EXPOSING A HERETIC: JOSEPH PRINCE By Chace Gordon Joseph Prince as he describes in his book, “Destined to Reign”, there was a point in his life and ministry where he turned away from the doctrine he had originally believed and taught himself. He is utterly self-deceived having demonstrated a willful ignorance of truth and having cultivated a warped understanding and severely twisted and irresponsible method of Biblical interpretation. Here is a short summary of some of the many deadly heresies advocated by Joseph Prince in “Destined to Reign”: 1-Grace and law are opposites (this same doctrine was advocated by second century heretic “Marcion”) 2-Grace is one-sided and unfair (downplays faith and obedience and misunderstands divine justice) 3- Christianity is effortless (the kingdom of heaven is a welfare state) 4-Asking forgiveness for sin is unnecessary for “believers” 5-Moses and Jesus taught opposite doctrines 6-The law brings condemnation (to the wicked) and therefore Jesus removed it 7-Preaching the law makes people sin more, therefore it should not be taught at church because it will harm your church congregations (better to leave them ignorant I guess) 8-The gift of righteousness means we are righteous even if we are not 9-Unconditional forgiveness 10-God was perpetually angry in the Old Testament and perpetually happy in the New Testament 11-God does not judge nations for wickedness 12-If God judges people, cities and nations today, then He should apologize to Jesus for the cross 13-Believers aren’t punished for sin 14-We never truly stop sinning but God’s ok with that 15-We are not held more accountable to God when we know more, nor do we face greater punishment if we fail having known the truth, nor will we go through greater trials or tribulations as we draw close to God 16-The Word of God doesn’t produce faith, only the Word of Christ 17-The Word of God and the word of Christ don’t agree on some things 18-Christian’s cannot commit the unpardonable sin 19-Once saved, always saved 20-Part of Jesus’ teaching is not applicable because it’s “Old Testament” 21- We can’t take doctrine from the gospels because Jesus had not yet risen from the dead yet 22-Paul’s the lead authority on doctrine (not Jesus) because he addressed the church 23-Confession of sins for believers is about “being open” with God, not about repentance because we are already forgiven 24-Even though the book of I John was written to the church, the opening chapter is only for Gnostics and therefore we can disregard the instructions to confess our sin 25-Confession of sin is unnecessary because we would have to confess all the time (inferring we would never stop sinning) 26-Paul didn’t teach confession of sins 27-Christ died to save us from the Old Testament covenant 28-Not only should we not teach “the law” from the pulpit, we should only teach grace (even though the New Testament gives 1050 commands for believers to obey, we should still skip that part) 29-Condemnation is the deepest root of all our problems (actually condemnation is caused by sin, hence the deeper problem is sin) 30-An evil conscience is one that convicts you of sin and failure (in other words a WORKING conscience) 31-The Holy Spirit does not convict us of sin or of judgment 32-The Holy Spirit only convicts us of righteousness (when we sin) 33-Satan likes the Ten Commandments 34-The law caused Paul to be deceived in sin 35-Paul continued in sin but realized he was not condemned anyway 36-The prodigal son didn’t really repent, he was just conning his father for food 37-We shouldn’t talk about sin, repentance or judgment from the pulpit, we should only talk about the goodness of God 38-Jesus frequently broke the law of Moses to help sinners 39-God didn’t unconditionally protect rebellious sinners in the Old Testament who were bitten by serpents but He will unconditionally protect rebellious sinners (“Christians”) in the New Testament 40-God had Israel put the Ten Commandments in the Ark of the Covenant to “hide” the law under the mercy seat 41-Abraham had a covenant of grace, but Moses’ had an inferior covenant of works 42-The journey from Egypt to Mount Sinai was a period of pure grace (50 days of no consequence for sin which the giving of the law ruined their sin-filled but “righteousness-consciousness” utopia) 43-Repentance doesn’t involve mourning or sorrow (or confession) for sin, it just means you changed your mind about something 44-The doctrine of repentance from sin is not for believers 45-Grace is a teacher so we don’t need the law 46-Grace-preaching is the only means of effective evangelism 47-Paul taught and believed all of the aforementioned heresies 48-Paul “winked” at the sins of Corinth because they were under grace but firmly rebuked the sins of Galatia because they taught the law 49-“Falling from grace” doesn’t mean sinning, it means reverting to law 50-If you teach the law you are a “man-pleaser” (bizarre I know) 51-Fasting is unnecessary and is only in the New Testament because fasting enthusiasts added it in later manuscript copies 52-When Satan tempted Jesus to “turn the stones to bread”, he was actually tempting Jesus to get nourishment from the law instead of trusting in the love of God (my eyes are rolling even as I type this) 53-Etc., etc., etc. For the teaching of these doctrines and many others not mentioned on this list, I assert with little timidity that Joseph Prince is unquestionably a heretic. You may not agree with my analysis on every point; but only a fool and a rebel would completely whitewash such pervasive and damnable confusion! Consider this final quote from Joseph Prince: “The Lord told me many years ago, ‘Son, your ministry is to roll away the stone.’ Let me explain to you what this means. In the story of Lazarus, Jesus commanded the people to roll away the stone from Lazarus’ tomb…My friend, the stone is a picture of the law.” I would suggest to you, that any ministry or ministry personality devoted to the concept of rejecting the laws of God in the name of God, is in fact promoting lawlessness and rebellion to authority, which is why a common symptom of these heretical teachings is church splits, licensed immorality, and rogue ministers in the Body of Christ who refuse correction and accountability to qualified spiritual leaders.
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