Posted on 05/23/2024 1:28:02 PM PDT by Morgana
On May 19, 2024, prosperity-gospel heretic Joel Osteen preached his 1000th sermon before a packed crowd at Lakewood church, giving a message of health and wealth in a sermon titled A Thousand Times More.
Osteen was ordained through his father’s church in 1983 and preached his first sermon on January 17, 1999. He was a stand-in for his father, John Osteen, who was in a hospital bed at the time and passed later that day. Bristling with nervous energy and wearing a suit and jacket too large for him, a mulleted Osteen fumbled his way through 1 Corinthians while encouraging his listeners to “Run your race with purpose in every step” in order to accumulate all the blessings.
For his thousandth sermon, 25 years later, Osteen was much more confident and rehearsed, effortlessly preaching his usual shtick of therapeutic moralistic deism in the form of a “thousand times blessing” telling congregants that “God’s dream for your life is much bigger than your own and he wants you to have prosperity beyond compare”
Joel Osteen. I pray for him that he ends up in a less-hot section of Hell.
Surprised he didn’t have his name legally changed to O$teen.
Old couple setting on the front porch in their rockers on a Sunday listening to a preacher on the radio sitting between them.
The preacher says put one hand on the radio and one hand on what you want healed.
Old man puts his hand on the radio and one hand in his lap
his wife told him the preacher said heal not raise the dead.
Oh come on Megan that is so mean!
I Pray he finds the real Jesus before he dies. I pray he gets a clue and stops leading people to hell. I pray he tells others he was wrong and tells them what is correct.
That’s what I hope too.
Well it worked for him didn’t it?$
Taking full advantage of LBJ’s tax free for no criticism of government deal.
The biblical prophets are known centuries later for criticizing government.
You’re right, of course.
My apologies. Been spending too much time around the pro-Putin jerkwads and it’s affecting me.
Megan
Joel preaches, ‘make me rich’ first, then maybe the blessings of God will be yours.
Pfft!
It’s okay I get it. We get so angry. Just be careful in your thoughts and words. We will want God’s mercy one day so we should show it to others as well.
We just want people like Osteen to do what is right and we are shocked he does this more so that he is a preacher’s kid. People go astray and all we can do is pray for them and tell them what is correct. If they don’t listen they don’t listen. Just keep praying.
You all realize that his wealth comes from numerous NY Times best sellers, right? He’s not stealing from his flock.
Preachers bear a huge amount of responsibility for what they do. And God will hold them responsible.
Of course, Osteen can always repent, but even then he will hate himself mightily for what he has done.
All that aside, I thought your comment was light-hearted and fun.
Here are some verses on this subject:
James 3:1:Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.Jeremiah 23:1:Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the Lord.2 Peter 2:1-3:But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping."
As we all know, God is rather touchy about idol worship.;-)
That said, it's not about stealing from his flock (even his book-buying audience). It's about heresy (teaching people to love wealth/prosperity).
Ehh, Osteen's flock always struck me as more like idle worshippers...
Stolen from somewhere on the internet: “Joel Osteen looks like Martin Short and Tim Allen had a baby together, and now I can’t unsee that”
” A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.”
I figure let the guy make his own way in life, he will have an eternity to ponder any bad choices....
That is true. He takes zero money from the church. Of course, I don’t know about his wife. I do know he shouldn’t be calling himself a preacher.
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