The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is an Islamic terrorist
organization. Anyone who tells you different is a gullible Leftist, a lying
Leftist or deceiving Muslim Apologist – cough… can you say, “CAIR”?
Paul Sutliff has put together an informative video exposing
the nefarious terrorist nature of the MB. You need to watch the Sutliff video (POSTED
BELOW!) to understand the reason that the State Department must add the MB
to its terrorist list.
To require the Secretary of State
to submit a report to Congress on the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as
a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
IN
THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January
9, 2017
Mr. Cruz (for himself,
Mr. Hatch, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Roberts) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A
BILL
To require the Secretary of State
to submit a report to Congress on the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as
a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.SHORT
TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the
“Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the Muslim Brotherhood meets
the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization under section
219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); and
(2) the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury,
should exercise the Secretary of State’s statutory authority by designating the
Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization.
SEC. 3. REPORT ON
DESIGNATION OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
(a) Definitions.—In this
section:
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.—The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate;
(D) the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate;
(E) the Committee on the Judiciary
of the Senate;
(F) the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate;
(G) the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives;
(H) the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives;
(I) the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives;
(J) the Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives;
(K) the Committee on the Judiciary
of the House of Representatives; and
(L) the Committee on Financial
Services of the House of Representatives.
(2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The
term “intelligence community” has the meaning given that term in section 3(4)
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
(b) Report.—Not later than 60
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the intelligence community, shall submit a detailed report to
the appropriate congressional committees that—
(1) indicates whether the Muslim
Brotherhood meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist
organization under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)); and
(2) if the Secretary of State determines
that the Muslim Brotherhood does not meet the criteria referred to in paragraph
(1), includes a detailed justification as to which criteria have not been met.
(c) Form.—The report required
under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex, if appropriate.
So, what do you know about the Muslim Brotherhood? This is
the same organization based in Egypt and supported by former President Barack
Hussein Obama to literally govern Egyptians.
Paul Sutliff would like his video exposing the MB nature to
go viral in hopes that Americans will write/call their Senator, Congressman AND
the U.S. State Department to get on the ball about Islamo-Reality and
the Muslim Brotherhood terrorism.
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It is my humble opinion there are two threats to the culture
that has made America great in the past: 1) Leftist transformist
ideology abandoning Christian morality and Constitutional Originalism and 2)
Islamic intolerant theopolitical supremacist ideology.
Justin Smith passionately writes of the Islamic threat to
America via the idiotic immigration rules supported by Transformist Leftists.
America cannot allow a dangerous club of Islamic appeasers,
apologists and willing accomplices in the federal courts and the ranks of Congress,
to stay the course with their constipated logic, or their treason, and refusal
to employ common sense regarding Muslim immigration into our country. They have
brought a steady flow of Muslims to America, since the first World Trade Center Bombing in 1993,
that has been accompanied by a constant, steady stream of Islamic terror
attacks, from the 9/11 WTC attacks to Ft Hood, the Boston Bombing and more, and
Americans would be well within the Constitution to demand that this club cease
sheltering terrorists, terrorist candidates, and future terrorists, these sons
of Mohammed.
Last January, every Democrat and 22 Republicans in the U.S.
Senate, opposed President Trump's travel ban imposed on terror sponsoring
nations. And recently, on December 22nd 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court blocked
it for the third time.
How many more Americans must die before Americans stand
together and deport all non-citizen Muslims and halt all Muslim immigration?
The truth is recognizable and exists for those informed
analysts and others capable of cogent thought, regarding Islam. Islamic
migration is impossible to fully integrate into American society, and Muslims
are not capable of assimilating into Western civilization [HERE
& HERE],
holistically speaking.
Sayyid Qubt, one of the
foremost founding fathers of prevailing Islamic thought, stated: "A Muslim
has no country except that part of the earth where the Sharia of Allah is
established ... a Muslim has no nationality except his belief ... There is only
one place on earth which can be called the home of Islam, and it is that place
where the Islamic state is established and the Sharia is the authority and
Allah's limits are observed ..." [Similar English translation HERE – “Allah’s”
translated as “God’s”].
An August 2011 PEW study, entitled
'Muslim Americans: No Signs of Growth in Alienation or Support in Extremism',
noted that 65 percent of Muslims in America do not think of themselves first as
Americans and only second as Muslims. This same study revealed that
approximately 567,000 U.S. Muslims support terrorism, as a political tool, to a
fair or great degree. Together with this, it is no wonder sixty percent of
respondents stated that America would soon witness Islamic terrorism rise in
America.
Quoting the "prophet" Mohammed from the Hadith:
"I charge you with five of what Allah has charged me with: to assemble, to
listen, to obey, to immigrate and to wage Jihad (Holy War) for the sake of
Allah."
In 1998, speaking before a packed crowd at the Flamingo Palace
in Fremont, California, Omar Ahmad, founder of the Council for American-Islamic
Relations, stated: "Islam isn't in
America to be equal to any other faith but to be dominant ...". His
closing words stated that Islam should be the only accepted
"religion" on Earth.
During a 2015 interview of some local Somali Muslims in
Cedar Riverside, Minnesota, several Muslim men told journalist Ami Horowitz
that they preferred Sharia law over U.S. law.
They also wanted to suppress free speech and any criticism of Islam or the
"prophet" Mohammed. One man even told her that it is right to kill
anyone who insults the "prophet" Mohammed.
Muslims often boast that they love death more than Americans
love life, but Muslims really just hate life. Although the number of Muslims
willing to blow themselves up in order to murder non-Muslims seems to be small,
the number of Muslims willing to condemn these terrorists is even smaller, and
many Muslims cheer for the terrorists daily and each time they murder a
European, Israeli or American, in this culture that refers to Adolph Hitler as
"Islam's Favorite Infidel".
Hitler-
Islam’s Favorite Infidel. Photo by Bosch Fawstin
Whether the majority of Muslims are truly
"peaceful" or simply dormant, less devout Muslims, or violent
fundamentalist Muslims is irrelevant, since nearly every recent terrorist
seemed peaceful, until he wasn't. Objectively good human beings, who identify
as Muslim, give Islam a far better face than it deserves, and this creates a
false sense of security for many Americans, and it also allows for the growth
of a large, stealth jihadi terrorist population, which schemes to Islamicize
America and destroy Her Republic through politics, immigration and terrorism.
So, we are left a game of Muslim roulette, while our intelligence communities
tackle the near impossible task of differentiating between "good
Muslims" and those trying to murder us.
There is nothing in Islam that stays the hand of Muslims
seeking to murder non-Muslims and Americans.
Five days after two Muslims murdered fourteen people in San
Bernardino, on December 2nd 2015, the campaign team for Donald
Trump stated, "Donald J. Trump
is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United
States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going
on."
On July 6th 2017, President Trump spoke before the Polish
people and stated: "While we will
always welcome new citizens who share our values and love our people, our
borders will always be closed to terrorism and extremism of any kind."
It doesn't take a genius to "figure out what is going
on", with centuries worth of evidence revealing Islam's evil modus
operandi of conquest and its continuous attacks against the West, and it is
past time to close our borders and America to all Muslims. Many will call this
"wrong" or "un-American", because many already suggest that
Americans must work harder to coexist with Muslims, who reject the voices of
reason. Work harder towards what end? Any time we spend working with a culture
that calls for our destruction, we are working towards our own destruction.
Too many of America's leaders, such as National Security
Advisor H.R. McMaster, do not understand, or they choose to ignore the fact,
that a Muslim Crusade is underway, a war between civilizations and a war of
religions, the Muslims call "Holy War", Jihad. They don't want to
understand that for the Muslims and their Crusader Jihadis, America and the
West is a world to conquer and subjugate under Islam.
Despite President Trump's best efforts, today, there still
exists the fraudulent mockery promoted by Leftists and Muslim appeasers and
apologists, that reveres the Muslim "refugee" and immigrant invaders
and slanders the defenders of America, absolves the terrorists and condemns the
victims, weeps for the Taliban and curses Americans. In their effort to equate
Islam's "freedom" by way of submission to Allah to America's real
freedom and individual liberty, they essentially compare a tent in the desert
to our Capitol Building and the White House.
Islamic ideology that devalues
human life, through its belief that Paradise awaits those who "kill and
are killed" for Allah (Koran 9:111) and calls openly for Israel's destruction,
this is the ideology that makes it impossible for Americans and Muslims to live
in peace. This violent, evil ideology of Islam has no place for Americans or
non-Muslims or Europeans and Muslims to live together, alongside on another, in
peace on an indefinite basis as equals.
America is ours, and it cannot be for all, so long as
billions of people live, who do not love freedom and constitutional governance,
like most Americans do. We must see the enemy clearly in this war against
Islam, since America's survival depends on the will of Her people to prevail
over Islam. We must gather the will to demand that America's borders and
citizens are protected, while we fight to defend our traditions, principles and
virtues at any cost, preserving our culture and way of life in the face of
those who would subvert and destroy it. Our American way of life is worth
defending with our lives.
By Justin O. Smith
_________________________
Edited by John R. Houk
Any text enclosed by brackets and all source links are by the Editor.
Sabbath
dinner isn’t an accident. On Friday nights in the Jewish religion when families
sit down to a stuff fest of meats, chicken soup, salads, starches and desserts, there is a grand
design afoot.
When
a group of relations is in one place long enough, it will not be long
before the temperature rises and old wounds like where Aunt Rose was forced to
sit at the wedding and why Uncle Sol didn’t come to cousin Lilli's funeral will
surface.
God
looked down at the first Sabbath dinner and in his infinite wisdom figured out
that the more carbs he stuffs into his people the less strength they will have
for bloodshed.
And
so the tradition was born.
Not
just in Jewish homes, but all religions where food is a necessity at family
gatherings. Granted the Jews and Italians have risen overfeeding to an art
form, but it has definitely caught on in a big way.
It
has thus occurred to me at numerous times in my life the way world leaders look
when they sit down to negotiate. Hungry and cranky like a small baby whose
bottle is a few minutes late in arriving.
Sitting in their high chair with cross little looks on their face, lips
quivering and pouting close to tears as they wait feeding.
Perhaps
little Vladimir needs his borscht fix. Would a big boiled potato and some sour
cream make it all better for little Vlad?If he is stuffing his face perhaps he will
stop attacking other countries.
I
am never more aware that there is world hunger than when I see world leaders
sit down to “talk.”
Honestly
Teresa, I know the British are not big foodies, but maybe a good meal of fish
and chips before chatting about terrorism?
Of
course the Chinese are a challenge. By the time they finish eating and walk to
the bargaining table they,
are hungry again. No wonder Xi made such a deal about the chocolate cake.
Angela
Angela, maybe lay off so much sauerbraten at lunchtime. A nice green salad and
fruit perhaps?
If
you look at some of these meetings, you will see that of
everyone, Bibi Netanyahu is usually the most smiley, which is truly ironic
since not a day goes by that Israel is not condemned, maligned, attacked or
threatened.
So
why should Bibi smile? Simply, because he is probably the most well fed of the
bunch.
I
am sure the Mossad has a special detail to ensure that he is never without a
hot meal, a snack and some of his grandmother’s mandal bread.
If
you look at Congress today you can tell in one minute who is not eating.
Obviously
no one from California, as eating anything but micro greens is against state
law.
If
Nancy Pelosi would spend as much time stuffing her face with chocolate as she
does Botox the country would be a far better place.
Chuck
Chuck Chuckala. You’re a New York Jew. Stop with the crying and kvetching and EAT!!!
Paul
you’re looking thin, how about a nice Filet Mignon with garlic-mashed potatoes
and green beans?
Elizabeth
Warren, oh Lord where do I begin? Perhaps some corn chowder and Maine Lobster.
Nope, I think a roll in the hay is required when someone is that damn sour.
Mitch,
taste the fried chicken, it’s out of this world.
Bernie
Bernie Bernie. I know you’re not a
practicing Jew anymore, but maybe a taste of your mother’s chicken soup with
kreplach will put a smile on that puss.
It
is important to remember that when someone is hungry their blood sugar drops.
If you don’t believe that physical circumstances can affect a person’s
personality,
perhaps you’ve never met a woman PMSing and driving to a 7/11 at two in the
morning for a Hershey bar. Oh that’s
right, that was me.
In
order for the world to be a safer place, we need better
catering. I have seen pictures of leaders in discussion, and when there is a
plate of food on the table, it’s usually only cookies or donuts.This is nourishment? I think not. Sugar rush,
blood levels peak and fall. Not good for a long time peace process.
Bust
out a basket of bagels, lox, creamcheese and cut up
veggies. A platter of cheeses and some
scrambled eggs,
and then we’ll talk. Tough to say hostile things when you’re chewing an onion
roll wit a schmear.
I
guarantee the state of the world would alter immediately if the meals improved.
There
is no doubt in my mind that if President Trump invited Chuck to the White House
and they sat down to a big Sabbath dinner, unbuttoned their pants and had an
extra piece of rugalach, much more would get done.
Many
believe the Jewish people have survived because of their senses of humor.
Perhaps that’s big part, but I claim it’s the food. The family that eats
together grows together; in more ways than one.
If
the world would only take my advice, I guarantee the
conversation would go like this:
Trump
and Vlad stuffed to the gills on brisket, borscht and cheesecake all catered by
New York’s famous Katz’s Deli.
Trump,
unbuttoning his pants. “Vlad, I’m so over Assad. He is causing such problems in
the Middle East. Do me a solid here and
let’s find a new guy who’ll work with both of us, and dump the butcher.”
Vlad,
loosening the tie on his sweat pants “ But I need that port, you know I can’t
be without such a strategic waterway. Come on, you know I love the power.”
“Vlad
Vlad Vlad, I’ve got a guy, a cousin of my baker says he knows a guy in Syria
that will let you keep the port and also work with our partners in the Middle
East. You give a little, we give a little; we can do this. More strawberries on
your cheesecake?”
“Just
a spoonful. You think this guy knows what he’s talking about?”
“You’ve
had three pieces of his cheesecake, would he lie?”
“No,
this guy knows his stuff. Tell you what, I’ll meet with him, but I need this
recipe?”
“I
can make that happen. Now lets talk about little rocket man.”
“Please
Donald, I’m eating, don’t ruin my meal here. We’ll discuss him tomorrow at
brunch. Maybe you’ll serve those delicious cronuts?”
Peace
for our time so much better than Chamberlain. But of course the British have never
gotten the whole food thing.
This
is the latest in the series “Postcards from America – Postcards from Israel,”
a collaboration between Zager, award-winning investigative journalist and
author,
and Bussel, a foreign correspondent reporting from Israel.
Ari Bussel and Norma Zager collaborate both in writing
and on the air in a point-counter-point discussion of all things
Israel-related.Together, they have dedicated the past decade to promoting Israel.
Jyrki Soini has been a great Internet friend for some time.
Jyrki knows that my Christian persuasion derives from Pentecostal-Charismatic-Word
of Faith. Which tends to be non-denominationally Protestant yet not always.
Indeed, there are some denominational Protestants and Roman Catholics that have
incorporated Charismatic faith into their belief system understanding the issue
is merely recognizing Holy Spirit Baptism (The
Holy Spirit and His Gifts – Chapter 5 The Holy Spirit Upon: His
Infilling Power; By Kenneth E. Hagin) and the operation of the Holy Spirit gifts
are as significant today as they were when first manifested after Pentecost in the Upper Room.
There is a large swath of Christians so offended by the
operation of the Holy Spirit that those Christians have called it “of the
devil” or “demonic” or “Satanic”. In a bit of irony there are Pentecostals that
call Charismatics excessive hence heretical. There Word of Faith people that
say the same as Pentecostals about Charismatics yet are displeased with the
Pentecostal tendency toward exclusivity. On a personal level, I tend to
identify with Word of Faith which is no more heretical than the Bible is. I
guess Jews that don’t believe Jesus is the Messiah and Muslims that acknowledge
Jews and Christians as deluded folk, would consider dependence on the Bible as
heretical.
To be honest there is an extremely valid reason for the
existence of Word of Faith criticism from those that have taken on the role of
defender of the faith.
Those that awakened to the efficacy of the Word of God (the
Bible) believe the Bible is as present TODAY as it ever has been. Word of Faith
simply means acting on the Word as a lifestyle belief system. The difficulty of
taking a stand to live the Bible is it requires discipline and a steadfastness.
Way too many people that have taken on the Word of Faith
mantle have become lazy Believers. The lazy person is too willing to rely on
the actions of others which may not be centered on the Bible but are motivated
by the old fashioned unredeemed Old Man flesh. The lazy
Believer thus believes the person that warps the Word for self-benefit. You can
believe this: You don’t have to be a big-name preacher to manipulate a lazy
Believer with a warped sense of the Word of God.
The original founders of the Word of Faith preach Faith in
the Word which did include a prosperity message. For lazy Believers prosperity
in the Word began to line up Biblical warping. Thus second-tier leaders of
faith found a way to make a buck off the backs of the lazy who would believe
anything to acquire a quick fix for a dire financial situation. PERHAPS even incurring
their dire financial circumstances purposely out of the idiocy that they
believed God would fix their mess-up.
The self-appointed defenders of the faith thus fell from
being centered on the Bible by lumping the faithful with 2nd tier
faith preachers who shared the Bible more as business rather than as a gift
to spread the Good News that Jesus the Christ came in the guise of sinless flesh
to be Crucified as the sacrificial Lamb of God to Redeem all humanity that
choose to believe Christ died for them and three days later, arose bodily as
fully human and fully God by faith enabling Believers to rejoin the Presence of
God lost by the disobedience of Adam and Eve.
The Apostle Paul writes under the inspiration of the Holy
Spirit about a similar situation of preachers sharing Jesus for gain, contrasting
good preachers sharing the gift of Redemption in Christ:
[Blog Editor: Disciplined Life]
9 And this I
pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all
discernment, 10 that you may approve the things
that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of
Christ, 11 being filled with the fruits of
righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of
God.
Christ Is Preached
12 But I
want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to
me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, 13 so
that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that
my chains are in Christ; 14 and most of the
brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold
to speak the word without fear.
15 Some
indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from
goodwill: 16 The former[a] preach
Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my
chains; 17 but the latter out of love, knowing that
I am appointed for the defense of the gospel. 18 What
then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth,
Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice. (Philippians
1: 9-18 NKJV)
Now there are some Bible-believing preachers that chose a
Christ-lifestyle of faith in God’s Word that came from some fairly
poverty-stricken circumstances. These people did not “blab and grab” or “name
and claim” as their critics point out with the planks in
their eyes. Rather they learned a disciplined life of trust in God
through Christ and professed a life that fit the circumstances they faced. The
true meaning of confession brings possession is not greed, but the bringing
about the purposes that bring people to Salvation in the Risen Savior Jesus
Christ.
As the demand increased for a faith preacher to share the
Good News of Jesus, plenty answered the and began to emerge for those hungered
to receive ministry as provision came into existence to build the redeemed.
Some of these early faith preachers who did awesome work for Christ are some of
the most criticized by the self-appointed defenders of the faith.
Let’s look at the person called the father of the Word of
Faith movement by critics and admirers alike – Kenneth E. Hagin. I was Born
Again under the teaching books that came from Kenneth Hagin, Charles Capps and
Kenneth Copeland. Hagin and Capps have since passed on to glory (regardless
of their judgmental critics). Ken Copeland is still going strong. In the
mid-1970s when I read their books and comparing their teaching with the Bible,
I departed a life devoted to sin (although I had no conviction of sin until
I realized I was living in darkness) and decided to be a pilgrim
progressing in the knowledge of a Salvation provided by the Redeemer lighting
the way to the Presence of God.
Here is a Ken Hagin biography devoid of his critics who have
judged him a preacher of Satan rather than Christ:
Kenneth
Erwin Hagin was an influential
American Charismatic preacher born on August 20, 1917 in
McKinney, Texas to the family of Lillie Viola Drake Hagin and Jess Hagin. He
was so small and lifeless that the doctor thought that he was stillborn.
Personal
Life
He
was married to Oretha Rooker. They had two children, a son, Kenneth Wayne
Hagin, who is presently the pastor of Rhema Bible Church and President of
Kenneth Hagin Ministries, and a daughter, Patricia Harrison. She is the
widow of the late Doyle “Buddy’ Harrison and is the owner and publisher of
Harrison House, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
According
to Hagin’s testimony, he was sickly as a child, suffering from a deformed
heart and what was believed to be an incurable blood disease. He
became bedfast at age 15 and was not expected to live. In April 1933 during
a dramatic conversion experience, he reported dying three times in 10
minutes, each time seeing the horrors of hell and then returning to
life. But in August 1934, he was miraculously healed, raised off a
deathbed by the power of God and the revelation of faith in God’s Word. Jesus
appeared to Rev. Hagin eight times over the next several years in visions that
changed the course of his ministry.
Two
years later he preached his first sermon as the pastor of a small community
church in Roland, Texas, 9 miles from McKinney.
In
1967, he began a regular radio broadcast that continues today as Rhema for
Today.
His
favorite scripture was Mark 11:23: “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever
shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea,
and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he
saith shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith”.
Many
of his followers often called him “Dad Hagin”, “Papa Hagin”, and more
commonly “Brother Hagin”. He is also often referred to as the “father” (or
“granddaddy”) of the “Word of Faith” movement. Hagin never received any
formal theological training, however, he received an honorary doctorate from Oral Roberts University in
the 1970s.
Ministry
Hagin
began an itinerant ministry as a Bible teacher and evangelist in
1949. He was also a part of the Voice of Healing Revival in the U.S. in the 40s
and 50s together with Oral Roberts, Gordon
Lindsay and T. L. Osborn. In 1963, Kenneth E. Hagin Evangelistic
Association was incorporated, and in 1966, the ministry offices moved
to Tulsa, Oklahoma. That same year, he taught for the first time on radio
— on KSKY in Dallas. In 1967, he began a regular radio broadcast
that continues today as Faith Seminar of the Air. Teaching by his son, Rev.
Kenneth Wayne Hagin, is also heard on the program.
Since
its inception in 1963, his organization grew to include
numerous media outreaches and ministries. These are:
§Faith Library Publications
– with 65 million book copies in circulation
§“RHEMA Praise” – a weekly
television program on the Trinity Broadcasting Network
§“Faith Seminar of the Air”
– a radio program heard on many stations nationwide and on the Internet
§“The Word of Faith” – a
free monthly magazine with roughly 600,000 subscribers
§crusades conducted throughout
the nation
§RHEMA Correspondence Bible
School
§the RHEMA Prayer and
Healing Center, located on the Rhema campus in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
RHEMA Bible Training College
In 1974 Rev. Hagin founded what is
now Rhema Bible Training College (RBTC). RBTC is an
unaccredited Bible institute located on 110 acres (0.45 km2)
in Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. The curriculum is
taught from a Charismatic/Pentecostal heritage. There are seven
ministry concentrations specializing in Children’s Ministry, Youth
Ministry, Evangelism, Pastoral Care, Missions, Biblical Studies,
and Supportive Ministry.
The school has campuses in many
countries of the world including Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, India,
Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Singapore, South Africa,
the South Pacific, Thailand, Nigeria, Zambia, Egypt, and the Philippines.
RBTC also has over 40,000
graduates who reside and minister in more than 100 countries.
In 1979, he founded the Prayer and
Healing Center there to provide a place for the sick to come to “have the
opportunity to build their faith.” Its Healing School continues to be held free
of charge twice daily on the RHEMA campus.
After Kenneth E. Hagin’s death in
2003, his son Kenneth W. Hagin continued to run the RBTC.
Until shortly before his death on
September 19, 2003 at the age of 86, Rev. Hagin continued to travel and teach
throughout the United States and into Canada conducting All Faiths’ Crusades
and other special meetings.
Known as the “father of
the modern faith movement,”
Rev. Hagin was a dynamic preacher, teacher, and prophet. His teachings and
books are filled with vivid stories that show God’s power and truth working in his life and the lives of
others. He will be remembered not only as a great minister but as a great
family man—for his family was his heart. He was there at every milestone ready
to talk, to answer, to pray. He was a man whose belly laugh filled the room at
the sight of one of his grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
In full disclosure, I am a graduate of RHEMA attending from
1982 – 1984. In those days the school’s name was RHEMA Bible Training Center.
At the present many classes have been cleared as credited for further college
education (much like a Junior or Community College) with the name of
RHEMA Bible Training College.
In the days I attended school, Brother Hagin taught students
personally – two days a week for first year students and three days a week for
second year students.
I have to tell you. Kenneth Hagin always told the students
to NOT take his word for anything but check it out with the Bible. And, Hagin
realized that human beings are fallible. With fallibility comes opinionated
conclusions that might not line up with the Word of God. Hence, one of Kenneth
Hagin’s favorite sayings when listening to anyone preaching or teaching – including
himself – was this: “Be as smart as an old cow. Eat the hay and spit
out the sticks.”
In case you miss the meaning: Take in what is good for you
and spit out what is bad for you using the Bible as your measuring stick. In
computer programing talk one might say, “Good Programing produces good
results. Garbage Programming produces garbage results.”
By the time I graduated in 1984, Brother Hagin and his
teaching staff recognized the message of faith in the Word of God was beginning
to be abused by too many who used the Word to manipulate people for selfish
ends. He actually had a class which I unfortunately can’t remember its course
title now, but explored past preachers that utilized faith to win souls or heal
the sick. Many of these past preachers started out awesome but wrong choices or
bad decisions warped their good beginnings with unfortunate endings. 1984 was a
long time ago I’ll address some of those giants of faith that I can remember
but certainly not all.
John Alexander Dowie 1847-1907
Dowie was born in Scotland. He became a devoted Christian in
childhood. The Dowie family moved to Australia. As an adult he went back to
Scotland for a theological education. After which he moved back to Australia.
His ministry became focused on divine healing.
After a while the John Alexander Dowie family moved to the
USA with a successful healing ministry.
Historically, Dowie is an important
figure in the divine healing movement of the last two centuries. David Harrell,
who chronicled the healing revivals in America, calls Dowie “the father of
healing revivalism in America.”2 This title does not imply that Dowie was
the sole originator of the modern healing revival, but rather that his
influence was so widespread that he is deserving of the title “father.” Dayton
acknowledges that Dowie was a major source of Pentecostal doctrines of healing
and that these doctrines grew out of the already existent Holiness teaching yet
“being restated in a more distinctly Pentecostal vein.”3 While the
Holiness teachings on healing from Charles Cullis, Boardman, A. B. Simpson,
Gordon, and Andrew Murray played a role in the Pentecostal ministry of healing,
none had quite the same effect as Dowie. Those who were influenced by Dowie
include: F. F. Bosworth, John G. Lake, Charles Parham, and Lilian B. Yeomans,
as well as various missionaries who went around the world with Dowie’s
theological perspective on healing. Bosworth, Lake, and others later joined the
Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles. Walter Hollenweger estimates that Dowie
“exercised a considerable influence to the early Pentecostal movement.”4
…
Through the establishment of his International Divine Healing Association,
Dowie was able to spread his teachings throughout America and around the world.
In a 1892 publication titled, Talks with Ministers being Two Addresses on
Divine Healing, Dowie introduces his theology of healing based on two
“cardinal” doctrines.
First – That ‘Jesus, the Christ, is
the same yesterday, to-day [sic] and forever,’ and being so, He is unchanged in
power and in will. …
Second – That Disease,
like Sin, is God’s
enemy, and the devil’s work, and can never be God’s will. Peter said in the
household of the Centurion Cornelius, Acts 10:38: ‘God anointed Jesus Christ with the Holy Ghost
and with power; who went about doing good and HEALING ALL THAT WERE OPPRESSED
OF THE DEVIL, for God was with Him.’7 These two doctrines are the
foundation of Dowie’s theology of divine healing.
…
The element of faith was important
for Dowie, for he would not pray for one who did not believe in divine
healing.11 However, the focus was never on faith, but on God. Dowie
writes, “While faith is a very precious grace, yet it is only the medium of the
communication of God’s infinite love and power, and we must never put it in the
place of God, Himself.”12 Dowie was so adamant about this that he shunned
the term “faith healing,” in preference of “divine healing,” because it is
healing by God, and not faith. Theologically, he expresses it as, “Divine
Healing, or ‘Healing through Faith in Jesus;’ not healing BY faith, but THROUGH
faith; through faith in Jesus, by the power of God.”13 Faith, prayers,
laying on of hands all have Christ as their focus, because in Dowie’s
theological scheme, Christ is the healer.
…
His two cardinal doctrines are
valid, but they are not without criticism. The first doctrine, that Jesus is
the same yesterday today and forever is not refutable. This is the stronger of
his two doctrines. … If
the gift of healing is to be claimed, it is much more clear to state that this
gift is often manifested by the Spirit, but it is as He wills. Dowie’s theology
is better yet. It places the focus on the Lord as the one who heals. This also
keeps the sick person’s attention on the Healer and not the instrument.
Dowie’s second doctrine, that
sickness is evil, an effect of sin and a work of the Devil, is plausible, but
Dowie goes far to the extreme. I concede that sickness is a result of sin, and
that it is a work of the Devil. …
Sin hinders relationship with God, while sickness does not. Granted, sickness
is a result of sin, but the two are not the same. Thus, it is still plausible
that God could allow some one to remain sick for a higher purpose. READ
ENTIRETY (John Alexander Dowie – The Father of Healing
Revivalism in America; By Derek Vreeland; HopeFaithPrayer.com)
The above excerpt paints a rosy picture of Dowie with only a
bit of criticism. Unfortunately, the man who plugged into what the Bible says
about a divine health lifestyle, allowed selfish pride, self-aggrandized power
and a lifestyle suggesting greed to overtake him.
Dowie was of the opinion that government should be operated
as a theocracy based on Biblical tenets. That sounds altruistically great to
the Biblical Christian. However, Dowie’s theocracy, just as many past and
present theocracies, when managed by man or men (how’s that for some good
old-fashioned chauvinism?😊)
execute a governance that is flawed. The only theocracy that will ever be
effective will be when King Jesus returns to fully complete the Redemption of
all that is on Earth.
Dowie founded a suburb city outside of Chicago called Zion
City. The formation of Zion was with good motives, but men called the shots and
Dowie received all the benefits of power. What’s the old saying about “power”:
One of the most interesting
Christian biographies is that of John Alexander Dowie. His biography reveals
how a person can stray from God’s plan for our lives… He was obviously a servant of God who led
thousands of people to receive salvation and healing; but in the latter part of
his life Dowie’s activities were not so focused on serving the will of God. He
strayed from the path.
Building an earthly kingdom. One of the most obvious mistakes
made by Dowie was that he did not stick with his original calling. One example
of this is the city of Zion, which he began to build in the latter part of his
life. He began to build an earthly kingdom instead of concentrating on his
original calling: salvation and healing. Before that, he was for a brief period
of time active in politics.
…
Dowie’s mistake was that when he
began to build an earthly kingdom, his spiritual work died down. He did not
remember that we have been called to spread the Gospel, not to found the
kingdom of God on the Earth too early. …
The wrong illusions about himself. The errors of Dowie did not end with
his attempt to build an earthly kingdom. In addition to the building, he began
to imagine that he was Elijah. This took place when some people talked to him
about the issue. He dismissed the idea at first, just as he was supposed to do,
but it stuck in his mind to develop, until he finally accepted it, received it
and proclaimed it truth. Later on he also proclaimed himself as the first
apostle, which is a perfect example of strayed thinking. …
Criticizing others. One of Dowie’s faults in the latter
part of his life was that he began to criticize other servants of God. He began
to attack them and his sermons became mere criticizims [sic] of his enemies. He
was especially hostile towards Maria Woodworth-Etter, through whom thousands of
people had been saved and healed. He preached against Etter whenever he had the
opportunity, even though he had supported her before and said that her actions
were from God.
There are probably three reasons for Dowie’s behaviour and his
criticizing others, a pattern of behaviour into which many others have lapsed.
Jealousy is probably one reason why some begin to
criticize others. …
…
The wrong gift of distinguishing
between spirits is the second reason why some begin criticizing others. …
…
The lack of love. The
third reason for criticizing
is simply a lack of love. The atmosphere towards those who think outside the
box and towards official Christianity is always critical and judgmental in
places where there is a lack of love. In these cases, attention is paid to
unessential issues and differences between people, but appreciation of people
is forgotten. …READ
ENTIRETY (Matter
From Guidance: CHAPTER 7 - The biographies teach; By Jari Iivanainen;
Jari Iivanainen’s Websites)
If you choose to join the critics of people that began with listening
to God then are blinded by the self of the flesh or choose a wrong path because
the self listens to flattery, then remember this:
“Judge not, that you be not
judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you
will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to
you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your
brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or
how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and
look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite!
First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to
remove the speck from your brother’s eye. (Matthew 7: 1-5 NKJV)
Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, writes about sex-sin not
dealt with among the Congregation of Believers. If one horribly misses God, one
is separated from God’s Presence. If the “miss” is bad enough, I am convinced
what Paul wrote about sex-sin could happen to anyone:
2 And you
are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who has done this deed
might be taken away from among you. 3 For I indeed,
as absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged (as though I were
present) him who has so done this deed. 4 In the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, along with my
spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 deliver
such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be
saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.[a] (1
Corinthians 5: 2-5 NKJV)
William Branham 1909-1965 - was a bit in the same
boat of being tune with God Biblically yet going off into the ditch later in
life:
Note: Some consign William Branham
to 'false prophet' status, giving him a rather ruthless historical review. This
is a kinder, balanced text that does not skimp on his errors. A friend whom I
know who lived during the Latter Rain movement and observed it's fall into
heresy, and who was not a disciple of Branham, have testified to me that this
may be the best brief review of Branham's life they have ever read.
…
William Branham was an evangelist
this century who was mightily used of God for a number of years. In fact, there
can be little doubt that he was endued with power to a degree that has rarely
been seen since the days of the apostles. And there is still a great deal of
controversy surrounding his life, death and teachings. To some of his most
ardent followers (who are still around today), he seemed to assume almost
semi-divine status, a damaging and tragic fallacy that has frightened many sound
Christians away from studying his life. On the other hand, even in his heyday
some believers were skeptical [sic] and suspicious of the tremendous power and
unusual signs and miracles that accompanied his ministry. There can be little
doubt that Branham went astray in his ministry in the latter part of his life.
(The fact that God took him home early, and that the cause of death was a
car-crash in which his body became horribly tangled in the wreck, though he
lingered on for a few more days - bears this out). However, it is my belief,
and the belief of many who have studied his life, that in his early years he
was one of the most anointed men of God that has ever lived in modern times.
As Gordon Lindsay wrote in his 1952
biography of Branham's early life and ministry: "The story of the
life of William Branham is so out of this world and beyond the ordinary that
were there not available a host of infallible proofs which document and attest
its authenticity, one might well be excused for considering it far-fetched and
incredible." (G. Lindsay, 'William Branham - A man sent from God', pg 9).
Even his birth and childhood had unusual aspects to them. Born in 1909 in
Kentucky, his family soon shifted to the state of Indiana, where they
eventually settled not far from Jeffersonville. Branham's family were the
"poorest of the poor". …
…
Afterwards when Branham was
baptizing 130 converts in the Ohio River, a heavenly light, like a blazing
star, appeared above him just as he was about to baptize the seventeenth
person. This was witnessed by the vast 4000-strong congregation that stood on
the banks of the river looking on. Some of them ran for fear, while others
shouted or fainted. A report of this unusual event appeared in the local
newspaper shortly afterwards. It has also been reported that a voice spoke from
within the light, saying, "As John the Baptist was sent to forerun the
first coming of the Lord, so you are sent to forerun His second
coming..." What is certain is that a heavenly light was seen, and it
seems likely also that something along these lines was spoken over him.
…
The amazing thing about this series
of seven visions is that they were given at a time (June 1933) when Branham had
no way at all of coming to these conclusions through mere guesswork. In 1933
Germany was by no means ready for war, Russia was by no means a dominant world
power, and Communism was a relatively minor force in the world. Some of the
details given in the visions were just too extraordinary to pass off as mere
coincidence. (See 'The Acts of the Prophet' by Pearry Green, pg 48-51, for a
fuller description). Also, the fact is that these visions were given to
an uneducated, simple man in the back-blocks of Indiana, a man who had
little understanding at all of political complexities. And the fact that at
least five of these visions have now been precisely fulfilled, means that we
should surely take the others seriously also.
…
"Now, coming through the
light, I saw the feet of a man coming toward me, as naturally as you would walk
to me. He appeared to be a man who, in human weight, would weigh about two
hundred pounds, clothed in a white robe. He had a smooth face, no beard, dark
hair down to his shoulders, of rather dark-complexion, with a very pleasant
countenance, and coming closer, his eyes caught with mine. Seeing how fearful I
was, he began to speak. 'Fear not. I am sent from the Presence of Almighty God
to tell you that your peculiar life and your misunderstood ways have been to
indicate that God has sent you to take a gift of divine healing to the peoples
of the world. IF YOU WILL BE SINCERE, AND CAN GET THE PEOPLE TO BELIEVE YOU,
NOTHING SHALL STAND BEFORE YOUR PRAYER, NOT EVEN CANCER.'" (Pg 76-77).
The angel
told Branham that he would now have two special signs or gifts operating in his
life, given to him by God. The first would enable him to detect or discern
illnesses in people - a visible violent reaction in his left hand which would
make it red and swollen whenever it came into contact with sickness. The second sign would be a gift that would enable him to
discern the thoughts and deeds in the past life of the individual - specific
sins that needed to be repented of, etc. It was often found that as
Branham challenged people over such specific sins, and they confessed them to
God, they would regularly be healed of whatever ailed them even before he had a
chance to lay hands on them.
This angelic visitation marked the
beginning of Branham's incredible international miracle ministry, and also led
directly to the great American Healing Revival of 1947 through 1955, in which
many well-known ministries were raised up, and thousands upon thousands of
people were saved and healed. …
Right to the end of his life,
William Branham was renowned for his transparency, his simplicity and his
genuine humility. No doubt this was due in part to his early life of
hardship, brokenness and poverty - a great advantage when it came to his
eventual ministry. I have read several of his early sermons, and they often
appeared to be little more than personal testimonies accompanied by a simple
(yet effective) gospel message. There was little sign of the somewhat strange,
divisive and controversial teachings of his latter years. …
Over the following months and
years, Branham travelled widely in the USA, and also to Europe and South
Africa, etc. Thousands came from far and wide to hear him preach and to witness
the many outstanding healings, miracles and 'words of knowledge' that
accompanied his ministry. Often, he would call out the name, city of origin and
background information of people in the audience whom he had never met, who had
come to hear his preaching or to be healed. …
…
And the mighty 1954 Argentina Revival under Tommy Hicks (with meetings of up to
400,000 people) also had strong links with this Revival. Even amongst the
better-known evangelists who came into prominence at that time (such as Oral
Roberts, T.L. Osborne, A.A. Allen, Jack Coe, etc), William Branham was
acknowledged as something special - something extraordinary. …
Later in the 1950's, when a number
of healing evangelists were drifting into showmanship, hype, 'prosperity'
doctrines and begging for money, Branham would have none of it. He was
unchanged in his attitude toward these kinds of excesses right to the very
end. …
However, there were crucial
weaknesses in the practices and ministry of William Branham, which tragically
began to manifest themselves in the mid-1950's. In 1955, largely through his
own carelessness and lack of good management, Branham fell into financial difficulty.
He had always been nonchalant, almost naive, toward all business matters.
"He sometimes missed scheduled meetings and was totally unconcerned about
business details. Some of his business associates came to feel that he was
culpably irresponsible. …
Branham's difficulties became more complicated in 1956 when the Internal
Revenue Service filed a tax evasion suit against him... The unsophisticated
Branham, apparently little interested in personal wealth, had made no
systematic effort to account for the thousands of dollars that flowed through
his ministry." (Ibid, pg 39-40). For the remainder of his life, Branham
worked under the burden of a $40,000.00 debt to the IRS. (Which was an enormous
amount of money in those days).
…
By 1958, William Branham (along
with many of the other healing evangelists) was deeply re-assessing his
ministry. It was clear that the great Healing Revival was now well and truly
over, and there can be little doubt that the decline in Branham's own ministry
had contributed to this. You can never afford to lose such a leader in any move
of God, as history clearly shows. It was after this that Branham began to
gradually withdraw into his own little circle, where he had an adoring and
loyal following. (Essentially this circle was made up of "Oneness" or
'Jesus-Only' Pentecostals). And instead of his previous unwillingness to speak
about contentious or divisive 'minor' issues, he now gradually began to
emphasize such things more and more in his preaching. Slowly, these teachings
became ever-more alarming and extreme.
As early as 1957, Branham had
received a dream in which he was ministering in a 'white disk' above a pyramid.
A voice from heaven proclaimed that no other man could stand in the disk
"unless he die or be killed", and that Branham was "the only one
who can and will stand there." Branham apparently considered this dream to
be of 'spiritual significance'. (Ibid, pg 41). By the 1960's, he had clearly
become convinced that he was the end-times "Elijah" and the true
"Messenger of the Covenant". And the adoring followers in his tight
little circle were certainly not going to contradict him. A number of writers
believe that it was when Branham took a 'teaching' ministry upon himself that
he fell into error. It is clear that he had been anointed and commissioned by
God to have a prophetic / evangelistic ministry, but never one of teaching. And
as soon as he got into this area of teaching doctrine, he began to trespass
into realms to which God had never called him, thus opening himself up to
ever-increasing deception. It has been reported that towards the end, some of
his teachings almost bordered on the occult. However, the original
sign-giftings that God had given him never left him, right up until the time of
his death in 1965.
…
A full TWO YEARS before Branham
died, Kenneth Hagin, who was renowned for his accurate prophetic ministry at
that time, was given a prophecy about Branham which he took to Gordon Lindsay.
The prophecy read: "'At the end of 1965, He who now stands in the forefront
of the healing ministry as a prophet will be taken out of the way. He'll make a
false step and Satan shall destroy his life, but his spirit will be saved, and
his works will follow him. Ere 1966 shall come, he shall be gone.'
…
Two years later, when driving to
Tucson, Arizona, William Branham was involved in a head-on collision with a
drunk driver. His wife was badly injured in the smash, and Branham's body was
horribly tangled in the wreck. He lingered on for a few days in hospital,
though his head became terribly swollen and a tube was placed in his throat to
assist his breathing. William Branham died on Christmas Eve, 1965, just before
the turn of the year, exactly as the prophecy had predicted. Once more -
"How have the mighty fallen". Satan had again succeeded in 'taking
out' one of God's great servants. …
THE LESSONS WE MUST LEARN
…
History clearly demonstrates that
the greater the power, the greater the potential for subtle pride and error to
enter in. …READ ENTIRETY
(THE ENIGMA OF WILLIAM BRANHAM; By Andrew Strom; HarvestNet.org; This page has been loaded … 07/25/1999)
The above excerpt mentions some names that were a part of
the Healing Movement days all of which faced controversy largely by critics of healing
miracles, but some actually messed up with their God-given ministry or
lifestyle. One name Kenneth E. Hagin spoke of with sadness was Jack Coe.
Jack Coe 1918-1956(57) –
Jack Coe was born in Oklahoma City
in 1918, but was abandoned by his parents and raised in an orphanage where he
stayed until he was aged 17. He joined the army during World War II, where he
experienced a miraculous healing. Thereafter he became a minister and began
conducting healing revivals while still a soldier. In early 1944 he was
ordained an Assemblies of God minister.
His public ministry
He had a dynamic personality and stage presence and soon won the allegiance of
thousands. He rented his first tent in 1947 and was an established evangelist
when the healing revival broke in 1947. From then on his influential ministry
career enjoyed a meteoric rise to national fame, placing Coe as a serious
challenge to Oral Roberts as the popular leader of the revival.
Coe was a powerful preacher. His
messages were peppered with humour, presented boldly and dynamic in their
effect. Some found him too controversial and impulsive but thousands of people,
both black and white, were attracted to his lovable and tender-hearted
personality.
But it was his healing ministry
that was the main attraction. He would walk down rows of wheelchairs and
crutches commanding people to be healed and to walk normally. Not all did, but
there were large numbers of afflicted who got out of their wheelchairs, threw
their walking aids away, got up off their beds and walked out of the meeting
healed.
…
In a 1955 revival service in Miami,
Florida Coe had told the parents of a three year old boy that he healed their
son who had polio. Coe then told the parents to remove the boy's leg
braces. However, their son was not cured of polio and removing the braces
left the boy in constant pain. As a result, Coe was arrested and charged on
February 6, 1956 with practicing medicine without a license, a felony in the
state of Florida.
He was jailed and released on
$5,000 bail. Coe appealed to evangelists all over the world to come to Miami to
testify in his defence. Many came to take the witness stand, most notably
Gordon Lindsay, Raymond T. Richey, Gayle Jackson and Richard Vinyard. After a
two-day trial the judge ruled that he could not "condemn the defendant or
anyone who in good faith advocates and practices Divine Healing" and
dismissed the case.
The trial received national
publicity bringing the healing revival to the attention of America. Coe
maintained that the trial was the result of a conspiracy between atheists,
newsmen and the Churches of Christ, whose ministers were among his main
accusers. Their opposition represented the general feeling of many evangelical
leaders across the nation. Some thought that the claim of divine healing
was a threat to public health. Others had theological objections.
…
While preaching in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Coe became critically ill. Like all
the itinerant healing evangelists he ran a tortuous schedule and had been
careless of his health. He had long been badly overweight. At first people
concluded it was sheer exhaustion but then his disease was diagnosed as
polio. …
Here’s a post about Jack Coe that relates close to what Brother
Hagin shared in class about him as a warning to not minister under the
influence of the desires of the flesh:
An Early End
Jack Coe continued to hold healing
crusades around the country, facing all sorts of persecution, including being
arrested. By 1956, however, he was physically worn out. Doctors reported that
he had the body of a ninety-five year old man even though he was only
thirty-eight. It is believed that the Lord had told Coe about his early death a
year earlier causing him to work that much more relentlessly to spread the
Gospel.
Coe was diagnosed with Polio late
in 1956 and was admitted to the hospital where he was unconscious most of the
time. On a few occasions, he was able to speak to his wife to make his desires
known, and relay that the Lord had said he was ready to take Jack home. Early
in 1957, Jack went home to be with the Lord.
There is a story that says Coe had
been warned of his impending death, due to some health habits, personal habits,
and his rigorous schedule. The story says that the Lord had spoken several
times to one minister in particular. This prophetic man of the time is said to
have heard the warning of the Lord for Jack Coe. And it is said that he obeyed
God and went to Coe.
RTNKC Note: Kenneth Hagin is the
prophet this story speaks of.
As the story goes, Coe was told to
judge himself in three areas: (1) his love of the brethren; (2) his weight
problem; and (3) the love of money. The prophet reportedly told Coe that if he
would not judge himself in these areas, he would die early. And Coe did die
early. He was only thirty-eight years old when he died.
It is important to note that the
Coe family strongly refutes that this particular prophet ever spoke to Coe. The
family maintains that a member of the Coe family approached the prophet to
confront him about this widespread report. According to the Coe family, this
prophet said that he never spoke to Coe directly, although he was told by God
to do so.
I have looked at the Word of Faith heritage. The inspiration
for this incomplete inquiry was Jyrki’s concern with the Prosperity teachings
among Word of Faith ministers.
Jyrki’s concerns are well founded. It is my opinion that a
true Prosperity message either out of greed or wealth derived initially from
authentic Gospel transformed into matters of business relegating the Good News
to second place.
Some of the names mentioned below can be viewed as some of
the legends of faith, beginning well yet corrupted by the urges of old man
flesh. Even staging non-existent miracles when their anointing was lost more
than likely for listening to self rather than to God.
Before I send you to Jyrki’s concerns I have found a video
recorded of a Kenneth E. Hagin sermon that looks circa 1986 entitled “How to
be led by the Spirit 1”. Also, here is a link to a Kenneth E. Hagin book in
pdf format entitled “Tongues: Beyond the Upper Room”.
Watch the video and read the book without the cherry picking of critics that
might be misled by the beam in their own eye. Don’t compare what you see and
read with the critics, rather find the full context in the Bible. Remember: Eat
the hay, spit out the sticks.
Below there is an extremely disappointing video of Paula
White. I haven’t listened White in years, but then hear ministry delivered the
Good News well. BUT NOW – it is apparent she has fallen into the ministry flesh
trap of manipulating money out of donors as if the Good News is for sale rather
than a gift from God Almighty via the Redeeming Blood of Christ.
I must be honest with you. As you might have noticed
I'm against prosperity gospel. I'd like to hear your opinion about
that kind of action.
Though I'm not a Theologian I try to be a
Realist. I hope you don't get me wrong. I intend not to offend you in any
way. I value you and your work pretty much.
Beware of False
Prophets Who Teach A Prosperity Gospel
By David J. Stewart
1st Timothy 6:6, “But godliness with contentment is
great gain.”
I am amazed at how accurate the Bible is about
everything. I read this Scripture today and it jumped out at me so clearly.
We've all heard televangelists teach that financial gain is God's will for
everyone's life; but 1st Timothy 6:5 says only men of corrupt minds, who are
destitute of the truth, think that financial successes equates with
godliness...
1st Timothy 6:5, “Perverse
disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness:
from such withdraw thyself.”
There you have it, perverse minds think that financial gain
is godliness!
God says to withdraw thyself from these type of people;
namely, Pentecostals and Charismatics who teach a prosperity gospel. ALL
televangelists teach that God wants everyone rich in this temporarily earthly
life; but they're the only one's getting rich, swindling people. A prosperity
gospel errantly claims that God wants everyone to be rich; but first you have
to give your money to the person preaching.
The 700 Club survives on this type of exploitation of the public.
They show testimony after testimony of people (I think rigged) who claim that
they gave their last $20, and now they have a better job, two cars, a new
home... blah, blah, blah! Pat Robertson is not my
hero, I'll tell you that! The 700 Club is a notorious example of what the
prosperity gospel heresy is. That's all they teach! The entire Ecumenical
Movement is saturated with prosperity heresies. The truth is that you may give
everything to God and end up poorer, as most people do who send their money
to Benny Hinn, The 700 Club, Mike Murdock, Peter Popoff, Don Stewart and other
shysters. Don't be a fool with God money.
Everything that you own belongs to God. We are all living on
borrowed time from God. That baby you aborted was lent to you by God, but you
destroyed it instead. One Scripture that you'll never hear from a televangelist
is 1st Timothy 6:8 that says, “And having food and raiment let us be
therewith content.” No, instead use appeal to your covetousness, with
slick words, and before you know it they suckered you in for the long haul,
taking your money. This is exactly what God said they would do to people. 2nd
Peter 2:3, “And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make
merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their
damnation slumbereth not.”
Hell will be hot enough, which is where they're all going!
The world is filled with religious phonies who exploit the Gospel for their own
greedy gain. God says that their damnation hasn't been delayed, meaning they
are damned this very moment! They have already been judged, found guilty, and
will split Hell wide open when they breath their last breath. God's Law
condemns all humanity as guilty (Romans 3:19). This is why Hebrews 9:27 says
after death, the judgment, because the second you die you'll go to either
Heaven or Hell. At The Great White Throne of Judgment (Revelation
20:11-15), God will open the Books, no doubt because there will be people who
call God unfair and partial
The Bible teaches in 1st Timothy 6:6 that Godliness with
contentment (i.e., being satisfied with just food and raiment (1st Timothy
6:8), are GREAT GAIN. Amen to that! God is the best investment!
Jesus told us in Matthew 6:20 to lay up treasures in Heaven!
Souls is the greatest investment! What are you doing to get souls into Heaven?
What are you doing to teach others how to get souls into Heaven? Matthew
6:21, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
All we hear nowadays are gimmicks, advertising schemes,
high-pressure sales tactics, and that gold is the best investment. They're all
carnally-minded. God is the best investment my friend!!!
The following Scripture warns us about false prophets who
teach that God wants us all to be wealthy here on earth...
1st Timothy 6:4-6, “He is proud, knowing nothing, but
doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife,
railings, evil surmisings, Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and
destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness:
from such withdraw thyself. But godliness with contentment is great gain.”
I think this is IMPORTANT. It's about Paula White and Donald
Trump.
Paula White Heresy –
Exposing Satanism and Witchcraft
Paula White did NOT lead Donald Trump to Christ!
“A time will come when instead
of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the
goats.”– C.H. Spurgeon
Proverbs 9:13 A foolish woman
is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
Jon Watkins ExposingSatanism.org
July 16, 2016
After reading
several recent articles, I was prompted to address the Jezebel Paula White. In
one of the articles she claimed she led Trump to Christ. I know that is not
true for two reasons. One being that Trump obviously has not been born again.
The other being, you cannot give away something you do not have to give. Paula
White does not even know what salvation is, or what it means to be born again,
so she could not lead anyone to Christ! “If you do not get Jesus
right, it does not matter what else you do get right!” – Mike
Muzzerall.
Ms. White believes that Jesus died a sinner, went to the burning side of hell
for 3 days, and was at the mercy of Satan until God said enough. He then became
the first born again person and came out of hell victorious over Satan! That is
the Word of Faith in a nutshell. It is not Scripture and is Blasphemy!
Paula White is a
Prosperity Preaching Pimp. She is of the feather of fellow Pimps like Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyers, (another Foolish,
Silly Woman) Kenneth Copeland, Mike Murdock, and the rest of that clan that
which poisons the airwaves via The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) and The
DayStar Network.
None of these people
know the true gospel. They are not preachers. They are mere Motivational
speakers akin to Tony Robbins. They are not teaching truth. They
are ignorant proponents of new age sorcery. They have head knowledge of Jesus
Christ, but have not been “Born Again” as the Gospel teaches. They are not lead
by the Holy Spirit, but by the spirit of Anti-Christ.
These people Fleece
the Flock and laugh all the way to the bank! 1st Peter 5:2 “Feed the
flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by
constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready
mind;”
Jesus addressing the
Scribes and Pharisees, the “Religious Leaders” of the day. Matthew
15:13-14 “But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath
not planted, shall be rooted up.14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the
blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”
White claims her
ministry is not based on wealth. “Do I believe that God is a sugar daddy? Not
at all,” she claimed. “Find your passion in life and figure out a way to make
money,” Source
Nowhere in the Bible
does scripture support that philosophy. Perhaps James Dobson was giving her
tips on how to twist scripture! James Dobson says Donald Trump has recently
accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, and that Christians should be
praying for him. And then a few days later; James Dobson takes back assertion
Trump Is Christian: ‘Do I Know That for Sure? No.’. Couple that with several
other disturbing quotes from things Ms. White said in recent interviews, I
believe she is just looking for a ride on the coat tails of Trump to further
her false doctrine, gain fame, and stuff the coffers. In this video clip she is
pimping the 144,000
of Revelation Chapter 7 who will be witnesses in the Tribulation.
That scripture has nothing to do with money. She is channeling Lucifer!
I have addressed her “Word of Faith” and “Prosperity
Pimping” a bit in earlier articles. Before hashing quotes from an article,
consider the following.
Paula White has divorced 2 times and her most recent
marriage is to rock and roll musician Jonathan Cain. He is known for his
membership in the bands Bad English and Journey. He is most recognized for
penning the Journey hits “Don’t Stop Believin,’” “When You Love a Woman” and
“Who’s Crying Now.” See that info here. How long will she stay
married this time? Only time will tell!
Not only does she not know understand salvation, she has no
idea what God says about divorce. Especially for a “practicing” Christian!
Those two facts are disturbing enough, but what really disturbs me is the fact
that she celebrates Halloween. Witches and Satanists consider that day to be
one of the most holy days of the year. This picture, of Paula and her hubby,
was taken as they celebrated Halloween 2015. She is dressed as little red
riding hood and he as the big bad wolf.
How appropriate, as scripture says, in Matthew 7:15
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly
they are ravening wolves.
In an interview with the Communists at Politico, White spoke
some revealing words to those with discernment. The agenda of Atheists,
Satanists and Witches at Politico is merely to mock and bring shame on Jesus
Christ and Christians. I have no problem with them exposing fools like Paula
White and others. They do their job well in that area. Of course, little effort
is required when highlighting a false prophet like Paula White and others or
her ilk. I constantly try to bait them by sending them my articles. I send them
to all those God hating liberal news outlets. To no avail. They avoid the True
Gospel of Jesus Christ that comes from this ministry. They are attuned to their
overlord Satan who alerts them! Some excerpts from the interview are as follows:
“I can absolutely tell you that
Mr. Trump has a relationship with God. He is a Christian, he accepts Jesus as
his Lord and savior,” White said in a rare interview with POLITICO, reflecting
on a relationship with the New York tycoon that has now spanned more than 14
years. The two first connected when Trump, who was watching Christian
television, saw her onscreen and called her, saying she was “fantastic.”
According to her own words she has known Trump for 14
yrs. […..]
relationship with the New York tycoon that has now spanned more than 14
years. So in those 14 years I can guarantee you that she shared the
true Gospel with him. No, all she ever did was preach that prosperity crap in
his ear, trying to ease his mind that God wants him to get richer! I don’t want
to rehash what I have already written about Trump and the Quotes that have come
out of HIS OWN Mouth, you can view those here: See Donald Trump an unsaved Rich Man.
“On her next trip to New York,
the Florida-based White met with him, marking the start of a close,
cross-country friendship. “Over the years, that [relationship] grew stronger
and stronger,” she said of her ties to Trump. “I was in New York for many
years. He has a very open-door policy. If I was in town, [he’d say], ‘Hey
Paula, come by, hang out with friends, family.’ He’d allow me to sit in his office,
be a part of his life, his world.”
White tells stories of walking
up Fifth Avenue in New York with Trump and watching the real estate mogul cross
the street to shake hands with construction workers. And there was the time he
was showing her a new golf course in California and got out of the golf cart to
thank a Latino man who was taking care of his sand traps. White, who still owns
a unit at a Trump property in New York, said his employees at his buildings
were loyal to him. To her, this serves as evidence that the cussing,
controversial Trump is ultimately a man of God.”
Walking down the street being nice to people and shaking
their hand does not make you a “man of God” Miss White! And on Mr. Trumps
cussing:
Proverbs 4:24 “Put away from
thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.”
Luke 6:45 “A good man out of the
good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man
out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for
of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”
Ephesians 4:29 “Let no corrupt
communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of
edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
Ephesians 5:4 “Neither
filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but
rather giving of thanks.”
James 3:10 “Out of the same
mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so
to be.”
Come on Paula, it is time to get beyond those prosperity and
blessing scriptures you covet. Find out who is really bestowing those so
called blessings you think are from God upon you.
Read ALL of the scripture and find out what God really thinks and commands. You
will find YOU Silly woman, that unless you repent and
change your ways, you are doomed to Hell!!
2nd Timothy 3:6-7 “For of this
sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women
laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7Ever learning, and never
able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
“There’s a lot of people that
have influenced Mr. Trump’s life,” she said. “One thing I can tell you, which
absolutely might be new to some of the media, new to some people, but God is
not new to Mr. Trump. He absolutely has a heart and a hunger and a relationship
with God.”
Those hounds of Hell do not know what it is to have a
relationship with God, so how can they say that!
Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are they
which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be
filled.”
What is righteousness Paula? Do you know? It is right
standing with God according to HIS Word. Not the twisted words you are your
money hungry cohorts profess!
What did Jesus tell the Woman at the Well? “Whosoever
drinketh of this water shall thirst again”John
Chapter 4
I have a saying I coined some years ago, and is as
follows:
If you go to the store to buy Meat, don’t run to the Milk Section or the Junk
Food Aisle looking for it.
The Meat Section is the True Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Milk Section is likened to those who will not preach on sin and
Hell, just a feel good message.
The Junk Food Isle is the outright false doctrine AKA the
prosperity gospel, name it and claim it, the purpose driven life, the
Unitarians, the Chrislams, the Noahides, the Judizers, the Hebraic Roots
movement and other false teachings!! Feasting on just Milk and Junk will
eventually cause you great harm!!
“But she has also emphasized her wealth in her preaching
and public appearances, causing critics to deride her as one who pushes
“prosperity gospel,” a doctrine that says God wants people to be rich — and
that more traditional religious leaders frown upon.
“Paula White is a charlatan and recognized as a heretic
by every orthodox Christian, of whatever tribe,” read a recent tweet from
Russell Moore, a prominent Southern Baptist leader and vocal Trump critic, who
wasn’t available for an interview.”
If Trump does win the election and he is taking spiritual
advice from this group of fools, we will be in no better shape than we would be
if Hillary Clinton gets in and practices her Witchcraft. The end result will be
God executing HIS wrath upon this Country, in either case! Mr. Trump, purge
these Hounds of Hell from around you. Fire them! I can point you to several
Godly Men and Women who will advise you properly and Biblically!
