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We pray for many brothers and sisters in The Lord who are trapped by the influence of faulty doctrinal teachings because of decades long influence to extreme charasmaticism. The examples of which are found being taught in various TV and radio outlets for decades of which I too had been influenced and have had to come out of.
They're operating on a 1980's TV evangelist gospel that is fatally flawed. People have to wake up and read their Bibles! This influence is everywhere. There are MILLIONS of these people out there and the influence has been felt for decades. It's infiltrated into people's beliefs and only by reading and studying the Word, will they be corrected from these faulty teachings.
The dangers and stumbling blocks of these faulty teachings:
These are the same people who will be tossed around by the waves of their own emotions; always threatening their perseverance in the faith. Many lose their battles b/c they won't have the solid Truth necessary to keep them grounded BY SCRIPTURE which the Bible specifically teaches is needed for sanctification.
"Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth". - John 17:17
They've been taught to rely on emotionalism, materialism, positive thinking, experientialism, and external supernatural manifestations as apposed to faith, patience, long suffering, perseverance, and reliance on The Word alone.
The doctrines of salvation, healing, forgiveness, faith, etc. have all been misrepresented.
These big money grabbing wolves in sheep's clothing include a long list of preachers most of which you can find in the TBN television network.
Benny Hinn (Multi-million dollar ministry teaching countless heresies and especially misrepresenting The Holy Spirit and His powers, by "slaying people in the spirit" by way of theatrical events, etc.) You can see his three-ring circus acts on youtube.
Joel Osteen: (Self-help, self esteem guru; never teaches the true gospel of Christ by mentioning sin and the need for forgiveness. Never reaches out to the millions who will die every day without Christ and without repentance, etc.) When asked about the need to preach on the doctrines of Hell and sin, and repentance, he states .. "I don't know, that's just not me, I don't want to judge anybody".
Joyce Myer (Alters various Biblical doctrines)
Joseph Prince (Alters various Biblical doctrines)
TD Jakes ( attacks the Trinity by teaching modalism, etc.)
... and the list goes on and on. The above are only a few of the extremists which people watch and are influenced by every day, and their influence reach millions of viewers around the world.
But Jesus, our Lord Himself warned that in the last days false prophets would come to deceive even if possible, the elect of God.
"so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes." - Ephesians 4:14
"But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed." - Galatians 1:8
"For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions," - 2 Timothy 4:3
The Gospel of Christ is clear: "Repentance of sin by faith in Christ Jesus" in order to escape the judgment that is set to come upon the whole earth to those who reject God and His only begotten son, Jesus Christ.
"because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead." - Acts 17:31
"For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ."
- Jude 1:4
