Session 1: Dangerous Doctrines

• Metaphysical Cultic Origins
  • Phineas P. Quimby
  • Essek W. Kenyon
  • William Branham
  • Kenneth Hagin Sr.
• Doctrines of the WoF Movement
  • Positive Confession
  • Substance of Faith
  • Little gods Doctrine
  • the Fall
  • Jesus Christ
    • Just a Man?
    • Spiritual Death of Jesus (SDJ)
    • Sin Becomes Him

“But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies..”

~ 2 Peter 2:1

 

Session 2: Mangled Manifestations

• Abuse of Tongues
• Spectacular Claims
• Heavenly Encounters
• Bizarre Behavior
• Slaying in the Spirit
• Divine Revelation Knowledge
• Occultic / Demonic
• False Prophecies

“…that in us you might learn not to exceed what is written…”

~ 1 Corinthians 4:6

Session 3: The Hurt of Healing

• Things to Consider
• Healing:
  • Is It Always God’s Will?
  • Healing in the Atonement?
  • The Biblical Record
• Requirements for Healing:
  • Sense of expectation
  • Money
  • “Right Heart” and Perseverance
• Why are They Sick?
• Hindrances to Healing:
  • Lack of Faith
  • Not Saved
• Conclusion

“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”

~ 2 Corinthians 12:9

A PERSONAL NOTE ABOUT A CALL FOR DISCERNMENT

A Call for Discernment is not intended as a personal attack on anyone, it is simply, as the name implies, a call to the church for discernment. It would be easy to make the assumption that this is an anti-charismatic seminar. Such is not the case. When it comes to the fundamental tenets of orthodox Christianity, charismatics are in agreement with me as a Southern Baptist. I am not charismatic, but neither am I anti-charismatic. The Word of Faith Movement, however, does at times denigrate and even deny some of the fundamental, non-negotiable truths of the Christian Faith (as documented in the seminar, especially in Sessions 1 and 2). It may be said that all Word of Faith adherents are charismatic, but not all charismatics are Word of Faith. I have had a number of charismatic pastors to attend my seminars and, to a man, they have found little, if any, with which they would disagree. When it comes to minor, peripheral issues of the faith, we as believers in the Lord Jesus may have differences of opinion and still call one another brother and sister in Christ. When it comes to the fundamentals, however, we must all unite in stalwart defense.

I have presented A Call for Discernment in twenty five states and eight countries thus far to churches of widely varying sizes. Regardless of the size of the church there are always people who will approach me telling me how either they themselves or one of their loved ones has been adversely affected by this movement. It is making alarming inroads even to our Baptist churches. One mother whose son has Muscular Dystrophy recently told me, ‘Justin, ever since my son was diagnosed with M.D., I have blamed myself for his condition because I have been told that if I just had enough faith or if I loved him enough that he would be healed. Now for the first time I realize that his illness is not my fault.’ It is for ladies like her and millions of others that I take the stand that I do.

Not everything that the Word of Faith teachers teach is wrong. Some of it is right. Therein, however, lies the seduction. It is a craftily packaged counterfeit gospel made to look like the real thing. A Call for Discernment is being used by God to bring clarity and understanding to a complicated and confusing issue.

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