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To: Quix
It's always fascinating to observe the TYPES OF FOLKS who seem to be convinced that I'm INTERESTED in credibility with them!


397 posted on 03/12/2012 8:21:18 PM PDT by boatbums (Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us. Titus 3:5)
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To: boatbums; metmom; smvoice

I copied this awhile ago and can’t rmember the author but it says well just a portion of Copelands twisted teachings and why it’s dangerous....

The error at the core of the teaching by Kenneth Copeland is that his doctrines... make God subservient to the will and desires of man rather than man being subservient to the will of God............ He teaches that the words that the believer speaks, accompanied by faith on the part of the believer, activate spiritual laws, .......binding God to honor the requests expressed in those words..... because the voice, speaking the right words, is power.......... ‘Words become a power in themselves’ instead of God being the power and source.

God becomes a provider or supplier of everything that the believer wishes or desires,... regardless of the will of God in relation to that believer,... because God cannot refuse the proper request through use of the right words.

Because Kenneth Copeland’s teaching is man-centered instead of God-centered, its focus is on the desires and fulfillments of the fleshly nature of man rather than the spiritual relationship to God........ Rather than the emphasis being on the fruits of the spirit ....it is on the desires and wishes of the physical life; healing, wealth, houses, cars, debt elimination, personal fulfillment, self-esteem, appearance, clothing, control, position, power, prestige, status, etc., etc.

When it is taught that a person can have these things, simply by making a demand of God, that He is bound and obligated to honor, then the attraction becomes irresistible......

..... But, just as a moth is attracted to a flame and consumed in the resulting encounter, people will find that embracing the teaching of Kenneth Copeland may strip them of the wealth they already have,.... and may cause them to loose their soul by refusing to believe the true gospel of the Jesus Christ of the Bible, in favor of the Jesus Christ of Kenneth Copeland and the false gospel that is found in his teaching.


399 posted on 03/12/2012 8:35:25 PM PDT by caww
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