Article 1: Joseph Prince mocks & cancels Jesus’ (God) warnings on hell – that it is ridiculous to be obeyed
Article 2: Joseph Prince is so psychologically sick that he keeps contradicting himself, and by his own words he has confirmed that he is the real liar
– By Rev George Ong (Dated 15 Sep 2024)
Announcement:
My family is still currently in Malaysia
for my second son’s wedding (last night) in Kedah.
His wife is a Malaysian.
We will be back on a 5.20 pm Penang to Singapore flight this evening.
Last Wednesday, on 11 Sep 2024,
Teo Meng Hin, an Ex New Creation Church member,
who recently bumped into my website,
wrote something encouraging to me
through his email.
“Hi Rev George Ong,
I want to commend you for your courage
to single out Joseph Prince,
the pastor of the biggest church in Singapore
as a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
I believed many pastors were called by God
to expose Joseph Prince’s ministry as one who is ungodly
and teaches the exact opposite from the word of God.
Most pastors will only give out scant remarks
about him and his ministry.
But you are unlike them.
You have the spirit of David,
and you went up against a 30,000-strong Goliath.
You took up God’s calling.
You are so passionate about God’s calling.
You are willing and obedient.
You passed God’s test.
You will get to eat the fat of the land.
And God will bless you accordingly.
I have been praying for you and your family
since last month
when I chanced upon your YouTube channel.
You are not only dealing with a man and his followers,
but also, all the demonic spirits working behind his ministry.
I will continue to pray for God’s protection over you
and your family every morning during my devotions.”
Excerpt No 1 from the Article:
In ‘Destined To Reign’, Joseph Prince wrote:
“My friend, Jesus said,
“If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you… And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.” (Matt 5:29-30)
Have you done that?
Do you think that Jesus expects us to do all that,
or does He want us to rightly divide the Word,
and understand who He was speaking to
in that passage and what He meant?
If the church were to obey everything
that Jesus said in that passage,
then it would look like a huge amputation ward!”
I want you to see the craftiness of Joseph Prince
in the way he goes about deceiving people.
He did not even attempt to explain, as I have,
that the role of the hyperbole
of cutting off your hand and gouging out your eye
is in heightening the urgency of Jesus’ key message
of not breaking the law of committing mental adultery.
Instead, he deceptively and deliberately
mixes the hyperbole together
with the key lesson of mental adultery.
This is to create confusion in peoples’ minds
that just because it is illogical and impossible
to obey the hyperbole
of cutting off your hand and gouging out your eye,
it is also illogical and impossible
to obey the law of not committing mental adultery.
Hence, Joseph Prince has completely overturned the purpose
of what Jesus came to warn us of in Matthew 5:27-30
and giving a complete opposite message
from the original message of Jesus.
Has it begun to sink into your mind
how evil this man, Joseph Prince is?
He even has the audacity to ‘play such frivolous games’
with none other than Jesus, who is God Himself?
Excerpt No 2 from the Article:
Joseph Prince needs to tell us
whether Jesus was joking when He said,
“And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.” (Matt 5:22)
“It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.” (Matt 5:29)
“It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.” (Matt 5:30)
For Joseph Prince to be right in his view on the issue,
he would have to prove that Jesus was just joking
in the above passages,
or that Jesus didn’t really mean what He said
in Matthew 5:22,29,30
– which is an impossibility!
One must ask the question,
if Jesus didn’t mean what He said,
why did Jesus talk about hell thrice
within just eight verses?
It is precisely because Jesus was utterly serious
that hell would be the place
that those who fail to pay heed to His warning
about anger and lust would end up in.
And yet, Prince has the unholy audacity
to undo what Jesus came to warn us of, completely.
Joseph Prince is concocting a blatant lie in teaching
that it is impossible to obey God’s laws…”
(This article was also sent to Rev Dr Ngoei Foong Nghian, General Secretary, National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) office, and for the attention of the Executive Committee Members.)
Article 1: Joseph Prince mocks & cancels Jesus’ (God) warnings on hell – that it is ridiculous to be obeyed – By Rev George Ong
In the sermon preached on 1 Sep 2024, 2 Sundays ago,
Joseph Prince said;
“And Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, right.
And Jesus says you think the law
says thou shall not commit adultery.
But if you look on a woman to lust after her,
you’ve have committed adultery.
So, you give the woman the eye,
with the eye goes up and down.
He whole stature.
You are guilty of that sin.
But I didn’t touch her.
You’re guilty, Jesus says.
You hate that person
or you wish that person get into accident.
That’s murder, according to Jesus’ definition.
So, when Jesus said that, right, then He used the word,
after He talked about adultery and murder,
He says, especially in adultery,
He says, your eye offend you,
pluck it out, throw it away, throw it away.
Your hand offend you, your hand cause you to stumble,
cut it off because the church wants to obey Jesus.
So, this is what is dangerous to leave church half way,
even to go to the toilet, alright, at a wrong time
before I sewed you back up.
This is surgery, removing the problem.
What is Jesus saying?
The church will look like a huge amputation ward.
Pastor Prince, you should have come earlier.
You should have come just earlier.
Of course not.
So, what did He mean?
He means that the standard of God is perfect.
He brought the law back to its pristine standard.
Man brings it down where it is manageable for man.
Something keepable.
But no, Jesus came, in the Sermon on the Mount;
He brought it to the pristine level
so that everyone is guilty.”
What is Joseph Prince’s real intention
by what he said in his sermon on 1 Sep 2024?
This becomes very clear
when one examines what he wrote.
In ‘Destined to Reign’,
Joseph Prince wrote (referring to Matthew 5:27-30),
“…Jesus brought the law to its pristine standard,
such that it was impossible for any man to keep.
… But Pastor Prince,
I believe that we should do everything that Jesus said!
My friend, Jesus said,
“If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you… And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.” (Matt 5:29-30)
Have you done that?
Do you think that Jesus expects us to do all that,
or does He want us to rightly divide the Word,
and understand who He was speaking to
in that passage and what He meant?
If the church were to obey everything
that Jesus said in that passage,
then it would look like a huge amputation ward!
(I hope that I don’t hear you saying, “Pastor Prince, you should have written this book earlier – I have already plucked out one eye and severed one arm!”)
Come on, Jesus said all that
to bring the law back to its pristine standard,
a standard that ensured that no man could keep the law.”
In summary, this is what Joseph Prince wrote (regarding Matthew 5:27-30),
“…Jesus brought the law to its pristine standard,
such that it was impossible for any man to keep.
… Come on, Jesus said all that
to bring the law back to its pristine standard,
a standard that ensured that no man could keep the law.”
The reason is Joseph Prince has a hidden and deceptive agenda.
His real agenda is to deflect people away from the real issue.
Joseph Prince’s aim is to get people
to focus on the figure of speech of the hand and the eye,
instead of the real issue of mental adultery
that Jesus was addressing.
The real issue Jesus was trying to teach
is that the sin of adultery
is one that goes beyond physical adultery (the letter of the law)
to mental adultery (the spirit of the law).
Jesus was warning His disciples
not to follow the example of the Pharisees
who distort the law by reducing it
to just the mere obedience to the letter of it
– outward actions instead of heart’s attitude.
Jesus was trying to teach that it is not enough
to keep to the letter of the law (of not committing physical adultery).
But keeping the spirit of the law (of not committing mental adultery)
is the essence of what is really required.
When Jesus advises us to gouge out an eye or cut off a hand,
He is employing a figure of speech known as hyperbole.
Hyperbole is an obvious exaggeration
or an intentional overstatement
to create a shocking effect.
Examples of hyperbole in modern speech
would include statements like,
“This travelling bag of yours weighs a ton,”
“Waiting for my girlfriend is like waiting for eternity,” and
“Everyone knows my mother-in-law is right all the time.”
Anyone with a logical mind, except for Joseph Prince,
would know that each of the above statements
is a hyperbole or a figure of speech,
not meant to be taken literally.
Jesus’ purpose in speaking hyperbolically,
that sinners should gouge out their eyes or cut off their hands,
is to magnify in His hearers’ minds the heinous nature of sin.
Sin takes people to hell (Matt 5:29-30),
and that makes sin something to avoid at all costs.
Jesus is saying that whatever is causing you to sin,
one has to take drastic measures to get rid of it.
Figuratively, it is better to enter heaven with a hand less
than to have two hands and be thrown into hell.
The lesson in Matthew 5:27-30 was so important to Jesus
that He repeated the use of the hyperbole
in the same book in Matthew 18:8-9:
Matthew 18:8-9 NIV
8 “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.”
What Jesus is saying is indeed shocking and radical
but serious and urgent
(and do not forget Jesus has said many other radical
and shocking things in the other passages of scriptures as well).
you must go to radical lengths if you have to,
so as not to place yourself in a situation
where you can be tempted by the sin of mental adultery
and put yourself in danger of hell.
In modern application and understanding
– it is better not to bring your girlfriend to a tempting place
when dating her
than be tempted with both physical and mental adultery
and be in danger of hell (when one sins unrepentantly), etc.
The Pharisees teach only physical adultery is wrong,
but Jesus says even mental adultery is wrong too.
While the Pharisees accept the law,
they distorted and twisted it to suit their agenda
by just obeying the letter of it,
what Joseph Prince has done is even worse:
Joseph Prince totally removes the law
and he excuses us from taking responsibility
for the sin of mental adultery
because he says it is impossible not to sin in that way
– and hence, he is putting the multitudes of people
who have been influenced by his teachings,
in real danger of hell,
which Jesus came to warn us of.
When Jesus came explicitly to warn us that hell
is where we will end up in
if persistent and unrepentant mental adultery
is not dealt with,
Joseph Prince ‘deletes’ that from the word of God
and instead says that Christ is not addressing that issue
with the church at all.
Joseph Prince is going head-on against what Christ is teaching,
as he teaches that avoiding the sin of mental adultery
is impossible and offers excuses for that sin.
Hence, he has removed the very sober warning of hell
that Jesus is warning us of.
Joseph Prince is making light of the serious message
that Jesus was trying to convey
by the frivolous and disrespectful way he argues, such as,
“If the church were to obey everything that Jesus said in that passage, then it would look like a huge amputation ward! (I hope that I don’t hear you saying, “Pastor Prince, you should have written this book earlier – I have already plucked out one eye and severed one arm!”)
Why is Joseph Prince doing that?
This reason is what Jesus taught in Matthew 5:27-30
and the rest of the Sermon on the Mount
totally contradict his Pseudo-grace doctrine
that every sin, past, present, and future have all been forgiven.
And if every sin is forgiven,
Joseph Prince has to ‘get rid’ of this sin of mental adultery,
which can send one to hell
by stating that it is impossible to obey the law in Matthew 5:27-30
that Jesus came to give us.
It also contradicts Prince’s ‘once saved always saved’ theology
as Jesus was warning His disciples (who are already believers)
that they, too,
if they are guilty of the same sin of unrepentant mental adultery,
could land them in hell (Matt 5:29-30).
While preaching on Matthew 5:27-48 on the Sermon on the Mount,
David Pawson, a world-renowned Bible teacher said,
“He (Jesus) said, ‘Don’t fear what can happen in this world, but fear what can happen in the next world to you.’
Now, while it is true that many sins can take you to hell, including unbelief and cowardice,
every list in the New Testament of the things that take people to hell include sexual promiscuity, every list.
And yet there are Christians who think that because they are Christians they are in no risk of hell.
Why do you think that Jesus includes the risk of hell in the sermon address to born again sons of the kingdom
who are disciples being persecuted for righteousness’ sake?
Why do you think He include it if there is no risk?”
I want you to see the craftiness of Joseph Prince
in the way he goes about deceiving people.
He did not even attempt to explain, as I have,
that the role of the hyperbole of cutting off your hand
and gouging out your eye
is in heightening the urgency of Jesus’ key message
of not breaking the law of committing mental adultery.
Instead, he deceptively and deliberately
mixes the hyperbole together
with the key lesson of mental adultery.
This is to create confusion in peoples’ minds
that just because it is illogical and impossible
to obey the hyperbole of cutting off your hand
and gouging out your eye,
it is also illogical and impossible
to obey the law of not committing mental adultery.
Hence, Joseph Prince has completely overturned the purpose
of what Jesus came to warn us of in Matthew 5:27-30
and giving a complete opposite message
from the original message of Jesus.
Has it begun to sink into your mind
how evil this man, Joseph Prince is?
He even has the audacity to ‘play such frivolous games’
with none other than Jesus, who is God Himself?
Joseph Prince wrote (regarding Matthew 5:27-30),
“…Jesus brought the law to its pristine standard,
such that it was impossible for any man to keep.
… Come on, Jesus said all that
to bring the law back to its pristine standard,
a standard that ensured that no man could keep the law.”
Can Joseph Prince enlighten us
where did Jesus ever say that in Matthew 5:27-30
or the Sermon on the Mount?
Don’t ever let Prince get away with statements he made
that cannot be substantiated.
He has done that far too many times.
Press him to quote the chapter and verse for his arguments.
As a matter of fact, there is nowhere in Matthew 5:27-30
or the entire Sermon on the Mount that Jesus ever said
what Joseph Prince has stated.
Prince is importing his Pseudo-grace theology forcibly into the text.
He is lying, pure and simple.
Furthermore, if obedience to God’s law
was an impossible standard for man
as Joseph Prince has stated,
why did Christ say in Matthew 5:20 (NCV),
20 “I tell you that if you are no more obedient
than the teachers of the law and the Pharisees,
you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Did Jesus say that His laws are impossible
for people to keep or obey
as what Prince is stating?
No, conversely, Jesus is stating the opposite.
Jesus is saying that if we don’t keep or obey the law
better than the Pharisees do,
we will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
And if one doesn’t enter God’s kingdom,
where does one go? – Hell!
So, Joseph Prince by his teaching
that the laws in the Sermon on the Mount
are impossible to be obeyed,
is actually taking us to that God-forsaken place
in the lake of fire.
Joseph Prince wrote,
“…Jesus brought the law to its pristine standard,
such that it was impossible for any man to keep.”
Joseph Prince had inserted his own words
into the mouth of Jesus
and made Him say things which He didn’t.
What audacious and unholy guts this man possesses!
Only an Antichrist, not someone who is Christ-centred
would ever do that.
In fact, Jesus said the very opposite
of what Joseph Prince claimed
– that He expects us to obey His laws or commandments.
Take a look at the two passages below and compare that
with what Joseph Prince has written in his quote:
Matthew 5:21-22 NIV
21 “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.”
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.”
The above two passages in Matthew 5:21-22, 27-30,
are so clearly presented and easily understood
that even a child could understand what they plainly mean.
Jesus taught openly
that sin could drag any angry and lustful person (unrepentant anger and lust)
to hell.
Yet, Joseph Prince has the unholy guts
to say that Jesus does not mean what he teaches
– that Jesus is saying
that since the standard of these laws is too high,
he concluded that it is impossible for us to obey them.
Joseph Prince has again committed the terrible sin
of replacing the words of Jesus in Matthew 5:21-22, 27-30
with his own words.
If you compare Joseph Prince’s above quote
with Matthew 5:21-22, 27-30,
Joseph Prince is completely reversing what Jesus said.
This text is so clear and plain
that anyone of average intelligence could understand it
and come to the conclusion
that it has nothing to do
with what Joseph Prince had falsely interpreted.
Joseph Prince blatantly mocks the simple teaching of Jesus.
He trivialises the sober intention
of what Jesus was trying to communicate
– about ending up in hell
if anyone disobeys this command about lust and anger.
Joseph Prince totally sweeps away the very serious warning of Jesus
that the failure to do what Jesus said
would result in being thrown into hell (Matt 5:29-30).
How can people still believe that Joseph Prince is Christ-centred
when he treats the teachings of Christ with such utter contempt?
Sure, it isn’t easy to obey this commandment in Matthew 5:27-30
and many other commandments in the New Testament for that matter.
Christ has not come to make Christianity easy and comfortable,
but to make the impossible possible.
If we fail and stumble and we will,
God’s matchless grace is more than sufficient to forgive us
if we confess and repent.
If we confess and repent of our sins,
we will receive forgiveness from God
for God is indeed an ever-gracious and ever-forgiving God.
His bountiful grace is able to empower us
in and through our weaknesses
and with the enablement of the Holy Spirit
gives us the victory over the sins of our minds.
But if you listen to Joseph Prince
and believe that it is impossible for this command to be obeyed
and refuse to obey,
hell is the place that Jesus said you would go to.
If Joseph Prince’s teaching can lead one to hell,
how can he not be a heretic?
How can he not be a ravenous wolf in shepherd’s clothing?
Christ’s teachings have always been consistent.
He places a higher priority on the inside
rather than on what is outside of us
because what is inside of us
is the true and real us.
In Mark 7:20-23 as it is in Matthew 5:27-30 the text in question,
Christ teaches that it is the inside of a man that defiles him:
Mark 7:20-23 ISV
20 Then he continued, “It’s what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean, 21 because it’s from within, from the human heart, that evil thoughts come, as well as sexual immorality, stealing, murder, 22 adultery, greed, wickedness, cheating, shameless lust, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. 23 All these things come from inside and make a person unclean.”
The Apostles Paul, Peter and John’s writings
and the epistle of James in the New Testament on lusts
are also in line with the teachings of Christ:
James 1:14 NASB
14 “But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.”
James 4:2 NASB
2 “You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.”
1 Peter 2:11 NASB
11 “Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.”
1 Peter 4:3 NIV
3 “For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do – living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.”
2 Peter 2:10 KJV
10 “But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.”
2 Peter 2:18 NIV
18 “For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.”
1 John 2:16 NIV
16 “For everything in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – comes not from the Father but from the world.”
Romans 1:26 NIV
26 “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts…”
Romans 13:14 NASB
14 “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.”
1 Corinthians 10:6 MEV
6 “Now these things were our examples to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they lusted.”
Galatians 5:16 NKJV
16 “I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.”
Ephesians 2:3 NASB
3 “Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.”
Colossians 3:5 NIV
5 “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.”
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 NIV
3 “It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God.”
Does Joseph Prince know that Paul, like Jesus,
also taught against the sin of lust?
Prince ought to be brave and tell it to his mentor, Paul,
that he was wrong in bringing up the issue of lust
in the above New Testament passages
because it is an impossible law for us to keep.
Joseph Prince should never shame the name of Paul
by claiming he is his mentor!
Paul would be ashamed to call Prince as his mentee
as Joseph Prince does not only teach against Jesus
but also against Paul himself
on the issue of lust.
Since I have proven that the subject of lust
is not only a concern of Jesus but also that of Paul
and many other New Testament writers,
what Jesus was talking about in Matthew 5:27-30
isn’t an Old Testament law that is impossible to be obeyed
as Prince has lied to us,
but a New Testament truth.
Joseph Prince needs to tell us
whether Jesus was joking when He said,
“And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.” (Matt 5:22)
“It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.” (Matt 5:29)
“It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.” (Matt 5:30)
For Joseph Prince to be right in his view on the issue,
he would have to prove that Jesus was just joking
in the above passages,
or that Jesus didn’t really mean what He said
in Matthew 5:22,29,30
– which is an impossibility!
One must ask the question,
if Jesus didn’t mean what He said,
why did Jesus talk about hell thrice
within just eight verses?
It is precisely because Jesus was utterly serious
that hell would be the place
that those who fail to pay heed to His warning
about anger and lust would end up in.
And yet, Prince has the unholy audacity
to undo what Jesus came to warn us of, completely.
Joseph Prince is concocting a blatant lie in teaching
that it is impossible to obey God’s laws
when Prophet Ezekiel, Apostle Paul and Apostle John
have all affirmed that it is absolutely possible
through the Spirit.” (Ezek 36:26-27, 1 Jn 5:2-3, Rom 8:4):
Ezekiel 36:26-27 GNT
26 “I will give you a new heart and a new mind. I will take away your stubborn heart of stone and give you an obedient heart. 27 I will put my spirit in you and will see to it that you follow my laws and keep all the commands I have given you.”
Ezekiel 36:26-27 TLB
26 “And I will give you a new heart – I will give you new and right desires – and put a new spirit within you. I will take out your stony hearts of sin and give you new hearts of love. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you so that you will obey my laws and do whatever I command.”
Please note that though Ezekiel 36:26-27 is an Old Testament text, it is speaking about the New Covenant (and what would happen in the New Covenant), which has already been prophesied in the Old Testament.
1 John 5:2-3 CEV
2 “If we love and obey God, we know that we will love his children. 3 We show our love for God by obeying his commandments, and they are not hard to follow.”
1 John 5:2-3 WE
2 “This is how we know we love God’s children. We love God and we obey his laws. 3 We show that we love God when we obey his laws. His laws are not hard to obey.”
Romans 8:4 CEV
4 “He did this, so that we would do what the Law commands by obeying the Spirit instead of our own desires.”
Romans 8:4 TLB
4 “So now we can obey God’s laws if we follow after the Holy Spirit and no longer obey the old evil nature within us.”
When you have one prophet of God (Ezekiel)
and two apostles of Christ (Paul and John)
who totally contradicted Joseph Prince on his teaching
that it is impossible to obey God’s laws,
what more evidence do you want
before you could be convinced
that Joseph Prince is a false prophet and a liar
(Ezek 36:26-27, 1 Jn 5:2-3, Rom 8:4)?
And if you continue to stubbornly trust this charlatan (Joseph Prince)
and believe that Matthew 5:27-30
is an impossible law to be obeyed,
hell is where you would end up in,
simply because the Lord Jesus had said you would.
If Joseph Prince can lead people to hell,
how can he not be a heretic?
One final point that needs to be clarified
is that this passage in Matthew 5:27-30
does not mean that a Christian who lusts,
instantly forfeits his or her salvation
and is irreversibly bound for hell,
since Jesus equates lust with adultery
and since Paul teaches that no adulterer
will inherit God’s kingdom (Matt 5:28; 1 Cor 6:9-10).
I need to highlight this as Joseph Prince has, time and again,
used this Straw man argument against us,
by misrepresenting and falsely attaching this view
to those who believe that we can lose our salvation
and those who take what Jesus teaches on Matthew 5:27-30
at face value.
The plain fact is that there is no scripture which teaches
that the moment a Christian lust,
or when he or she commits adultery,
the Holy Spirit departs from him,
or that he forfeits his sonship and salvation in Christ.
It also does not mean,
like what Joseph Prince would want to accuse us with,
that if a believer were to die one second
after his sin of having an immoral thought,
even though he does not commit such sins habitually,
God would cast him into hell.
When Jesus warns that mental adultery
places one in danger of hell
and when Paul warns that no adulterer
will inherit God’s kingdom (Matt 5:27-30; 1 Cor 6:9-10),
they are talking about the future,
not immediate consequences.
To claim, based on the warnings of Jesus and Paul,
that any Christian who lusts or commits adultery,
instantly forfeits his or her salvation,
or is irreversibly bound for hell,
is not only unwarranted but unbiblical.
The truth is, the Christian who commits adultery,
whether it be physical or mental,
places his future, ultimate salvation in jeopardy.
The Holy Spirit, who indwells him,
however, does not abandon him,
but instead convicts him to bring him to repentance,
a wonderful manifestation of God’s wondrous grace.
On the other hand, would you, as a sensible believer,
want to take any risk to prolong the sin that has engulfed you
without repenting at the earliest opportunity,
and gamble away your eternity?
In fact, by procrastinating to repent time and again,
your heart may become so hardened to such a state
that it may become impossible for you to repent.
You are also not God,
and hence, you do not know when your last day on earth is.
So, the fine and delicate balance
between the holiness and the grace of God
must be maintained in a healthy tension,
so that we don’t stray into an extremist and unbiblical position.
Article 2: Joseph Prince is so psychologically sick that he keeps contradicting himself and by his own words, he has confirmed that he is the real liar – By Rev George Ong
In the sermon preached on 1 Sep 2024, 2 Sundays ago,
Joseph Prince said;
“Listen. When you know how much you are loved,
God gave His Son to die for your sins.
We love because he first loved us.
Now, we start loving.
We love people around us.
And we love God because He first loved us.
And isn’t that the fulfilment
of the greatest commandment under the law.
You shall love God with all your heart, all your soul,
all your mind, all your strength.”
So, Joseph Prince claims
that we can fulfil or obey the greatest commandment under law.
“You shall love God with all your heart, all your soul,
all your mind, all your strength.”
First, there is already an internal contradiction
in what he said.
This is because if it is under Old Covenant law,
according to Joseph Prince’s doctrine,
New Covenant believers would have nothing to do with it,
much less trying to fulfil or obey the law.
What is worse is what he said on 1 Sep 2024
directly contradicts with what he said in another sermon
on 3 Mar 2024.
In a sermon on 3 Mar 2024, Joseph Prince said;
“Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
all thy soul, all they mind, all thy strength,
has anyone done that?
No one.
No one can do that.
If you can, stand up.
And then we’ll pray for liars.
No one can do that.
No one.”
Joseph Prince said 4 times in this sermon on 3 Mar 2024
that no one or none of us
can obey the greatest commandment.
And whoever says
that he can obey the greatest commandment
is a liar.
Yet, Joseph Prince by saying on 1 Sep 2024,
that we can fulfil or obey the greatest commandment.
has confirmed by his own words
that he is the real liar.
This isn’t the first time (but many times)
I have proven that Joseph Prince
not only contradicted himself but he also lied.
Those who have hardened their hearts
and chose to place their loyalty and trust
in Joseph Prince who kept contradicting himself
and lied incessantly,
are placing themselves in grave danger
of having their hearts hardened by God Himself
to their destruction (2 Thess 2:10-11).
Rev George Ong