Important Announcement:
Rev James Wong
wrote (see below) as Dean of the English General Council
The Basel Christian Church of Malaysia (BCCM).
(Today, he is the Bishop of the denomination):
“Rev George Ong ministers often
in many of our Basel Churches
in Sandakan and Kota Kinabalu.
Rev George Ong is a master communicator
who can capture the attention of
the crowd with his unique sense of humour
and bring across the
message of the Bible in a clear and compelling manner.
Those who listen to him will surely learn
from his biblical resourcefulness
and challenge by his life testimony.
I have the opportunity of listening to Rev George Ong
in the Rapture and Great Tribulation seminar
that I organised for the
Basel denomination and for my church recently.
The positive responses from the Basel Church members
were overwhelming.
He spoke with great passion and depth
on the fallacies of the Pre-tribulation Rapture doctrine.
He was able to elucidate from the teachings of Jesus
and many other Bible references
that clearly teach
and unmistakably support the Post-tribulation Rapture.
I have no reservation in recommending Rev George Ong
to any Church or Christian group
that would like to prepare its members
with the full knowledge of the coming end time.”
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Part 1: Joseph Kingsley’s Introduction
Part 2: Care Group Experience in New Creation Church – By Joseph & Sharon Kingsley
Part 3: Holding the Occultist Joseph Prince Accountable – if you think he has repented – By Sharon Kingsley
Part 4: Strange Absence of Joseph Prince for 3 Straight Sundays. Stranger still, his absence was kept as top secret so far – By George Ong
Part 5: Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan, you both had better sort out between yourselves which is which. Are you treating your critics to be loved (by Joseph Prince), or are they to be detested (or hated) (by Gabriel Tan) – By George Ong
Part 6: Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan deliberately quoted Matthew 7:1-5 out of context and misrepresented the words of Jesus to prevent their critics from exposing their heresies – By George Ong
Part 7: Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan’s teaching that there is no need to Fear God under the New Covenant only proves that they are unbelievers – By George Ong
Part 8: Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan Lied Big time against Jesus when they taught that Jesus Gave Only One Commandment – love one another as He loved us (Jn 13:34) – By George Ong
to view the entire video:
Part 1: Joseph Kingsley’s Introduction
Please click here to view the video:
Part 2: Care Group Experience in New Creation Church – By Joseph & Sharon Kingsley
Please click here to view the video:
Part 3: Holding the Occultist Joseph Prince Accountable – if you think he has repented – By Sharon Kingsley
Please click here to view the video:
Part 4: Strange Absence of Joseph Prince for 3 Straight Sundays. Stranger still, his absence was kept as top secret so far – By George Ong
Interestingly, Joseph Prince has been missing in action
for the last 3 Sundays.
This is rather unusual,
as this is not the vacation period in June or Nov/Dec,
where he will go for his usual long holidays.
What’s more unusual
is that New Creation Church
has not made any official announcement
for his 3-week absence.
This is as if the absence of Joseph Prince
must remain top secret that nobody must know.
Even his congregation is asking what happened to him?
Has Joseph Prince fallen sick that he was too embarrassed
to face his congregation in his sickly state?
Has he gone for a facial or plastic surgery update?
Has he met with something ominous?
Is he too embarrassed to face his congregation
given that his theme for this year, 2026, “Much More”
is not working for them,
as the US-Iran war has affected many local businesses,
and the price increases have beset many households.
Instead of experiencing “Much More”,
the truth is they are having “Much Less”.
If Joseph Prince were to appear this Sunday (tomorrow),
as usual, he will spin his story why he was absent for 3 Sundays.
So, let’s wait and see what he will do this Sunday.
Part 5: Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan, you both had better sort out between yourselves which is which. Are you treating your critics to be loved (by Joseph Prince), or are they to be detested (or hated) (by Gabriel Tan) – By George Ong
In the sermon on 26 Apr 2026, 6 days ago,
Gabriel Tan said:
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“You may not commit murder,
but there’s hate in your heart.
And speaking of that, I just want to address those,
I don’t believe they’re seated here,
but maybe you’re watching online,
maybe you’re visiting just to check us out.
And you know one thing I detest,
can I say this, the word detest.
One thing I detest are those on YouTube,
those on social media,
that think they are righteous policemen on behalf of God.
I’m here to judge the preaching of this pastor.
I’m here to judge the lyrics of this worship song.
I’m here to judge this church.
I’m here to judge another person.
I’m here to judge this influencer.
I’m here to judge this celebrity.
I detest the action of judging others,
tearing them down.
And if you are Christian and you’re doing that,
hey, love is the fulfilment of the law.
Oh, actually, I’m loving the body of Christ
by doing all these things.
Are you?
Or are you just wanting to get views and subscriptions
and hits?
Only God knows your heart. Amen?
Moving right along.
So, if you want to make your thoughts count online,
be encouraging. Build others up. Encourage them.
Point them to Jesus.
And point them to His grace,
point them to His goodness,
point them to His mercy.
Don’t be judgmental and tear others down.
Who are we to judge?
Who are we to judge others?
And that’s why the Lord Jesus says,
you are so concerned
about a little speck in another person’s eye,
when you have a big plank, a big pole in your eye.
It’s funny, you know,
that someone has a little tiny speck of,
a tiny sawdust in their eye.
You see, Wah, see that sawdust in your eye?
But you’re not conscious,
you have a big lamp post sticking out of your eye.”
Gabriel Tan said that
he detests (abhors, hates, despises, abominates, etc)
critics who are judging:
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“And you know one thing I detest,
can I say this, the word detest.
One thing I detest are those on YouTube,
those on social media,
that think they are righteous policemen on behalf of God.”
Gabriel also said he detests the actions of those
who are judging and tearing other ministries down:
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“I detest the action of judging others,
tearing them down.”
The motive of Gabriel Tan could be this
– by coming out publicly to say that
he detests (or hates) his critics and their actions
by his verbal outbursts and strong facial gestures
he is also giving the go-ahead
and mobilising his New Creation Church supporters
to do the same (to detest or hate) his critics.
But Gabriel Tan needs to know
that he seems to be singing a different tune
from his boss, Joseph Prince.
In a sermon, Joseph Prince said:
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“Walking in grace makes you in love with everyone.
Even those who speak against you;
those who write against you, whatever, you know,
I tell you, it fills your heart with love for them.
You feel compassion for them.”
One moment,
Gabriel Tan is so law
when he said he detests
(hates, abhors, despises, abominates, etc)
his critics who are judgmental
and their actions of tearing other ministries down (including New Creation Church).
The next moment,
Joseph Prince is so grace
when he said his heart is filled with love and compassion
for those who spoke and wrote to criticise him because
“Walking in grace makes you in love with everyone.”
Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan,
you both are getting us all confused,
and you both had better sort out between yourselves
which is which.
Are you treating your critics to be loved
as postured by you, Joseph Prince,
or are they to be detested (or hated)
as said by you, Gabriel Tan?
As both of you would know, that both detests (hate) and love
are diametrically opposed to one another,
and they cannot co-exist with one another.
But on another note, I must say, thanks to Gabriel Tan
for his free advertisement about us.
By his outbursts against his critics,
that he detests (or hates) them,
he is making us even more famous
and well known around the world.
Let’s be honest – if his critics have done a lousy job,
and they are not a threat
to Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan’s ministry,
and New Creation Church,
do you think Gabriel Tan
would even bother to mention them
in front of his congregation
and using up his pulpit time?
And because his critics have succeeded
to bring more people out of New Creation Church,
that’s why Gabriel Tan is getting so worried
that he is forced to come out in the open
to say he detests (or hates) them
so as to give the cue to his supporters
that they are to follow his lead from now on
to go on the offensive
in the way they ought to treat their critics.
Gabriel Tan said:
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“So, if you want to make your thoughts count online,
be encouraging. Build others up. Encourage them.
Point them to Jesus.
And point them to His grace,
point them to His goodness,
point them to His mercy.”
Gabriel Tan is so deceptive that he pretends not to know
that we, his critics, have never spoken against true grace,
but we have always spoken against the false grace
that Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan are preaching.
Also, you, Gabriel Tan, are so crafty that you already knew
that we have never spoken against the true Jesus,
but we will and have always spoken against
the counterfeit Jesus
that Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan are preaching,
and deceiving the people to their destruction.
Part 6: Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan deliberately quoted Matthew 7:1-5 out of context and misrepresented the words of Jesus to prevent their critics from exposing their heresies – By George Ong
In the sermon on 26 Apr 2026, 6 days ago,
Gabriel Tan said:
Please click here to view the video:
“And that’s why the Lord Jesus says,
you are so concerned
about a little speck in another person’s eye,
when you have a big plank, a big pole in your eye.
It’s funny, you know,
that someone has a little tiny speck of,
a tiny sawdust in their eye.
You see, Wah, see that sawdust in your eye?
But you’re not conscious,
you have a big lamp post sticking out of your eye.”
Gabriel Tan is only parroting what his boss said.
In a sermon, Joseph Prince said:
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“And if you criticise me for saying that,
there you go,
He (Jesus) says also say in the Sermon on the Mount,
‘Don’t criticise your neighbour.
Judge not that you be not judged.’”
In their assertion that we cannot judge others
under any circumstance, based on Matthew 7:1-5,
both Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan
have gone out of contexts
and misrepresented the words of Jesus.
In ‘The Complete Works of JC Ryle,’
JC Ryle wrote:
“The first portion of these verses (Matt 7:1-5)
is one of those passages of Scripture
which we must be careful not to strain
beyond its proper meaning.
It is frequently abused and misapplied
by the enemies of true religion.
It is possible to press the words of the Bible so far
that they yield not medicine, but poison.
When our Lord says, “Judge not,”
He does not mean that it is wrong,
under any circumstances,
to pass an unfavourable judgment
on the conduct and opinions of others.
We ought to have decided opinions:
we are to “prove all things;” (1 Thessalonians 5:21 KJV)
we are to “try the spirits.” (1 John 4:1 KJV)
– Nor yet does He mean that it is wrong
to reprove the sins and faults of others
until we are perfect and faultless ourselves.
Such an interpretation
would contradict other parts of Scripture:
it would make it impossible
to condemn error and false doctrine;
it would debar anyone
from attempting the office of a minister or a judge.
The earth would be “given into the hands of the wicked” (Job 9:24)
Heresy would flourish:
wrong-doing would abound.”
George Ong’s Comments:
JC Ryle has pointedly said that ‘judge not’
does not mean that one cannot contend against heresies.
If that was meant,
then heresies would flourish,
and this is what Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan
want it to happen.
And that’s why
they deliberately quoted Matthew 7:1-5
out of context and misrepresented the words of Jesus
to serve their evil purpose
so as to prevent their critics
from tearing down their heretical teachings.
In “Jesus’ sermon on the mount
and his confrontation with the world,
A study of Matthew 5-10,
DA Carson wrote:
“We will be wise to consider first what this text
(Matt 7:1-5) does not say.
It certainly does not command the sons of God,
the disciples of Jesus, to be amorphous,
undiscerning blobs who never under any circumstance
whatsoever hold any opinions about right and wrong.
Are we to say nothing about the rights and wrongs
of a Hitler, a Stalin, a Nixon?
of adultery, economic exploitation, laziness, deceit?
The New Testament itself
excludes such a fatuous interpretation.
A few verses on, the Lord Jesus himself alludes
to certain people as pigs and dogs (Matt 7:6)
– some sort of negative judgment
has certainly taken place!
A little further on, Jesus warns,
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves” (Matt 7:15).
By these words Jesus not only labels certain teachers
with the most damning epithets,
but demands that his followers recognize such teachers
for what they are;
and that is certainly an exercise
which requires the use of discriminating faculties.
Elsewhere, the apostle Paul is prepared to hand
over a certain promiscuous man to Satan (1 Cor. 5:5),
demanding that his local church discipline him;
such discipline requires judgment.
In Galatians 1:8f. Paul calls down an anathema on all
who preach some version of the gospel
other than the true gospel which Paul himself preaches.
In Philippians 3:2 he uses strong language
to warn his readers against certain false teachers:
“Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh.”
And this language is mild
compared with that in Galatians 5:12.
John likewise demands some kind of judgment
when he writes,
“Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1).
Moreover, when a crowd misjudges Jesus
because his healing ministry extends to the Sabbath,
he does not forbid all judgment,
but replies rather,
“Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment” (John 7:24).””
In “The Bible Speaks Today,
The Message of the Sermon on the Mount,”
John Stott wrote:
“Jesus’ words Judge not,
that you be not judged (Matt 7:1-5)
are well known but much misunderstood.
… our Lord’s injunction to ‘judge not’
cannot be understood as a command
to suspend our critical faculties
in relation to other people,
to turn a blind eye to their faults
(pretending not to notice them),
to eschew all criticism and to refuse to discern
between truth and error, goodness and evil.
How can we be sure
that Jesus was not referring to these things?
… Partly also because much of Christ’s teaching
in the Sermon on the Mount is based on the assumption
that we will (indeed should) use our critical powers.
… Similarly, in Matthew 7,
this very command not to ‘judge’ others
is followed almost immediately
by two further commands:
to avoid giving ‘what is holy’ to dogs or pearls to pigs (V6),
and to beware of false prophets (V15).
It would be impossible to obey either of these commands
without using our critical judgment.
For in order to determine our behaviour towards ‘dogs’,
‘pigs’ and ‘false prophets’
we must first be able to recognize them,
and in order to do that
we must exercise some critical discernment.”
George Ong’s Comments:
There is no need for me to say anything more
about how these 2 giants of the Christian Faith,
DA Carson and John Stott
have both demolished Joseph Prince & Gabriel Tan’s assertion
that we cannot judge others under any circumstance,
based on Matthew 7:1-5,
and that both Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan
have gone out of context
and misrepresented the words of Jesus.
For more details about my own explanation of this issue
on Matthew 7:1-5,
please see the Appendix to this Article.
Part 7: Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan’s teaching that there is no need to Fear God under the New Covenant only proves that they are unbelievers – By George Ong
In the sermon on 26 Apr 2026, 6 days ago,
Gabriel Tan said:
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“As high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is His Hesed
towards those who fear Him, those who worship Him.
So does the Lord have raham
on those who fear Him or worship Him.
His hesed is from everlasting to everlasting
on those who fear Him, on those who worship Him.
In that sermon on 26 Apr 2026, 6 days ago,
Gabriel Tan went through almost every verse in Psalm 103:
Psalm 103:1-22 NKJV
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the children of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
9 He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
14 For He knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
And its place remembers it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,
18 To such as keep His covenant,
And to those who remember His commandments to do them.
19 The Lord has established His throne in heaven,
And His kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.
21 Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,
You ministers of His, who do His pleasure.
22 Bless the Lord, all His works,
In all places of His dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
But when Gabriel Tan came to verses 13 and 17,
he added to God’s word
by implying that the word “worship” replaces the word, “fear”,
or the word, “worship” is the synonym for the word “fear”:
13 As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him…
Though fearing God and worshipping God
may be related,
they are not exactly the same.
Gabriel Tan is basically parroting what Joseph Prince teaches.
In 2 sermons, Joseph Prince said:
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“Come children. Listen to me.
I will teach you, this is how it starts,
what it means to fear the Lord.
Notice it begins with children,
the Father is talking to you.
I want to teach you the Fear of the Lord.
So, we have all kinds of ideas
about the Fear of the Lord in the Body of Christ.
In fact, there seemed to be a revival of teaching
on the Fear of the Lord,
the Old Testament way.
God has moved mountains; they don’t even realise.
They are camping in old ground.
They are in New Covenant.
Many Christians, unfortunately, are in the New Covenant,
Old Covenant mentality.
They still have the wrong kind of fear of God.
And Jesus defined the Fear of the Lord as,
in the wilderness temptation,
as the worship of God.
Thou shall worship the Lord thy God.
Well, you look at that verse He quoted from
is from Deuteronomy 6:13
where it says thou shall fear the Lord thy God.
So, Jesus defined the Fear of the Lord (Deut 6:13)
in the Old Testament as worship (Matt 4:10).”
George Ong’s Comments:
Joseph Prince creates a false dichotomy
between the Old Testament and the New Testament’s
understanding of the Fear of the Lord.
His view is that we must never fear God
the Old Testament way,
as Jesus Himself had defined
the Fear of the Lord as the worship of God
in the New Covenant.
This false dichotomy generated by Joseph Prince
is exposed by Derek Prince and Peter Tan-Chi
as I will unveil in the ensuing discussion.
Even if it is true that Jesus understood the Fear of the Lord
in Deuteronomy 6:13 as worship in Matthew 4:10,
what about the many other verses
that contain the Fear of the Lord
in the New Testament?
Many such verses
that comprise the Fear of the Lord
is speaking about fearing God per se
and not strictly about the worship of God.
Three of such examples are
Matthew 10:28, Romans 11:20-22 and Hebrews 4:1:
Matthew 10:28 NASB
28 And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Romans 11:20-22 NKJV
20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
Hebrews 4:1 NLT
God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.
One’s careful reading would reveal
that there is no way that the word, “fear”
in Matthew 10:28, Romans 11:20-22 and Hebrews 4:1
could be replaced by the word, “worship”
without sounding illogical.
Let me expound further on Romans 11:20-22
and Hebrews 4:1.
Here, we are told in Romans 11:20-21
that we are not to be arrogant or haughty
but we are to fear
because we are not unconditionally secure
as we can be cut off:
Romans 11:20-21 NKJV
20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.
In other words, this means,
we need to have a healthy but solemn fear
about the fact that God can cut us off,
if we are arrogant towards Him
in a state of unbelief and disobedience.
To be cut off
means that we will forfeit our eternal inheritance in Christ.
There is something seemingly strange and unusual
given in V20-21:
20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.
The Bible, in many instances, assures us,
“Fear not, do not fear.”
You find prophets like Isaiah for example, said:
“Do not fear I am with you.”
When an angel appeared before the shepherds,
the first thing they said was,
“Do not fear.”
When the angel appeared to Mary,
the first thing the angels said,
“Do not fear.”
Throughout the Bible,
we have those assuring words,
“Do not fear, or fear not.”
But now in Romans 11:20, it warns us to fear:
20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.
Why?
This is because Paul wanted to remind us
that though we are called not to fear
for the many issues of life,
there are certain issues
we should fear and we better fear.
Because if we walk around
in wanton and wilful disobedience,
we are in grave danger of being cut off
and forfeiting the great inheritance of our salvation
which God has promised.
Let me stress that those who are ‘cut off’
cannot be a reference to those who were never saved
because those who were never saved
never became attached.
Those who were ‘cut off’
were once attached.
A person cannot be attached to the olive tree
unless he was once in Christ.
So, Paul stressed that on issues
that concerns grave matters like our salvation,
we better fear and tremble.
This is totally contradictory to the teachings
of Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan
– that as New Covenant believers,
we are not called to fear God,
the way that the Old Covenant people feared Him.
Hebrews 4:1 is rather similar to Romans 11:20-22:
Hebrews 4:1 NLT
God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.
The author of Hebrews tells us to not just fear,
but “to tremble with fear,
that some of you might fail to experience it.”
In other words, we need to have the solemn fear
that we do not forfeit our eternal inheritance in Christ
– that we do not forfeit the Calvary Rest.
The Calvary Rest can be forfeited
by unbelief and disobedience.
The author of Hebrews has the urgency to warn us
though we are not called to fear
for the many issues of life,
there are certain things that we should and better fear
– that if we walk in wanton and wilful disobedience,
we are in grave danger of forfeiting the Calvary Rest
that God had promised.
This again contradicts the teachings
of Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan
– that as New Covenant believers,
we are not called to fear God,
the way that the Old Covenant people feared Him.
In a teaching session, Derek Prince said:
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“Now, I’m going back to the theme which I announced,
The Fear of the Lord.
So many Christians have got the idea,
“Well, that was something from the Old Testament.
It was under the Law.
We don’t need the Fear of the Lord in our lives at all.
That’s old fashioned.”
That’s totally unscriptural and incorrect.
I want to give you just a few simple facts from Scripture
about the Fear of the Lord.
Psalm 19 and verse 9 says this.
“The fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring forever…”
So, there’s never a time
when the Fear of the Lord ceases to be relevant.
It endures forever.
And in Proverbs 23 verse 17, the writer of Proverbs says:
“That you may continue all day long
in the fear of the Lord…”
So, the Fear of the Lord is forever and it’s for all day long.
In other words, there is no time in your life
when you should not be in the Fear of the Lord.”
George Ong’s Comments:
Derek Prince has debunked Joseph Prince’s lie
that the Old Testament’s understanding
of the Fear of the Lord
is no longer relevant in the New Covenant.
Since the Fear of the Lord endures forever (Psa 19:9),
this means that the Old Testament’s conception
of the Fear of the Lord
continues into the New Covenant
and through all of eternity.
In a teaching session, Derek Prince said:
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“First of all, it is fear of a special kind, but it is fear.
You’ll notice quite a number of the modern translations
don’t use the word fear.
That, I think, is partly under a humanistic influence
which would indicate we don’t have to fear God.
Believe me, we do have to fear God.
God is to be feared
and there’s nothing in the Bible
that ever suggests that’s done away with.”
George Ong’s Comments:
Derek Prince has again stated
that since the Fear of the Lord
has not been done away with,
God is to be feared
for all New Covenant believers today,
again, contradicting the teachings
of Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan.
In a teaching session, Derek Prince said:
Please click here to view the video:
“Psalm 19:9, which says:
“The fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever.”
I believe the Fear of the Lord is not merely clean,
it is cleansing.
It purifies; it keeps us clean.
And that passage says it endures forever.
Not merely for this life but for eternity.
The Fear of the Lord
will always be a mark of all the true people of God
– whether human or angelic.”
George Ong’s Comments:
Since Derek Prince states
that the Fear of the Lord will
always be a mark of all the true people of God,
Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan,
who deliberately do away
with the Fear of the Lord
for the New Covenant,
do not belong to the true people of God.
In a teaching session, Derek Prince said:
Please click here to view the video:
“Well, I’m saved.
I don’t need the Fear of the Lord.”
That’s when you need it most.
Let me show you in 1 Peter.
1 Peter chapter 1, verses 15 through 19,
and remember this is written to people
who’ve been redeemed by the blood of Jesus.
“But as He who has called you is holy,
you also be holy in all your conduct,
[all your conduct, not some of it.]
because it is written,
‘Be holy, for I am holy.’
And if you call on the Father
who without partiality judges
according to each one’s work,
conduct yourselves throughout the time
of your sojourning here in fear.”
Whom was it written to?
People redeemed by the blood of Jesus.
What did it say?
Conduct the time of your sojourning here in fear.
And why?
“Knowing that you were not redeemed
with corruptible things, like silver or gold,
from your aimless conduct
received by tradition from your fathers,
but with the precious blood of Christ,
as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.”
The very fact that God paid our redemption
with the blood of Jesus,
the most precious thing in the universe,
is a reason why we should always walk in fear.
Fear that we somehow betray our Redeemer,
fear that somehow, we lower the price of our redemption
to something cheap and insignificant.
That’s the mark of a committed Christian.
That’s the mark of a Christian
who understands what it cost God to redeem him.”
George Ong’s Comments:
Derek Prince, by his exposition of 1 Peter 1:15-19
has dealt a death blow
to Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan’s teaching
that the Fear of the Lord under the Old Covenant
no longer applies to the New Covenant.
Derek Prince went on to say
that walking in the Fear of the Lord
is the mark of a Christian.
This means Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan,
who teaches against the Fear of the Lord
cannot be considered Christians in the first place.
In a teaching session, Derek Prince said:
Please click here to view the video:
“Then it’s very informative
to study the Fear of the Lord in the life of Jesus.
And these are found in Isaiah chapter 11
beginning at the first verse.
“There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse,
And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
[that’s the Messiah, the descendant of David.
Now, this is the mark of the Messiah,
the mark of the Son of God.]
The Spirit of the LORD Shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge
And of the fear of the LORD.”
The final manifestation of the Holy Spirit
that marked out Jesus as the Messiah
and God’s beloved Son was what?
… the fear of the Lord.
And then the next verse says this.
“His delight is in the fear of the LORD.”
Dear brothers and sisters,
surely, we cannot improve on Jesus.
If Jesus, God’s beloved Son, Messiah and Savior,
was marked out by the Fear of the Lord
and if He delighted in the Fear of the Lord,
how can you or I ever dare to say
we don’t need the Fear of the Lord.
It’s a terrible thing to say.”
George Ong’s Comments:
By teaching against the Fear of the Lord,
Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan are categorically denying
that the Fear of the Lord
is one key distinguishing mark of the Lord Jesus.
How can one who denies
that the Fear of the Lord
is a key mark of the Lord Jesus Himself,
be said to be Christ-centred
and a true teacher of God’s word?
In a teaching session, Peter Tan-Chi said:
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“Today, many people don’t understand the Fear of the Lord.
We like to focus on the love of God,
which is very important.
But the Bible talks about the reality of the Fear of the Lord;
it is a healthy fear.
It is not the idea of you shudder;
you’re scared of God.
No, but it has the idea of you don’t want to displease Him.
You honour Him.
You know the consequences of disobeying Him.
So, this idea of fear is very healthy.
The Bible often talks about the double motivation,
the dual motivation of the Christian life.
Love and the fear of God.
In the Old Testament,
we are commanded to love God and to fear Him.
In the New Testament,
we are commanded to love God and to fear Him.
What about you?
Do you have a healthy Fear of the Lord?
Do you have love for the Lord?
These are not in opposition;
they go together.”
George Ong’s Comments:
By Peter Tan-Chi’s teaching
that we need to both love God and fear Him,
Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan’s half-truth teaching
is again exposed.
While Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan
teach that we are to love God,
they teach against fearing Him.
Peter Tan-Chi’s teaching that we are to fear God
in both the Old and New Testaments
has exposed Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan’s doctrine
that we are no longer required to fear God
in the Old Testament way
as the fear of God for New Covenant believers
is now reduced to just worshipping Him.
Part 8: Joseph Prince and Gabriel Tan Lied Big time against Jesus when they taught that Jesus Gave Only One Commandment – love one another as He loved us (Jn 13:34) – By George Ong
In the sermon on 26 Apr 2026, 6 days ago,
Gabriel Tan said:
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“His hesed is from everlasting to everlasting
to such as keep His covenant
and to those who remember His commandments.
There, there, there. See, pastor?
We must keep His covenant and do the commandments.
Have you heard that Jesus declared in John chapter 13?
A new commandment I give to you.
That you love one another as I have loved you.
And that’s in the upper room
where He said to His disciples,
a new commandment I give to you.”
When Gabriel Tan talked about Psalm 103,
not only did he try to add to God’s word
about the word “fear” in verses 13 and 17,
he too tried to teach that obeying God’s commandments
in verse 18, is out of the question for New Covenant believers,
Psalm 103:18 NKJV
18 To such as keep His covenant, And to those who remember His commandments to do them.
This is because, according to him,
Jesus gave the New Commandment
that we are to love one another as I have loved you
that New Covenant believers are to obey:
John 13:34 NASB
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
Again, Gabriel Tan is parroting what Joseph Prince teaches.
In a sermon, Joseph Prince said:
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“And that’s why the greatest commandment,
the only commandment that Jesus gave us
is to love one another as He loved us.
That’s the commandment for the believer.”
This is a blatant lie as the New Commandment
is not the only commandment that Jesus gave.
Besides the New Commandment,
Jesus gave plenty of many other commandments:
Jesus commanded us to repent to be saved:
Matthew 4:17 NIV
17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
Jesus commanded us to obey and teach God’s commandments:
Matthew 5:19 NIV
19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called
great in the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus commanded us to make disciples and to obey everything He has commanded:
Matthew 28:19-20 NIV
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Jesus commanded us to love God with all of our being:
Matthew 22:36-37 NIV
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Jesus commanded us to love our neighbours:
Matthew 22:39 NIV:
39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Jesus commanded us to seek God’s kingdom and His righteousness:
Matthew 6:33 NIV
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Jesus commanded us to do to others what you want them to do to you:
Matthew 7:12 NIV
12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Jesus commanded us to beware of false prophets:
Matthew 7:15 NASB
15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
I could go on and on listing out the plenty
of the many other commandments that Jesus gave.
What does this prove?
This proves that Joseph Prince and his lackey, Gabriel Tan,
have lied big time when they teach
that Jesus gave only one commandment – John 13:34
for New Covenant believers.
Appendix
George Ong’s Elaboration on Matthew 7:1-5:
“People have said and even lambasted me,
“George – You shouldn’t judge Joseph Prince.”
They base their argument on Matthew 7:1-2,
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
Are they sure they have the right understanding of Matthew 7:1-2?
Are they saying that we mustn’t judge Joseph Prince
even though he is obviously twisting the word of God
many times,
and clearly teaching against the core doctrines
of the Christian Faith?
Even though he is leading people to hell?
What kind of theology is that?
No wonder the false teachings of Joseph Prince
have flourished largely unhindered
because of this ‘don’t judge people theology’.
From what I have written about Joseph Prince
– Yes, I have judged him
and I have judged him as a wolf in sheepskin.
Their response should not be,
“George, you have no right to judge him,”
but whether all that I have said about him
that he is a false teacher
have been proven in all that I have written.
And they must prove to me
why Joseph Prince is not a false teacher
and that what I have said about him is wrong or unbiblical.
Are they saying we shouldn’t judge someone
to see whether he is rightly teaching from the scriptures,
or he is teaching falsely?
When someone discredits the teachings of another as false,
many in today’s tolerant world
will voice out their strong objections,
‘Judge not, lest you be judged’.
These objections are often not due
to an informed reflection of the scriptures
but a hasty reaction of an ignorant and overly tolerant world.
A tolerant world that has become intolerant against intolerance
– get my point?
Not tolerating people who are intolerant is a contradiction.
And anyone who dares to speak up for truth and against falsity
is now branded as an intolerant, self-righteous Pharisee
or an unloving, dogmatic conservative.
They (and unbelievably, even pastors, not just Joseph Prince)
even invoke the Bible in Matthew 7:1-2 to make their point
– “Judge not.”
They thought they are Biblical,
but in reality, they are largely ignorant.
They ignorantly thought that was the proof text
that will seal their argument
about stopping one from judging another.
They thought Matthew 7:1-2 was used to support the fact
that no one has the right to make any judgement
on anyone on any grounds.
In making this judgement, they do not realise
that they, too, are judging others who judge others.
Just remember that Matthew 7:1-2
was given in the context of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5-7).
If we are not supposed to judge,
Jesus would be contradicting Himself
because He had judged the Pharisees sternly (Matt 5:20, etc)
in the same context of the Sermon on the Mount.
What does Jesus mean when he tells us not to judge others,
or we will be judged (Matt 7:1-5)?
First, let us consider what he does not mean.
The text cannot mean that we are not to judge
under all circumstances because in the next passage,
Jesus gave the following instructions:
Matthew 7:6 NIV
6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.”
The simple lesson is – don’t cast precious and valuable truths
to people who are not ready.
Not only will they not appreciate it, they will also reject it,
and they may even ‘bite’ you with it.
If we are to obey this command of Jesus,
are we not to judge by making appraisals of others
about their readiness for precious truths?
We cannot obey Jesus’ command unless we make a judgement
on who are the ‘pigs’ and ‘dogs’.
If we do not judge by making an honest assessment of others,
how are we to know who is ready and who is not?
We have to honestly say that so and so is not ready
because he is extremely proud and unteachable.
Are we judging others when we make that kind of assessment?
About 10 verses down from Matthew 7:1-5
in Matthew 7:15-20, Jesus instructed the apostles
to judge leaders and teachers by their fruits.
If it is wrong to judge leaders and teachers (by their fruits),
how will we know whether they are true or false?
How can we tell whether one is a true shepherd
or a wolf in sheepskin?
To judge whether someone is a wolf in sheep’s clothing
requires informed, judicious and discerning judgement.
It is precisely because of the silence and absence
of such a needed judgement
from many (not every) bishops, pastors and elders in the church
that has led to many members of churches
who have been deceived by false prophets,
such as Joseph Prince.
What has contributed to such a sorry state of affairs
is the wrong teaching
that we should not judge leaders or teachers,
and we should not touch the Lord’s anointed
(advanced by Joseph Prince himself for his own interest).
On the contrary, Jesus categorically instructed us
to judge them by their fruits (Matt 7:15-20).
The key fruit or test that Joseph Prince is to be judged on
is his teaching
– whether he is teaching the Jesus of the Bible
or his own counterfeit version of Jesus.
After I’ve explained about what judging others does not mean,
let’s see what Jesus really meant when he tells us not to judge:
Matthew 7:1-5 NIV
1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
In context, Jesus was teaching the principle
that we are not to judge others
for the same sin we are committing.
This is particularly so when the same sin
that we are committing
is a much bigger flaw (plank)
than the one that is committed by our brother (speck)
that we are correcting.
If we judge others for not observing
the same standard of behaviour that we don’t exemplify,
we are in danger of being judged by God (Matt 7:1-2).
If we judge others for the same faults that we are guilty of,
we have become hypocrites (Matt 7:5),
and we, indeed, have committed the kind of judgement
that Jesus forbids (Matt 7:1-2).
To put it in practical terms, it is one brother
who has not gotten over the sin of explosive anger (plank)
to have the audacity to point out the sin of intermittent anger (speck)
in another brother’s life.
To apply it to myself – if I am guilty of teaching false teachings,
I would have no right to correct
and contend against the false teachings of Joseph Prince
(whom I don’t consider to be a brother-in-Christ but a wolf in sheepskin).
If I do, I will be guilty of hypocrisy (Matt 7:5).
So, Jesus wasn’t teaching that we are not to judge others.
He is stating the fact that one must first overcome and remove,
say, the sin of anger first, by taking
“the plank out of your own eye,” (Matt 7:5a)
before he confronts another of the same sin and helping him
“to remove the speck from your brother’s eye” (Matt 7:5b).
Jesus did not forbid addressing and judging the faults
and flaws of others (Matt 7:5b).
If He did, He would have contradicted the rest of His teachings
in the Sermon on the Mount about the need to judge others.
What Jesus is against are people
who pinpoint the smaller flaws of others (speck),
when they don’t even attempt
to deal with the bigger faults (plank) of their own.
The lesson is – we must first remove the sin in our life
before removing the same sin from others.
Only when we have victory over the sin of covetousness
do we have the privilege to challenge others to do the same.
Only when we have first removed the plank in our eyes
do we have the authority to remove the speck in another’s eye.”
This article was also sent to Bishop Philip Lim, President of the National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) and Rev Dr Ngoei Foong Nghian, General Secretary and for the attention of the Executive Committee Members.
This article was also sent to the Alliance of Pentecostal & Charismatic Churches of Singapore (APCCS), for the attention of the Chairman, Rev Yang Tuck Yoong & Co Chairman, Rev Dominic Yeo (General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God of Singapore) and Council Members.