Assemblies of God position paper on word faith

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As a point of reference, asemblies of God is the largest group of those
derived from the pentecostal movement from the early 20th century. A
recent pentecostal post specifically mentioned this large groups rejection
of wof doctrine and why it is not pentecostal.

Below are some points in the article, they will appear familiar to those
following the recent wof related threads which report similar wof
teachings. The entire article is worth a read:

Assemblies of God position paper on word faith

https://how2becomeachristian.wordpress.com/tag/assemblies-of-god-position-paper-on-word-faith/

They put God in a box: Word of Faith preachers deny God's sovereignty and
actually mock the concept. They make God a slave to "spiritual laws" that
even He can't break. They teach that we can twist God's arm to get what we
want, enabling us to write our own ticket with Him (Kenneth Hagin's term),
or turn God into a vending machine (Richard Roberts' term). The concept of
spiritual laws and the idea that God is at our beck and call is definitely
Gnostic.

-- Jesus died spiritually: while the idea that Jesus went to Hell is as old
as the Church, the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds do NOT say that
Jesus died spiritually and had to be born again. If Jesus did die
spiritually, then Jesus was a mere man, and not God incarnate. Again, this
is a Gnostic belief -- that Jesus was a mere man.

-- Spiritual laws: Word of Faith is founded on the concept that there are
spiritual laws in the Bible, that even God is bound to obey. These
spiritual laws include things like reciprocity, sowing and reaping, the law
of sin and death, the law of the tongue, etc. Once these laws are
understood and worked with, then Satan has no more power over the
Christian. That may be true, and I'm not saying that it is, but it sounds
an awful lot like the Gnostic belief in divine formulas.

-- God is as much female as He is male: I don't know where they get this
from Biblically, but more than one Word of Faith has said this. They
also teach that Adam was both male and female at the same time, and God
removed Adam's female half, not just a rib. If this were true, then
the pronoun for God in the Bible would be either "it" or "s/he," not "he."
A hermaphroditic view of God is pure Gnosticism.

-- Man is equal with Jesus and God: the idea that we are made in God's
image is Biblical, but the Word of Faith teaching that we are little
gods, or that we are made in God's class is not. Being equal with God is
Gnostic at best, Lucifer's rant at worst.

-- Our words can change time, space and matter: this is known as "Name It
and Claim It." Sure, our words can change attitudes and maybe our
bodies, but not to the extent that we are the "prophets of our own lives."
This is Christian Scientist "mind over matter," retooled for
modern times.
From a web page titled of the subject line:

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For detailed info and discussion of word of faith;look for these web pages.
They cover some of waht we have revealed in this continuing series of wof
exposai articles and with even more detail on the false theology and wof
gurus nonsense.

Judge for yourself as scripture in detail is used to refute the wof gurus
at every turn:

What's Wrong with the Word Faith Movement? (Part One)

https://www.equip.org/article/whats-wrong-with-the-word-faith-movement-part-one/

What's Wrong with the Word Faith Movement? (Part Two)

https://www.equip.org/article/whats-wrong-with-the-word-faith-movement-part-two/