False teacher!
Number one. Our sins have already been forgiven…… But listen to me carefully, friends, this is so important. None of this will do you any good unless you rise up and begin to act on it. Do you know you can still die and go to hell even though your sins have already been forgiven? What a tragedy. But if you don't accept this forgiveness and make Jesus the Lord of your life, it's not going to do you any good.†[Sermon: The Truth of the Resurrection.]
“I remember that story that Brother Hagin told. Kenneth Hagin, you all know him. He saw Jesus several times in his lifetime. He’s still alive. But he told about the first time that he saw Jesus. He fell down. He was overwhelmed with emotion. And he fell down on his face. You can imagine. Just lying flat on the ground. And he said, "I put my hands on Jesus’ feet and then I put my forehead on my hands." And I began to cry out, "I’m not worthy, Jesus. I’m not worthy, Jesus. I’m not worthy to be in Your presence. I’m not worthy to look on Your face." And Jesus spoke to him in a sharp military command. He said, "Son, stand up." And Brother Hagin stood up. He thought he was in trouble, you know. He stood up. And Jesus spoke to him sternly. He said, "Son, you are worthy. You are worthy because I shed My blood to make you worthy." See, friends, it’s nothing we’ve done, but God has made us worthy.†[Sermon: No Condemnation]
“No, this new generation, this new army, it’s you and it’s me. It’s all of us. We have such an unshakable confidence in God. We understand our rights and our privileges. We understand our God-given authority in the name of Jesus. We understand that Satan is already defeated 2,000 years ago. We understand that he’s under our feet. We understand that there’s nothing impossible to us if we only believe. And I believe this new generation, they dare the enemy to come around. They get excited if he comes around because they enjoy slapping him upside the head a couple of times. (Applause)†[Sermon: God’s Best Path for our Lives.]
“Listen; don’t dangle people over the fires of hell. Lisa and I always kid about you know we’re going to dangle them over the fires of hell. Listen, that doesn’t draw people to God. They know what kind of life they live. They know how bad they’ve lived. What you’ve got to do is talk about the goodness of God. Listen, it’s the goodness of God that brings people to repentance. It’s the goodness of God. One thing I always appreciated about my dad is that he instilled into us a good vision of who God was. We learned about a good God.†[Sermon: What the Resurrection means to us as believers]
Osteen’s Metaphor of a Check Unbiblical
“We must understand that salvation is a completely and totally free gift. See, if you don’t do that, then what you’re trying to do is pay back your salvation with your good works. And God doesn’t want it to be that way. Because the problem is that one day you’re not going to be able to do as many good works you think you should. And then all of a sudden you’re going to feel condemned. See, that’s the way the enemy works. You’re trying to pay back your salvation. We don’t have to pay this back. It’s a free gift.
“You see, there’s a big difference between something you’ve earned and something that’s free. Suppose your boss came to pay you this week and he gave you your paycheck. You probably did not have an overwhelming sense of gratitude. You probably didn’t have an overwhelming sense of gratitude because, you know why? You worked for that money. You earned it. The company owed you. You probably took it and you might have said, thank you.
“But friends, listen, imagine this. If your boss came to you next week and he called you by name. He said, John, here’s your paycheck. He said, but John, even though you’ve been late every day this week, even though your attitude is very poor, even though your productivity is way down. Because I genuinely love you and appreciate you, I’m enclosing a $10,000 bonus in this week’s pay period. Do you know what would happen after you fainted? (Laughter) Listen, you’d probably roll over and kiss his fet. Do you know why? It was a free gift. You didn’t deserve it. You didn’t earn it. You didn’t have to work for it. And listen to this, you don’t even have to pay it back. It’s the gift of God.
“See, we’ve got to understand the tremendous thing that God did for us in salvation. Really you know, we were all on our way to hell. You talk about a gift. Man, we should be grateful.†[Sermon: No Condemnation]
: