When The Blind Lead The Blind, Shall They Not Fall Into The Ditch?
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Do you know why I had put “His” above in a capital letter? Well, it does look like he is a god and idol to his believers. They will struggle to defend him with drilled-in clichés, and statements. I see exactly the same behavior in the Jehovah Witnesses and Mormons who come to my door. It is always something like this,
" Noo! you do not seem to understand what he is saying ..." or "Ohh! you must listen to the complete sermon first". And when you say you have done so, they counter, "Have you finished listening to the whole series?"
Sounds familiar? That is a standard cult respond technique! Try talking to any Jehovah Witness and you will know.
I have often been asked about Joseph Prince.
Anyway, today while googling for “Ananias” and “Saphira” for information, I came across this blog, Daniel's Place, with this article “Joseph Prince vs the Bible”, which speaks out against his ( small h because Daniel is not his believer ); and this one, A Review Of A Book Review (Destined To Reign), His believer who wrote a well-written doting review of a horrible book.
These are the things that dawned on me about the doting believers in their god:
1) They do not know how to catch those contradictory positions, because Joseph Prince is a good speaker and masterful with words
2) They have blinkered understanding of scriptures, their understanding having been confined to what their god has said
3) They also possess the canned definition of biblical terms and phrases, drilled into their heads by false teachers – not being of the Holy Spirit.
Ananias and Saphira and the Joseph Prince Boo-boo
“But Pastor Prince, didn’t God punish King David for his sin and he lost his child?”
Don’t forget that David, like Elijah, lived before the cross of Jesus. You will never find an example of God punishing a believer for his sins in the new covenant. Let’s study the scriptures for ourselves and not just go by what other people are saying.
The above is reproduced without errors and omissions.
Well, he obviously does not read the bible and did not know about Ananias and Saphira episode. What?? An international preacher who does not read the bible? Cari makan ma! (just earning a living ) What a boo-boo for an international bible “teacher”. Maybe someone has pointed it out to him by now and he is desperately trying, or has given up trying to find a way to properly explain that boo-boo. Why, even many of the new believers I asked can immediately answer that God did punish Ananias and Saphira under the new covenant.
KingDavid Blog Tries To Rescue His god
Malcolm has written a good post comparing Ananias of Acts 5 and Ananias of Acts 9, see here. From the Bible, the Ananias of Acts 9 was descibed as “there was a disciple named Ananias” but the Ananias of Acts 5 was descibed as “But there was a certain man named Ananias who,” Comparing it side-by-side, the subtle difference is as night & day; a disciple verse a certain man. In addition, notice also the But in Acts 5; that will mean that it is contrasting to a previous subject. So let’s go back to Acts 4, and we see this: For instance, there was Joseph, the one the apostles nicknamed Barnabas (which means “Son of Encouragement”). He was from the tribe of Levi and came from the island of Cyprus
If the above logic is correct, then we must also conclude that when the bible says “there was a certain man”, it is means that he subsequently changed his sex, or that Joseph was Joseph only for a time! See the semantic inconsistency? Acrobatics with words. That’s what blind believers and false teachers do. Idol worshipers argue for the sake of defending their god and idol, not on truth and logic. The error he made is so bad that his disciple must now twist the scripture to say that Ananias and Saphira are not believers! How desperate!
KingDavid Blog Makes Another Vain Defence
In the passage immediately following the above, the writer continues, ( in his effort to defend his god’s doctrine of superabundant grace ):
Although a common ideology, I cannot find it anywhere in the Bible that says the Holy Spirit convicts believers of their sin ( emphasis mine ). What I found is this: because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. 1 Thessalonians 1:4 (NIV) but when I checked the other translation, I like it better: For when we brought you the Good News, it was not only with words but also with power, for the Holy Spirit gave you full assurance that what we said was true. 1 Thessalonians 1:4 (NLT) The conviction here is actually of comforting assurance, how lovely.
The false teacher does not know, and his believer naturally does not know. And further you marvel at the comments of the readers of KingDavid blog, with their doting comments. Jesus said, “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?”.
Why did the author of the blog need to make such a fool of himself? It is because his god wrote in page 134 of that horrible book, Destined to Reign, these words:
The bottom line is the Holy Spirit never convicts you of your sins. He NEVER comes to point out your faults. I challenge you to find a scripture in the bible that the Holy Spirit has come to convict you of your sins. You won’t find any. (Emboldened and CAPITALISED in the original )
Okay-lah then, I meet your challenge-lah! It is in Joh 16:8-lah, bodoh!:
And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
That is what happens when Christians become followers of man and not God. Observe that the above review writer is a scripture-quoting Christian who also has an excellent command of the English language. This is why I say that Joseph Prince is so smooth with his words that he can encourage you to sin on the one hand without you feeling convicted if you agree, then at the same time preach that a true believer will live a holy life. This is what a false preacher is good at, and fools will come to his defense.
What about LLC
As for the other defenders of their god, like that guy Phil, I leave you to read his efforts at defending his god for yourself. He just cannot see through the double-speak preaching of Joseph Prince, slippery and 2-edged.
But Daniel has got it right about Joseph Prince.
A good church is not measured by the size of its membership, the charisma of its pastor, much less the beauty, completeness of facilities and comfort of its building. It is measured by the truth that it preaches, that does not lead you to stray away from the Lord even as you think you are following Him. For surely,
Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Your choice.
Jesus says in John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free."
