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"The Cult of Benny Hinn" - "The Confused World Of Paul And Jan Crouch" - by Joseph Chambers -
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Benny Hinn is certainly a trendsetter in the New Wave movement. Before we learn about some of his teachings, lets remember the importance of truth.
The Bible states, "For truth is fallen in the street..." (Isaiah 59:14b). Probably, no Biblical statement could more accurately describe our present
religious world. Truth has become relative. It means different things to different people, even within the ranks of what we call Biblical
Christianity. I don't mean differences in non-essentials, but almost every fundamental doctrine is now under siege as preachers scramble the Holy
Words. One thing to remember -- you cannot sanctify false doctrines by the multiple use of Jesus' name or by the presence of miracles.
Biblical confusion is a powerful tool which prepares the people to blindly follow religious leaders. It's impossible to create a new religious stream
without introducing new theological ideas that depart from the mainstream. There are several elements to the beginning of a new and novel religious
movement, Biblical confusion being the first. There must be an extremely strong and personable leader with enough charisma to titillate the crowds.
The people are warned not to question this "man of God" because of the "anointing" on his life. They will always give the people an emotional charge
to keep them on a high. He or she promises the people much for their loyalty and support, and they always teach enough of the old truths to add
legitimacy to themselves.
As the group becomes big and powerful the very element of success makes it almost impossible for people to leave. There is a mesmerizing effect to the
"sight, sound, and sensation" which characterizes this strong New Wave religious movement. As P.T.L. rose in financial glory and television success,
the very best of religious leaders and Christians were swooned into support. People forsook Old-Fashioned standards of godliness and separation from
the world and poured their life's earnings into that ministry. When someone pointed out "question mark", that individual was almost crucified by their
friends. Many major ministries will never recover from the paralysis of the P.T.L. syndrome. We don't have P.T.L. anymore, but we do have many similar
kingdoms that continue to conduct made-for-television religion.
The Kingdom of Jesus Christ never uses titillation to call men and women to this faith. The very foundation of Biblical Christianity is conviction of
sin and a call to experience the Holiness of God. The Good News of the Gospel is simple; we are sinners, but God has given His Son as our sacrifice.
By His blood we are forgiven, made whole, and called to follow in His footsteps of godly and Holy Spirit filled living. We are no long condemned with
the world, but called to be His family.
He gives us great joy, but it's not the world's kind of joy. Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth,
give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (St. John 14:27). Please notice that He said His peace was not the world's
kind of peace. It's not the fleshly, carnal, love of pleasure, love of things, love of applause, love of a big time; but a godly peace and joy that
flows from a right relationship with God and men. It's joy of the Holy Word, joy of winning souls and just plain joy from a clean and pure heart. A
person that knows God through Jesus Christ will not need the experiences of a religious junkie.
The Cult Of Benny Hinn?
What Benny Hinn's Ministries represent is your decision to make, but it's important for you to know the facts before you make that decision. Let's
examine his teachings. The ultimate base of examination is the Holy Scripture. If a man's doctrines depart from the clear truth of Scripture, that
settles the question. All of the following quotes from Benny Hinn's sermons have been transcribed from audio messages by the credible ministries of
the Christian Research Institute or the Media Spotlight, A Biblical Analysis of Religion and Secular Media. Both addresses are listed at the
conclusion of this article.
Teachings Of Benny Hinn
Let's examine his actual words and then look at the Scripture for the Biblical facts on each subject. May I ask that you be very careful in reading
his words so there is no misunderstanding.
The Subject Of God...: "God, the Father is a person, God the Son is a person, God the Holy Ghost is a person, but each one of them is a triune being
by himself. If I can shock you and maybe I should, there are nine of them.... God the Father is a person with his own personal spirit, with his own
personal soul, and his own personal spirit body. You say, "I never heard of that." Well, do you think you're in this church to hear things you've
heard for the last fifty years? You can't argue with the Word can you? It's all in the Word." (Benny Hinn)
Benny Hinn has since acknowledged this false teaching and apparently does not teach it any longer. But, how could such a lapse occur to begin with? It
says something about him and his ministry that must be admitted. No subject is of greater importance to the Christian church than the personhood of
God. God is one, represented in the person of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. The beloved disciple John wrote by the Holy Ghost,
"There are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." (I John 5:7). The Scripture testifies
of the Trinity of God in perfect unity throughout Holy Writ. To speak of God the Father (The Son of God and the Holy Ghost) having a personal spirit,
a personal soul, and a personal body is completely contrary to the Word of God. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ, so how
could the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit all three have their own personal spirit, spirit body, and soul. We see right at the beginning that the
paranormal or psychic ideas are influencing the doctrines Rev. Hinn teaches.
Benny Hinn's teachings about Jesus Christ are similar to Kenneth Hagin and Kenneth Copeland, but actually go to another level above Rev. Copeland. He
says,
"Ladies and gentlemen, the serpent is a symbol of Satan. Jesus Christ knew the only way He would stop Satan is by becoming one in nature with him.
"What did you say? What blasphemy is this?" No, you hear this! He did not take my sin, He became my sin. Sin is the nature of hell. Sin is what made
Satan. You remember, he wasn't Satan till sin was found in him. Lucifer was perfect till Ezekiel says, sin was found in thee. It was sin that made
Satan. Jesus said, "I'll be sin. I'll go to the lowest place. I'll go to the origin of it. I won't just take part of it. I'll be the totality of it.
When Jesus became sin, sir, he took it from A-Z and said no more. Think about this. He became flesh that flesh might become like Him. He became death
so dying man can live. He became sin so sinners can be righteous in Him. He became one with the nature of Satan so all those who had the nature of
Satan can partake of the nature of God."
This subject is equally important with that of the nature of God. The New Agers are willing to accept that Jesus was one of the great masters. Almost
all religions have Jesus sandwiched in between the other godlike illuminares. The pure Christian faith teaches that Jesus Christ is the eternal Word
of God, divine in all His Person and could not have taken any nature that would defile His person. Even the Body of the Son of Man was sanctified
before He was sent into the World. "Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am
the Son of God? " (St. John 10:36).
Jesus Christ did not become a sinner, but He did take our guilt as a vicarious sacrifice. Without question, He "became sin" by the act of
substitution, not personal guilt. Paul said, "For He (God the Father) hath made Him (God the Son) to be sin for us (in our stead), who knew no sin. .
. " (II Corinthians 5:21). He did not "become sin from A to Z" as Hinn says. He did die as our substitute just as though He had been the guilty one,
but he did not take the nature of Satan in the process. To be a substitute for someone is vastly different than taking their nature. Remember, He
wasn't a substitute for Satan, anyway. He was a substitute for you and I because of Satan's rebellious act and deception and our bondage to sin.
The death of Christ was prefigured in the great sacrifices of the Old Testament temple. These great acts were given as a pattern for the coming
Messiah and to cleanse the people once each year from their accumulated sins. Jesus Christ fulfilled all of that at His death. "It was therefore
necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than
these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the
presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the
sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many;
and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." (Hebrews 9:22-28). The whole teachings of Benny Hinn on
this subject are deeply flawed and present a perfect foundation for a paranormal religious movement.
Rev. Hinn's idea of the "little god theology" is quite revealing. Instead of you and I being elevated, The Lord Jesus Christ is actually being
demoted.
"When you say I am saved, what are you saying? You are saying, I am a Christian. What does that word mean? It means, I'm anointed. You know what the
word anointed means? It means Christ. When you say I'm a Christian, you are saying I am Mashiyach in Hebrew, I am a little messiah walking on earth,
in other words. That's a shocking revelation! We are not, we are not, having, we don't have a part of Him running around in our stomach feeling goose
bumps. His spirit and our spirit man are one, united. There is no separation, it's impossible. The new creation is created after God in righteousness
and true holiness. The new man is after God, like God, God-like, complete in Christ Jesus, the new creation is just like God. May I say it like this,
you are a little god on earth running around." (Benny Hinn)
Very few teachings have caused a greater flurry of emotion, pro and con, than this teaching of men becoming little gods. Hinn appears to give it a
twist that the main proponents have not done. Hagin and Copeland (along with many others) have created a new world view among their followers with
this whole idea. It has bred an arrogance and egotistical mindset with those adhering to this false teaching. Instead of humility and a contrite
spirit (loved and blessed by the Lord), it has given us a whole class of professing believers who cannot be told anything. I have had people say to
me, "I don't care what Paul the Apostle said or did." The very nature of this teaching is pride, haughtiness and every spirit of the Adamic nature.
Hinn teaches that we are "god-like in Spirit, not in our flesh" which appears to be even worse than the former idea. Here is another description of
this idea by Hinn.
"They think we're saying we in flesh are God, we're not God in flesh. We are god-like in Spirit. We're complete in Christ in Spirit. Our Spirit man is
god-like. It was birthed by God. It's a Spirit being. That's what I'm talking about. [background voice says, 'So, those that would put that teaching
down, want us to have a beginning and an end.'] Yes! [background voice says, 'That's Satan isn't it?'] Those that put us down are a bunch of morons.
Glory to God! Glory to God!"
His division of the human personality is dangerous. Man is a unified person and cannot experience something in the spirit without affecting his flesh
or soul. If we are "born again", our entire personality is changed. We do not sin in the flesh without defiling our soul and spirit. Neither can we be
god-like in spirit without being god-like in the flesh. The truth is we are saved by the action of the Holy Spirit upon our human spirit that puts God
in charge of our whole life. Paul prayed that we be sanctified body, soul, and spirit and preserved blameless. "And the very God of peace sanctify you
wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (I Thessalonians 5:23).
Any doctrine that elevates man to become a prideful and arrogant creature does not come from the Word of God. God is calling us to humility and a
broken spirit, not a spirit of pride. "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise." (Psalm
51:17).
Paul was careful to say, "For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the
flesh." (Philippians 3:3).
The Believer And A Spirit Man
Rev. Hinn puts great emphasis on this idea of a spirit-man in the Believer. Here, he indicates that this occurs when we are born-again. If we receive
a new Spirit man, then we are not really "born again" at all. It is rather a paranormal transformation. Benny Hinn says,
"When you were born again God gave you this brand new being, this brand new being was created before the foundation of the World. Ephesians one
declares that God literally chose us before the foundation of the world and there it talks about our spirit-man... Your spirit, ladies and gentlemen,
is God-like; he's God-like in every way...The second this spirit-man comes into our being -- pops into our bodies -- we're born again. He's spirit;
what born of spirit is spirit. Say after me, within me is a God-man. Say it again, within me is a God-man. Now let's say even better than that, let's
say, I am a God-man. When you say I am a God-man you're not talking about your flesh or your soul; you're talking about your spirit-man." "Now,
remember, everything Jesus did, He did so we can receive the opposite! What He gave up, He was saying, 'You are to receive what I gave up!' Now it's
like this: I have His name on earth! Isn't that right? What is it to have the name of Jesus? It means to have His office!... Paul the apostle said
that Jesus is standing before the throne as the Son of Man. He called Him the "Man-Christ!" Now, you ready for some real revelation knowledge? Okay,
now watch this. He laid aside His divine form, Now these are the seven steps from the glory to the cross. He laid aside His divine form! Why? so one
day I would be clothed on with the divine form!"
This teaching appears to be so new as to leave one wondering where it came from. Read carefully, he is saying that when we are "born again", a
spirit-man separate from ourselves, that God created before the foundation of the world, "pops into our body." Instead of the Holy Spirit renewing our
human spirit and uniting us into the body of Christ, we are said by him to receive this extra-terrestrial spirit-man that takes over our inner spirit.
The use of the word extra-terrestrial is mine, but I think that's exactly what we are dealing with. The possibility of demon-activity is very real
when you begin to suggest an extra spirit activity apart from the Holy Ghost.
Apostle Peter spoke by the Holy Ghost and clearly stated, "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which
liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof
falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." (I Peter 1:23-25).
Jesus, Himself, said, "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit (Holy Spirit) he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God." (St. John 3:5b). The
activity in the soul of a repenting sinner is the work of the Holy Spirit. To suggest anything else is contrary to the Word. Actually, Hinn appears to
be using this "spirit-man" idea to lay a foundation for the "little gods" teaching. If God has created an extra spirit-man that the believer receives,
then we are changed into this new being, higher than just being redeemed from sin.
He suggests that in other remarks by saying,
"When Jesus came, He did not give us back Adam's office. He gave us His office. This is why angels to this day cannot rebuke Satan. Jude says, even
Michael will not bring an accusation against the devil. Why? Because angels are lower today than Satan who holds the office of Adam. But we, as joint
heirs with Christ in heavenly places, are higher than Adam [background voice says, "and angels"] and angels." "So, today, angels cannot rebuke Satan,
but we can, because we are on the same level as the Son on earth." "We're not God, we're the children of God. We're god-like in our Spirit man, not in
our flesh. Thank God, our flesh will die and we are gonna have a new body. The Bible says, when we shall see Him our bodies shall be like Him, but our
spirit man is already like Him."
It would appear that every Christian would recognize this kind of teaching as aberrant to our faith. Hinn's effort to quote as proof text a Scripture
in Ephesians One, fails miserably. Notice this Scripture. "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be
holy and without blame before him in love." (Ephesians 1:4).
There is no basis at all in this Scripture for such a teaching. Such ideas are usually defended as being "words of knowledge" or a "word of prophecy."
Paul's words to Timothy are clearly applicable. "For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led
away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these
also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith." (II Timothy 3:6-8).
Benny Hinn And The Word Of Knowledge
The doctrine of the Word of Knowledge is a big idea in the New Wave movement. Here is Rev. Hinn's idea on the subject:
"Man, I remember when God would give me words of knowledge back when I began in this ministry. I missed nine out of ten. Nobody knew it except me.
'Well, Benny Hinn, I thought when the Holy Ghost' -- saints, the Holy Ghost is using an imperfect vessel. Are you listening? We're not infallible. Or
when you give a prophecy sometimes you can be way off; you have to be open enough to say I blew it. "Hooo! He blew it; he's a false prophet!" No, he
just blew it. Just because you blow it -- men of God blow it all the time. Paul blew it; Moses blew it; even Elijah blew it; even Elisha blew it! They
all blew it. Maybe not with prophecies, but they blew it in all kinds of things. Like Elijah goes and says, 'Lemme die! I wanna die! I wanna die!'
That's a bad blow! Peter decides to withdraw himself from the Gentiles; he blew it bad! We all blow it, and if you don't you're not human. Don't
forget, the man who does not use the eraser is no good! The man with clean eraser -- untouched -- don't touch him. The man who does not know how to
say, 'I blew it,' [you] can't trust him. Did you hear that? So -- but you see, when the gift begins -- is this helping you? -- when the gift begins it
begins rough, but then as you keep going with it you just get better and better and cleaner and purer with it. So today with the word of knowledge --
I'm just being open with -- I rarely miss anymore. Why? Because I recognize how to operate in it. [Hinn snaps his fingers.]"
Nothing in Hinn's teaching is more dangerous than his supposed use of the "gifts of the Holy Ghost" without the absolute commitment to dependability.
He says he missed it nine out of ten times while he was learning how to use these gifts. Now, he says, "I rarely miss anymore." The Holy Ghost does
not play games and He never misses being perfectly right. Hinn is apparently suggesting that the gifts are learned rather then given by the Holy
Ghost. This is never taught or even suggested in the Scripture.
Let's imagine that he prophesied to one hundred people to begin with and now ninety of them are living under a false prophecy, which they accepted as
true. Are they not as important as this man who says, "Don't judge me, I'm just learning?" Now, he says, "I rarely miss it;" but how about the people
whose lives are wrecked when he does. Are these just disposable people Hinn takes no regard for as he rises to greatness?
Mr. Hinn pronounces a quick judgement on those who question him. Here are his words,
"All of us make mistakes; all of us are bound to error. But woe to the man, and woe to the [TV] station, and woe to the group that will expose the
nakedness of the man of God to the world. You know, I'll tell you something. I'm not supposed to, but the Holy Ghost is upon me, and I think I need
to. The day is coming when those that attack us will drop dead. You say, "What did you say?" I speak this under the anointing of the Spirit. Can I
tell you something? Don't touch God's servants -- it's deadly. You'd think we should do whatever we want with someone who's failed God? 'Touch not my
anointing.' (-- Benny Hinn)
Again, he is elevating himself above the Word of God. Paul said, "Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the others judge." (I Corinthians
14:29). Every prophecy given by anyone is subject to judgement by the proper leaders in the Body. This protects all of us from the immature and evil
imaginations of undisciplined individuals in the church.
We could discuss the wild antics that Mr. Hinn calls the work of the Holy Spirit. One single thing should suffice. Any activity in the church body
should be judged by the precedent of New Testament Scripture. When men blow on others to give them the Holy Spirit, we should ask, "Is this a Biblical
method for receiving the Holy Ghost Baptism?" Every activity of the church should point to Jesus Christ and should be clearly patterned after the Holy
Bible.
The coming of Jesus Christ and the appearing of the Antichrist are both at hand. The very elect are at risk as we witness the confusion in religious
circles. Very few men are willing to publicly speak to the evidence of the New Wave movement. There are many trendsetters that appear to be teaching a
new way that they call a "paradigm shift."
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If there is one thing certain about Paul and Jan Crouch, it is that nothing is certain. Whether the guest of Trinity Broadcast Network is a religious
leader that is fairly fundamental in doctrine or a way out person that says almost nothing that makes sense, they both are welcomed and applauded as
great. For one hour of the "Praise The Lord" show you may hear someone trusted by much of the church world and then the next hour hear the babble of
Kim Clement. Theology or truth is just not important. It is religious entertainment.
In fact, Paul Crouch calls theology "doo-doo". On a Praise The Lord telecast he shouted, "Let Him (God) sort out all this doctrinal doo-doo, I don't
care about it." He apparently hates no one worse than those he calls "heresy hunters". On another occasion he spoke to his worldwide audience by
stating, "Heretic hunters, those guys who spend their lives straightening us all out doctrinally, they are going to go straight to hell." (You could
hear Jan laughing approvingly on the set.) Here are a man and woman that controls the message about the Word of God and the airing of the messages of
the most noted televangelists to the greatest single audience in the world and they hate correction and biblical reproof. It is a formula for
spiritual disaster and that is what is already occurring.
Here are three additional statements that show Paul's disdain for anyone that dares to question the messages of his guests on Trinity Broadcast
Network.
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Network's Praise The Lord Show:
"I refuse to argue any longer with any of you out there. Don't even call me if you want to argue doctrine, if you want to straighten somebody out over
here, if you want to criticize Kenneth Copeland for his preaching on faith of Dad Hagin, get out of my life. I don't ever want to talk to you or hear,
I don't want to see your ugly face."
"I think they are ****ed and on their way to hell and I don't think there is any redemption for them. I say, 'to hell with you'."
"I say, 'Get out of God's way, quit blocking God's bridges (Apparently, he defines God's bridges as the One World Church and ecumenism.); or God is
going to shoot you if I don't.'"
What Does Paul And Jan Really Believe?
Either they do not know what they believe or they do not care. Their guests represent some of the wildest possible heresy that can be exposed. Two of
their newest stars/idols are Phil Munsey and Kim Clement. The mainstays of the last five to twenty years are well-known televangelists that
continually teach questionable doctrines that have already destroyed a multitude of believers. I want to simply give you quotes from TBN telecasts and
their guests and then show those quotes in the light of clear biblical truth. The picture that will emerge will represent some of the absolute darkest
heresy available in the church world. The problem is that these people, whose actual words you will read, are not called cultic. They operate in the
supposedly sane world of true Christianity. You must let God's Word help you decide. Your spiritual life is absolutely at stake.
The "Force Of Faith" Vs. The "Faith Of Our Fathers"
Nothing we discuss in this article is more important than this definition of faith. God is either the Sovereign and Eternal God that has revealed
Himself in His book of faith (The Holy Bible) or He is a pagan god that operates much like Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, Paul Crouch,
etc. Listen carefully to this explanation of faith.
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Network's Praise The Lord Show:
Kenneth Copeland: "The force of faith is in the spiritual realm a great deal like certain forces in the natural realm. It is a spiritual force, like
gravity is a natural force, and electricity is a natural force of power."
Paul Crouch: "A measurable natural force."
Kenneth Copeland: "It's a measurable force, it's conductible, it's perceptible to the touch . . . Faith is a spiritual force, it's perceptible, . . .
it is a tangible force, it's an invisible force, so is gravity, but it is there."
Paul Crouch: "So is electricity . . . Does God use faith?"
Kenneth Copeland: "Surely."
Paul Crouch: ". . . See, here is the sore spot. There are those who say . . ."
Jan Crouch: "Not with him." (speaking of Copeland)
Paul Crouch: "Not with you." (lots of laughter follows)
Jan Crouch: "Not with God."
Kenneth Copeland: ". . . the fact. No, I'm not sore at God at all and I don't think He's sore at me . . . I haven't done anything to Him."
Paul Crouch: ". . . The critics say God is God, He doesn't have to have faith; He doesn't exercise faith. He doesn't use faith. He's God. He's the
object of faith."
Kenneth Copeland: " . . . Wait a minute, what does that mean? Object of faith. I don't know what that means."
Jan Crouch: "I don't either."
What Does The Bible Say About Faith?
The definition of biblical faith has no kinship to this "Force of Faith" espoused by Copeland, and apparently Paul and Jan Crouch. In the above
statement by Kenneth Copeland, God is said to use faith just like Copeland uses faith. Faith ceases to be the lofty and eternal truth forever settled
in the Heavens and established by an eternal God that is Himself the object of our faith. It becomes a formula or a New Age force that is a pagan
idea, clearly kin to the many teachings of the occult.
The new religion of the Antichrist is said to be a religion of "forces". Daniel prophesied this clear warning, "But in his estate shall he honor the
God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things." (Daniel
11:38)
To even suggest faith as a "force" is to deny God as an eternal being to whom we turn in truth and faith for all our sufficiency. It actually reduces
God to the level of man. Real faith is clearly seen in Apostle Paul's beautiful description to the Hebrews. Listen to his biblical statement of faith,
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the
word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (Hebrews 11:1,3,6). In true faith God becomes the
"Absolute, the Eternal Sovereign God" in whom we rest all our hopes.
The Biggest Failure In The Bible
When you join together the idea of faith as a "force" with a God that became the biggest failure in the universe, you are laying the foundation for a
"pagan cult" or a "paranormal religion". Here is another example of a TBN telecast where biblical doctrines are cast to the wind.
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Network's Praise The Lord Show:
Kenneth Copeland: "I was shocked when I found out who the biggest failure in the Bible actually is."
Paul Crouch: "Okay."
Kenneth Copeland: "You know everybody you ask, you say, 'Who's the biggest failure?' They say, 'Judas.' Somebody else will say, 'No, I believe it was
Adam.' Well, how about the devil?"
Paul Crouch: (Sound of amazement.)
Kenneth Copeland: "He's the most consistent failure . . . but he's not the biggest in terms of material failure and so forth. The biggest in the whole
Bible is God. . . . Wait, wait. Don't you turn that set off. You listen to us. I told you. . . . Now, you sit still a minute. You know me well enough
to know I wouldn't tell something I can't prove by the Bible.
"He lost His top ranking of most anointed angel, the first man He ever created, the first woman He ever created, the whole earth and all the fullness
therein, a third of the angels at least. That's a big loss, man! I mean you figure up all of that, that's a lot of real estate, gone down the drain.
"Now, the reason you don't think of God as a failure, He never said He's a failure. (Paul Crouch and others laughing on the set.) And you are not a
failure until you say you are one."
Does The Bible Suggest That God Was A Failure?
Our Sovereign God created us in His image that we might bring honor and glory to Him and have eternal fellowship together. He desires our love and He
wanted that love to be our choice. He wanted our obedience, but He wanted that obedience to be our choice. To suggest that God was a failure because
Adam and Even made a sinful choice is ridiculous. It completely alters the entire biblical account of man's fall, Satan's fall, and the results that
occurred. Our world would certainly be a different place if man had not sinned, but not for one moment was God ever a failure. The only failure was
found in those that sinned. He never ceased to be the God of His universe or of the spiritual world where His will is forever being done.
The biblical account of the years that have transpired since the fall are filled with His story and the revelations that have never ceased to unfold.
David made it clear who rules this Universe and it has never been the devil. His words speak volumes. "The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness
thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the
hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor
sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that
seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall
come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah." (Psalm 24:1-10)
You have the choice of believing Copeland and the Crouches or God and His true prophets. Reducing God is a constant theme of these diluted pundits
(self-proclaimed authorities), but His majesty is undefeatable. The foolishness of this crowd gets worse.
The Deity Of The Son Of God In Question
Always error is on a downward spiral. Truth ascends and gets richer and sweeter, but error descends and becomes more and more absurd. That is clearly
the direction of Paul and Jan Crouch. We will see other evidence of that in some of the new stars of TBN, but already the deity of Jesus Christ is
under attack. Read carefully the following conversation:
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Network's Praise The Lord Show:
Kenneth Copeland: "We are still questioning what was said about that prophecy. That prophecy never mentioned the Son of God. Never said anything about
the Son of God."
Paul Crouch: "What did it say?"
Kenneth Copeland: "It said I did not claim to be God."
Jan Crouch: (Unintelligible sounds.)
Kenneth Copeland: "That's all it said."
Paul Crouch: "In other words, in so many words, you're right, no where in the New Testament did he literally get up . . ."
Kenneth Copeland: ". . . preach and claim that He was God . . ."
Paul Crouch: ". . . and say, 'I am God.' Did He? I stand corrected."
Here is the apparent prophecy that was being discussed by Copeland and Crouch. It is an example of the new revelations as being claimed throughout the
"New Wave" so-called revival. Christ supposedly told Copeland the following:
"Don't be disturbed when people put you down and speak harshly and roughly of you. They spoke that way of Me, should they not speak that way of you?
The more you get to be like Me, the more they're going to think that way of you. They crucified Me for claiming that I was God. But I didn't claim I
was God; I just claimed I walked with Him and He was in Me. Hallelujah." (Kenneth Copeland, "Take Time To Pray," Believer's Voice Of Victory 15, 2
(February 1987): 9.)
Here is an additonal quote by Copeland, which confirms his belief that Jesus was not God as He appeared on earth.
"What [why] does God have to pay the price for this thing? He has to have a man that is like that first one. It's got to be a man. He's got to be all
man. He cannot be a God and come storming in here with attributes and dignities that are not common to man. He can't do that. It's not legal."
(Kenneth Copeland, "Question & Answer," Believer's Voice Of Victory 16, 8 (August 1988):8, emphasis in original.)
Let's read the words of another guest that was also bold enough to deny the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Network's Praise The Lord Show:
Joseph Good: "Yeshua (Jesus), we do not see as being God when He walked here on earth. We see Him as a man."
Guest: "A man anointed by God."
Joseph Good: "A man anointed by God, sent by God to perform a function. Now, in his resurrection . . ."
Guest: "He's not God."
Joseph Good: "We do not see Him as God. We see Him as a man anointed by God. And that has been restored. There is nothing in the statements of Yeshua,
in the statements of the disciples that would cause one to believe that they were proclaiming that He was deity."
Was Jesus Christ The Eternal Son Of God?
The Copeland, Hagin, Hinn, and Crouch, etc. theology plainly teaches that Jesus was only human in His earthly visit. Paul Crouch makes a statement
that Jesus was reincarnated as the Divine Son when He was "born again" in hell. Let's listen to Kenneth Copeland say that God was not the Father of
Jesus Christ, that He was an "emaciated (poured out) little wormy spirit . . . down in the bottom of that thing (the pit of hell)." Then, we hear
Benny Hinn say how Jesus was born again with Paul Crouch adding, "that is when His divinity returned."
Transcribed From A Message Given By Kenneth Copeland:
"How did Jesus then on the cross say, 'My God.' Because God was not His Father any more. He took upon Himself the nature of Satan. And I'm telling you
Jesus is in the middle of that pit. He's suffering all that there is to suffer, there is no suffering left . . . apart from Him. His emaciated, little
wormy spirit is down in the bottom of that thing and the devil thinks He's got Him destroyed. But, all of a sudden God started talking."
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Network's Praise The Lord Show:
Benny Hinn: "Jesus Christ destroyed the power of Satan on earth, but destroyed Satan in the under world, the Holy Ghost wasn't there. Think about
that."
Paul Crouch: "That's when His divinity returned."
Does The Bible Deny That Jesus Was The Eternal, Divine Son Of God?
The answer is simple. To deny His divinity, to suggest that God wasn't His Eternal Father, or to even consider that the Son of God had to be
reincarnated as divine is total heresy. It flies in the face of the established truth of the eternal deity of Jesus Christ. The great Apostle John
settled this in his gospel and other revelations.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the
darkness comprehended it not." (John 1:1-5).
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth." (John 1:14).
"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of
the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father,
and was manifested unto us That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you,
that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ." (1 John 1:1-3).
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1:8).
The Lord Jesus was eternal God and never ceased to be divine. Yes, He took on the "form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men", but that
does not even remotely suggest that He ceased to be God. God forbid that we suggest it did. Listen to this passage of truth, "Who, being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." (Philippians
2:6-8).
The divine nature, by its very essence, cannot be discarded and then reincarnated. This fallacy alone shows the total biblical collapse of the entire
"Faith Movement."
The Diety Of Man And The Teaching That We Are "Little Gods"
Let's go straight to several statements by Paul Crouch, Benny Hinn, and Kenneth Copeland on this crucial subject. After seeing the denial of Jesus
Christ's eternal divinity, it is amazing to hear their elevation of man unto a "god" status.
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Network's Praise The Lord Show:
Paul Crouch: "He doesn't ever draw a distinction between himself." (Jan Crouch agrees in the background.)
Kenneth Copeland: "Never, never. You never can do that in a covenant relationship."
Paul Crouch: "You know what else that settles then tonight. This hue and cry and controversy that has been spawned by the devil to try and bring
dissent within the body of Christ that we are gods. I am a little god."
Kenneth Copeland: "Yes, yes!"
Paul Crouch: "I have His name. I'm one with Him. I'm in a covenant relationship. I am a little god."
Kenneth Copeland: "Critic, you are anything that He is."
Paul Crouch (heard under the words of Kenneth Copeland): "Critic, be gone."
Paul Crouch: "Yes!"
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Network's Praise The Lord Show:
Benny Hinn: "Adam was a superbeing when God created Him. I don't know whether people even know this, but he was the first superman that ever lived.
(Jan Crouch is heard laughing on the set.) First of all, the Scriptures declare clearly that he had dominion over the fowls of the air, the fish of
the sea, which means he used to fly."
Jan Crouch: "Wow!"
Benny Hinn: "Of course, how can you have dominion over the birds and not be able to do what they do?"
Jan Crouch: "Whoa, I mean, wait a minute. Benny, wait a minute."
Benny Hinn: "I'll prove it to you. The word dominion in the Hebrew clearly declares that, if you have dominion over a subject, you can do everything
that subject does. In other words, that subject, if it does something that you cannot do, you don't have dominion over it. I'll prove it further. Adam
not only flew, he flew to space. He used to be . . . He, He, He, He, He, He . . . with one thought He'd be on the moon."
Transcribed From A Message Given By Kenneth Copeland:
"God's reason for creating Adam was His desire to reproduce Himself and in the Garden of Eden, He did that. He was not a little like God, He was not
almost like God, he was subordinate to God, even. And Adam was as much like God as you can get . . . And I want you to know something. Adam in the
Garden of Eden was God manifested in the flesh."
Does The Scripture Teach The "Little God" Concept?
The answer is obviously, "No!" There are many great truths of Scripture that show our humanity and the hope of a future glorification.
- Presently, We Are Tempted - "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh
patience." (James 1:2-3).
- Our Outward Man Perisheth - "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day." (II
Corinthians 4:16).
- Our Hope Is At The Completion Of Our Earthly Journey - "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that
is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 1:13).
It is certainly clear that this entire concept is a cheap path to riches and earthly glory. To look for some spiritual benefit in this false doctrine
is a waste of time. The purpose of the teaching is to create a whole class of "swinging saints living the good life", something akin to the "Beverly
Hillbillies". You would think this crowd has been watching too much television. When you look at the real Jesus of Scripture, the prophets and
apostles in their suffering and sacrifice and then return to see Paul and Jan and their fellow travelers in their glory, it all becomes a fantasy
world of deception.
God Is Both Male And Female?
The pagan roots of this whole deception is manifest as they create a God that becomes more like Zeus or the pantheon of ancient gods. I have been
aware for some time that this entire theological confusion was headed back to its pagan roots. These men and women are clever, but they will
eventually become so deluded that the error will show through. Listen as Kenneth Copeland clearly states that God is both male and female. Next,
listen to Benny Hinn state that women were first created to bear children out of their side. Then, he somehow compares this to Jesus and the spear
print in His side.
Transcribed From A Message Given By Kenneth Copeland:
"Then, he created Eve out of Adam. Now, actually God didn't name her Eve, Adam named her Eve later. That wasn't her name, her name was Adam . . .
Adam. When God said Adam, they both came. Their authority was one and the same together. They did everything together. They had always been together.
Even when she was still part of him, he was as much female as he was male, LIKE GOD IS. And God separated the female part of him and then put them
back together. And she was Adam, they were Adam. He was the man, she was the woman. She was the man with the womb."
Transcribed From A Message Given By Benny Hinn:
"Holy Spirit said something to me and I had to go like a mad man and looking in the Word. He says, 'God's original plan is that the woman was to bring
forth children out of her side.' What? You know that there is nowhere in the Bible but where God gives birth out of His side. Jesus gives birth to the
church out of His side. Adam gives birth to his wife out of his side. It was sin that turned the thing around. And it was sin that transformed her
flesh and her body."
Such an idea is certainly blasphemous. It is exactly the same foolishness that elevates Mary, the mother of Jesus, to the state of "The Mother of
God." Many writers are beginning to suggest as Copeland that God has a dual nature of male and female. The entire new headquarters of Trinity
Broadcasting Network is feminine in design. There are female angels guarding the entrance to the television studio. The ceilings are filled with
frollicking, mostly nude children. Two pictures of the mother/child deception and one of a feminine face, with two nude young bodies hovering above,
line the short hallway leading past the female angels to the studio. The appearance is mythological and pagan.
The Bible is absolutely clear that God is our Heavenly Father. His nature is divine and eternal and sexual distinctions are non-existent. He created
man in His image and then created woman in the image of man. There are no female angels because the angelic host were created in the image of God
before women were created. Women are a unique creation out of man to supply him a helpmeet and has absolutely nothing to do with the nature and
appearance of God. This false concept of God being both male and female is clear decension into paganism.
God As Mother Nature
As we move to the concept of a dual nature, both male and female, manifest in the Heavenly Father, the results can only lead to more disgusting ideas.
The new additional studio of Trinity Broadcasting Network in Hendersonville, TN, is the scene of the following quotes. Jan Crouch appears to be the
host of these events, with preachers like Phil Munsey and Kim Clement. On one occasion Phil is preaching and appears to be speaking more from
"fertility rites of ancient paganism" than the Bible itself. He states:
Transcribed From Trinity Broadcasting Network, Hendersonville, Tennessee:
Phil Munsey: "There is going to be a paradigm shift in philosophies of men. Mother Earth is groaning in travail, labouring pain, ready to give birth
to something big and something mighty and wonderful . . . God is moving, connect with Him."
As he preaches, he mentions the Buddhists and directs his remarks to them. "Buddhists, I love you much, I'm honored that you are willing to get out of
yourself and take a risk and go for something that people used to laugh at. I'm honored that you have enough passion for God to try to connect with
something."
Phil Munsey: "In the Throne Zone, time past, present, and future cease to exist. We move into a frame without the limitation of humanity in the
natural."
In the course of these several nights of so-called revival, he apparently tried to show that people in the heathen world have learned how to connect
with the principles of God without being Christians. I presume this is why he spoke so kindly of the Buddhist. Listen:
Phil Munsey: "People learn how to work the principles of God, they learn how to operate in the charisma of God without the character of God and that
makes good people mad."
Phil Munsey: "Get your ears to hear what the Spirit says now, Get your ears to hear what the Spirit says now. (Supposedly, the Spirit is speaking
through him.) I tell you that the kingdom of God is so due and overdue. I tell you that Mother Nature and I don't mind using that word . . . It is now
time for the New Jerusalem to come down out of heaven and kiss the earth until all that God is shall be made known and His glory fills the earth . . .
I tell you what God is going to, has to do. He's either going to shut some mouths up that are aborting the purpose of God and bring some marriages . .
. If you are a virgin and you are telling people you are pregnant, you could get stoned."
Phil Munsey: "God is looking for a womb to bring forth His Rhenna upon the earth. The Bible says in Isaiah, chapter 34:16, and I love the Amplified
Version, that everything in nature has a mate of which they bring forth from their seed . . . Every Word of God has a mate . . ."
Can Truth Of Scripture Be Blended With Pagan Doctrines?
The answer is obviously a resounding, "No!" When God the Father becomes "mother god" as much as "father god", anything becomes possible in the pulpit.
The term Mother Earth, as used by Munsey on these TBN Broadcasts suggests that the paradigm shift has reached an intense level of change. These
doctrines will be preached very carefully for a while and then the speakers will grow blatant and arrogant.
Notice that Munsey says that the Spirit was saying, "the kingdom of God is so due and overdue." Is God ever late? Does He have to apologize for the
failure of His plan? Copeland has already answered that on an earlier Praise The Lord telecast. "God," says Copeland, "was the biggest failure ever in
history." Paganism has arrived at the pulpits of many churches.
Stand On The Word Of God
My dear friends, get back to the truth of God's Eternal Word with all of your heart. Truth will set you free. Do not allow these "New Wave" preachers
to force you to deny the beautiful ministry of the Holy Ghost in your life. The Holy Spirit was sent by the Father as the Spirit of Truth. His living
presence in the church will cause the Word of God to come alive. My heart is set on a reformation in the Body of Christ. The church world has a
multitude of sincere believers who love the eternal Son of God and many of them have been influenced by these pagan ideas. Pray earnestly for the
"Word of God to prevail." Let's be sure that each one of us gets back into total truth and believes for a revival of New Testament Christianity.
Pray earnestly for the Crouches and others that truth will prevail in their lives. Millions are being led into deeper and deeper error and everyone of
us has an obligation to help them learn the truth. Share this information with everybody in your sphere of influence
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