I
never thought I'd see the day when these three would be together in
the same room, and now that that day has come, I am not really
surprised. Oprah, known for her TV show - now radio and other
countless media outlets - has been a prime influence in spreading the
New Age “gospel” to the masses of women across America. But in
fact, she is a wolf and has the spirit of antichrist. She denies Jesus being the only way as you can
see in this clip here:
So why would someone who is obviously not a Christian bring in “Christians” to speak on her show? What will they talk about? Will they be preaching our Lord and Savior crucified for our our sins? Many will probably say things like “Well perhaps Joel and Rick are trying to reach out to Oprah and bring her to Christ, you can't judge their motives.”
Ok, you
are right I can't judge their motives, but I can certainly judge
Oprah's program schedule:
10
a.m. CT: Joel Osteen on positive thinking and dreaming big
4
p.m. CT: Rick Warren on winning the hand you're dealt and The
Purpose Driven Life
Correct
me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember “positive thinking”, “dreaming big”, and “winning the hand you're dealt” being concepts that are found in the Bible. I don't see the words “Gospel” or
“Christ” in any of those titles. Even if I did, I would be
suspicious especially with Oprah's New Age background since the word
“Christ” in New Age terminology has different connotations (ever
heard of the “Cosmic Christ” who is in all of us?).
Sadly,
many people will be deceived. Not only are Oprah's regular viewers
going to tune into this class, but many unsuspecting immature
believers that have been duped by Joel and Rick's teachings will now
be exposed and influenced by the lies that Oprah propagates. Look at
the official Oprah Facebook page where the Lifeclass was announced
and read the following comment, with my response below it:
This
isn't the greatest response, so I will expand it here. Sadly
comments like these are made by people who are deceived. The Bible
doesn't tell us to learn from everyone, but rather to test all things
against God's Word and watch out for error. (Thessalonians 5:21) I
think 1 Timothy 4:1-5 sums up this Lifeclass:
"I charge you therefore before
God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead
at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in
season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all
longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they
will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires,
because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves
teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth,
and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all
things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill
your ministry."
This is
people taking what their own itching ears want to hear; this
is the reason that men like Joel Osteen and Rick Warren are being
invited by Oprah to speak. I can even compare this to 1 John 4:5
where John says:
"They are
of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world
hears them."
In
contrast John continues in verse 6:
"We are
of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear
us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error."
These
subjects that Osteen and Warren are going to be speaking on are topics
that the world likes to hear. There's no difference from what they
say and Oprah, or any of the guests on her show say. You can't tell
the difference and the world can't either. To make my point I want
to end with a very sad comment made by another user on Facebook on
the same page I had showed above:
Very
sad. This woman is being deceived, and apparently she can't tell the
difference between all the New Age deception she is reading and the
teachings of “Christian” pastors like Joel Osteen and Rick
Warren. Let us pray that Joel and Rick will repent of their false doctrine and that the people under them may see the Truth of the Gospel of Christ, which truly frees us from our sin.
-Sergio
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Sources:
Comments on Facebook:
Oprah's Lifeclass:
http://www.oprah.com/oprahs-lifeclass/webcast-landing.html
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