What does Joyce Meyer believe and teach ? For the most part Joyce Meyer preaches a positive, biblical message that is of great value to many people. We applaud her desire to be biblical, to point women to godly submission and humility, to trusting God, being loving, to have value based in what Christ has done for us, etc. These are all good. However, there are some very significant errors that need to be addressed. Some of them are so bad that she is outside of biblical orthodoxy and must be considered a false teacher. Lets take a look at what Joyce Meyer has said. Following is a list of quotes from Joyce Meyer, along with responses. Jesus stopped being the Son of God: He could have helped himself up until the point where he said I commend my spirit into your hands, at that point he couldn’t do nothing for himself anymore. He had become sin, he was no longer the Son of God. He was sin. (storage.carm.org/joycemeyer/joyce-meyer-Jesus-became-sin-stopped-being-son-of-God.mp3) Response: This is heresy. Jesus did not ever stop being the son of God. Essentially what she is saying is that Jesus stopped being divine, the eternal son, second person of the Trinity. This is an attack on the very nature of Christ, and it is a dangerous false teaching. Joyce Meyer needs to repent and retract this statement. There is no place in Scripture that says Jesus stopped being the son of God. Shes adding to the word of God and placing in the hearts and minds of listeners false doctrine. Jesus was born again: The minute that blood sacrifice was accepted Jesus was the first human being that was ever born again, (youtube/watch?v=neKsa_74w7k&feature=related) Response: This is just plain wrong. Being born again means to be saved from the wrath of God for a persons sins (Eph. 2:1-3), to have a new birth (John 3:3), and to be regenerated (2 Cor. 5:17). Mrs. Meyer is simply wrong biblically. Why does she teach this? It can only be because she has bought into many of the errors of the Positive Confession movement where it is sometimes said that Jesus lost his divine nature, went to hell, finished the atonement in hell, and was born again! This is a serious error since it implies that Jesus needed to be changed... Jesus paid for our sins in hell: He became our sacrifice and died on the cross. He did not stay dead. He was in the grave three days. During that time he entered hell, where you and I deserve to go (legally) because of our sin. He paid the price there.” (The most important decision youll ever make, by Joyce Meyer, second printing, may 1993, page 35) Response: This is blatantly wrong. Jesus did not pay the price of our redemption in hell. He paid the price on the cross. It was finished on the cross when he said, It is finished, (John 19:30). Also, consider the following verses: Col. 1:20, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. Col. 2:14, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 1 Pet. 2:24, and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. Jesus went to hell in our place and was tormented: Jesus paid on the cross and went to hell in my place. Then as God had promised, on the third day Jesus rose from the dead. The scene in the spirit realm went something like this: God rose up from his throne and said to demon powers tormenting the sinless son of God, let him go. Then the resurrection power of Almighty God went through hell and filled Jesus. On earth his grave where they had buried him was filled with light as the power of God filled his body. He was resurrected from the dead--the first born again man. (The most important decision youll ever make, by Joyce Meyer, second printing, may 1993, page 36) Response: Where does she get this completely fictitious dialogue between God and the demon powers? It is made up, not founded in scripture, and mistakenly assumes that Jesus went to hell, the place of torment and suffering after he died on the cross. The Bible does not teach any such thing. However, it does say that Jesus descended into the lower parts of the earth (Eph. 4:9). This can mean that Jesus was physically buried or that Jesus went to Hades to inform those who had already died about who he was and what he did on the cross or it can be referring to his incarnation as is contrasted with his ascending into heaven (Eph. 4:10). But there is simply no reason to believe that Jesus suffered in hell and finished the atonement there. See response to Quote 1. If you dont believe Jesus went to hell, you cannot be saved: His spirit went to hell because that is where we deserve to go . . . There is no hope of anyone going to heaven unless they believe this truth. (The most important decision youll ever make, by Joyce Meyer, second printing, may 1993, page 37) Response: This is an amazingly bad statement on her part. She is saying that you cannot be saved from your sins unless you believe that Jesus went to the hell where we deserve to go. This is a modification of the gospel message that saves as is found in 1 Cor. 15:1-4 that states it is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. Nowhere in scripture are we told to believe that Jesus suffered for us in hell or that he went there--where we deserve to go. This is very wrong and is heretical. We are called little gods: I was listening to a set of tapes by one man and he explained it like this..this kind of gets the point across . . . he said why do people have such a fit about God calling his creation, his creation, his man not his whole creation, but his man, little gods? If hes God whats he going to call them but the God kind? I mean if you as a human being have a baby you call it a human kind. If if [sic] cattle has another cattle they call it cattle kind. I mean what is God supposed to call em? Doesnt the Bible say we are created in his image? Now you understand I am not saying you are god with a capital G. That is not the issue here so dont go trying to stone me or yell blasphemy at me. The Bible says right here John 10:34 . . . and Jesus answered is it not written in your law I say we are gods. So men are called gods by the law... (Joyce Meyer). (youtube/watch?v=yrP3OLCH9GI&feature=related) Response: In this clip she goes on to quote John 10:34 where Jesus says to the Pharisees you are gods which is a quote from Psalm 82:6, which is an imprecatory Psalm of condemnation for the unrighteous judges. Psalm 82:7 says, nevertheless you will die like men. She then turned to Psalm 82 and went through it. The video stopped, so I do not know what she would have said about the next, all important verse. Joyce Meyer said she is not a sinner: I am not poor. I am not miserable and I am not a sinner. That is a lie from the pit of hell. That is what I were and if I still was then Jesus died in vain. Im going to tell you something folks. I didnt stop sinning until I finally got it through my thick head I wasnt a sinner anymore. And the religious world thinks thats heresy and they want to hang you for it. But the Bible says that I am righteous and I cant be righteous and be a sinner at the same time. (youtube/watch?v=5dmHJdM63hk) Response: Mrs. Meyer needs a lesson in basic Bible. 1 John 1:8 says, If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Notice that John the apostle says we. He is including himself with sinners. Also, Paul said in Rom. 7:19-20,24, For the good that I wish, I do not do; but I practice the very evil that I do not wish. 20 But if I am doing the very thing I do not wish, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me . . . 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Is Joyce Meyer better in Christian character than John and Paul? I think not. Mrs. Meyer fails to recognize her own sinfulness and so mistakenly denies her own sinfulness. I can only conclude that this false teaching comes from pride because it certainly isnt biblical.
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