Have you noticed that Joel Osteen is a favorite famous preacher that most all "so called" biblical believers like to post about and say he is false! We sure have and that fact made us do this article.
How Is Removing Your Own Plank Doing These Days? (see Matthew 7)
Let us say upfront, we are the the first ones to call Mr Osteen unbiblical and a false teacher who we would reject for his weak theology and his warped style of modern Christianity. Having said that, to be honest we are getting VERY tired of so called mature bible believers or even ministries who continually paste Joel Osteen all over their website and facebook's as a false teacher. When will it end?
Honestly, having enough biblical discernment to see Joel is false is about equal to railing on about how "Adolf Hitler is evil". The man has so much exposure and has been tested and exposed for many years already and everyone knows it! It is old news and if you're one of them don't you think you need to move on to greater deeper spiritual matters? Whoever is following Joel today surely can read the biblical truth about him everywhere. If they choose to ignore it, well then the blind are going in the ditch with the blind are they not? (Jesus said that was going to happen and He Himself let it in His day didn't He?)
More importantly in this post, we need to remind you that the Lord told His people in Matthew 7 to judge rightly. This includes FIRST getting the plank (sin) out of your own eye so you can then help others with their splinters. This is called looking in the mirror. Are you doing that at all? While Mr Osteen has a multitude of error/sins, we would ask you how are you doing with your own removing plank/sins these days? Unless you are in a VERY VERY small minority, there is a great chance you yourself are practicing modern denominational/evangelical religion that is quite unbiblical and we prove it on our website www.dontperish.com
Just test yourself to only some of the most common issues below and see how you're doing in the personal plank area will you? For starters:
*Does your religious body have a fully biblical gospel or a false watered down one? ("accepting" Jesus for salvation then man made religious activity ...that is NOT biblical salvation)
See the biblical gospel here:
http://www.dontperish.com/the-gospel.html
*Men are you set apart from this culture by walking in daily holiness and obedience or are you clinging to and enjoying for fun the fallen things of this culture like violent NFL, worldly media, entertainment, movies, sports, music etc? (Romans 12:1-2, James 4:4, 1 John 2:15, 1 peter 1:15, Matthew 5:48)
*Ladies are submissive to your husbands, you covering your head and have you stripped yourself down from your harlot like make up, jeans, painted nails, dyed hair and fashion riddled or tight clothes? (1 Timothy 2, 1 Corinthians 11, Ephesians 5)
*Are you living out His true New Testament church model or are you practicing what man has created in false denominational America with ALL of its vain traditions and pagan ways being done weekly? (John 4:24, Colossian's 2:8)
*Do you have a television by which you allow vile worldly things to enter your home for entertainment on a daily basis? (Psalm 101:31)
*Do you sit in pews and praise/promote the ill unbiblical ways left to you by the murderous reformers like Luther, Calvin and even by unbiblical modern pastors today? (2 Timothy 3 and 2 Timothy 4)
*Do you men sit under an unbiblical modern pastor role each week just idle in pews or are you following what Paul taught and are you part of a open participatory NT body? (1 Corinthians 14: 26 and Matthew 20)
*Do you do ritual worship on Sunday morning in a "special building" but your every day faith life lacks obedience and holiness His true people will show as fruit?
(Mark 7:6-9 and Hebrews 12:14)
*Do you practice pagan holidays like Christ-mass and Easter when God calls His people out of such things? (2 Corinthians 6:17 and Ephesians 5)
Go here for a 10 point biblical test:
http://www.dontperish.com/10-point-biblical-test.html
With these questions in mind and knowing that most people need MUCH work today; how can you keep calling out Joel Osteen and other big name preachers as false while you're in great sin yourself? Is it just because they are famous? Remember, God still see's your sin as well and you cannot hide them! The issues we raised above are just a few of the common sins we see in religious America today (we know as we had to repent of the ourselves once.) How are you doing on your own plank removal these days we ask you or are you just good at pointing at others?
Note: to be very clear we are the last ones to ever give false teachers a pass but we must make sure we spend "more time" on examining our own walks as we do of others. God is not mocked and you will have to give account of your own ways and NOT Joel Osteen's or anyone else.
The Apostle Paul said this:
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 2 Corinthians 13:5
Our website and discernment blog is loaded with much biblical info/articles to help you test yourself and your body. It will expose false religion and a person's carnal Christianity within those who claim Christ that is really quite rampant today. How much of it (sin/unbiblical ways) is in you and your body today? We know Joel O is false now lets turn the focus towards home shall we?
Go here and take the 10 point biblical test will you of you and your body?
http://www.dontperish.com/10-point-biblical-test.html
This will be a great place for people/you to start focusing on your own ways and not Mr Osteen or anyone else you may focus on. Jesus Christ warned about and He went after the hypocrites of His day most often. (See Matthew 23)
Get your own planks removed only then can you help others see theirs rightfully. You don't really want to be a hypocrite do you?
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