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de1929
post Aug 7 2015, 02:23 PM

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QUOTE(kron_ka @ Aug 7 2015, 01:14 PM)
2 Timothy 4:8 - this is very inspiring word.

For a time I was struggling with my church, its strictness, its lack of empathy towards its members, its focus on serving but not loving one another and fellowship.

I almost joined New Creation Church, but when I found its doctrine to be like cutting corners, I was concern that the church was more focused on building another mega church rather than building and growing the maturity of believers.
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Their concern is to win soul and battling condemnation.

From "negative side"... more winning soul meanings more bigger church, big church that keep winning soul become mega church.

they may lack on education, may lack on teaching, may lack on doctrine, and may lack on anything you can mention... those lackings are resolved under: GOD's grace.
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post Aug 7 2015, 02:57 PM

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QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Aug 7 2015, 01:34 PM)
For me, it's a passion understanding God's word.
Bro, just curious, u supporting your mom alone or you have other brothers helping out?
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i have 1 brother and sister both younger, we are doing all we can to help my mom easing her burden but at the same time she like to think alot mainly negatively
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post Aug 7 2015, 03:37 PM

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QUOTE(De_Luffy @ Aug 7 2015, 02:57 PM)
i have 1 brother and sister both younger, we are doing all we can to help my mom easing her burden but at the same time she like to think alot mainly negatively
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Bro,

May I encourage you to pray everyday for God's hedge of protection to surround your mom and siblings and yourself?
You can also request everyday for God to send his angels to encamp around you and family.
Pray for peace of mind, you can pray for God to cover your Mom with Peace that surpasses all understanding.

Pray everyday without Fail Bro and keep believing.

I know my life and my family's life is changed for the better whenever I keep praying.
And I notice the tendency for things to go wrong when I don't.

Pray Everyday.

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De_Luffy
post Aug 7 2015, 05:03 PM

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QUOTE(kron_ka @ Aug 7 2015, 05:00 PM)
sure thing, will pray.

I recommend supplement Cucurmin by Vitacare. Its a bit pricey but it worked well for me. I suffer from joint pains and inflammation because I was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondilitis. I not saying that I fully recovered but I think the supplement helped me a lot. Today, I am cycling 50km a week and attending gym.
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doctor advised to take gurusamy supplement to ease her joint pain,

any taking for sore throat immediate cure
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post Aug 7 2015, 06:24 PM

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QUOTE(kron_ka @ Aug 7 2015, 05:15 PM)
Ok, hope she get well soon.

Just the knee pain?

If all her joints are pain, better go seek a specialist for better diagnosis. But rheumatologist r pricey...
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it's a joint pains on both knees also on the hip joint as well as her back
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post Aug 7 2015, 08:10 PM

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QUOTE(De_Luffy @ Aug 7 2015, 01:28 PM)
Please pray for me, been coughing badly for past few days hoping to recover soon.

my mom legs is not really that good the joints are not like it used to be, doctor advised to take supplements and give rub meds as well as pain killer
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ok will pray for u, ur mom, n ur family.
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post Aug 7 2015, 09:50 PM

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QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Aug 7 2015, 12:42 PM)
Guys, chill.

Joel Osteen preaching may not appeal to some of us but it may appeal to others who have totally lost hope in Life and perhaps angry at God for various reasons.

It's a matter of play with words. What to some is positive mind may mean Faith to others.

Joel knows his audience well where in America, Atheism, LBGT is are binding people from coming to God.  Some people are so offended by God, the mere mention of the word God, provokes them and would shun away from Christians.

I believe his ministry are geared for that group, to bring them back. That is why his messages are more intuned for that.
Those who need deeper spiritual insight, just look elsewhere. Go for John Piper or MacArthur or whoever's sermon appeal to your spiritual need.

Don't let this upset you. Common guys.
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Oh so that's his ministry.

Yes it is true that for many Americans associate God and Church to severe domestic abuse. Saying anything about the Gospel will trigger some very, very intense negative reactions. Aggression, hatred, flashbacks, total breakdown. Very freaky yo.

Moral Orel. It started out as a Black Comedy. Then later on became it became an accurate reflection of dysfunctional childhood for a lot of viewers.
It's so twisted, I don't even.

I don't know how to even help these people. If they carry on with their lives, pretty go from bad life to doomed eternity.

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post Aug 7 2015, 09:54 PM

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QUOTE(De_Luffy @ Aug 7 2015, 06:24 PM)
it's a joint pains on both knees also on the hip joint as well as her back
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Sounds very much like arthritis or rheumatism. Better see a doc.

Sometimes can be muscle related too.

Will pray for you.
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post Aug 7 2015, 10:38 PM

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QUOTE(Sophiera @ Aug 7 2015, 09:50 PM)
Oh so that's his ministry.

Yes it is true that for many Americans associate God and Church to severe domestic abuse. Saying anything about the Gospel will trigger some very, very intense negative reactions. Aggression, hatred, flashbacks, total breakdown. Very freaky yo.

Moral Orel. It started out as a Black Comedy. Then later on became it became an accurate reflection of dysfunctional childhood for a lot of viewers.
It's so twisted, I don't even.

I don't know how to even help these people. If they carry on with their lives, pretty go from bad life to doomed eternity.
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Yeah I mean if you have friends in the states you know how it is over there.

Joel Osteen Church runs a very typical American (Culture) Church, took over his father legacy John Osteen.
His sermon is geared towards reaching the typical simple american. America has lost that close relationship, and many has lost hope in God.


I've read one of the testimony of someone almost on the verge of suicide, by chance heard him on TV, was convicted and came back to God and Back to Church.
Not to say I'm a fan but can't deny that is a ministry if people's life are saved.

Only thing is that his sermons don't appeal to older Christians who are looking for deeper spiritual exegesis.
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post Aug 8 2015, 01:55 AM

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No I didn't forget, that part belongs to my God as always. I'm just his delivery boy to deliver you his message.

Doesn't matter to me whether you're late or not. Like I said, this is my Faith, I would know if you are wrong and be able to tell you the difference, not the other way round. Let's get that first established. To think that you can come here tell us as the opposite role is laughable because it's something liken to an average joe on the street who read dummies for engineering  trying to teach an experience engineer on engineering.

So you admit you are the devil eh? Then all the more reason for all of us in here to reject your interpretation isn't it?
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Modern day devils have free themselves from the shackles of myth whereas God and his prophets are still trap within that boundary. Follow my interpretation if you have the courage to venture beyond.

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You should ask that on yourself, what's the reason of you coming in here discrediting our Faith? Let's be truthful about that first.

Deluding yourself with special position and waiting for imaginary force to drive you all the way to heaven is bad news for everyone. For humanity sake, i came to restore your sanity.


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The longer we go, the more I realize you're trying to enforce some form of Universal Zen Buddhism into Christianity.  Anyway The truth of our scripture have stood the test of time regardless of your debate or your intention. Listen kid, There is always RWI for your need to argue, in case you're totally blind or oblivious this is Christian Fellowship thread. Do you even understand the purpose of this thread? It's not the place for you to to pick fight or to argue with us. It's for us Christians to fellowship.

It's obvious something is probably eating inside of you that caused you to come in here. I mean no one force you to come and start to argue all this.  If you need Jesus, can always pray for you. You want to find somebody to argue with, go to RWI. 

I miss you ma. Apart from the reason mentioned before, there are some unsolved question from the past in v9 so i guess this should be round 2.

If this thread is not convenient, we can borrow DE's thread and continue there... follow you wherever you go.




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You must learn to exegesis the Bible accurately down to the root. Salvation in Christianity is the work of Jesus Christ. This is an established fact in our doctrine. Only He alone could fulfill God's law because only He alone is born without Sin. The rest of humanity are all tainted with Sin.

The fact is, his work for Salvation is already a done deal. All we have to do is step into it. There is nothing for us to do, to qualify.  because None of us could fulfilled the Law. If anyone could, Christ did not need to come. But the fact that Jesus did come means nobody did. And  If we still need to qualify, the 10 commandment is more than comprehensive enough. So there is nothing for us to fulfil against whatever Law there is in the New Covenant but to believe. That is the New Covenant, the covenant of God's Grace.

If the Bible never says Love as the condition for Salvation then it is not. The moment you add in something that the Bible does not say, it becomes wrong teaching and can stumble other people. This is not a plaything.Do learn to respect that at least. Don't say something you have not lived and neither experience nor understand of the Christian doctrine pertaining to the Life of God's Kingdom.

And I believe I've already explained  this to you, we love because that is who God made us to be as Christian. It is not the condition to gain Salvation, it is a testimony of who we are in Christ.

However, This is in the Bible and is consistent in the word. God even say "The righteous shall live by Faith" meaning the righteousness of Faith.

John 3:16 (NIV) - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:36 (NIV) - Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them.
John 6:40 (NIV) - For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."

Seems like the same arguments with the rest below so i will skip and just answer the rest.


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The dying thief is a very good example and it proves this doctrine, the family whom Paul preached proves that. Zacchaeus the tax collector also proves that, (Jesus just gave him grace, no laws) and all of them was saved on the basis of God's grace. Those people are the evidence. God put it in there for us to know.
The dying thief account is ambiguous.
Which book is that about Paul preaching the family?
No, Zacchaeus account was not as simple as you think.
It was the exact opposite to the rich young ruler. He was able to overcome his greed therefore Jesus accepted him.



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Then why was the young rich ruler given the Law by Christ? The answer is simple. Anyone who comes before God under the Law, God will give you the Law. But if you come under Grace, He will deal with you base on Grace. It is very consistent throughout the Bible, just take a notice whenever anyone comes to Jesus under the Law, see his responses. The people who come under Grace, see his responses. Study this with an open heart, God may grant you Salvation yet.

Here is the scripture words to back that up.

Romans 6:14 (NIV) - For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
Galatians 3:25 (NIV) - Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. (Guardian here refers to the Law)

What these 2 verse means is that, we are put under the covenant of God's Grace. No longer means No longer and Not under means not under.

Romans 6:14 is talking about the result where other conditions are met. Read in context;
11 In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

So before one can be free from the law, one needs to train to abstain from sinful activities first as explained in
Hebrews 12
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:28-32
28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. 32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.


Question 1 Your interpretation of Galatians 3:25 does not make sense. For you say Jesus Christ was all along with God even before he came and even Abraham and many others was justified by faith back then, so how can it says only now faith has come?



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If you say that Sin is dependant and realized by man's contemplation then it will be terribly flawed because one man's definition will be different from other. Ever heard the word, one man's mead is another man's poison? The Bible would be a better consistent gauge because it is the word of God. The highest form there is and undiscriminating, what is wrong, it is wrong by the Bible standard.

With regards to Hebrews 10:26-28, I've already explained it in one of my devotion, it is not what as what you say above. It has to do with Apostasy.

Question 2 Then explain why the credited righteousness cannot assure one will not leave faith.
Also other religion are ok with apostasy and willing to re-accept, this debunk your claim Christian salvation is easier.



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God's Salvation in Christianity is Easy because it is God who justify and He is the one who saves us, not us. The moment you put your Faith or believe that Jesus is the Son of God and He is your Savior, God credits that as Righteousness to you and grants you Salvation.

Yes I agree that it's a mouthful but they are all related. The primary condition is still Faith. That is the starting point. But to just have Faith does not make sense, so the question is, Faith in what? For what? Those are the parts that I painstakingly explain. What is the whole point of accepting Him in the first place? It's because when one understand that we all have sin in our life and there's nothing we can do to remove it, then we need to look for divine savior. This is one of the reason why Christ came. And for people who reject Christ purposefully, there is no other way to reach God, they stand in judgement with the Devil.

Therefore the key word is "to understand". And to gain understanding one’s need effort(work).
Don't you think it is funny to say justified by faith so no one may boast yet many Christians often boast of their faith dishonoring the ones with weaker faith or no faith. laugh.gif



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Anyway...Back to this, It is an obvious that of course we also need to also agree that Sin is wrong, By right I don't have to tell that but for you, I had to explain more in detail because of the way you understand (seems a lot like  typical Atheist Buddhist interpretation rather than a Christian one).

wait later i reshuffle it to agnostic-zen-jew to make it easier for you.
So many Christian denom can you be more specific which one?


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What Old Argument HS is not in them but only on them? Why the double "in them"? Don't understand your point one bit.

I thought i red somewhere in your devotion...maybe i got it wrong. doh.gif Wait got time must read back some of your devotion.


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Cain and the Rich man parable? The Rich Man Parable, you can find it in one my devotion, it's in the very devotion which you first came in.

Sorry, i mean Matthew 19 the rich young ruler.


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As for Cain's revelation here it is:

Understand it, in the Light of the New Testament.

1 John 3:12 (KJV) - Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

Cain murdered because He was angry that God showed Favour to his brother instead of him. And what was this over? The answer are the offerings to God. The Approach to come to God. 1 John 3:12 mentioned that Cain's work was evil. But wait a minute, what was the work that was evil?

Cain brought produce of the land while Abel brought Animal Sacrifices. Why did God show favor to Abel instead of Cain? because Animal Sacrifice points to shedding of Blood. The Bible says without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of Sin. This remind of Jesus Christ.

This also symbolizes

1. Abel Symbolizes people coming to God via the blood of Christ.
2. Cain symbolizes people coming to God via self effort.

It has to do with Grace vs Works.

Question 3???
My comprehension skill might be a bit slow but i'm not 3 years old.
Please can you rethink and re-interprete this part...to make it more meaningful.



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Because back in the OT, the people had to go by their own performance (own strength) and it's pitted against God's Law, ie the 10 commandments.
This contradicts that Abraham and many others were justified by faith alone. Lol can't believe i just use your favorite argument to counter.


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Well first of all, you need to understand what is what.

Gifts of the Spirit are spiritual gifts given to Believers for the edification of the Church like Tongues, Healing, etc. Fruits of the Spirit means the result of the power of God's Spirit which is all that love, joy and peace in the believers life. That is why I said, it doesn't come by will power or Man's effort. Try and digest the word, Fruits of the Spirit. Fruit is not something you produce. It comes from God.

The fruit comes from putting into practice what is taught by Jesus.
In a practical context, the spirit is a metaphor like water and bread to symbolize a spiritual teaching. Not some supernatural entity drilling itself into your head.
If it is as what you claim, what is the justification that it took so much time in altering the host and some host even fall back or renounce?
shouldn't it suppose to give an immediate effect for the sake of being consistent with its omnipotency?
If the physical wound like blindness can be restored immediately, supposedly for reshaping one's character shall not be any harder.

For the sake of friendly debate, i will skip about spiritual healing and speaking in tongues as this will be going into scientific scrutiny which you may not be comfortable.


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Righteousness is not credited because one perform the gift of the spirit. It come via Faith, the Righteousness of Faith. (Romans 1:17)

Don't really understand your question. But If I guess right of what you wanted to say, the Bible never says all those attributes are exclusive to Christians. What is exclusive to Christians is that it doesn't come by our own effort. This is something that comes when we rest in God. Something we as believer have in privilege, as oppose to your side that you need to exert your own mind matter and all that self effort.

Proven wrong below.


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Here is the exact context of why the Law was given.

Galatians 3:19

New International Version
Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator.

New Living Translation
Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people.

English Standard Version
Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.

New American Standard Bible
Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made.

King James Bible
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

It was designed to last until the coming of Christ. Then those who are in Christ, Grace takes over, no more of the Law. So if you say it is needed to fight sin, this verse proves otherwise. For us believers, there is nothing to fight by self effort because Christ has taken care of all our sins. Our new Fight has to do with Faith.

Galatians 3:11 (NIV) - Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because "the righteous will live by faith."
Nothing to do with mindfulness or whatever that is. Please get that sort of answer out of the Christian equation. The answer is right there anyway.
Read carefully, Nothing there that says to deal it with your mind power or mind over matter (Whatever your mindfulness is). Read it carefully. Here are 5 translation

Romans 7:25

New International Version
Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

New Living Translation
Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God's law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.

English Standard Version
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

New American Standard Bible
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

King James Bible
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

The New Living Translation would answer you best. See all the bold part and Read Romans 7:24, the prior verse before that.

In Romans 7:24 it says there:

Romans 7:24 (NIV) What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?

Noticed that is is a "who" not a "what - your methodology, your mind, etc" that will rescue him? And the Solution to this is found in Romans 8:1 The "who" is our Lord Jesus Christ.

About the part of Do also kena and don't do also kena, that is exactly what it means. You want to do Good but unable to. You want to refrain from evil but end up doing it. That is the design of the Law. 

Like I said the law is a towering dead end to bring you to the end of yourself. (exactly as how you lamented  laugh.gif ) So that hopefully, you realize that you cannot and need a Saviour. This has stood the test of time. You can even test this on yourself.  Have you been able to consistently live a righteous life? I don't think so. You might do your best but you still fall one way or another.

I wonder if you can read your own source… Of course in Christian theology you need God to save and guide you but it does not dismiss self-effort...please comprehend again the underlined phrase.



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Well depends...if good according to Man's standard of what is good then it will be ambiguous because different people have different standards. And that IMO is downplaying God's standard of Righteousness. Anyway, I would say, There is no such person in this world because there is no one is who perfect. Everyone is a sinner.

You ask me about the law of the commandment…


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You forgot that it is keeping every single law without breaking them not even once and the ones mentioned in Matthew 5 and to top it off (glad that you picked this record) Jesus told the Young Rich Ruler to give up every cent that was the commandment. The rich young ruler after all did ask, what must I do to have eternal life and Jesus gave that as the Law.  And let say If  I turn the table over to you, can you give up all the money that you have?

The bold part is an error. In this context, it is the tendency that counts not one’s past action. If the sinful tendency(of believers) can be reduced to the extent where it is impossible for one to commit crime anymore, then one is not under the law.

"Can i give up all the money i have?" No, i have my own attachment that is why i said Christian salvation is not easy… but you might also want to post this question to the monks, yogis and other religious mystic.



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Well by your logic then it's very obvious the very reason why he's a thief in the first place basically throws out all that you've argued about Love as the fulfillment in his salvation. I'm sure it would have been tough for him.
As such I submit to you the thief got his Salvation out of God's Grace. Something He didn't earn.

(Guess you're will be doing a U-turn on this)  smile.gif

Already said rare case.
Some student play truant, study on the last hour still can pass exam…



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Read Carefully. It's referring to Israel. They are God's chosen people so your argument is moot.

Turn to Romans 10 it refers to Israel disbeliever;
21 But concerning Israel he says,
“All day long I have held out my hands
to a disobedient and obstinate people.”




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Sigh. For the millionth time, Work means it is given indebted to you, because you earn it. Grace means it's given to you unearned. Learn to understand and differentiate the two.
Or you can pick up a dictionary and study the meaning if you don't believe me.

No, The Parable of the workers in the vineyard refers exactly to God's Grace and magnifies Romans 11:6.

Read the Parable carefully. Read verse 15 & 16

15 Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?
16 “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Some people think they are entitle to the right to have more because they earned it. But God would not have it that way. It is upon his grace that he gives and he is very generous about it. Because God knew some people will inevitable think they have because they qualify.

The keyword is in verse 16, the last will be first, and the first will be last. This phrase was mentioned in 1 chapter earlier, Matthew 19 at the very last bottom and that portion of Matthew 19 talks about Salvation. The Rich Young Ruler thinks He qualify because He fulfilled Salvation with his Law Keeping (the more the merrier), He did say ALL THESE I HAVE KEPT. and Yet in the Parable of the worker in the vineyard, God gave to others who may have not done much.

Now this is a parable, This has nothing to do with work per say but Salvation.

For the hundredth time, you don’t seem to read my post carefully...
quoting my previous post;
Plus, Romans 11:6 is probably speaking from the givers angle.

And in a logical sense, work does not cancel grace because free gift can always be added more than one’s work deserves.
Read the parable of the vineyard worker and imagine a slightly different version;
All the workers went to work and finished work at the same time, but out of grace the land owner paid bonus wages to one worker while the rest receive just as promised.



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First refer to the above for the moot point and then refer below for some better understanding.

Let's do better than that, Let's read the entire context:

Romans 4:13-16 (NIV)

13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, 15 because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.

16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.

Verse 13 already discredit that the promise of God via the Law but reinforced that it is by Faith and Grace (Verse 16) smile.gif
You contradict yourself...here is what you wrote;
Because back in the OT, the people had to go by their own performance (own strength) and it's pitted against God's Law, ie the 10 commandments.


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And Galatians 5, Look at the word, Fruit of the spirit, Notice 'OF the SPIRIT" Fruits means Result of the Spirit not Effort of Man. The word Spirit here in the Greek is pneuma, referring to the Holy Spirit.

Sorry but your point is flawed at the beginning.

And your explanation is meaningless because the values of those fruits can be produced by human themselves…is anyone here stupid enough to wait for the spirit before you can be gentle and loving by your own effort?



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You refer my above also.
The New Covenant is already a done deal fulfilled by Christ, our part is step into it by Faith.

And Look at the very first definition, it helps you to understand Who is the one has done it.

God define Love as this: Not that we love God but He Love us. And because He loves us, He send his son for us, so that we get connected back to God. The focus is on God being the one who has fulfilled this and He is the one who does the Loving.  smile.gif From there it explains because because we are ALREADY saved by God and that we know God loves us, (being given the grace) we also ought to love one another. Bingo! Didn't I say this earlier? It is not the condition to gain Salvation, it is a testimony of who we are in Christ. And look at the passages in there again,This testify it.

Understand the meaning. Because the very essence of God is Love and If we are saved, it also means that His Spirit is in our life. Because his spirit is in our life, the nature of Love is in us. (New DNA). It would be contradictory to Hate others as Christians because the nature of God is never like that. So If anyone He is Saved and that He love God and yet hates his brother is a liar. That is what it means. A Liar, meaning you were never a Christian in the first place. Either because you didn't understand what it means to accept Christ or you never really believe or know God. A Wannabe Christian but without God involved....like you maybe? ( I mean your self centred doctrine apart from God)

This is proven in this verse:

1 John 4:7-8 (NIV) - 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love

So how can you say one does not need God? Eh?

Another Problem is, you don't know what is the New Covenant. You fling that word very loosely with irrelevant examples.

Same God embedded DNA crap again, 1 Corinthians 13 is clear enough to show faith does not equate to love.
13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.


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In Verse 1, it talks about those who are strong in Faith not to scorn those who are weak in Faith. Then it goes on to explain; whatever we do, don't stumble the weaker Faith brother. Whatever we do be it eating, drinking whatever acts, make sure it's for the edification of the entire Church so Live in harmony and build one another up, meaning, don't allow our actions to stumble the weaker brother's Faith. Read verse 13.

13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.

And how does one, make every effort to build one another up? Romans 14:20-21 explain it quite clearly which is to refrain from doing any act that may stumble the weaker brother.

. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. 21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.

All these are referring to the lifestyle of the believer with greater Faith.

I believe Your context is more towards having Faith in God in a greater measure. That comes via hearing the word of God as I've explained in point 11.

These are separate matter.

It still talk about self-effort...the creepy thing that you deny.



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And He did. Jesus Christ happened. He performed all those miracles. Don't think it fail. The Signs and wonders happened during Jesus time, it's still happening today and quite frequently in the Church and in our meets, evangelistic, Healing, etc.
No, He is the 3rd part of the Triune God, the Holy Spirit. Very much recorded in the Bible. I mean if you prefer to just cherry pick the Bible, what is the point then for you to argue with me the first place? Don't you think you're doing something stupid and baseless?


Well this is Christianity in case you're delusional. God is the core essence, cannot be remove. Sorry.

Because the bible is full parables and metaphor so you can’t take everything literally.
Besides, there are also discrepancies.
Even many Christian denominations don’t accept the trinity. But this is not a topic for today. Let us settle the self-effort vs God embedded programming issue first.


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Up to you. If you want to discuss just point 1, 3 & 4, then discuss just point 1, 3 and 4. If you think by doing long rebuttal, I'm the one who will give up, think again.

ok good that is why i choose to argue with you, you are passionate like the son of man.

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QUOTE(de1929 @ Aug 7 2015, 02:23 PM)
Their concern is to win soul and battling condemnation.

From "negative side"... more winning soul meanings more bigger church, big church that keep winning soul become mega church.

they may lack on education, may lack on teaching, may lack on doctrine, and may lack on anything you can mention... those lackings are resolved under: GOD's grace.
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if they lack on the highlighted, then they shouldn't even be preaching to begin with.

"Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment," - James 3:1

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." - 2 Timothy 2:15


QUOTE(Sophiera @ Aug 7 2015, 09:50 PM)
Oh so that's his ministry.

Yes it is true that for many Americans associate God and Church to severe domestic abuse. Saying anything about the Gospel will trigger some very, very intense negative reactions. Aggression, hatred, flashbacks, total breakdown. Very freaky yo.

Moral Orel. It started out as a Black Comedy. Then later on became it became an accurate reflection of dysfunctional childhood for a lot of viewers.
It's so twisted, I don't even.

I don't know how to even help these people. If they carry on with their lives, pretty go from bad life to doomed eternity.
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i think this guy sums it up in 4 short pages. link @ btm. This Jual MangOsteen bloke 'hou yau man tai' gehh.

as much as i can discern.

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Positively Dangerous

Joel Osteen may mean well, but when he preaches the power-of-
positive-thinking at the Charlotte Coliseum in March, tens of thousands
could be led astray


By: Jamie Dean

CHARLOTTE –

No one can accuse Joel Osteen of pessimism. In fact, the power-of-
positive-thinking is the bedrock of the message he preaches each week to more than
30,000 people in the largest church in America. It’s the same message he’ll likely preach
next month to tens of thousands of people at the Charlotte Coliseum.

Osteen’s perpetual optimism and populist appeal have made him one of the rising stars of
both the charismatic movement and the church growth movement. But critics like Robert
Liichow, the founder of Discernment Ministry International, a Detroit-based apologetics
ministry that examines and critiques ministries like Osteen’s, say the same optimism and
appeal that draw hundreds of thousands of people to Osteen’s church and preaching
events each year may also draw many of the same people away from the whole truth of
the Bible.

By preaching nearly exclusively about the “potential of man” and the goodness of God,
critics like Liichow say Osteen presents a deficient gospel, devoid of its most essential
components: the sinfulness of man and the redemption offered in Christ.

All that glitters

If one could measure Osteen’s success numerically, it would appear that everything he
touches turns to gold. The 41-year-old Texan is pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston –
a church that under his leadership has grown into the largest and fastest-growing
congregation in the country, according to Church Growth Today. More than 30,000
people pack into four Lakewood services each weekend.

With Osteen at the helm, the church has negotiated a deal with the city of Houston to
lease and renovate the Compaq Center, a 16,000-seat arena and former home of the
Houston Rockets. The church is investing $92 million in renovations and $12.3 million
for a 30-year lease for its new home.

For those who can’t or don’t want to join the crowds on Sundays, Lakewood broadcasts
its services in dozens of television markets, reaching 95 percent of American households
with cable, as well as tens of thousands more viewers in 150 countries. Last year, the
program gained the number one spot in Nielsen’s ratings of inspirational television
shows.

Osteen takes the show on the road more than a dozen times a year, selling out the largest
arenas in major U.S. cities. Last year, he sold out New York City’s Madison Square
Garden twice. This month he sold out the 17,000-plus American Airlines Center in
Dallas. Ticket sales for the Charlotte event at the 24,000-seat Coliseum are running
strong.

Osteen has also found colossal success in the publishing business, distilling his self-help,
positive-thinking philosophy into his first book –

“Your Best Life Now: Seven Steps for Living at Your Full Potential.”

In a matter of weeks, the book sold more than 1.5 million copies and topped the New York Times bestseller list.

But numerical success isn’t necessarily a sign of spiritual success, according to Discernment Ministry International’s Liichow.

“I think Joel views the fact that Lakewood is the largest church in America as a sign of God’s favor,” says Liichow.
“But Mormonism is one of the fastest-growing religious groups in America, and Islam is one
of the fastest-growing religions in the world. We certainly can’t say that’s a sign of God’s
favor.”


Instead of numbers, Liichow says Christians should examine content. And it’s Osteen’s
content that troubles critics like Liichow.

It’s all about me

Osteen’s book is the best place to get an overview of his core philosophy. Osteen recently
told FaithfulReader.com that his book is “the basic message I’ve been speaking about for
the last two or three years.”

The basic message of “Your Best Life Now” is how to achieve happiness by getting what
you want and developing “your full potential.” Again and again, Osteen defines
happiness and success in terms of earthly blessings: a better job, a better house, a stronger
marriage, better health, even a good parking spot at a crowded mall. The reader begins to
ask: How can I get all these things? Osteen provides an answer: positive thinking. shocking.gif

“To experience this immeasurable favor,” Osteen writes, “you must rid yourself of that
small-minded thinking and start expecting God’s blessings...you must make room for
increase in your own thinking, then God will bring those things to pass.”

Osteen calls this method “declaring God’s favor,” and says that it will work even in the
most mundane circumstances. For example, if you find yourself in a crowded restaurant
and you’re in a hurry, Osteen suggests saying: “Father, I thank You that I have favor with
this hostess and she’s going to seat me soon.”

Osteen’s focus on personal prosperity overshadows any talk of personal piety in a biblical context.
In fact, the average bookstore browser who picks up Osteen’s work won’t likely realize he is looking at a “Christian” book at first glance.

Osteen acknowledges that the book’s title and subtitle are devoid of Christian language,
and says there’s a good reason. “I don’t want to just preach to the church, and I just feel
like I have a broader message,” Osteen told Beliefnet.com. “I’d like to think I can help
everyday people who don’t necessarily go to church.”

Curiously, though, it isn’t just the book’s title and subtitle that are devoid of the biblical
language of the gospel. The rest of the book is largely devoid of such content as well.
Osteen makes no real mention of the unbeliever’s problem of sin or the provision of
salvation in Christ, or of the believer’s ongoing struggle with sin. While on the last page
Osteen offers a three-sentence prayer for becoming a Christian, he offers no explanation
of what salvation really means.

In fact, Osteen apparently doesn’t insist a person must be a Christian in order to apply the
principles in his book. FaithfulReader.com posed this question to Osteen: “Do you need
to have a personal relationship with Christ or even be a Christian in order to benefit from
what you write?” Osteen replied: “I think these principles will work in anybody’s life.”

Playing up “happiness” and downplaying sin is a calculated move, according to Osteen.
“I just don’t believe in condemning people and being judgmental,” he told
FaithfulReader.com. “It’s the goodness of God that leads to repentance.”

Dangerous territory

By admittedly downplaying half of the gospel message, and focusing on the pursuit of
God’s gifts instead of God Himself, Liichow says Osteen is putting both Christians and
non-Christians in serious danger.

Michael Horton, a professor at Westminster Theological Seminary agrees. “God is not
the center of his theology,” says Horton. “The center is me and my happiness.”

Horton says Osteen “trivializes the Christian faith” on a number of levels. “First he
trivializes God by making Him out to be some sort of cosmic bellhop, as if God exists for
us instead of us existing for Him,” says Horton. “Secondly, he trivializes the Bible by
turning it into a collection of fortune cookies to be opened and used for whatever we
want. And thirdly, he trivializes human beings and their real problems by trivializing
sin.”

Horton likens Osteen’s feel-good, sugar-sweet theology to cotton candy. “Cotton candy
won’t kill you if you eat it a couple of times a year, but if you make it the only thing in
your diet it will kill you,” he says. “It won’t just stunt your growth, it will kill your
growth.”

Liichow agrees, except he compares Osteen’s theology to Twinkies. “The biggest danger
for believers who listen to Osteen is that they will not grow in their spiritual life with the
Lord Jesus Christ,” says Liichow. “It’s like eating spiritual Twinkies. They’re sweet, light
and taste good, but a steady diet of them will stunt your growth and rot you from the
inside out.”

But Osteen’s theology isn’t just dangerous for Christians, according to Liichow and
Horton. It’s also dangerous for unbelievers who they say may never hear the whole
Gospel by listening to Osteen.

“The danger for unbelievers is that they will never come to a genuine saving faith
because they are never going to hear the full gospel – that they are totally depraved
people without any hope in this world apart from Christ,” says Liichow. “I don’t hear
Joel preaching that.”

“He’s basically telling people: ‘You’re okay, but you could do so much better with
Jesus,’” Liichow continues. “But that’s not the truth. People are not okay. They are
sinners in need of redemption.”

Osteen’s critics say there is nothing wrong with temporal prosperity, but that the Bible
emphasizes spiritual joys over earthly ones
.

“The only thing we can look to in order to know whether or not we are truly prospering is
Christ,” says Horton. “The abundant life Jesus said he came to give is Himself.

Liichow agrees. “It’s true that God wants us to live an abundant life,” he says. “We’re
called to have an abundant spiritual relationship with the Lord and to store up treasures in
heaven.”

That’s not the message Osteen’s followers hear, Liichow says. “I’m not saying that God
couldn’t use Osteen’s preaching to convert someone because conversion is a work of the
Holy Spirit
,” he says. “The Bible says God does use the foolishness of preaching. But I
just don’t know how much He uses foolish preaching. And there is a difference.”

http://www.ministrywatch.com/pdf/Article_031805_Olsteen.pdf
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QUOTE(14-9-2015 @ Aug 8 2015, 05:59 AM)
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to debunk James 3:1 used by devil excessively, i have 1 peter 4:8

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

to strengthten message of love / loving driven message, i have the highest love endorsed by CHRIST which all the law summarized. got many bible verse, but Luke 10:27

New International Version
He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

-- in short --
don't afraid to make mistake. just walk by faith, if it goes wrong GOD is still in control thumbup.gif
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Why positive thinking important:

1. bible endorse it
Philippians 4:8New International Version (NIV)

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

2. you need no 1 to established good imagination. Good imagination is part of faith, and faith is required to get your prayer answered

Mark 11:24
New International Version
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

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My statement: For me to believe that i have received it, i have to imagine i have received it. e.g. i pray for a big house, i have to imagine i already have a big house.

My question 14-9-2015: With your doctrine, how to explain to your people about believe that you have receive it ?




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QUOTE(loud @ Aug 8 2015, 01:55 AM)

ok good that is why i choose to argue with you, you are passionate like the son of man.
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All replied in the spoiler.

Doesn't matter who you pick to argue with. Don't see what is so good about arguing in a flawed setting. First you're an atheist, second you don't believe in the Bible, by those 2 premise alone you can flip flop anytime, do cherry picking and twist and turn scripture as you like, whatever that fits you whereas I don't and I won't because it's important to stand on integrity by the consistency of the Bible. Having a flip flop stance on your side removes all credibility. And the best part is, when all your arguments are cornered, you can always fall back on "I don't believe in the Bible anyway" as your escape route.

Unless you and I have the same foundation, don't think this argument will amount to anything. Doesn't matter. What matter is, This thread is Christian Fellowship thread not RWI Believers vs None Believers. You are turning our thread into that garbage. And it's something I don't appreciate.

Another thing is, don't tell me something, I don't already know, what the atheist, buddist or even moslems think about Christianity. You can pull strings by using the word "scientific scrutiny" doesn't change anything. If you think that Christians is going to leave Christianity because of that, you are sadly mistaken. Even your self effort rubbish rhetoric is nothing new to me, what you have said so far, is something I already know decades ago. If anything, this is discovery is more for your part. I know my gospel and I know where I stand.

But the real question is, (again) One which I'm really asking myself, Why should I continue this with the flaw setting?

Since I don't believe you're here to respect any of us, neither have the intention to learn but be a trouble maker and disrupt our harmony in our fellowship thread, I will report your next reply with a very clear conscious.

Do take this warning of mine seriously.

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QUOTE(14-9-2015 @ Aug 8 2015, 05:59 AM)
if they lack on the highlighted, then they shouldn't even be preaching to begin with.

"Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment," - James 3:1

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." - 2 Timothy 2:15

i think this guy sums it up in 4 short pages. link @ btm. This Jual MangOsteen bloke 'hou yau man tai' gehh.

as much as i can discern. 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Positively Dangerous 

Joel Osteen may mean well, but when he preaches the power-of-
positive-thinking at the Charlotte Coliseum in March, tens of thousands
could be led astray
 

By: Jamie Dean

CHARLOTTE –

No one can accuse Joel Osteen of pessimism. In fact, the power-of-
positive-thinking is the bedrock of the message he preaches each week to more than
30,000 people in the largest church in America. It’s the same message he’ll likely preach
next month to tens of thousands of people at the Charlotte Coliseum.

Osteen’s perpetual optimism and populist appeal have made him one of the rising stars of
both the charismatic movement and the church growth movement. But critics like Robert
Liichow, the founder of Discernment Ministry International, a Detroit-based apologetics
ministry that examines and critiques ministries like Osteen’s, say the same optimism and
appeal that draw hundreds of thousands of people to Osteen’s church and preaching
events each year may also draw many of the same people away from the whole truth of
the Bible. 

By preaching nearly exclusively about the “potential of man” and the goodness of God,
critics like Liichow say Osteen presents a deficient gospel, devoid of its most essential
components: the sinfulness of man and the redemption offered in Christ. 

All that glitters

If one could measure Osteen’s success numerically, it would appear that everything he
touches turns to gold. The 41-year-old Texan is pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston –
a church that under his leadership has grown into the largest and fastest-growing
congregation in the country, according to Church Growth Today. More than 30,000
people pack into four Lakewood services each weekend.

With Osteen at the helm, the church has negotiated a deal with the city of Houston to
lease and renovate the Compaq Center, a 16,000-seat arena and former home of the
Houston Rockets. The church is investing $92 million in renovations and $12.3 million
for a 30-year lease for its new home. 

For those who can’t or don’t want to join the crowds on Sundays, Lakewood broadcasts
its services in dozens of television markets, reaching 95 percent of American households
with cable, as well as tens of thousands more viewers in 150 countries. Last year, the
program gained the number one spot in Nielsen’s ratings of inspirational television
shows.

Osteen takes the show on the road more than a dozen times a year, selling out the largest
arenas in major U.S. cities. Last year, he sold out New York City’s Madison Square
Garden twice. This month he sold out the 17,000-plus American Airlines Center in
Dallas. Ticket sales for the Charlotte event at the 24,000-seat Coliseum are running
strong.

Osteen has also found colossal success in the publishing business, distilling his self-help,
positive-thinking philosophy into his first book –

“Your Best Life Now: Seven Steps for Living at Your Full Potential.”

In a matter of weeks, the book sold more than 1.5 million copies and topped the New York Times bestseller list. 

But numerical success isn’t necessarily a sign of spiritual success, according to Discernment Ministry International’s Liichow.

“I think Joel views the fact that Lakewood is the largest church in America as a sign of God’s favor,” says Liichow.
“But Mormonism is one of the fastest-growing religious groups in America, and Islam is one
of the fastest-growing religions in the world. We certainly can’t say that’s a sign of God’s
favor.”


Instead of numbers, Liichow says Christians should examine content. And it’s Osteen’s
content that troubles critics like Liichow. 

It’s all about me

Osteen’s book is the best place to get an overview of his core philosophy. Osteen recently
told FaithfulReader.com that his book is “the basic message I’ve been speaking about for
the last two or three years.”

The basic message of “Your Best Life Now” is how to achieve happiness by getting what
you want and developing “your full potential.” Again and again, Osteen defines
happiness and success in terms of earthly blessings: a better job, a better house, a stronger
marriage, better health, even a good parking spot at a crowded mall. The reader begins to
ask: How can I get all these things? Osteen provides an answer: positive thinkingshocking.gif

“To experience this immeasurable favor,” Osteen writes, “you must rid yourself of that
small-minded thinking and start expecting God’s blessings...you must make room for
increase in your own thinking, then God will bring those things to pass.”

Osteen calls this method “declaring God’s favor,” and says that it will work even in the
most mundane circumstances. For example, if you find yourself in a crowded restaurant
and you’re in a hurry, Osteen suggests saying: “Father, I thank You that I have favor with
this hostess and she’s going to seat me soon.”
 
Osteen’s focus on personal prosperity overshadows any talk of personal piety in a biblical context.
In fact, the average bookstore browser who picks up Osteen’s work won’t likely realize he is looking at a “Christian” book at first glance. 

Osteen acknowledges that the book’s title and subtitle are devoid of Christian language,
and says there’s a good reason. “I don’t want to just preach to the church, and I just feel
like I have a broader message,” Osteen told Beliefnet.com. “I’d like to think I can help
everyday people who don’t necessarily go to church.”

Curiously, though, it isn’t just the book’s title and subtitle that are devoid of the biblical
language of the gospel. The rest of the book is largely devoid of such content as well.
Osteen makes no real mention of the unbeliever’s problem of sin or the provision of
salvation in Christ, or of the believer’s ongoing struggle with sin. While on the last page
Osteen offers a three-sentence prayer for becoming a Christian, he offers no explanation
of what salvation really means.

In fact, Osteen apparently doesn’t insist a person must be a Christian in order to apply the
principles in his book. FaithfulReader.com posed this question to Osteen: “Do you need
to have a personal relationship with Christ or even be a Christian in order to benefit from
what you write?” Osteen replied: “I think these principles will work in anybody’s life.”

Playing up “happiness” and downplaying sin is a calculated move, according to Osteen.
“I just don’t believe in condemning people and being judgmental,” he told
FaithfulReader.com. “It’s the goodness of God that leads to repentance.” 

Dangerous territory

By admittedly downplaying half of the gospel message, and focusing on the pursuit of
God’s gifts instead of God Himself, Liichow says Osteen is putting both Christians and
non-Christians in serious danger.

Michael Horton, a professor at Westminster Theological Seminary agrees. “God is not
the center of his theology,” says Horton. “The center is me and my happiness.”

Horton says Osteen “trivializes the Christian faith” on a number of levels. “First he
trivializes God by making Him out to be some sort of cosmic bellhop, as if God exists for
us instead of us existing for Him,” says Horton. “Secondly, he trivializes the Bible by
turning it into a collection of fortune cookies to be opened and used for whatever we
want. And thirdly, he trivializes human beings and their real problems by trivializing
sin.”

Horton likens Osteen’s feel-good, sugar-sweet theology to cotton candy. “Cotton candy
won’t kill you if you eat it a couple of times a year, but if you make it the only thing in
your diet it will kill you,” he says. “It won’t just stunt your growth, it will kill your
growth.”

Liichow agrees, except he compares Osteen’s theology to Twinkies. “The biggest danger
for believers who listen to Osteen is that they will not grow in their spiritual life with the
Lord Jesus Christ,” says Liichow. “It’s like eating spiritual Twinkies. They’re sweet, light
and taste good, but a steady diet of them will stunt your growth and rot you from the
inside out.”

But Osteen’s theology isn’t just dangerous for Christians, according to Liichow and
Horton. It’s also dangerous for unbelievers who they say may never hear the whole
Gospel by listening to Osteen.

“The danger for unbelievers is that they will never come to a genuine saving faith
because they are never going to hear the full gospel – that they are totally depraved
people without any hope in this world apart from Christ,” says Liichow. “I don’t hear
Joel preaching that.”

“He’s basically telling people: ‘You’re okay, but you could do so much better with
Jesus,’” Liichow continues. “But that’s not the truth. People are not okay. They are
sinners in need of redemption.”

Osteen’s critics say there is nothing wrong with temporal prosperity, but that the Bible
emphasizes spiritual joys over earthly ones
.

“The only thing we can look to in order to know whether or not we are truly prospering is
Christ,” says Horton. “The abundant life Jesus said he came to give is Himself.” 

Liichow agrees. “It’s true that God wants us to live an abundant life,” he says. “We’re
called to have an abundant spiritual relationship with the Lord and to store up treasures in
heaven.”

That’s not the message Osteen’s followers hear, Liichow says. “I’m not saying that God
couldn’t use Osteen’s preaching to convert someone because conversion is a work of the
Holy Spirit
,” he says. “The Bible says God does use the foolishness of preaching. But I
just don’t know how much He uses foolish preaching. And there is a difference.”

http://www.ministrywatch.com/pdf/Article_031805_Olsteen.pdf
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I understand your concern bro. You are worried about false teaching and I hear you. I'm not saying that you don't have a point, you have but perhaps, there is this side to consider;

I saw that entire video clip. Ultimately, I believe the main reason why he exhorted the congregation to think positively is because we now have God on our side and that's every reason to stay in Faith rather than
to be in fear. And I believe He did mentioned every now and then that God is involve. You should understand what is the level of Christianity in America today. Many are turning away from God because they just don't know how to have Faith anymore.

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QUOTE(kron_ka @ Aug 8 2015, 08:35 AM)
If both knees, would think its she might have hurt her knees carry something heavy. But since it involves her back, better get her to go for a MRI scan.
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Can't god help ?
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Someone please tell me about this Kong Hee and City Harvest that are related to Christianity ?
In my thread in Real World Issues, someone condemn it but someone promote it. I which to know more.
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Dear Bro and Sis in Christ, just take precautions on this forum member

simpletraveler has a history of attacking Christians.


You can check his thread.

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Sear...ult_type=topics





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QUOTE(De_Luffy @ Aug 7 2015, 06:24 PM)
it's a joint pains on both knees also on the hip joint as well as her back
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long time no see. Maybe can advise, since you're learning Chinese medicine.
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Doesn't matter who you pick to argue with. Don't see what is so good about arguing in a flawed setting.  First you're an atheist, second you don't believe in the Bible, by those 2 premise alone you can flip flop anytime,  do cherry picking and twist and turn scripture as you like, whatever that fits you whereas I don't and I won't because it's important to stand on integrity by the consistency of the Bible. Having a flip flop stance on your side removes all credibility.  And the best part is, when all your arguments are cornered, you can always fall back on "I don't believe in the Bible anyway" as your escape route.

Unless you and I have the same foundation, don't think this argument will amount to anything. Doesn't matter. What matter is, This thread is Christian Fellowship thread not RWI Believers vs None Believers. You are turning our thread into that garbage. And it's something I don't appreciate.

Another thing is, don't tell me something, I don't already know, what the atheist, buddist or even moslems think about Christianity. You can pull strings by using the word "scientific scrutiny" doesn't change anything.  If you think that Christians is going to leave Christianity because of that, you are sadly mistaken. Even your self effort rubbish rhetoric is nothing new to me, what you have said so far, is something I already know decades ago.  If anything, this is discovery is more for your part. I know my gospel and I know where I stand.

But the real question is, (again) One which I'm really asking myself, Why should I continue this with the flaw setting?


Since I don't believe you're here to respect any of us, neither have the intention to learn  but be a trouble maker and disrupt our harmony in our fellowship thread, I will report your next reply with a very clear conscious.

Do take this warning of mine seriously.
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No problem, i respect your decision to keep this thread warm and cozy.
I would just post my reply in de's thread and i do hope you will come and argue with me there. laugh.gif

Btw, i meant to say scientific scrutiny will burden you guys because i will be demanding hard evidence and be more critical with my inquiry...that's all. But if you have strong scientific theory to support your claim then advantage will be on your side. Nothing unfair and no conversion needed...just let everyone think and decide for themselves.
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QUOTE(De_Luffy @ Aug 4 2015, 09:06 AM)
Just ignore him UW, he is not worth your time to argue with....

Btw, have not seen Tinarhian for sometimes already and how's everyone doing? smile.gif
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Holidaying in Sabah, guys its really bloody hot here. sweat.gif

Later this week flying to Germany to watch Bundesliga. rclxm9.gif

QUOTE(De_Luffy @ Aug 7 2015, 01:28 PM)
Please pray for me, been coughing badly for past few days hoping to recover soon.

my mom legs is not really that good the joints are not like it used to be, doctor advised to take supplements and give rub meds as well as pain killer
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Will pray for you. Take some meds, detox and rest.

QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Aug 7 2015, 10:38 PM)
Yeah I mean if you have friends in the states you know how it is over there.

Joel Osteen Church runs a very typical American (Culture) Church, took over his father legacy John Osteen.
His sermon is geared towards reaching the typical simple american. America has lost that close relationship, and many has lost hope in God.
I've read one of the testimony of someone almost on the verge of suicide, by chance heard him on TV, was convicted and came back to God and Back to Church.
Not to say I'm a fan but can't deny that is a ministry if people's life are saved.

Only thing is that his sermons don't appeal to older Christians who are looking for deeper spiritual exegesis.
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Oh Joel Osteen.... rolleyes.gif

What do you mean by "older Christians", age wise or what? tongue.gif

Younger Christians do not like his sermons too, you know. whistling.gif

QUOTE(unknown warrior @ Aug 9 2015, 11:29 PM)
Dear Bro and Sis in Christ, just take precautions on this forum member

simpletraveler has a history of attacking Christians.
You can check his thread.

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Sear...ult_type=topics
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This guy more nuts than donkey de1929.

Bapa de1929 jangan marah ya. Tina main-main saja.

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