The Anointed Jesus?

[larrylyates]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

I think this is a very dangerous teaching, similar to what you find in the Mormon church, and New Age type doctrines among others. It lifts up flesh to a level that is equal with God. It posits that man can become a god, even as Jesus did.

I have come into contact with various forms of this doctrine, and at its core it is Satanic. For Lucifer himself was the one who was cast out of heaven because he thought he could make himself equal with God. And ever since that time, he has been convincing humans to make that same error. He convinces those who will listen that you can be just as Jesus was, a little god, so to speak. It is a basic New Age doctrine that has been packaged many, many times into different doctrines through history.

According to the writers of the NT, believers are to reject any attempt of any doctrine to lift up and elevate a man to place equal with God/Jesus. Jesus was humanity and divine all wrapped up into one physical body that was transformed after Calvary into a spiritual body. His spirit was poured out on the Day of Pentecost, but he still remains in a spiritual body.

I have recently heard a doctrine that says that Jesus dispersed into his body on the Day of Pentecost, and that now each one of the believers (who believe this) that they in essence have become the body of Jesus Christ. And this group sings songs like "I see Christ in you, You see Christ in me, Praise the Lord", which basically is glorifying the Christ in each of the brethren and believing that Christ does not have a spiritual body anymore, but inhabits believers, who are the true body. This basically turns into worship of each other, because of the "Christ" that has dispersed into that body of the believer. Scary stuff!

The end result of this doctrine is that its followers believe they are above sin and that soon Christ is going to transform them, just as He was transformed after Calvary, and that they are going to be "Joel's Army" marching through the land doing great feats and exploits in the name of Jesus. Their basic belief is that since Christ no longer has a body, and has come to indwell believers, that we can rise up to do greater things than have ever seen before, greater works than any other time in history, and only those who believe this will be a part of this "Joel's Army"...

It is a very dangerous doctrine, because it places greater emphasis on human works, and efforts and lifts humanity up to a divine level.

Jesus said I am the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last. There is none like me. All power in heaven and earth is given unto me.

Any doctrine that seeks to elevate flesh to a divine nature is Satanic and not of God. Jesus will not share His glory with another. No human, and no angelic being.... God will not share His glory, not even with any part of his creation, humans and angelic beings alike.

I John 4:1-2 "Beloved believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God, and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already it is in the world."

Again, any teaching that elevates flesh to the level of a divine nature, and/or denies the humanity/deity of Christ is the spirit of the ANTICHRIST and from which we are to flee.

Wow! How did you get ALL of THAT from what I asked? While I certainly agree that there is only one God and we ain't Him! And I agree that Jesus is the Alpha and Omega and that all power in heaven and in earth has been given unto Him. However, your last reference is borrowed from Matthew 28, which actually says:

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

The implication is that there was some kind of relationship between His power and the command to go. This is clear from the use of "therefore." He had earlier told them: "12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. (John 14:12-14).

Very few in the Church today believe those verses. Just act like you believe them and see the backlash that comes against you!

He promised in Mark 16:17-20: "17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.


The key is in Acts 1:8--"But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."

This verse is closely related to Matthew 28. The power is intended to equip us to witness for Him in power and the manifestations of signs and wonders. In fact, anything less, is living far below our potential, hence the mess we see around us.

Romans 8:19
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

The very creation is waiting for us to step up to the plate and be who we are meant to be.

Romans 15:19
Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

We have been anointed by the Holy Ghost in order to produce in us the ability to witness of Him with power. Anything less, according to Paul is not fully preaching the Gospel. In fact, the gospel preached in the absence of signs and wonders is not the Gospel of Christ; it is not the Gospel of the Kingdom.

The problem is two fold. for too many years the Church has been deceived into living beneath her true nature and ceased being a force for God in the world. We didn't understand who we are in Christ. Then, when a few brave souls began to step out in faith and live up to their potential they were immediately slapped down by a religious structure steeped in unbelief.

Unfortunately, that attitude exists even among Pentecostals today! We who should be at the forefront of the miraculous, have sold our birthright for a mess of pottage. We too have made the Word of God of no effect for the sake of our own religious traditions.

I find it sad that some of the greatest resistance I face in ministry is the attack against the message of healing that comes from Apostolic Pentecostals. Just read some of my other threads. It's an appalling state of affairs!

One thing concerns me. You said, "It posits that man can become a god, even as Jesus did." Perhaps I am misunderstanding you but it seems to imply that you somehow believe that Jesus "became a god." Please tell me I am misreading this or it is a typo!!