Friends, one of the worst threats to people today, or I should say, THE worst threat, in my opinion, to people's eternal souls today, are those savvy, silver tongued "televangelists" we are bombarded with these days. Never have I seen a modest, sound in doctrine, bible based teacher on TV, which is very sad as millions watch the literal wolves in sheep's clothing on a daily basis. We've all heard their names, or are at least familiar with those of whom I speak: Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, Paul Crouch, T.D. Jakes, etc. If you can, I suggest that you pick up a book called "Christianity in Crisis", by Hank Hanegraaff. Here, I am going to place just a few quotes that have been spewed by these men who don gold/diamond rings, drive luxury cars while there are homeless on the streets and dress in a way that is so far out there it would be laughable if it weren't so sad.
Kenneth Copeland:
"Satan conquered Jesus on the cross..." and he went on to describe Christ in hell as an "emaciated, poured out, little, wormy spirit." pg 33
"I was shocked when I found out who the biggest failure in the Bible actually is...The biggest one in the whole bible is God..." pg 125
"God's on the outside looking in. He doesn't have any legal entree into the earth. The thing doesn't belong to him!..."
Benny Hinn:
"God came from Heaven, became a man, made man into little gods, went back to heaven as a man......are you his children? You can't be human! You can't!" pg 131
"And let me add this: Had the Holy Spirit not been with Jesus, He would have sinned. That's right, it was the Holy Spirit that was the power that kept Him pure.
"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..."
Frederick K.C. Price:
"Do you think that the punishment for our sin was to die on a cross? If that were the case, the two thieves could have paid your price. No, the punishment was to go into hell itself and to serve time in hell separated from God...Satan and his demons of hell thought that they had him bound and they threw a net over Jesus and dragged him down to the very pit of hell itself..." Pg163
Friends, we must stop this blasphemy someway, somehow. Too many people are actually listening to and believing this stuff! How many souls have been lost for eternity forever already because of filth like this being fed to the masses? We must pray, we must fast, we must communicate - as true Believers we must take this seriously. We are family and it's up to us to take up the standard for our LORD in this world of apostasy. There is much more in the book and alot of it can be found at http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com. Please check it out and pray about it. God bless you all and may the LORD guide our path.