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The Copeland's are Word of Faith preachers/teachers. Their "name it and claim it" fame have deceived millions around the world. These Word of Faith preachers all pretty much adhere to the same philosophy. They believe that you can become a little god. That you can proclaim your own health and wealth just by speaking it. That Jesus did not pay for our sins on the cross but went to hell for our atonement. They also say that its all your fault if you are not healthy and wealthy because you lack in faith. These preachers teach that you have no reason to be poor because Jesus was not poor therefore if you are a follower of Jesus, you can and should be rich also. They claim that Jesus lived in a rich house by the sea and had so much money that He needed to appoint a treasurer to hold it all. They never once will say that maybe all the money Jesus and his followers had was a small amount and they kept it all together to keep it safe because they needed it so badly. Their claims are definitely one sided with prosperity being on their side of course. About the Word of Faith movements the following had this to say:
Walter Martin of the
Christian Research Institute said the following:
"The study of the Kingdom of the Cults has
taught me many profitable lessons, and this is one of them--error begets
error; heresy begets heresy and
always in the name of truth, always in the name of the gospel.
Those who propagate these erroneous views ('little gods,' the 'born
again Jesus,' and so on) have sadly crossed over into the kingdom of the
cults and stand in need of genuine repentance, lest they come under the
inevitability of divine judgment. It is dangerous, in the presence
of God, to affirm oneself as a deity--even with a small 'g.' It is
blasphemous to speak in the name of God and utter false prophecies.
It is the height of theological folly to reduce God the Son, second
Person of the holy Trinity, to a lost sinner with the nature of Satan
and then send Him to hell with the requirement of regeneration before He
can complete the work of redemption." (Walter
Martin, "You Shall Be As Gods," Agony of Deceit, page 92-93)
John F. MacArthur, Jr. said
the following:
I received a mailing sent out by one rather extreme Word-Faith teacher named David Eppley (sp.). A brochure was included with a bar of prayer-blessed soap, quote,
We are going to wash away all bad luck,
sickness, misfortunes, and evil! Yes, even that evil person you
want out of your life. Jesus helped a man wash blindness from
his eyes; I want to help you concerning hexes, vexes, home problems,
love, happiness, and joy. (the brochure said).
Inside the brochure were testimonies from
people who had been blessed by that ministry. "Door opens to
new job!" said one. "An $80,000 dream comes true!"
said another. "Couldn't use my hand for twelve years!"
said another. Also inside was a personal letter from the pastor
closing with a full page of instructions on how to use the soap.
If you used it right it would bring you healing and money,
Now, after you wash the poverty from your
hands, take out the largest bill or check you have. That $100,
$50, or $20 bill, hold it in your clean hands and say, "In Jesus' name
I dedicate this gift to God's work and expect a miracle return of
money."
And of course, your largest bill or check
must be sent to David Eppley (sp.).
The last paragraph said,
Through this gift of discernment, I see
someone sending a $25 offering and God is showing me a large check
coming to them in the next short while I mean "large;" it looks like
over $1,000! I know this sounds strange but you know me well
enough to know that I have to obey God when He speaks. I'll be here
waiting for your answer.
Frankly, that sounds more like Black Magic.
Certainly a more outrageous example than most, but still it reflects a
style that is typical of nearly all Word-Faith ministries.
If it was just plain hucksterism that would be bad enough. I guess I
could tell you honestly, I could take Reverend Ike. I could take
Reverend Ike because . . . (I don't know if you know who he is, but if
you don't, don't worry about him)--but, I can take Reverend Ike
because he uses the same gimmick, but he doesn't make it Christian!
What corrupts so devastatingly is to tie this kind of con game into
Christ!
Word-Faith teachers have corrupted the heart of New Testament
Christianity. They have moved the believers' focus off sound doctrine,
worship, service, sacrifice, and ministry; and they have shifted it
instead to promised physical, financial, and material blessings.
Those blessings are the cargo that God is supposed to deliver to those
who know and follow the Word-Faith formula.
Below I will show some of Kenneth Copeland's comments and the resources they came from. Please take time to study this carefully and thoughtfully so you truly understand the deception he teaches.
"Jesus went into hell to free mankind from the
penalty of Adam's high treason...When
His blood poured out it did not atone. Jesus spent three horrible
days and nights in the bowels of this earth getting back for you and me
our rights with God." (Ken
Copeland, Personal letter from Ken Copeland, Ft. Worth Texas, March 12,
1979. (D. R. McConnell, A Different Gospel, page 118)
"The
Spirit of God spoke to me and He said, 'Son, realize this. Now
follow me in this and don't let your tradition trip you up.' He
said, 'Think this way - a twice-born man whipped Satan in his own
domain.' And I threw my Bible down...like that. I said,
'What?' He said, 'A born-again man defeated Satan, the firstborn
of many brethren defeated him.' He said, 'You are the very
image, the very copy of that one.' I said, 'Goodness, gracious
sakes alive!' And I began to see what had gone on in there, and I
said, 'Well now you don't mean, you couldn't dare mean, that I could
have done the same thing?' He said, 'Oh yeah, if you'd had the
knowledge of the Word of God that He did, you could have done the same
thing, 'cause you're a reborn man too."
(Dr. John MacArthur,
"Charismatic Chaos," page 337. Kenneth Copeland, "Substitution
and Identification")
"I was
shocked when I found out who the biggest failure in the Bible actually
is...The biggest one in the whole Bible is God...I mean, He lost His
top-ranking, most anointed angel; the first man He ever created; the
first woman He ever created; the whole earth and all the fullness
therein; a third of the angels, at least - that's a big loss,
man....Now, the reason you don't think of God as a failure is He never
said He's a failure. And you're not a failure till you say you're
one." (Ken Copeland,
Audio-Clip "Christianity in Crisis," Hank Hanegraaff)
"I've had ugly books written about me
because I said that Jesus died spiritually, but the fact is, I didn't
say thatthe Bible said it.
Jesus became our substitute. If he hadn't died spiritually, then
we could never have been made alive spiritually. But He did!
On the cross, Jesus was separated from the glory of God. He
allowed Himself to be made sin for us, and He became obedient to
death. He went into the pit of hell and suffered there as though
He was the One Who had committed the sin."
(Ken Copeland, "The Power of His
Resurrection")
"God's purpose and plan--the deepest
desire of His heart--is coming to pass. God is going to have a
family of equals!"
(Kenneth Copeland, "Fullness: God's Plan For His Family," BVOV
Magazine, July & August 2004, page 32)
"If
you stood Adam upside God, they look just exactly alike....If you
stood Jesus and Adam side-by-side, they would look and act and
sound exactly alike....The image is that they look just alike, but
the likeness is that they act alike and they are alike....All of
God's attributes, all of God's authority, all of God's faith, all
of God's ability was invested in that man."(Kenneth
Copeland, Authority of the Believer IV (Fort Worth: Kenneth
Copeland Ministries, 1987, audiotape #01-0304), side 1
"You can have what you say! In
fact, what you are saying is exactly what you are getting now.
If you are living in poverty and lack and want, change what you
are saying. It will change what you have...Discipline your
vocabulary. Discipline everything you do, everything you
say, and everything you think to agree with what God does, what
God says, and what God thinks. God will be obligated to
meet your needs because of His Word....If you stand firmly on
this, your needs will be met."
(D. R. McConnell, A Different
Gospel, page 172. Ken Copeland, "The Laws of Prosperity,"
page 98, 101)
"He [Jesus] allowed
the devil to drag Him into the depths of hell....He allowed
Himself to come under Satan's control...every demon in hell
came down on Him to annihilate Him....They
tortured Him beyond anything anybody had ever conceived. For
three days He suffered everything there is to suffer."
(Kenneth
Copeland, "The Price of It All," page 3.
"It takes money to preach the gospel. Jesus Himself knew that, and contrary to what some people think, His ministry was not a poor one. He had so much money coming in and going out through His ministry that He had to appoint a treasurer. His name was Judas." (Kenneth Copeland, "From Faith to Faith A Daily Guide to Victory," December 5)
Believe me folks....the
Copeland Ministry is very deceiving in it's teaching.
Since you are reading this here right now....you have access
to other internet sites. Therefore I urge you to check
out these teachings about this Ministry and you will find
out what I have learned. Use a good search engine like
Google or MSN and type in "Kenneth Copeland false teaching".
You will find many sites that tell the story. |
Kenneth
& Gloria Copeland are mentioned here together only because they are
man and wife and both believe in the same doctrines and principals and
beliefs.