A man can be imprisoned by teachings, which are not completely in accordance with truth.
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But a man can now be deeply believing and fully convinced to stand in truth, also his life walk is in accordance with the will of God – but he is not able to spread pure truth as servant of God because he does not own it himself – because he does not ask and desires answers and expects them, but thinks himself to be the bearer of truth, and therefore erroneous thinking cannot be corrected. Read more:
I was once asked why such a teacher of the word of God like Kenneth Hagin, who so very well comments on practical faith matters and explains them with the help of the Bible, represents and follows in other fields so completely un-Biblical things. Why for instance does he belong to man-made churches and runs one himself?
I then said that he just grew up this way in his environment and did what everyone else did and that he made progress in matters of faith but not on other areas.
I now came across a message from Bertha Dudde, which explains this problem.
There we find the following sentence: "But who clings to this spiritual material taken over from men and not even considers the thought that also error can have been imparted to him, to him deep knowledge cannot be given because he would not let it be regarded as truth, but infers to erroneous givers, when it does not agree with his old knowledge."
So it is up to us to be open for truth, or make ourselves open for truth.
The teachings of Kenneth Hagin are full of false doctrines. I want to pick out one of them, the teaching that sicknesses do not come from God.
There exists the webpage The cause of sickness and there are 82 examples listed from the Bible where the Bible reports about cases of illness, and that the great majority are cases caused by God or men of God. To teach that God does not cause sickness is simply a false doctrine and Kenneth Hagin has spread such false doctrines.
On the webpage Is suffering necessary? this subject is discussed in detail.
A similar example is the teaching that natural disasters do not come from God. The false teaching is directly related to the end of times because there the earth upheaval will be the great event with which God will shake mankind awake, and this event will then be used by the followers of the teachings of Kenneth Hagin to persecute the disciples of Jesus Christ who present this event as an intervention of God.
The followers of the teachings of Kenneth Hagin are now already in the regiment of Antichrist and this situation will worsen the closer the end will come.
The best known teaching of Kenneth Hagin is the one about material prosperity, to strive for material prosperity, and this aim agrees exactly with that of Antichrist. Just like Antichrist so will also they fight everything what opposes this striving for material goods.
Now follows Bertha Dudde’s message:
Divine revelations. False doctrine an obstacle.
29. August 1944. B.D. NR. 3237.
A direct revelation of God is marked through the direct word of the father to his child, and this word is to be believed when the receiver of the word is a man who stands in faith and in love, who therefore strives for God. The pre-condition is however not always given that wisdoms can be offered to a man, may it be that he does not listen persistently enough inwards or he is also imprisoned by teachings, which are not completely in accordance with truth, so that he would consider every correcting teaching as work of the opponent of God. And that is why the divine revelations only apply to personal admonitions and warnings, but nevertheless must be acknowledged as such. The desire of a man to stand in personal connection with God, and the belief that this is possible, are the first pre-requisites that God reveals himself fatherly. In what way now that depends on man’s powers of comprehension and willingness to receive and also on the task, which is given to him for his earth life. Is he supposed to be again active in teaching and makes himself available for this office to God, then the divine revelations will take place like an instruction and therefore also contain deepest wisdoms because man must himself first have knowledge before he can spread such. Complete lack of resistance however belongs to this, i.e., the spirit of God, the giver of truth, is never allowed to come across resistance, when it imparts truth to man. But resistance is every false doctrine when it is not given away unconditionally and makes place for truth. But a man can now be deeply believing and fully convinced to stand in truth, also his life walk is in accordance with the will of God – but he is not able to spread pure truth as servant of God because he does not own it himself – because he does not ask and desires answers and expects them, but thinks himself to be the bearer of truth, and therefore erroneous thinking cannot be corrected. He now certainly can hear the voice of God because he loves him and a loving heart is able to receive the divine spirit, but the spirit of God gives man in accordance of his desire – comforting, admonishing, warning or educational father words, which announce his love towards the earth child, or also instructions full of wisdom and deepest knowledge to that man, who is open-minded for that and makes himself worthy of it. The desire of man decides, and that is why everyone is so given how he desires. Fatherly exhortation is enough for one, and he ends his listening inwards, while the other listens to every word in thirst for knowledge, which divine love gives to him. God does not limit his gifts; he gives, as long as it is desired; but man himself sets the boundaries because as soon as his desire flags, as soon as his will is no longer active, he therefore ends his listening inwards, also the inner voice no longer sounds, the supply is interrupted and can only then again take place when man through listening inwards declares himself willing to receive the divine gift. And that is why man himself determines the measure of knowledge and also the way in which it is offered. A man interpenetrated by spiritual knowledge will mature extremely fast, and that is why it is definitely more advantageous to let God himself provide this knowledge than to appropriate it through study, because latter does not necessarily need to be truth, because men are transmitters and these are never free of error. But who clings to this spiritual material taken over from men and not even considers the thought that also error can have been imparted to him, to him deep knowledge cannot be given because he would not let it be regarded as truth, but infers to erroneous givers, when it does not agree with his old knowledge. And for that reason only such men are to be trained to bearers of pure truth who are completely free of erroneous spiritual material and who therefore all the time desire to be instructed by God himself to be very certain to receive pure truth because God can also give to them in all fullness and make them his representatives on earth, and these are they who are now to teach and pass on the deep knowledge to fellowmen, because they are able to do it and have the firm will to help their fellowmen. These will be abundantly provided with knowledge; the divine master teacher himself instructs them, and he trains them so that they can now teach in his name, always and everywhere, where men are open-minded to pure truth. Amen. B.D. NR. 3237.
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