by Peter Imanuelsen
This will be an article quite different than my usual content of news and politics.
But right
now something has been on my heart lately, something which I have studied
extensively, and even though this will be different than my usual articles, I
hope that you will find this interesting.
You know,
I think that politics is downstream from culture. And culture is downstream
from morality. And what gives morality? In the Western world, it has been
Christianity that has set the standard for morality for hundreds of years.
As you may
know, I’m a Christian. I have been looking around and seeing that the situation
among modern churches is quite dire. You have many churches that remind of
cults. There are very few churches now that actually preach the gospel. Instead
you find new age practices and occultism.
And I
asked myself, how could this be?
So I
decided to try and find out. If you are a Christian, this will be very
interesting. If you are not a Christian, I think you may find it very
interesting also.
First of
all, I want to mention that I am just a human and I want to be very careful of
not ”speaking for God”. So please, test everything I write here with the Bible,
and if you find anything lacking, please let me know in the comments.
This is by
no means an attack on Christendom. Quite the contrary. This is a defense of the
faith against false prophets and heretics. This is a defense of the faith
against the spirit of anti-Christ, so that the true gospel can be revealed.
Because
many have been deceived by wolfs in sheep’s clothing that have masqueraded as
pastors, prophets and men of God.
Modern
churches today have to a large degree been influenced by the Word of Faith
movement, also known as the prosperity gospel. Many TV preachers follow this
doctrine. This includes people like Kenneth Copeland, Jesse Duplantis, Joel
Osteen, Creflo Dollar and Benny Hinn. But also Bill Johnson of Bethel Church
Redding follows in the same footsteps.
These
people have had more influence than you may think.
Kenneth
Hagin’s RHEMA Bible school has trained over 123.000 graduates worldwide as of
last year. These are people that go on to become pastors and have other
leadership roles.
Bethel
School of Supernatural Ministry has graduated over 13.000 students since its
founding in 1998. Again, many of them going on to become pastors or have
leadership roles.
Thus,
their ideas are spread far and wide within the modern church.
Bethel
Church Redding does some very strange things. They promote the idea to go and
lay down on graves to ”soak” up power from dead people. Benny Hinn also did
this. He visited the grave of Kathryn Kuhlman to ”absorb” some kind of ”power”
from the deceased.
This is
necromancy and things like this is so dark that it is considered black magic in
the occult.
In my
studies, I have found something very alarming. Many of these people are
preaching a false gospel. A false Jesus. And I will break it down for you step
by step.
The
problem is, the ideas presented by the Word of Faith movement has permeated
much of modern Christianity.
It is
estimated that Kenneth Hagin, Kenneth Copeland and Joel Osteen has likely sold
over 100 million books combined.
That gives
them a lot of influence today.
First, let
me present to you my hypothesis that will become increasingly clear as you read
this article. I will show how these different ideas all stem from a big heresy.
And how it is even connected with the spirit of anti-Christ in the Bible.
Extreme kenoticism – ”Jesus died spiritually” doctrine –
Little god’s doctrine – Manifesting.
Now, I
will show you how this Word of Faith teaching borrows heavily from occultism.
Then I will show you through theology that they preach a false Jesus. An
anti-Christ even.
MANIFESTING.
Like I
said, at the core here is something called the Word of Faith movement. It is a
theology that was popularized by a man called Kenneth Hagin. However, he in
turn got it from a man called E.W. Kenyon.
Now, this
E.W. Kenyon was in fact very much influence by something called the New Thought
movement during his time at Emerson College, which became a hub for this
movement.
New
Thought is where the New Age comes from. It is also where other metaphysical
and esoteric religions like Christian Science originates. Remember this, as it
will become very important later on in this article.
E.W Kenyon
was positive to Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the metaphysical religion of
Christian Science. He once said ”there was a lot that could be learnt from
her”.
New
Thought is a metaphysical philosophy that teaches manifesting. It teaches that
the mind and thoughts can have power over the physical reality. That people can
bring things into existence (manifest) with the power of their mind and
positive confessions, to actualize ”truths” aligned with divine principles.
They teach
something called the ”Law of attraction”. They also teach that when people
realize their ”divine nature” they can begin to manifest things in the real
world. People can also use things like visualization to picture desired
outcomes.
They also
believe that words carry creative power. Furthermore, they believe that humans
are divine beings that are capable of achieving ”christ consciousness”.
As you
probably already have guessed, this sounds very similar to shamanism and
witchcraft. But what may surprise you is that it also sounds very similar to
what Word of Faith preachers like Kenneth Copeland teach.
So here
are some quotes.
”Believe
it in your heart; say it with your mouth. That is the principle of faith. You
can have what you say” – Kenneth Hagin.
”it is
important to realize that we are creating our world by the words that we speak”
– Kenneth Hagin.
”Faith’s
confessions create realities. Realization follows the confession. Confessions
precedes possession.” - Kenneth Hagin
”By
getting the Word deep into your spirit and speaking it boldly out of your
mouth, you can release spiritual power to change things in the natural
circumstances” – Kenneth Copeland.
”The
moment you speak something out, you give birth to it. This is a spiritual
principle” – Joel Osteen.
”Words
are like seeds. When you speak something out, you give life to what you’re
saying” Joel Osteen.
”Your
words have creative power” – Joel Osteen.
”What
we declare, creates reality” – Benny Hinn.
Kenneth
Copeland also teaches that faith is a ”force”.
”Faith
is a power force. It is a tangible force. It is a conductive force” – Kenneth
Copeland in his book The Force of Faith.
”Faith
was the raw material substance that the Spirit of God used to form the
universe.” - Kenneth Copeland audiotape Authority of the Believer II released
in 1987.
”You
are a co-creator with God when you speak words of life!” - Kenneth Copeland.
Guess
where else the idea of humans being ”co-creators” with God is found?
In the New
Thought movement.
”When
we use our creative imagination in strong faith, it will create for us, out of
the One Substance, whatever we have formed in thought. In this way man becomes
a co-creator with God.” - Ernest Holmes, the founder of Religious Science and a
key figure in the New Thought movement.
Do you see
the similarities here between Kenneth Copeland and Ernest Holmes?
In the New
Thought, they teach that faith or ”mental power” is an energy that people can
harness to manifest reality.
And they
teach that positive confessions can release this ”force” to ”manifest” things
into reality, such as prosperity.
It is
clear that when preachers like Kenneth Copeland and Joel Osteen are heavily
inspired by the occult in their doctrine.
Essentially,
they teach that faith is a form of spiritual force that operates similar to
physical laws. And they also teach that believers have essentially the same
powers as Jesus.
Furthermore,
they claim that Jesus has delegated his authority to the believers and that
Jesus can’t do anything on earth unless believers ask him. Imagine the audacity
to claim that God can’t do anything unless a human asks him to do something.
So, in
reality they claim that believers have more power to do things than God
himself.
Therefore
they say believers can be ”co-creators” with God when they harness this faith
force and speak positive confessions. Because they believe that they are
”little gods”. This is blasphemous.
In
reality, Jesus says that HE has all authority.
”All
authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth” – Matthew 28:18.
Only God
can speak things into existence. We are not god. We cannot speak things into
existence. But we can pray to God in faith.
It is
important to remember that it is Biblical to pray to God and to have faith.
”And
whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” - Matthew
21:22.
”And
the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up” – James
5:15.
So it is
Biblical to pray in faith. But the manifesting techniques and the idea that you
can speak things into existence that many preachers today teach is certainly not
Biblical.
Where is
the root of this, what is the theological foundation that could cause this
occult error to infiltrate the church?
Many have
criticized these so called Christian preachers for their prosperity gospel and
their manifesting techniques which mimic those of the occult.
But let us
dive deeper. Things are about to get a lot darker as we go into the next point.
THE ”LITTLE GODS”
DOCTRINE.
What I am
about to tell you is a very central point in the Word of Faith doctrine.
Namely, the ”little gods” doctrine. This is a core teaching of people like Joel
Osteen and Kenneth Copeland.
And
without this ”little gods” teaching, the previous thing I talked about, namely
manifesting, would logically fall away. So this ”little gods” doctrine is what
is the foundation to manifesting.
In the
Word of Faith, they teach that believers are ”little gods” and ”co-creators”
with God. Because believers are ”little gods” they can compel spiritual laws to
”manifest” results.
This
doctrine is often labeled as heretical. It essentially deifies humans, while
reducing Jesus. But that will not come as a surprise as the entire Word of
Faith doctrine is based on reducing Jesus and uplifting humans, which I will
show later on.
Let us
begin by looking at some quotes from prominent preachers. I will let them speak
for themselves so you may judge their words.
”You
don’t have a god in you, you are one” – Kenneth Copeland.
”On the
cross, Jesus won the right for believers to be born again back into the
god-class. Adam was created, not subordinate to God, but as a god; he lost it,
and in Christ we are taken back to the god-class.” - Kenneth Copeland
”He
[Adam] was not a little like God. He was not almost like God. He was not
subordinate to God even...Adam is as much like God as you could get, just the
same as Jesus...Adam, in the Garden of Eden was God manifested in the flesh.” -
Kenneth Copeland audiotape Following the Faith of Abraham 1.
Now, this
is heresy. Because the Bible says that ”And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth.” - John 1:14.
The Bible
says that Jesus (God) was made flesh. It does not say that Adam was God
manifested in the flesh.
”When I
read in the Bible where He [Jesus] says, I AM, I just smile and say, Yes I AM
too”! - Kenneth Copeland 1987.
Important
context here is the following when Moses ask God what his name is.
”And
God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the
children of Israel, I AM has sent me unto you.” - Exodus 3:14.
So God
says that his name is ”I AM THAT I AM”. Now Kenneth Copeland has somehow
managed to utter such a blasphemy as to call himself ”I AM” as well. Now this
is heresy at a high level.
But he
doesn’t stop there.
”The
Spirit of God spoke to me and He said, realize this. Now follow me in this and
don’t let your traditions rip you up. A twice born man whipped Satan in his own
domain. You are the very image and copy of that one [Jesus Christ]. I said,
”You aren’t trying to tell me that I could have done the same thing?” He said,
”Oh yeah. If you had the knowledge of the word of God, you could have done the
same thing that He did.” - Kenneth Copeland in What Happened From the Cross to
the Throne 1982 audio tape.
Here,
Kenneth Copeland claims that he could have done what Jesus did. That what Jesus
did was not unique to his divinity, but replaceable by any born again believer
that has enough scriptural knowledge. This literally diminishes the deity of
Jesus and the atonement on the cross that Jesus did for us.
Kenneth
Copeland has the audacity to claim that he could have paid the penalty for our
sins on the cross. Do you realize how blasphemous this sounds? This sounds very
satanic. This is not of God. This is the spirit of anti-Christ.
”God
[has] made us in the same class of being that he is himself...[The believer] is
called Christ...that’s who we are, we’re Christ!” - Kenneth Hagin in his book
Zoe: The God-Kind of Life 1981.
”You
are as much the incarnation of God as Jesus Christ was. Every man who has been
born again is an incarnation...The believer is as much an incarnation as was
Jesus of Nazareth.” - Kenneth Hagin.
”Jesus
was first divine, and then He was human. So He was in the flesh a divine-human
being. I was first human, and so were you, but I was born of God, and so I
became a human-divine being.” - Kenneth Hagin in his book Zoe: The God-Kind of
Life.
”you
are a little g god.” - Kris Vallotton of Bethel Redding.
As you can
see, the idea that believers are ”little gods” is prominent in the modern
church.
But, this
is central to their theology. Because if believers are ”little gods”, then they
have the same creative power as God to be able to manifest things into
existence. Without this doctrine, then their whole idea of manifesting simply
falls away.
Now, let
us take a look at what the Bible does say.
”According
as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and
godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and
virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that
by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lust.” - 2 Peter 1:3-4.
This is a
Bible verse that false teachers use to claim that humans are somehow equal to
God, which we of course are not.
Now, I’m
not going to try and pretend to know exactly what this Bible verse means, but I
do know that this does not mean we are equal to God. It could appear that this
speaks of how a Christian is a new creation as a born again believer, and in
this way being ”partakers of the divine nature”, having been set free from sin.
”There
is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” - Romans 8:1-2
And:
”But ye
are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell
in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his” –
Romans 8:9
And:
”For ye
have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth
witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then
heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with
him, that we may be also glorified together” – Romans 8:15-17.
Now let us
finish with some Bible verses that completely demolish the ”little gods”
doctrine.
”I am
the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my
praise to graven images” – Isaiah 42:8
Now, let
us move on to the third connection.
THE ”JESUS DIED
SPIRITUALLY” HERESY.
So far, I
have detailed how in the modern church, they are practicing manifesting. And
the reason, the very foundation of the idea that they can manifest things into
existence is because they believe that they are ”little gods” and thus have the
power to speak creative words, just like God did when he created the earth.
But in
this theological framework, what is the foundation for their ”little gods”
doctrine that I just outlined?
This is
where the ”Jesus died spiritually” doctrine comes in. Henceforth, I will simply
just refer to this as ”JDS” in short.
They teach
that the atonement of Jesus on the cross was not sufficient for the redemption
of humanity. So they claim that Jesus not only died physically on the cross,
but also died spiritually, was given a sinful nature and was ”tormented in
hell” to pay for sin before ultimately being ”reborn in hell”.
And since
Jesus was ”born again” in hell to restore his divine nature, this acts as a
model for believers so that they too can be restored to ”little gods”, born
again into the ”god class”. So this is the foundation for the “little gods”
doctrine.
They even
have the audacity to claim that Jesus ”took on” the nature of Satan. What
blasphemy!
As like
before, it is probably just best to let those advocating this idea speak for
themselves. Prepare yourself to read some next level blasphemies here. I’m
warning you…
”The
righteousness of God was made to be sin. He [Jesus] accepted the sin nature of
Satan in His own spirit and at the moment that He did that He cried, ”My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”. You don’t know what happened at the cross.
Why do you think Moses, obeying the instruction of God, hung the serpent up on
the pole instead of a lamb? That used to bug me. I said, ”Why in the world
would you want to put a snake up there – the sign of Satan? Why didn’t you put
a lamb on that pole”. And the Lord said, ”Because, it was the sign of Satan
that was hanging on the cross” – Kenneth Copeland on What Happened from the
Cross to the Throne.
So here,
Kenneth Copeland claims that God told him basically that it was Satan hanging
on the cross. That sounds very satanic to me.
[Here
was supposed to be another quote from Kenneth Copeland where he describes what
his twisted mind thinks happened to Jesus spirit in hell. But it was just so
horrendous that I cannot bear myself to publish it so as not to spread this
blasphemy further].
”He
allowed the devil to drag Him into the depths of hell as if He were the most
wicked sinner who ever lived...every demon in hell came down on Him to
annihilate Him...[They] tortured him beyond anything that anybody has ever
conceived” – Kenneth Copeland
”Spiritual
death means having Satan’s nature” – Kenneth Hagin.
[Here
was supposed to be a quote from Todd White, but it was actually so blasphemous
of our Lord Jesus Christ that I just couldn’t bear to publish it. Let it be
known that it was a terrible, terrible thing that was said, something that I
consider only a satanist could have conceived of. He mentioned various
different severe sins that Jesus supposedly ”became” on the cross. But it is
just to bad to be published. I wish I was making this up.]
So they
teach that Jesus (God) got the nature of Satan. How can God, take on the nature
of Satan? That would logically imply that he then wouldn’t be God anymore.
Because God is perfect. This JDS doctrine does everything it can to push down
Jesus and glorify humans.
Now let us
see what the Bible says.
The Bible
teaches that Jesus Christ is God eternally. And God cannot sin.
”For we
have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin” –
Hebrews 4:15.
”For
Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might
bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit”
– 1 Peter 3:18.
Notice
here how it says that Christ suffered ONCE for sins. Not that he suffered in
hell also.
”When
Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed
his head, and gave up the ghost” – John 19:30.
This
implies that the work was done. It was FINISHED. Jesus had done the ultimate
sacrifice and paid the price for our sin. This completely refutes the JDS
doctrine that Jesus then had to ”finish” the work in hell. Not so.
So, false
prophets in the modern church teach that ”Jesus died spiritually” and went to
hell. But what does the Bible say? It seems to say quite the opposite actually.
”And
having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly,
triumphing over them in it” – Colossians 2:15.
Jesus was
victorious.
”Hell
has been torn apart for us through Christ, and that the devil’s kingdom and
power have been destroyed” said Martin Luther.
Now let us
move on to the fourth connection…
THE EXTREME KENOTICISM
HERESY.
Now we are
really getting into the root of the problem. And that is, the these modern
preachers have a different definition of Jesus than what the Bible teaches. And
all the previous heresies that I wrote about in this article, all stem from
this foundation. They have a wrong Jesus.
The term
kenosis comes from the Greek and it means ”to empty” or ”to pour out”.
Those who
believe in extreme kenoticism say that Jesus set aside his divine attributes
during his earthly life and operates merely as a man. This is a profound heresy
as it has major implications and undermines the ETERNAL and UNCHANGING nature
of God.
Extreme
kenoticism echoes other heresies such as Arianism (which denies the full deity
of Christ) and the heresy of adoptionism (which teaches that Jesus was a mere
human that was elevated to divine status at his baptism and was ”adopted”).
Meanwhile,
in the true Gospel, we learn that Jesus was fully God and fully human. This is
called the hypostatic union, affirmed by people like Martin Luther.
”I
believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and
also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost
and condemned creature...He is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all
eternity” – from Martin Luther’s small catechism.
However,
the Word of Faith movement has adopted a radical form of kenosis to underpin
their teachings on JDS, ”little gods” and manifesting as we talked about
earlier.
In fact,
extreme kenoticism provides the Christological bridge for the Word of Faith
doctrine. By portraying a Jesus that operated on earth merely as a human that
”emptied” himself of his divinity, this serves as a model for believers who can
emulate this Jesus, becoming ”little gods” and thus can do the same things that
Jesus did.
Now,
Jesus did say ”Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the
works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do;
because I go unto my father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that I
will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything
in my name, I will do it.” - John 14:12-14.
But this
is praying to God in the name of Jesus so that the Father may be glorified.
Meanwhile, what the Word of Faith doctrine teaches is that believers can
manifest reality by using faith and their words as if it is some kind of
shamanic formula, causing things to happen in their own power, instead of
asking for things in the power of God.
So again,
let us see what these pastors have to say.
”When
it comes to ministry, Jesus does not stand in a class by Himself...Even though
Jesus was the Son of God and divine blood flowed through His veins, yet He was
ministering on earth as a human being – a prophet anointed with the Holy
Spirit” – Kenneth Hagin from Hear and Be Healed 1987.
”They
don’t realize that when Jesus came to earth, He voluntarily gave up that
advantage, living His life here not as God but as a man. He had no innate
supernatural powers. He had no ability to perform miracles until after He was
anointed by the Holy Spirit” – Kenneth Copeland
”He
totally emptied himself and came as a man. He never did one miracle till the
Holy Ghost came on Him and anointed him.” - Kenneth Copeland.
This
statement by Kenneth is not only extreme kenoticism, but reminds more of the
heresy of adoptionism.
”Nor
would He have endured the sufferings of the cross. Had He not presented himself
through the Holy Ghost, His blood would not have remained pure and spotless.
And let me add this: Had the Holy Spirit not been with Jesus, He would have
sinned.” - Benny Hinn from Welcome, Holy Spirit.
”Jesus
Christ said of Himself, ”The Son can do nothing.” In the Greek language that
word nothing has a unique meaning – it means NOTHING, just like it does in
English!...He had set aside His divinity. He did miracles as man in right
relationship with God because he was setting forth a model for us, something
for us to follow...Jesus so emptied Himself that He was incapable of doing what
was required of Him by the Father” – Bill Johnson, pastor at Bethel Redding.
”Christ
performed miracles, wonders, and signs, as a man in right relationship to
God...not as God. If he performed miracles because He was God, then they would
be unobtainable for us. But if he did them as a man, I am responsible to pursue
His lifestyle” – Bill Johnson.
There you
have it.
In the
modern church, they are preaching that Jesus wasn’t actually fully God while on
earth. He had ”emptied” himself they say.
Let us go
to the Bible on what it has to say on people preaching heresy.
”For
many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is
come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist” – 2 John 1:7.
So, anyone
that denies that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is an antichrist. What does
this mean?
Well,
let us look at John 1:14 where it says ”And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth.
The Word
here is another name for Jesus. It says in the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.
So, the
Word IS God. And we read that the Word was made flesh. So when somebody denies
that Jesus Christ (the Word who is God) came in the flesh, they deny the
hypostatic union that Jesus is fully God and fully human.
Now, this
Bible verse seems to speak primarily of people who deny that Jesus is come in
the flesh. The Word of Faith doctrine of extreme kenoticism does affirm that
Jesus came in the flesh, but they deny the full divinity of Jesus Christ as
they claim he ”emptied” himself and took upon himself the ”nature of satan”.
This would logically mean that he wasn’t fully divine according to their
teaching. So in effect, they deny the first part of the Bible verse, where it
speaks of Jesus Christ (who is fully God).
The Bible
verse in 2 John 1:7 logically demands that one affirms both the full divinity
and full humanity of Jesus Christ.
Thus, the
extreme kenoticism as preached in the Word of Faith doctrine, risks aligning
with the antichrist spirit that is warned about as they deny the full divinity
of Jesus Christ.
Why has
this teaching gathered so much traction and influence, despite being clearly
heretical?
When
writing this article, I was reminded of a book I read by Lewi Pethrus, one of
the men behind the great Pentecostal revival. He talked about how men would not
have a love for the truth and thus be open to be deceived by the anti-Christ
with false teachings.
”And
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they
received not the love of the truth that they might be saved. And for this cause
God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie” - 2
Thessalonians 2:10-11.
Also, here
are some more Bible verses on this topic...
”For
the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their
own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they
shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned into fables” – 2
Timothy 4:3-4
”The
prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear the rule by their means; and my
people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?” - Jeremiah
5:31.
So to
summarize.
Let us
come back to my hypothesis.
New
Thought and New Age teachings influenced E.W. Kenyon, Who in turn influenced
Kenneth Hagin known as the founder of the modern Word of Faith movement which
has drastically influenced modern churches, as evident by Bethel Redding, Todd
White, Kenneth Copeland to name a few.
The
problem is, that their whole theology is built on heresy after heresy.
They begin
with extreme kenoticism. They deny the full divinity of Jesus Christ, and they
claim he operated as a man on earth. They then build on this, saying that
”Jesus died spiritually” but was ”reborn” in hell.
This in
turn is used to build up the idea of the ”little gods” doctrine. Because they
say that Jesus was ”born again” and thus ”restored” to divinity, then believers
can also be ”restored” to the ”god class”. Also, since they say Jesus operated
as a man on earth, then believers can do the same things as God. In other
words, be ”little gods”.
And since
believers can do the same things as God, this is the foundation of the idea
that believers can manifest things into existence, just like God. Because they
are ”little gods” they say.
But like I
pointed out before, this is no different than the occult, metaphysical ideas of
New Thought of which the New Age comes from.
So, here
we have one heresy after another, laying the foundational framework for a whole
bunch of heresies.
