"Hit the Bar" Episode 49: Sarah Jakes Roberts says: "We Are Divine!"
If EVER I heard such unbiblical renderings ... here they come! This post only addresses a couple issues, the video is loaded with blasphemous use of the Word of God.
I do not think I have ever heard so much psychobabble interjected into God’s Word … I was literally STUNNED! If I had not already been laying down, I would have (at least inside of my heart and mind) fallen down!
Listening to this, what can I say? It’s just gar-bage. I am heartbroken that someone, anyone, can take God’s Word-and I am more heartbroken over those who have taken this junk in- thinking it’s really what God said. Oh, isn’t that what Satan, by way of the Serpent, said to Eve? “Didn’t God say?” And notice Eve’s replies, then look into Genesis 2. See the things she added.
Roberts puts a whole-nuther spin on Eve … and divinity.
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”
The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’”
The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.”
Somehow the speaker in this video has decided there is another meaning to this and more.
“ ... I want you to see the idolatry I want you to see the mysticism. This is a woman who claims to hear directly from (5:43) God and she will twist the living daylights out of god’s word and actually flip the meaning completely upside down (5:49) and it’s not about Christ it’s about you ...”
Now, some people would claim, “NO! She HEARS from God.” But if you take what she says is the Word of God, look it up for yourself, and stay in context, you ought to be able to see there is no way what she says is from God.
Location 12:18 Roberts starts with Luke 8:47-48. She did not begin at the beginning of this account. Luke 8:43-48 is about a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years and could not be healed by anyone. In those days, based on the Law, a woman with an issue of blood would have been treated as unclean and not allowed to be sociable, much less in a crowd. She actually got close in on the crowded scene and touched the hem of Jesus’ garment and the hemorrhage stopped immediately. It’s a deeply moving account. I hope you will turn to the Scriptures and read it for yourself.
Location 12:42 Roberts pulls some things out of the account of the young girl who died but does not do so scripturally. Nowhere is there a basis for what she is claiming to be true. (See Luke 8:49-56).
Location 14:06 Roberts states “because we must hear from you we’re trying to tap into our divinity when humanity tells us that … put down our walls … we came because we must hear from you. We’re trying to tap into our divinity when humanity tells us that we’re less than God. We are divine. We believe that we are fearfully and … who’s divine, we are divine …” (Autogenerated transcript.)
Please note 1 John 2:15-17 below about ‘the flesh’ or our humanity.
No. We are not divine. God is.
Dropping in on Isaiah 14:11-15 (but there is more to read than just that). These verses are about Satan. Note the “I will” statements.
““How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!
“But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north.
‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’
“Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit.”
Here is another set of verses to be considered, but don’t just read this portion, keep reading for yourself in this chapter:
“Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever.”
“For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.
For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.”
If you do not believe the things I am writing, which Steve and Paulette are talking about, go to the video and get the transcript, print it out and take it apart with a good translation of the Bible. Check these things out for yourself.
In today’s world, so much has already been twisted - if you are old enough to remember when things were different - how rewards were truly given to those who could and did succeed or exceed - not to just everyone to make them feel better. How morals were based on the Bible and how people really do have something placed in their hearts and all around them to cause them to see and hopefully believe in God. (Romans 1:18-32 and what happens when they don’t.) I don’t mean God is in everything. No. God created everything. We’ve descended into a rabbit hole of make-believe where almost everything in society and especially God is concerned; where we believe just about anything, never check it out, and try to make everyone feel good about espousing evil lies. This is extremely dangerous ground. Worth every bit of checking things out for yourself.
About that divine thing Roberts tried to include. Go to 2 Peter 1:
“Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.”
There are three verses which came up in my NASB95 search for “a little lower”. These are about Jesus Christ. He came down from heaven as God+Man in order to save the world from God’s wrath as the penalty for not believing in Him so as to be saved. (John 3:1-21)
WHAT makes people think they are God(s)?!
“Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!”
““YOU HAVE MADE HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, AND HAVE APPOINTED HIM OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;”
“But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.”
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.
We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.”
Now, I am going to place a quote, the which I am not happy about the source, but it makes a whole lot of sense. Are you ready?
“ There is a principle which is a bar against all information
which is proof against all arguments
and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance
— that principle is contempt prior to investigation. ”
For those who think it's mean, judgmental, and un-loving to criticize popular teachers/churches, here's something just for you: Shocking Stuff You're Not Supposed to Know.
If you're having a knee-jerk reaction to try and defend this man's ideas, check out: Confirmation Bias: Why You Are Protecting Your False Beliefs.
Here's a very extensive documentary exposing the problems with the "Seeker-Friendly" church model: Church of Tares: Purpose Driven, Seeker Sensitive
Finally, here's an article that will help you be more discerning and a lot less gullible: Defusing Demonic Dirty Bombs
Stop being so gullible!
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