements of what they
believe. I will take statements from
various parts of Bethel’s websites and go through the scripture that they give
in its larger context to show that what they are teaching is not found in Sacred
Scripture.**
“God is Good – What does it look
like?”
“God’s desire is to prosper us in
every area of our lives: physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally and
vocationally. (Isaiah 26:3; John 10:10; Luke 9:56; Rom. 5:8; Rom. 8:1; 3 John
1:2; Gen. 12:1-3; Jer. 29:11)” – Taken from http://bssm.net/about/corevalues
What I will be doing here is, first of all, going through each
scripture to show that it does not support what they are claiming. Once I have shown that, I will attempt to
show Biblically, that the opposing position is true and supported by the Word
of God.
Isaiah 26:3
[25:1] O
LORD, you are my God;
I
will exalt you; I will praise your name,
for
you have done wonderful things,
plans
formed of old, faithful and sure.
[2] For
you have made the city a heap,
the
fortified city a ruin;
the
foreigners' palace is a city no more;
it
will never be rebuilt.
[3] Therefore
strong peoples will glorify you;
cities
of ruthless nations will fear you.
[4] For
you have been a stronghold to the poor,
a
stronghold to the needy in his distress,
a
shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
for
the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,
[5] like
heat in a dry place.
You
subdue the noise of the foreigners;
as
heat by the shade of a cloud,
so
the song of the ruthless is put down.
[6] On
this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples
a
feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
of
rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
[7] And
he will swallow up on this mountain
the
covering that is cast over all peoples,
the
veil that is spread over all nations.
[8] He
will swallow up death forever;
and
the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces,
and
the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for
the LORD has spoken.
[9] It
will be said on that day,
“Behold,
this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us.
This
is the LORD; we have waited for him;
let
us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
[10] For
the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain,
and
Moab shall be trampled down in his place,
as
straw is trampled down in a dunghill.
[11] And
he will spread out his hands in the midst of it
as a
swimmer spreads his hands out to swim,
but
the LORD will lay low his pompous pride together with the skill of his hands.
[12] And
the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down,
lay
low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.
[26:1] In
that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“We
have a strong city;
he
sets up salvation
as
walls and bulwarks.
[2] Open
the gates,
that
the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
[3] You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
[4] Trust
in the LORD forever,
for
the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
[5] For
he has humbled
the
inhabitants of the height,
the
lofty city.
He
lays it low, lays it low to the ground,
casts
it to the dust.
[6] The
foot tramples it,
the
feet of the poor,
the
steps of the needy.”
(Isaiah
25-26:6 ESV)
This
passage is a really good example of a text that is ripped out of context. What Bethel is telling everyone, is that this
text is a promise that is given for you and me, and that we should be claiming
this promise as our own. Now, I only
gave you the previous chapter as context here, if you want more, read Isaiah
24-27 and you will get a much better idea of what Isaiah is talking about
here. To summarize, this whole passage
of Isaiah is about the final judgment, that final day. So this promise that Bethel is claiming for
themselves is actually a promise for the end of the age, a time when those who
are saved will be brought to that place of perfect peace for all time.
John 10:10
[10:1] “Truly,
truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs
in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. [2] But he who enters
by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. [3] To him the gatekeeper opens.
The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them
out. [4] When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the
sheep follow him, for they know his voice. [5] A stranger they will not
follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of
strangers.” [6] This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did
not understand what he was saying to them.
[7] So
Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the
sheep. [8] All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep
did not listen to them. [9] I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will
be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. [10] The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came
that they may have life and have it abundantly. [11] I am the good
shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. [12] He who
is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf
coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters
them. [13] He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the
sheep. [14] I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
[15] just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my
life for the sheep. [16] And I have other sheep that are not of this fold.
I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one
flock, one shepherd. [17] For this reason the Father loves me, because I
lay down my life that I may take it up again. [18] No one takes it from
me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I
have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my
Father.”
[19] There
was again a division among the Jews because of these words. [20] Many of
them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?” [21] Others
said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon
open the eyes of the blind?”
(John
10:1-21 ESV)
This
is probably your basic proof text for the health, wealth, prosperity and name
it and claim it heresy. This text
epitomizes what they believe and gives them all the fuel they need to shout you
down because they claim that they have been promised this prosperous life. The problem is, that this text must be read
in the full context of the Bible. To
take this one verse isolated from everything else, sure seems to say that we
should expect a wealthy life as Christians.
However, as we will look at once we get through Bethel’s proof texts, is
the more full view that the Bible has of what the life of the Christian is
going to be like. What we will see, is
that we will have an abundant life as a Christian. But that abundance is not defined by material
wealth, good health, a good vocation, or even good emotional health. Rather, it is defined by God, and the fact
that our life is an abundant life in view of eternity.
Luke 9:56
[37] On
the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
[38] And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to
look at my son, for he is my only child. [39] And behold, a spirit seizes
him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth,
and shatters him, and will hardly leave him. [40] And I begged your
disciples to cast it out, but they could not.” [41] Jesus answered, “O faithless
and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring
your son here.” [42] While he was coming, the demon threw him to the
ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the
boy, and gave him back to his father. [43] And all were astonished at the
majesty of God.
But
while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his
disciples, [44] “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is
about to be delivered into the hands of men.” [45] But they did not
understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not
perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
[46] An
argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. [47] But
Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his
side [48] and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name
receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For he who is
least among you all is the one who is great.”
[49] John
answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried
to stop him, because he does not follow with us.” [50] But Jesus said to
him, “Do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you.”
[51] When
the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.
[52] And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village
of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him. [53] But the people did
not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. [54] And when
his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell
fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” [55] But he turned and
rebuked them. [56] For the Son of man is
not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And
they went on to another village.
[57] As
they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you
wherever you go.” [58] And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds
of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
[59] To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go
and bury my father.” [60] And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury
their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” [61] Yet
another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those
at my home.” [62] Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow
and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
(Luke
9:37-62 ESV)
First
thing at this point is a small caveat.
The part of the verse that Bethel is using to define this point of their
doctrine is italicized in the passage above.
It is not in the ESV so I had to take it from the Authorized Version
(KJV). It is a textual variant, however,
I don’t want to get into textual variants at this point so we shall move
on. This passage is a pretty weak
attempt at proof texting. If you look at
the wider context, this is simply a statement that Jesus made that in general,
while He was on earth, it was not His time to destroy, but to save. We see in other texts in Scripture that at
the end of the age, Jesus will come as the bearer of Divine Judgment and Divine
wrath, but when He spoke this, it was not what God had prepared for Him. In short, nothing in this verse, or the
passage at large points to a prosperity in our lives, but simply, a description
of Christ’s work at the time of His earthly ministry. Going a little further in the text though, we
see that the opposite of Bethel’s doctrine is actually taught by Jesus. In verses 57-62, Jesus tells the people who
want to follow Him explicitly, that they are not going to be wealthy, they
won’t have a stable home, and they will be on the move constantly. They won’t even have the time to say goodbye
to their families.
Romans 5:8
[5:1] Therefore,
since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ. [2] Through him we have also obtained access by faith into
this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. [3] Not
only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces
endurance, [4] and endurance produces character, and character produces
hope, [5] and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been
poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
[6] For
while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
[7] For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a
good person one would dare even to die—[8] but
God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for
us. [9] Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood,
much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. [10] For if
while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much
more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. [11] More
than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom
we have now received reconciliation.
[12] Therefore,
just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so
death spread to all men because all sinned—
(Romans
5:1-12 ESV)
Full
disclosure on this one, I don’t see how they even can use this as a proof text
for this doctrine. We have a glorious
truth here of our salvation, the mercy and grace of God in sending Jesus to die
for us. And if we look back at the last
Scripture cited in Luke, that salvation and following Jesus will require leaving everything behind
and not being prosperous.
Romans 8:1
[21] So
I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.
[22] For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, [23] but I
see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making
me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. [24] Wretched man
that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? [25] Thanks be to
God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with
my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
[8:1] There is therefore now no condemnation for
those who are in Christ Jesus. [2] For the law
of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and
death. [3] For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not
do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he
condemned sin in the flesh, [4] in order that the righteous requirement of
the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but
according to the Spirit. [5] For those who live according to the flesh set
their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the
Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. [6] For to set the
mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
[7] For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does
not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. [8] Those who are in the flesh
cannot please God.
[9] You,
however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells
in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
[10] But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin,
the Spirit is life because of righteousness. [11] If the Spirit of him who
raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the
dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in
you.
[12] So
then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the
flesh. [13] For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by
the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. [14] For
all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. [15] For you did not
receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the
Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” [16] The
Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
[17] and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with
Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with
him.
(Romans
7:21-8:17 ESV)
We
see here again, a fantastic truth that we have in Christ Jesus. We have no condemnation because He paid it
all on the cross at Calvary. We truly
are wretched sinners in need of a perfect savior, we are under so much
condemnation without Jesus. But the
fantastic news is that we are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb without spot or
blemish. We have no condemnation because
we are in Christ, we are not going to Hell because of His sacrifice. As far as Bethel using this text is
concerned, I am insulted that they would take a gospel truth and twist it to
say that this means they will prosper in this life. This passage has nothing to do with health,
wealth, and prosperity. It has
everything to do with wretched sinners saved by the blood of Jesus Christ which
was shed for us.
3 John 2
[1:1] The
elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
[2] Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you
and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. [3] For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and
testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. [4] I
have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
[5] Beloved,
it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers
as they are, [6] who testified to your love before the church. You will do
well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. [7] For they
have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.
[8] Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow
workers for the truth.
[9] I
have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself
first, does not acknowledge our authority. [10] So if I come, I will bring
up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with
that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and
puts them out of the church.
[11] Beloved,
do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever
does evil has not seen God. [12] Demetrius has received a good testimony
from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you
know that our testimony is true.
[13] I
had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink.
[14] I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.
[15] Peace
be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, each by name.
(3
John ESV)
3
John is a wonderful book, short, sweet and to the point. I love how John is sending a letter to a
friend and disciple of his. I just like
how in verse 14 that he is eager to talk face to face with his friend. And as far as verse 2 is concerned, I think
it is great to see the heart of John for his friend. This is a simple greeting with a wish for
good health. Again, not a promise that
we will have prosperity in life, in fact, John is more concerned with the truth
than he is with prosperity. Read this
book, and then read it again.
Genesis 12:1-3
[12:1] Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your
country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show
you. [2] And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and
make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. [3] I will bless
those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the
families of the earth shall be blessed.”
[4] So
Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was
seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. [5] And Abram took
Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they
had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out
to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
[6] Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of
Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. [7] Then the LORD
appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he
built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. [8] From there
he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with
Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the LORD
and called upon the name of the LORD. [9] And Abram journeyed on, still
going toward the Negeb.
(Genesis
12:1-9 ESV)
I’m
going to be honest here, this is almost ridiculous. To include this as a proof text is just
laughable. This is a blessing for Abram,
not you, not me, not Bethel. Why they would
even think it was is beyond me. Simple
hermeneutics that I learned when I was 13 would never lead me to think that I
can just read myself into passages and claim blessings that weren’t given to
me. That is called arrogant eisegesis,
when someone puts themselves into the Bible to claim things that they have no
right to.
Jeremiah 29:11
[4] “Thus
says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent
into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: [5] Build houses and live in them;
plant gardens and eat their produce. [6] Take wives and have sons and
daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that
they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease.
[7] But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and
pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.
[8] For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your
prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to
the dreams that they dream, [9] for it is a lie that they are prophesying
to you in my name; I did not send them, declares the LORD.
[10] “For
thus says the LORD: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit
you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. [11] For I know the plans I have for
you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a
future and a hope. [12] Then you will call upon me and come and pray
to me, and I will hear you. [13] You will seek me and find me, when you
seek me with all your heart. [14] I will be found by you, declares the
LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and
all the places where I have driven you, declares the LORD, and I will bring you
back to the place from which I sent you into exile.
(Jeremiah
29:4-14 ESV)
Read
the last part of the commentary on the last passage. You can’t just insert yourself into the Bible
and claim promises that were made to someone who is not you. This passage is very specifically talking to
the Israelites who are in Babylon. You
could maybe look at it slightly more broadly and say that the blessing even
extended to the next generation to follow, but no more than that. If you read this verse in the context of the
whole passage, you will see that ripping verses kicking and screaming out of
context is just a really bad idea, and kind of dumb.
What does the Bible actually say?
In
this final section, I would like to point out some passages of scripture, in
their context, for your consideration.
We must remember to look at the whole Bible, and not just individual
verses. That is the only way that we can
truly know what God is saying to each and every one of us through His inspired
and infallible word.
Physical Prosperity?
Read
the book of Job. I know that the 4th
rule of hermeneutics is ‘narrative is not normative’, so I don’t expect you to
look at that as a rule of life for the follower of God. I do want to point out though, that God
allowed Job to be wrecked physically to show His glory even more
powerfully. For another good example of
God allowing His people to continue in sickness, we will look at 1 Timothy 5:
[21] In the presence of God and
of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules
without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality. [22] Do not be hasty in
the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself
pure. [23] (No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake
of your stomach and your frequent ailments.) [24] The sins of some people
are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear
later. [25] So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are
not cannot remain hidden.
(1
Timothy 5:21-25 ESV)
Now,
Paul doesn’t feel the need to bring it up as a major theme of his letter, but
we can see in verse 23 that Timothy had frequent ailments and some sort of
stomach problem. So if you really start
to think about it, Paul loved Timothy as a son.
And we know that Paul healed some.
So if this doctrine that Bethel espouses is actually true, then why
didn’t Paul just heal Timothy from these ailments? It doesn’t make sense, unless you see that
Scripture doesn’t actually promise physical prosperity for all believers. That is a lie.
Mental, Spiritual and Emotional Prosperity
This
one I find very interesting. As I was
thinking about this, it dawned on me that I do find that people often become
much more stable emotionally when they are saved, also mental issues can often
go away. However, this is not something
that happens across the board. If you
ever have the chance, read some of Charles Spurgeon’s life. The Prince of Preachers, who was a devout
Christian man, was often afflicted with long seasons of depression. This is arguably one of the best preachers of
all time, a man blessed by God to show forth Christ to thousands, and yet he
struggled mentally. Looking to
Scripture, I want to show you one of the battles that I have had, and that Paul
had, looking at Romans 7 we read:
[13] Did that which is good,
then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through
what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the
commandment might become sinful beyond measure. [14] For we know that the
law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. [15] For I do not
understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing
I hate. [16] Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it
is good. [17] So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells
within me. [18] For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my
flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry
it out. [19] For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want
is what I keep on doing. [20] Now if I do what I do not want, it is no
longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
[21] So I find it to be a law
that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. [22] For I delight
in the law of God, in my inner being, [23] but I see in my members another
law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of
sin that dwells in my members. [24] Wretched man that I am! Who will
deliver me from this body of death? [25] Thanks be to God through Jesus
Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with
my flesh I serve the law of sin.
(Romans
7:13-25 ESV)
The
tension that you feel when you read this, you have a tendency to forget that
the one writing this was an Apostle. A
man directly sent by Jesus Christ, who was a Pharisee of Pharisees and he
struggled spiritually and emotionally through these issues. You will have victory at times over these issue
through Christ, but that will not always be the case. And to have in your mind that God is always
supposed to make you prosper will really bum you out if you don’t realize that
He is teaching you through those tough times.
Vocational Prosperity
I
feel like I have already addressed this when we looked at Luke above, but I
will point out the passage from there that speaks to this pretty clearly, if
you want the entire context, just scroll up a bit.
[57] As
they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you
wherever you go.” [58] And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds
of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
[59] To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go
and bury my father.” [60] And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury
their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
[61] Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say
farewell to those at my home.” [62] Jesus said to him, “No one who puts
his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
(Luke
9:57-62 ESV)
Pretty
clear here that you won’t have a place to rest your head, maybe you won’t even
have a job. To follow Jesus is to leave
everything behind. Your personal
vocational prosperity is not what God is interested in. Following Him is more important than you
making a lot of money, or always loving your job as much as possible. I don’t deny that those things do happen, and
often God will bless you with money and a great job. But you are not promised that life. If it happens, praise the Lord, if not,
praise the Lord. Don’t go through your
life always disappointed if God doesn’t give you the best job ever. God has a plan and will fulfill that plan in
your life.
Conclusion
If
you have made it all the way down here, I thank you for reading and I pray that
this post has been edifying to you. Be
careful who you listen to, never with an open mind, always with an open Bible. The Prosperity Gospel is a heresy, a lie from
the pit of Hell. Don’t fall prey to
Bethel’s teachings, always test everything by the word of God.
May God bless you in your pursuit of
knowledge and wisdom. Remember the 5
rules of hermeneutics:
1.
Context
2.
Context
3.
Context
4.
Narrative is not Normative
5.
A text can never mean what it
never meant.
Yours in Christ,
Forrest Demman
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