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Someone asked me about Joel Osteen, and my thoughts about him...

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July 08, 2008 at 9:55am

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Joel seems like a likeable person enough. Friendly, outgoing and a nice personality. Joel thinks he is genuinely trying to help people. I`m not questioning his motives. I believe he thinks he is really trying to help people. That being said, Rev. Olsteen had no formal bible study training until he became a "preacher"! It is said he only had one semester at Oral Roberts University! I don`t know about you, but I would not want to trust myself to a minister or ministry like that! That`s like trusting a baby Christian to preach and do bible studies and have authority over other people! Scary thought! All his messages sound alike. "To have the blessings, and favor of God. Increase and promotion...!" A Health, Wealth and Happiness message! Our biblical "rights" and "entitlements"! His messages are kind of lopsided, onesided and not balanced. I don`t hear anything about sin or repentance in his messages. His dad John Osteen was involved with the "faith movement" heresies. Just read the N.T. at face value. All the Jewish Apostles were murdered for their faith, except for John. And persecuted the entire time. Read in Acts in a couple of places, "and persecution broke out against the church...". Look at what the Apostle Paul went through in 2 Cor. 11! The scriptures are replete with Trials, tribulations, persecution, suffering, etc. Christians in other countries are in poverty because of persecution, and so forth. It`s kind of misleading people, that God is some kind of "sugardaddy" in the sky!
How do the "Money Preachers" explain Rom. 15:26; 1 Cor. 16:1-4; and Gal. 2:10? The believers at Jerusalem were notoriously poor! Did the Jewish Apostles and believers misunderstand Jesus` teachings?! Hey! Oftentimes believers in other countries are in poverty because of persecution! Not because of lack of faith or misunderstanding God`s Word! Christians may oftentimes be successful in their earthly endeavors, but God has not promised this to us. In fact, many of the greatest men and women of faith were total failures in the world's eyes (cf. Heb. 11:35-40). Worldly success may be a byproductof obedience to God, but it should never be our primary goal. We are told that "though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich" (2 Cor. 8:9).
Finally, we don`t have Men or Women of God, we have instead, TV preacher celebrities/movie stars! How many TV preachers preach on sin in the Body of Messiah?
This was my answer to that lady. The best advice I can give any and all Christians is this, You need to read & study the bible itself! See what the bible itself says about things. Instead of going on a tv preacher`s thoughts and opinions of what they think it says! Or, what they want the bible to say [false teaching]. We have so many biblically illiterate Christians around. Spiritually lazy! Turn off the idiot box [tv]. Turn off the tv preacher "movie stars" [because that is what some of them are!] And Study the bible for yourself! 2 Tim 2:15, and while you`re at it, read Acts 17:11 too! And develop your own strong prayer life! Some strong preaching here!
In Y`shua, Tom

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Growing In Faith

July 08, 2008 at 11:48am

Yeah, it sounds good when things are 'good' in your life, but it's the fastest way to lose someone from Christianity when they hit a 'bad spot' in life - "that's it, this Christianity stuff doesn't work any more than Scientology or any other 'feel good' religion".

I could go on and on, but I don't know if this guy even IS that good of a person...I mean, he has said that Christ is NOT the only way to salvation and stands by that.

Preaching the Gospel isn't going to get you that sort of fame. He creates a false gospel of 'feeling good and getting what you want" when it's NOT ABOUT this WORLD...and really, it's not even about US! It's about the world to come, and really, about THANKING GOD that we are His children and are saved because of His son...all prosperity and goodness flows from that and that alone, but it does NOT keep bad or misfortune at bay, because we're living in a flawed creation!

A Voice of a Prophet

July 08, 2008 at 1:11pm

Yeah, I saw the episode on 60 minutes - twice! I have heard that Rev. Joel has made that statement that Jesus is not the only way. Can anybody out there document that? And if so, when & where he made that statement and exactly he said? T

A Voice of a Prophet

July 09, 2008 at 9:20am

BTW, pray for Rev. Joel Osteen. And as YHVH leads, send him some emails, questioning him on his doctrine & teachings. T

Gary Robison

September 08, 2008 at 4:00pm

here is the interview, judge for yourself what he says...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwL1DThtxYg

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