False? Not at all.
I wish I had time to write a detailed response because it’s too important a topic to ignore. For now all I will say is that Osteen’s gospel isn’t the gospel. He tempts people to pursue all the things of the world lost people already want in their flesh. What he and his ilk do is an abomination, utter wickedness.
1 John 2:15-16
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
By Providence, today’s “Renewing Your Mind” broadcast is
“Becoming a Better You”
The alternative gospel of Joel Osteen and prosperity preachers forgoes the cross and advises us to merely “do our best.” At its heart, this is pure legalism of the worst variety. John MacArthur examines the alternative gospel of these preachers and explains why legalism-lite is still legalism.
From the series: Christless Christianity: 2010 West Coast Conference
http://www.ligonier.org/rym/broadcasts/video/becoming-better-you1/
Here is a short clip of John MacArthur on Osteen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDuDN2FtrIo