Word of Faith Preachers: How Misinterpretation of Scripture Might Lead You Astray - Softcover

Bachota Jr., Joeseph T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1450231454 ISBN 13: 9781450231459

Verlag: iUniverse, 2010

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Have you ever wondered about the correctness of the messages and teachings of preachers behind the pulpits and on TV today? Who holds them accountable for explanations and outlines of the truth? Who questions them or anything they say? With sound biblical exegesis, this book challenges you to keep an open mind and determine for yourself what is true or false. As an ordained Word of Faith preacher, Joe Bachota has firsthand knowledge of the doctrines being preached. Word of Faith Preachers isn't meant to be an exhaustive discussion of every doctrinal position taken by the movement. Instead, it explores a few of the major heresies the Word of Faith churches are teaching, with the goal of preventing you from being led astray if you are exposed to them. Even though Bachota once believed, preached, and taught most of these doctrines, the Lord has led him in another direction, opening his eyes to the heresies contained in some of the Word of Faith doctrine. Hopefully, this book will lead you in the same way and enable you to come to the same conclusion he did: the teachings of many churches today, particularly Word of Faith churches, are completely out of touch with sound biblical doctrine.

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Joseph Bachota Jr. is an anointed Man of God who served in the body of Christ for many years and has a tremendous passion for sound biblical doctrine. He is on active duty in the U.S. Army and is currently in Iraq on his third deployment.

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Word of Faith Preachers

How Misinterpretation of Scripture Might Lead You AstrayBy Joe Bachota Jr.

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Contents

Preface.....................................................................................................ixChapter 1 Malachi 3: Tithing Under the Levitical Law........................................................3Chapter 2 Examples of New Testament Giving..................................................................18Chapter 3 Hebrews 7 A New Law Established...................................................................33Chapter 4 Genesis 14 Spoils of War Tithing..................................................................39Chapter 5 Genesis 28 Bargaining With God....................................................................50Chapter 6 More Misinterpreted Scriptures....................................................................53Chapter 7 Where the Old Covenant Ends and the New Covenant Begins and Proverbs 3:9-10.......................60Chapter 8 Leviticus 25 A Year of Rest.......................................................................64Chapter 9 Deuteronomy 12 Strangers to the Covenant..........................................................69Chapter 10 Deuteronomy 14 A Long Journey....................................................................73Chapter 11 Deuteronomy 26 Tithes to Ensure Everyone Rejoices................................................76Chapter 12 Paula White and First Fruits Offering............................................................79Chapter 13 Pastor Steve Munsey and the Passover Offering....................................................92Bibliographic Essay for Section I...........................................................................96Chapter 1 Introduction to the Prosperity Gospel.............................................................101Chapter 2 Is the Prosperity Gospel Biblical?................................................................109Chapter 3 More Erroneous Teachings..........................................................................134Chapter 1 Psalm 82 and John 10: Interpretations of the Term gods............................................163Chapter 2 Quotations: The Gospel or New Age Teaching?.......................................................179Chapter 1 Introduction: A Single Covenant: Only Faith in Christ Offers Salvation............................205Chapter 2 Paper: The Christian Church Today Is the New Israel...............................................221Appendix A Giving Honor to Whom Honor Is Due................................................................237Appendix B How to Read the Bible............................................................................240Appendix C Prayer for Salvation.............................................................................246About the Author............................................................................................249

Chapter One

Malachi 3: Tithing Under the Levitical Law

What I like to refer to as the "mother ship" of tithe teaching is found in Malachi chapter 3. You may have heard about Malachi chapter three verse eight: will a man rob God? Almost every Word of Faith preacher uses this scripture to teach people that God wants us to tithe and that we will be cursed if we don't. They point to this passage, to prove that tithing is God's word and use phraseology, such as, "I'm not saying we must tithe; God is," and "Tithing is God's command, , and if you choose not to obey, you are robbing form God what is His, and therefore, you are a God robber and a thief."

1. By gaining a fuller understanding of the original context of the text, we can see what God was really saying here at the time that the passages were written. First, allow me to make two things fundamentally clear about reading the Bible. One, the scriptures can never mean what they never meant; so in a nutshell, if the text is talking about apples, then it means apples. It can never mean oranges or anything else. Two, the Bible was not written to us but for us! The Bible was written over thousands of years, and the last entry (in the book of Revelation) is almost two thousand years old. None of us was around two thousand years ago. (See the discussion of the book of Revelation in Section IV for further study.)

In other words, all of the scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation, were written to somebody else. We can glean the nuggets from those writings and determine what we can and cannot apply to our lives depending on the subject matter and to whom it was presented. The Bible was written for our benefit, and it provides a code of conduct to live by. However, as we study the Bible, we must ask ourselves:

2. In this text, who is speaking?

3. Who are God, the Prophets, or the writers of the text speaking to?

4. Is this Old or New Testament?

5. Was this scripture carried over into the New Testament? 6. Who did this law apply to? Is it for me or somebody else?

7. What did the writer of this letter or book really mean when he wrote in the selected text that you are reading?

8. What topics was he trying to address?

9. What problem(s) was he trying to tackle and deal with?

10. What problems arose in the text from these problems?

Let's look at some verses in Malachi chapter 3 in the context of the questions.

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes in offerings.

Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open up the windows of heaven and poor you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.

And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts. (Mal. 3:8-12)

First, we must determine who is speaking and who the speaker is addressing. In these verses, it appears that God is talking to the children of Israel about tithes and offerings. (Some would say that God is talking only to the priests here, as He is addressing the priests specifically in chapter 2.) For the sake of argument, let's say that God is talking to all of the children of Israel; does this commandment to tithe carry over in the New Testament for New Testament Gentile believers known as Christians? Was God talking to us in this passage or was he addressing only Jews who lived during the time of the Old Testament? These are very important questions if we are going to grasp what this scripture really meant at the time it was written. If we can answer these questions, we will have a better understanding of what the scripture means, and I believe that this understanding will show clearly that these scriptures do not apply to Christians.

God is admonishing the children of Israel for not tithing. Therefore, a previous commandment to tithe must exist. Otherwise, God is...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1450231454
• ISBN 13: 9781450231459
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260
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