I Played God

Word of Faith people are taught that they can be the God of their own lives. I taught this heresy for eight years. I used to believe that I could have anything I wanted if I would say it with my mouth and believe it in my heart. Sounds like voodoo huh? It is!
Kenneth Hagin claims that Jesus appeared to him in a vision and gave him personal instructions on “How to write your own ticket with God”. Jesus said to “Say it, believe it, receive it and do it”. Word of Faith people believe that everything you experience in life, good or bad, is a result of the words that you have been speaking. They believe that they can create and change situations with the spoken word. They believe thier words are creative forces.
This message is the combination of New Age metaphysics and a gross misinterpretation of a Jewish hyperbole that Jesus used in Mark 11:23.
The dangerous thing about this message is that it puts you in the driver’s seat of your life because you begin to think that you can plan your future and change your world by speaking the right words. It also creates a tremendous amount of fear. Fear of saying the wrong thing. Word of Faith people believe that you can bring sickness and tragedy into your life by saying the wrong things. They believe a lot of crazy things! I know because I taught the Word of Faith for eight years. I have seen people’s faith ruined over it many, many times.
There is a tremendous amount of doctrinal error in the Word of Faith. It is Satan’s way of having man become god. It is New Age. Man is not the creator, God is.
My wife Coni will be sharing some insights on this teaching and how people have died from it in the near future. Stay tuned!