Hyper-Charismatic Beliefs are False Teachings According to the Truth of Scripture

Dear Hyper-charismatics...false teachings are lies. If you believe these, teach these, you need to repent!

The prosperity gospel is a false teaching:

1 Timothy 6:5 “and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.” Paul explicitly condemns treating godliness as a means of financial gain.

Sowing a seed to get a financial (or other) blessing from God is a false teaching:

2 Corinthians 9:7 “Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” Biblical giving is voluntary worship, not a financial transaction intended to force a return from God.

Faith as a means of guaranteed healing is a false teaching:

2 Corinthians 12:9 “And He has said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.’” Paul repeatedly prayed for his affliction to be removed, yet God chose not to remove it.

If someone remains sick, they simply didn't have enough faith is a false teaching:

2 Corinthians 12:8 “Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me.” Paul possessed extraordinary faith and apostolic authority, yet his affliction remained because God had another purpose.

Positive confession and spoken words have spiritual power to create reality is a false teaching:

Philippians 4:12 “I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in abundance; in any and all things I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.” Biblical faith includes trusting Christ while suffering need, not claiming exemption from it.

Name it and claim it is a false teaching:

Philippians 4:12 “I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in abundance; in any and all things I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.” Biblical faith includes trusting Christ while suffering need, not claiming exemption from it.

Poverty or financial hardship indicates defective faith is a false teaching:

Philippians 4:12 “I know how to get along with humble means... both of having abundance and suffering need.” The apostle himself sometimes suffered material need.

Suffering and hardship in a Christian life is simply removed with strong enough faith is a false teaching:

1 Peter 1:6 “In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials.” Scripture says trials may actually be necessary in God's purposes for believers.

Miracles prove that a preacher or ministry is from God is a false teaching:

Matthew 7:22-23 “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, in Your name did we not prophesy, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many miracles?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’” Miraculous claims are not proof that the person belongs to Christ

A prophecy, vision, dream, or "spiritual impression" should be accepted because someone says "God told me," is a false teaching:

1 John 4:1 “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” Spiritual claims must be tested, never accepted merely because supernatural authority is claimed.

You ONLY have the Holy Spirit if you speak in tongues is a false teaching:

1 Corinthians 12:30 “Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all translate?” The grammatical expectation is no. Paul explicitly teaches that the same gifts are not given to everyone.

Speaking in tongues is the necessary evidence that a person has received the Holy Spirit is a false teaching:

1 Corinthians 12:29-30 “Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all translate?” If all Spirit-filled believers had to speak in tongues, Paul's rhetorical question would make little sense.

Chaotic manifestations (babbling incoherently, uncontrollable laughing, falling on the floor, rolling around, running through the sanctuary, etc.) proves the Holy Spirit is moving powerfully is a false teaching:

1 Corinthians 14:33 “for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.” Disorder itself is not evidence of the Spirit's presence.

Christians should pursue supernatural manifestations as evidence of spirituality is a false teaching:

Matthew 7:22-23 “Lord, Lord, in Your name did we not prophesy... cast out demons... and... do many miracles?... ‘I never knew you.’” Christ places knowing Him and obeying Him above supernatural manifestations.

God's primary desire for His children is comfort, success, health, and material abundance is a false teaching:

1 Peter 1:6-7 “...if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the proof of your faith... even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” God's purpose may require suffering because sanctification and proven faith are more important than earthly comfort.

A believer can speak (decree) future events into existence through faith-filled speech is a false teaching:

James 4:15-16 “Instead, you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.’ But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.” Scripture places future events under God's sovereign will, not man's declarations.

Financial abundance is evidence of God's favor is a false teaching:

1 Timothy 6:5 “...men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.” Paul directly rejects the equation of spirituality and financial gain.

Suffering indicates spiritual failure or lacking enough faith is a false teaching:

2 Corinthians 12:10 “Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions and with hardships, for the sake of Christ, for when I am weak, then I am strong.” Paul saw suffering for Christ not as spiritual defeat but as the setting in which Christ's strength was displayed.

Supernatural power is a more reliable test of a minister that sound doctrine and obedience to the word of God is a false teaching:

1 Timothy 4:16 “Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.”

2 John 1:9 “Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.”

John 14:15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.”

For more on this topic, watch the video with Costi Hinn explaining the ins and outs of the multi-billion dollar false teaching ministry.