There is something spiritually and fundamentally wrong with people who say they are gods.....Copeland, Hinn, Cerullo and many other of these false teachers teach once you’re a Christian you are a God....which goes with the very thing satan said in the garden....and the very reason he was cast out of heaven....it’s beyond amazing that these teachers are telling people they are or will become like God...the following article was especially interesting on this:
And what is the affect of those who call themselves little gods? They believe they can call things into existence, they will be rich and successful like the big god they serve.
Isa. 41:21-24 ....“Present your case, says the LORD.... “Bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob..... “Let them bring forth and show us what will happen; let them show the former things, what they were, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come. .....Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; yes, do good or do evil,.... that we may be dismayed and see it together..... Indeed you are nothing, and your work is nothing; he who chooses you is an abomination.”
Here God challenges those who claim they are in control like God, and those who listen to them instead of the true God are disgusting to him..... For he began his challenge to them all so they can come to a true understanding of God......
V.20 “That they may see and know, and consider and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Ps. 86:8 “Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord”.
Ps. 95:3 “For the LORD is the great God, and the great King above all gods.”
The Scripture says there exists ONLY ONE GOD; therefore any other that is called god is false by its nature...... Genesis 1 says “In the beginning God.”..... If you were not there with him as him, then you are not God or a god.
As Paul clarifies in1 Cor. 8:5-6 .....“For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),... yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.”
The greatest evil is to call oneself God when they are not..... Since there is only one true God no one can ever be in the same class as a creature created by God.... This is a delusion of unprecedented proportions to call oneself a god,... it is the height of arrogance. ...It is the same sin in the beginning that caused Lucifer, the greatest creature God created to fall..... And it is this same deception that will be rampant in the end.
Here’s what the God of the Universe says in Jer.10:11:
“The God’s that have not made heaven and earth will perish.”..... This means any who claims to be God [god] are in the same category according to the one true God. This certainly means all Gods with a small g or a big G.....
Nowhere in Scripture is there a teaching of little gods verses big God, but instead false Gods verses the true God..... In reality, to claim to be a little god is to put one in the category of a false God..... All those who say this will find themselves sharing the same fate of false gods. ....If you are one of those who believes this, its time to reconsider..... You may well receive the same punishment as those other false gods who are not the one true creator.
http://www.letusreason.org/Wf36.htm
Needs to be heard and thanks for posting that. I'm sure it will come in handy some day.
I agree 100% and it really puzzles me to hear some lift up false teachers who preach such blasphemies with words of, "No preacher is without some errors in their preaching.", or, "No teacher is 100% biblically correct.", as if to say a person put in this position by God, or who THINKS they have, has no obligation to speak the truth in ALL things that come from God's word. Now, granted, some may have their own ideas or interpretations about minor doctrines that, after further study and maturity in the faith, they realize these ideas need to be changed and that's fine and acceptable. But when we're talking about the very Gospel of our salvation or the nature of God, the deity of Jesus Christ, the new birth of the Holy Spirit, then I do not see how false and deceptive teaching can be excused by that same reason.
If people preach a false and accursed Gospel, then EVERYTHING else they teach is suspect as well. If they can't get the basics right then they should not be trusted to get the minors right either. That's why I always look at a ministry's statement of faith. Like the one I cited from Copeland's website, right at the start, they got the Gospel wrong - and it was not a minor mistake - they blew it. How, then, can whatever else they say be believed? From their teachings on the Gospel, I knew that the further I read of Copeland's ministry the further he would prove his errors. It is like he hit this huge bump in the road - the Gospel - and he never got back on the path again.
Now, there are people who read what we say and call it a "damnable critical spirit" and how typical is that -- the same thing the Devil would have said, and HAS said, if anyone questioned what he told Eve that eventful day. For some reason, just as you said, some people are afraid of being judged for judging! But we are commanded to test all things, try the spirits to see if they are from God. What fools people become when they forsake that eminent advice! No one should fall prey to false teachers, but sadly they do and they share in the blame for not following Scripture. Those who are so busy condemning others who judge and test the things God says we should also share in that blame.