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- 2 Corinthians 11:12-15
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- You SOB! You defend your best friend in the adultery case where he had an 8 year affair with a congregants wife (100k for that lawsuit!), he gets out of paying child support for his illegitimate child, and now, he is on TV in Israel alongside of you as you meet the prime minister? What does that SOB have on you that you keep him so close? Johnny McGowan, I do not know what you have on Joel, but the whole world will know that you have an illegitimate child including your wife!
For those interested, see http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/07/21/Duplicitous_Affair_Alleged_Against_Houston_Pastor.htm
or better yet, see the filings in court at
200945454 - MOLINA, DAVID (INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF vs. MCGOWAN, JOHNNY (Court 334)
http://www.hcdistrictclerk.com/eDocs/Public/CaseDetails.aspx?CaseNbr=200945454&CDI=7
You get to sit him with head of states while he gets away with screwing other men's wives? Unbelievable! - Reply to this comment
- Jesus came as the Savior, He is coming back as a Judge to judge "everybody" even the Christians. Some "so called Christians" will not make it - why? Read the whole New Testament then the Old Testament then you will know why some Christians will not make it. You have to read the Bible for yourself to find the truth. Being a christian is not about a "religion" it's about a "relationship with Jesus Christ".
Matthew 7:14-29
* 13. "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
* 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
* 15. "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
* 16. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?
* 17. Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
* 18. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
* 19. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
* 20. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
* 21. "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
* 22. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'
* 23. And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
* 24. "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
* 25. and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
* 26. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
* 27. and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall."
* 28. And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching,
* 29. for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. - Reply to this comment
- Jesus came as the Savior, He is coming back as a Judge to judge "everybody" even the Christians. Some "so called Christians" will not make it - why? Read the whole New Testament then the Old Testament then you will know why some Christians will not make it. You have to read the Bible for yourself to find the truth. Being a christian is not about a "religion" it's about a "relationship with Jesus Christ".
Matthew 7:14-29
* 13. "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
* 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
* 15. "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
* 16. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?
* 17. Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
* 18. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
* 19. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
* 20. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
* 21. "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
* 22. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'
* 23. And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
* 24. "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
* 25. and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
* 26. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
* 27. and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall."
* 28. And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching,
* 29. for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. - Reply to this comment
- Jesus said: Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lamp stand from its place--unless you repent. Revelation
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- Yes,Joel is a good man and nice man a friendly man, but the Gospel message is not about how good you are, or how nice you are. How good you are is not going to save you. It's about repenting, accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior and living a godly life. Yes, a lot of people have changed their lives who are not Christians because they made a decision to change. Becoming a Christian is about repenting of your sins, receiving Jesus and transforming your life according to the word of God.
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- AutumnDaze77 it's about balance. The Gospel message is about repenting, accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior, lives being transformed and yes about love and forgiveness. Jesus came as a Savior, but He is coming back as a Judge to judge everybody, even the Christians. There are righteous judgments and there is unrighteous judgments. We are to judge by the "word". And the word says "repent of your sins".
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- Joel keeps many people from repenting of their sins because he preaches a "feel good message". There are people in his congregation who call themselves Christians who are living like the devil and I know some of them. These people I know who go to his church are hateful, spiteful, liars, committ adultery, fornication, they steal, cheat, need I say more? And that is the truth. Without conviction there is no repentance.
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- Joel is a good man and he speaks from his heart. I'm not a bible reader and I NEVER liked going to church because the message was so often negative and always came from a place of lack. It never pretained to me except to say how wrong life is and how bad a person you are. Who needs that? When I listen to Joel's message about God's love and mercy, my heart is lifted and I am motivated and inspired to want more from my life. Isn't that the way life should be lived, in peace and gratatidue? A lot of so called "Christians" are the biggest hiypocrites and are very jugemental. All the comments posted are just that --comments. (As is mine). Love your neighbor as you love yourself...you don't need a college degree or religious education to learn and practice this teaching. Joel's message is a good one and more ministers need to adapt these teachings and focus on the positive. They may even find more folks showing up to church and garnering more parishioners who want to hear the "Good Word".
Peace and blessings everyone. :) - Reply to this comment
- hi everyone tell joel threw god he has helped bringme back where i am sopose to be, it seems like its times when i become hopeless i turn on tv and wow there he is with a message just for me. its like the first time you go to the candy store the taste the smell never leaves you , you always want to go back because it feels so good and comforting. thank you so much for all you give threw your graceful father, who has never let me down . hope fully some day i will get to meet you and your wonderful family. my pray for my son greg, please pra for him with me god bless you all marilyn from lebanon new hampshire.
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