“God did not give us His word to manipulate others with.”
That is one of truest statements I have heard. And God is the one who knows the contributions made by Pastors...There is a scripture that also talks about ‘How blessed you are when others curse you and oppose you’.....the same with ‘beware when others call you blessed.’
In the last days they will call evil good and good evil. You see religious dogmatics spend their lives condemning others......
People make mistakes when they are nervous and I believe Osteen did that in a couple of interviews.....but he is a believer in you must believe in JESUS to have salvation.
Let’s point out something it would be wise for the legalizers to remember...the thief on the cross, all he had to say was ‘remember me ....etc’ and Jesus said ‘Today you will be with me....etc ‘ People are just so willing to judge people as false prophets when they themselves may just be plain wrong in their understanding of the simplicity of Jesus as the son of God.
Jesus is not concerned with doctrine, denominations, and Pharisees or Sadducees.....’The Way’ is about saving them...”he who is without sin let him caste the first stone’. I find the gossip and backbiting a sad situation in the Body of Christ when love should cover all sins.
Osteen is not a Christian, his followers are in real risk of eternal damnation. They have nothing but itching ears. They are lovers of self.
Classifying those who disagree with Osteen as *legalizers* or *religious dogmatics*, is not worthy of a Christian.
Osteen *nervous* in his interviews? I don’t think so.
He spends way too much time on TV and in front of cameras to make those kinds of rookie mistakes, and if he does, then he needs to get himself WAY better grounded in the word.
Salvation is by trusting and receiving. Even the demons believe in God, and tremble.
Osteen does not preach the gospel. He may teach *accepting Jesus* but that does not equate to salvation especially if the reason you’re doing it is for material gain.
God didn’t provide salvation to us to feed the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, and that’s what virtually all the prosperity gospel preachers are appealing to.
Jesus preached and taught more about hell than heaven. To leave out the penalty of sin and the need for repentance and confession, will not save anyone.
The person who knows he needs God can be and will be saved. Those who don’t ever see their need for God’s provision of salvation for their desperate need, will never come to that point. Nor will those who treat God as a sugar daddy.