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The Brian that stole Christmas

30 Tuesday Dec 2014

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INTRODUCTION

What we have exposed again and again is that Brian Houston will happily preach any other gospel except the Christian gospel. Below is Brian Houston’s so-called “Christmas message” for 2014. While most ministers use this opportunity to actually preach a Christian message about the gospel, Brian Houston will preach his opinion on what he believes the gospel of Jesus is about.

You are not going to hear Christianity. You are not going to hear the gospel. You are not going to hear about the Christian Jesus. You will not hear what Jesus accomplished here on earth. You are going to hear a spineless, social/political message by Brian Houston that only expands the popularity of his secular franchise. This is the message of a coward and a thief who has bent the knee to a secular Caesar and not to Jesus Christ. Christians should feel robbed by this pulpit grinch, stealing the Christian gospel and replacing it with a message you would expect from a beauty pageant winner.

There are a few points in the below sermon that should cause Christians to think twice about Brian Houston’s “pastoral” credibility.

It is clear that Brian Houston is deceiving his followers in to believing that:

1. Luke 2:14 is the “simple” gospel of Jesus, when in fact it is the song of the angels.
2. His own opinion is greater that what the bible plainly teaches. 

We shall look at these claims more closely.

ANGELS JESUS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH?

Houston made the following liberal (and homosexually inclusive) claim,

“In a world where status, background, sexuality, political persuasion or what side of the tracks you are from can cause so much conflict and strife, Jesus came with a very simple message: one of peace on earth and a good will to all men.” 11:57

What do the gospels say Jesus’ “simple message” is?

“I must preach the good news [gospel] of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose.” Luke 4:43 

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John giving us general examples of what Jesus’ “good news” was about:

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matt 4:17

Now after John had been taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:14-15

Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ Luke 10:9

Is this gospel of Jesus inclusive as Brian Houston claims? Jesus declared to the Jews,

“… for unless you believe that I Am who I claim to be, you will die in your sins.” John 8:24

Jesus’ message is simple and highly exclusive while Brian Houston deliberately deceived people into thinking this “inclusive Jesus” message was the same as the angels song. It isn’t. In fact, Jesus says something that opposes Brian Houston’s beauty pageant gospel:

“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Matthew 10:34

This was no mistake. This was a deliberate attack on the Christian gospel so Brian Houston could ride on current popularity and political trends to be noticed by the world. It is not right for Brian Houston to lie so blatantly in the name of Jesus.

AN OPINION MORE WORTHY THAN WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS

At 9:16, Brian Houston states,

“We can ease so easily exclude. We can take the things of God and try to make them small which was never, (I believe), the heart of the gospel that was born that day.

The message of Jesus Christ, our Lord our Saviour- never ever was it determined to shrink or make small. Interestingly when it talks about goodwill to men- other translations, it says, “Men whom God favours”. Or in the Revised Standard Version it describes it as, “Men with whom He is pleased”. So you could easily still get the idea this is for some men. This is for some people. But I believe the gospel is for all people.”

While it is true the gospel is to be preached to “all people”, not all people will receive this exclusive message from an exclusive Jesus. Nevertheless, did you observe the deception Houston pulled in the above quote?

Brian Houston concluded from reading two different biblical translations on Luke 2:14 that, “you could easily still get the idea this is for some men. This is for some people”. But that is not good enough for Brian Houston.

Instead of accepting what the bible plainly says, Houston elevated his own opinion above God’s Word. Watch him do it again:

Or in the Revised Standard Version it describes it as, “Men with whom He is pleased”. So you could easily still get the idea this is for some men. This is for some people. But I believe the gospel is for all people.“

Nope. The bible does actually say the angels sing “Men whom God favours” or “Men with whom He is pleased”. It does not teach “Peace and good will on earth to all people”. That is a lie made up by Brian Houston. Members of Hillsong should be ashamed of this utter embarrassment of a gospel message for Christmas 2014.

PULPIT GRINCH EXPOSED

This gospel presentation was so bad, even Chris Rosebrough from Fighting for the Faith sniffed Brian Houston’s liberal agenda:

Perry Noble Drops The N-Word

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Program segments:
• Perry Noble Drops the N-Word
• William Tapley Reviews His Greatest Hits
• Brian Houston’s Slippery Christmas Message
• Sermon Review: The Plans Have Changed by Steven Furtick

Source: Chris Rosebrough, Perry Noble Drops The N-Word, Fighting for the Faith, http://www.fightingforthefaith.com/2014/12/perry-noble-drops-the-n-word.html, 30/12/2014. (Accessed 03/01/2014.)

If you were robbed the gospel by a pulpit grinch like Brian Houston this Christmas, we pray you enjoy this wonderful sermon by Phil Johnson.

The Real Meaning of Christmas (Phil Johnson)
Galatians 4:4-5   |   Sunday, December 07, 2014   |   Code: 2014-12-07-PJ

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Source: By Phil Johnson, The Real Meaning of Christmas (Phil Johnson), The Grace Life Pulpit, http://www.thegracelifepulpit.com/Sermons.aspx?code=2014-12-07-PJ, 07/12/2014.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Strange Fire Conference – Watch It! Don’t Miss It! Tell People About It!

12 Saturday Oct 2013

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Are you over the false ministries polluting, (or brainwashing), the younger generations with a false Christianity? Are you sick of your local Charismatic/Seeker Sensitive churches misrepresenting Christianity? Do you want to get solid biblical teaching and understanding what Christianity is all about?

Once again, we would like to promote the Strange Fire Conference. Since starting, Hillsong & C3 Church Watch has grown in admins, authors and members. As a result of those involved, we have been pleased to discover that many are still involved in Pentecostal, Charismatic, Anglican, Baptist, Salvation Army, Uniting, Presbyterian, Simple Church and non-denominational church groups. We believe that this Strange Fire conference will be of huge benefit to you. We also think that this conference is also worth telling your friends and family about.

To all our Singaporean, Indian, African, Pacific Island, New Zealand and Australian readers, you can get the Strange Fire app. We’ve heard you can not only stream it live, you can watch the conference sessions again later.

To download the app or for more information, click here: http://www.tmstrangefire.org/app#.UlgibFBmiSo

WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT ABOUT STRANGE FIRE?

Pastor John MacArthur is hosting the Strange Conference and intends to address the spiritual nonsense within the Charismatic movement.

You do not have to agree with everything John MacArthur says or does. You do not have to like their presentations. What is important is that John MacArthur is calling for a spiritual clean up in the Charismatic movement. It is his desire to call people to repent of their Charismatic craziness and return to the sound truth of God’s Word.

Already, false teachers like Rodney Howard Browne (who have a major influence on Phil Pringle of the C3 Church Movement), has reacted publicly against the controversial event.

Strange Fire: How Much Will This Conference Impact Christianity?

From http://www.tmstrangefire.com:

Overview

The sons of Aaron…offered strange fire before the LORD…and fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them.
—Leviticus 10:1–2

The Lord calls His people to honor Him, to treat Him as holy. Leviticus 10 pictures the consequences of not doing so—of offering to Him strange fire.

For the last hundred years, the charismatic movement has been offering a strange fire of sorts to the third Person of the Godhead—the Holy Spirit. And evangelical churches have chosen to be silent or indifferent on the matter. This hasn’t served the church or the Spirit of the church with honor.

So what should be our response?

Strange Fire is a conference that will set forth what the Bible really says about the Holy Spirit, and how that squares with the charismatic movement. We’re going to address in a biblical, straightforward manner what many today see as a peripheral issue. On the contrary, your view of the Holy Spirit influences your relationship with God, your personal holiness, and your commitment to the church and evangelism.

  • Strange Fire is a Truth Matters conference, sponsored by Grace to You.
  • The conference will be held at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California.

Source: Main Page, http://www.tmstrangefire.org/, Accessed 12/10/2013.

Speakers worth noting are R.C. Sproul, Phil Johnson, Justin Peters, Steve Lawson, Todd Friel (from Wretched Radio), Nathan Busenitz (of the Cripplegate Blog) and Tony Eareckson Tada (from Joni and Friends Radio). We can guarantee you that this will be a conference that will be eye opening, ear opening and soul convicting.

More importantly, you will get the real gospel from real pastors with real credentials.

 

Strange Fire: How Much Will This Conference Impact Christianity?

21 Friday Jun 2013

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Recently, Phil Johnson wrote the following article:

NOT LAUGHING NOW
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Rodney Howard-Browne, self-styled “Holy Ghost Bartender,” has taken notice of the Strange Fire conference sponsored by Grace to You (October 16-18, 2013). He seems unnerved by the prospect that twenty-first-century charismatic phenomena are going to be examined in light of Scripture. Howard-Browne’s trademark giddiness has gone missing. Recently, he wrote this stream-of-consciousness rant on his Facebook page:

There is coming a massive attack on the Pentecostal/ Charismatic movement by a group of individuals that don’t believe in the power of the Holy Spirit today – these men do not believe in speaking in tongues or the gifts of the spirit – they think that because of excesses in the church that they have a right to write off the fastest growing sector of Christianity – over 800 million in the earth today – that would be as bad as writing Jesus off because of one of the 12 was Judas Iscariot – if these individuals just adopted Gamaliel’s advice of Acts 5:38-39 that would be fine however they have no fear of God and are in grave danger of blaspheming the Holy Ghost – they think that because the movement has had scandals that have been publicised that this gives them leeway to do what they are doing – however the only reason why it gets the attention is because these individuals are on TV – everywhere I travel I hear of scandals outside of the Pentecostal charismatic realm but these are never publicised because no one knows them – they are calling their exposé strange fire however you better have the alternative if you are going to criticise something as counterfeit you have to produce the real – or else you had better shut up! The only ones who have the right to bring correction are the ones inside the camp not outside!

All the standard charismatic arguments are summarized there: He says critics of modern charismatic claims are unspiritual people motivated only by rank unbelief. He insists the weight of sheer numbers validates the modern charismatic movement (yet the high percentage of scandalous frauds, philanderers, and false teachers spawned by the movement means nothing). He emphatically declares that those outside the movement are not entitled to criticize charismatic abuses. And of course he includes the killer argument: The critics are people who “have no fear of God and are in grave danger of blaspheming the Holy Ghost.”

In reality, those who tout false prophecies, obscene bodily gyrations, and drunken behavior as gifts of the Holy Spirit are the ones blaspheming Him. In fact, no one is more notorious for that than Rodney Howard-Browne himself. For him to decry blasphemy and pretend to know anything about the fear of God is the very height of arrogant irony.

If you think that sounds unduly harsh, watch this video of a typical Rodney Howard-Browne “ministry” binge:

Source: Phil Johnson, Not Laughing Now, http://www.gty.org/blog/B130610, 10/06/2013. (Accessed 19/06/2013.)

What was Rodney Howard-Browne reacting against?

In October 2013, John MacArthur will be putting on a conference called ‘Strange Fire’. This event will explore what the Bible says about the Holy Spirit and how that reflects the spirit presented within the charismatic movement.

The ‘Strange Fire’ conference page has this to say about the event,

Overview

The sons of Aaron…offered strange fire before the LORD…and fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them.
—Leviticus 10:1–2

The Lord calls His people to honor Him, to treat Him as holy. Leviticus 10 pictures the consequences of not doing so—of offering to Him strange fire.

For the last hundred years, the charismatic movement has been offering a strange fire of sorts to the third Person of the Godhead—the Holy Spirit. And evangelical churches have chosen to be silent or indifferent on the matter. This hasn’t served the church or the Spirit of the church with honor.

So what should be our response?

Strange Fire is a conference that will set forth what the Bible really says about the Holy Spirit, and how that squares with the charismatic movement. We’re going to address in a biblical, straightforward manner what many today see as a peripheral issue. On the contrary, your view of the Holy Spirit influences your relationship with God, your personal holiness, and your commitment to the church and evangelism.

We want you to join us for Strange Fire. It really is for everyone—especially if you’re working through these issues with a friend, your family, or your church. Space is limited, register today.

  • Strange Fire is a Truth Matters conference, sponsored by Grace to You.
  • The conference will be held at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California.

Source: Overview, Strange Fire, http://www.tmstrangefire.org/. (Accessed 19/06/2013.)

If you would like to examine Rodney Howard-Browne’s credentials, you can read what we discovered about them here:

Congo Line Of Unqualified Ministers Endorsed By Phil Pringle

The Christian Post reports John MacArthur saying,

“Worship is a very serious matter. How you come before a Holy God is the most important thing you will ever do.”
– Nicola Menzie, Christian Post, John MacArthur Takes on Charismatic Movement With ‘Strange Fire’ Conference, http://www.christianpost.com/news/john-macarthur-takes-on-charismatic-movement-with-strange-fire-conference-97968/, 2:13pm, 15/06/2013. (Accessed 20/06/2013.)

In light of the issues being addressed at John Macarthur’s upcoming “Strange Fire” Conference, do churches like C3/Hillsong honor the Holy Spirit or blaspheme Him?