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Man_s Position
Let_s begin by looking at Hebrews 2
6 But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him?
7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.
It seems to me that this passage alone should put to rest any claim that man is divine.
We know that angels are not gods and this passage tells us that man has been made lower than angels.
How can we be everything that God is and be lower than the angels?
Hebrews 1 tells us that the angels came to worship Jesus Christ.
If Jesus is the object of the worship of angels and we are lower than the angels, how can Word-Faith doctrine say that we are little Messiahs or that when you look at us, you are looking at Jesus Christ?
Consider these passages:
Isaiah 43:10: "You are my witnesses," says the Lord, "And My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He.
Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me."
Isaiah 44:6: "Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts, 'I am the First and I am the Last; Besides Me there is no God.'"
Isaiah 45:21-22: "Tell and bring forth your case; Yes, let them take counsel together, Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the Lord?
And there is no other God besides Me, a just God and a Savior; there is none besides Me."
Isaiah 46:9: "Remember the former things of old, for I am God and there is no other, I am God and there is none like Me."
God doesn_t leave any doubt _ there are no such things as gods.
There is only one God and He has revealed Himself in His word.
You can_t become a god.
The scriptures state, _before Me there was no god formed, nor will there be after Me_.
Word-Faith teaches that you are anything that He is, but in the Bible God said, _there is none like Me_.
Word-Faith teaches that you are a Christ, but the Bible clearly states that God is the only Savior.
You are equal to God
Look at Isaiah 40:
25 " To whom then will you liken Me, Or to whom shall I be equal?" says the Holy One.
The Bible tells us that God is not a man and that man is not like God.
Who can be God_s equal is a redundant question.
The answer is no one and nothing.
Biblical doctrine says that no one is to be compared to God, but the Word-Faith doctrine teaches a completely different gospel.
Here is how this doctrine compares man to God:
Man was created on terms of equality with God, and he could stand in God's presence without any consciousness of inferiority.
God has made us as much like Himself as possible.
He made us the same class of being the He is Himself.
Man lived in the realm of God.
He lived on terms equal with God.
The Believer is called Christ.
That's who we are; we're Christ! - Kenneth Hagin
We are Christ?
This claim sounds strikingly similar to Jesus_ warning about those who would come in His name in the end times.
Look at Jesus_ warnings:
Luke 21
8 And He said: "Take heed that you not be deceived.
For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore do not go after them.
Matthew 24
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you.
5 "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
When we see 10,000 people in an auditorium applauding these teachers, it isn_t hard to see that Jesus_ warning that many will be deceived has indeed come to pass.
As we look and see billions of dollars being poured into these ministries by _the many_, we can know that we truly are nearing the end.
These teachers justify their beliefs by twisting the scriptures.
Look at this explanation:
"God does not even draw a distinction between man and Himself.
You can never do that in a covenant relationship".
_ Paul Crouch
I can only ask, _Why?_
Why can you never draw a distinction in a covenant relationship?
Because Word-Faith teachers say so?
That is not a legitimate explanation.
A covenant is simply a pledge or a will.
Even if we concede this issue to the Word-Faith teachers, their doctrine is still false.
The covenant is not between God and us, it is between God and Himself with us as the benefactors.
Abraham benefited from God_s covenant, but He was not allowed to participate in the actual covenant.
In Genesis 15, God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Abraham and God walked between the pieces of the sacrifice to seal the covenant.
God appeared as both a smoking pot and a burning torch.
Abraham slept while God sealed the covenant between Himself and Himself.
Now compare this to the cross.
Jesus was God in the flesh.
The blood was His own and the covenant was between God and Himself with us as the benefactors.
God sealed the covenant while the world slept.
Everyone was completely in the dark until after the covenant was sealed.
Abraham prepared the sacrifice, but God made the covenant.
In Jesus_ time, men prepared the sacrifice but God made the covenant.
How does this make us equal with God? Clearly it doesn_t.
It only shows that grace is not by works, but by faith in what God alone has done for us.
We may have the benefit of a relationship because of the covenant, but the covenant is not dependent on us.
Thank God the covenant is not between us and God.
If it were, it would have been broken the first time man sinned.
What good would the covenant be if man_s failure put us back into the same position mankind was put in at the fall in the Garden?
God has already showed that righteousness dependent on man has failed.
Now righteousness depends on Christ who cannot fail.
What does it mean, you are gods?
Before we move on, I would like to take the time to address a couple of pet verses that Word-Faith teachers use to persuade people that the Bible supports their _you are god_ theory.
The first passage is Exodus 7:
1 So the LORD said to Moses: "See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
I won_t spend much time on this passage because the intent is quite obvious.
The KJV words it, _I have made thee a god to Pharaoh_.
Pharaoh was the highest god in ancient Egypt_s pagan religious world.
They had gods for everything.
Some gods had higher powers than others.
The Egyptians believed that it was necessary to appease all the gods so that their wives could be fertile, their crops would yield harvest, the rains would come in season, and so on.
The plagues God sent were specific against the powerful gods of Egypt.
Pharaoh went down to greet the Nile floods and honor this god.
God sent Moses to turn the water to blood.
This was a direct assault against this false god.
One of their gods was a frog, so God sent a plague of millions of frogs.
Because Pharaoh thought he was a god, Moses was like a rivaling god against Pharaoh.
To yield to Moses was to admit before his people that Pharaoh wasn_t the strongest god.
Moses was not a god.
However, to the pagan worshipping Pharaoh he was a god.
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