Part 1: Joseph Prince is indeed the King of Hypocrites when he has the shamelessness to say publicly that besides the Apostle Paul, Martin Luther is the greatest Christian who ever lived – when the irony is that Martin Luther himself contradicted many of Joseph Prince’s core grace doctrines, and Martin Luther had also said that Satan is the originator of Joseph Prince’s doctrine that the Ten Commandments ought to be taken out of the Church
Part 2: Bishop Kuan Kim Seng said Joseph Prince is a heretic, who preaches lawlessness, and those who are lawless, will not enter the Kingdom of God (Matt 7:21-23) (Dated 10 March 2025)
PREFACE NO 1
Joseph Prince is a serial liar, so it is with his followers.
One ardent fan of Joseph Prince
wrote a comment several days ago,
and repeated it on 6 of my YouTube videos,
which I didn’t publish on YouTube,
but is featured here for all to see.
@WalterHiah
“Rev George Ong is a troll criticizing Joseph Prince
to get online followers/attention,
so YouTube will pay him.
Oldest trick in the book.
If he is so in touch with knowing God,
try generating some original content.
I heard him since 2015
when he was struggling with finances,
but sadly, he chose this path for money.”
What? YouTube pay me?
Since I went on YouTube,
I have not received a single cent from YouTube.
Walter isn’t the only fan of Joseph Prince
to accuse me of receiving money from YouTube.
There were plenty of Joseph Prince’s fans
who echoed the same accusation
in my YouTube comments which I didn’t publish.
What? No original content!
Besides the ten volumes of books comprising 4,800 pages,
there are a humongous number of Articles and YouTube videos
that are featured on my website.
This guy must be living in hallucination.
What? I have been struggling with finances since 2015?
This is the strangest false accusation against me
I have ever encountered so far.
PREFACE NO 2
What Bishop Kuan Kim Seng said (for more, see below):
“And lawlessness excludes many people
from the kingdom of God (Matt 7:23)
… And I believe that Joseph Prince is guilty
of teaching people to subscribe to lawlessness
… Actually, his (Joseph Prince’s) message is lawless.
He teaches lawlessness
… And this lawlessness, for him (Joseph Prince)
is dressed in the form of so-called grace.”
PREFACE NO 3
When Bishop Kuan Kim Seng
who was the Ex Dean of St Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore,
and currently the Commissary Bishop of the Horn of Africa,
said yes to my request
for him to appear in conversation with Peter Kho
about a month ago in a WhatsApp message to me,
I shouted with joy and gave my wife a shock.
Later, my wife later shed some tears
in gratitude to Bishop Kuan,
knowing that it is such a difficult task
of getting Pastors to publicly testify
against Joseph Prince and his heresies
even from their own pulpits and social media platforms.
Bishop Kuan has always been very supportive of my ministry.
Through him, as the Ex Dean of St Andrew’s Cathedral
and his Pastors,
I had the opportunity
to preach in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore
many times (previously).
Several years ago,
in my calling to contend against Joseph Prince’s heresies,
Bishop Kuan Kim Seng wrote:
“Rev George Ong has done
for the Church in Singapore, and globally,
sterling service
by his careful and in-depth analysis
of the erroneous teachings of Joseph Prince.
To say the least,
Rev George Ong has done an excellent job.
Others have dealt with this heretical teaching
using broad strokes – useful,
and in most instances would suffice.
But Rev George Ong’s diligent and thorough study,
which would have taken him humongous time and effort
of concentrated work,
is a 100% rebuttal of this heresy.
I praise God that He has enabled Rev George
to accomplish this brilliant piece
of exceptional quality forensic work.
I can’t think of anyone else
who has researched and analysed more significantly
on this specific subject matter than he has.
I have personally benefited much
from his very thorough and painstaking research
on what is a very serious problem facing the Church.
God bless you George,
as you do what God has spoken to you to engage in.
Thank you for shouldering this vital responsibility
of exposing the erroneous teachings of Joseph Prince.”
Sometime ago, when Bishop Kuan Kim Seng
was in active service and not retired yet,
he as Vicar, Chapel of the Resurrection (Anglican), Singapore,
wrote about a seminar I conducted
that has to do with one of Joseph Prince’s core doctrines:
“I had the great joy of having Rev George Ong
to conduct the ‘Once Saved, Always Saved?’ Seminar
in Chapel of the Resurrection on 1 and 8 July 2017.
I knew that George will deliver
what he has a well-deserved reputation for
– thoroughness in his preparation,
care in the handling of Holy Scripture
and excellence in presentation of the subject matter.
In fact, I have given him a 10 out of 10
for the clarity of his teaching,
the insights gained
and how engaging he was with the audience.
For the nearly hundred people
who turned up for his seminar,
it was time well invested.
The subject of ‘Once Saved, Always Saved?’
is such an important matter.
We ignore so important a subject
at the risk of our eternal destiny.
I am exactly on the same position with Rev George Ong
on the ‘Once Saved, Always Saved’ controversy.
The Bible has much to teach us on such a vital topic,
and Rev George Ong has done sterling service
for the Church at large
in researching and producing this seminar.”
(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.)
Excerpts of what Bishop Kuan Kim Seng said
in his conversation with Peter Kho.
Excerpt No 1:
Peter Kho: “You have called him (Joseph Prince) out before
in one of your sermons, I think 4 or 5 years ago.”
Bishop Kuan: “I remember that,
it was in (St Andrew’s) Cathedral.”
Please view this video
that Peter Kho and Bishop Kuan referred to
when Bishop Kuan preached against Joseph Prince
at St Andrew’s Cathedral:
by clicking on the link below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i6IIkPG7wDHEYKjD6QcfleKJI2t3LJw_/view?usp=sharing
Please also view 2 related Articles
by clicking on the respective links below:
Refuting False Teachings & Rebuking False Teachers
– The Neglected Half
– By Rev George Ong (Dated 5 Jan 2021)
Joseph Prince Is Promoting Idolatry In His Teachings
– By Bishop Kuan Kim Seng (Dated 5 Jan 2021)
Excerpt No 2:
“I think, there’s nothing wrong in megachurches.
There’s nothing wrong in megachurches
because if we remember,
first conversion on the day of Pentecost, 3,000 members,
that’s megachurch immediately.
So, nothing wrong with megachurches.
And I think we should thank God for megachurches, right.
But it’s a different story if people preach heresy.
So, you asked me when did I first came to hear
about this (Joseph Prince) heresy…”
Excerpt No 3:
“And I read through a couple of chapters (Destined To Reign),
and I felt very uncomfortable on reading that book.
So perhaps, if you don’t mind, I quote a part of the book
which really caused me to be alarmed.
So, the book goes like this.
I think it’s on page 12 of that book.
It says:
“Have you noticed that truth
is on the side of grace, not the law?
Notice also that the law was given.
This implies a sense of distance.
In contrast, grace came!
Grace is personal and came as a person
– the person of Jesus Christ.
The law is hard, cold and impersonal.
You cannot have a relationship
with two pieces of stone.”
Now, when I read that, I was so angry.
How can somebody say
that the word of God, the Ten Commandments;
how can you describe it as cold, impersonal,
and you cannot have a relationship
with two pieces of stone, right?
Our relationship is not with the two pieces of stone.
Our relationship is with the God
who gave us the Ten Commandments, right.
It’s like if I receive a nice letter
from my wife, my girlfriend, or my wife,
and she says all the nice things.
It’s not just a piece of paper, right.
It embodies the person who wrote that.
So, the way he (Joseph Prince) described
the two pieces of stone, cold and impersonal,
I think in a way is really disrespectful towards God
because God gave us the Ten Commandments.
He didn’t give us two stones.
He gave us the Ten Commandments.
So, when I read that, I say,
“Wow, my goodness,
this man (Joseph Prince) is strange.”
… But I begin to think about why is this man (Joseph Prince)
so anti-law, anti-Ten Commandments
– that the Ten Commandments have been obsoleted.
Who says so?
So, in a way, I begin to think through about the subject.
And I, finally, come to the conclusion
that really, we are dealing with the issue of lawlessness.
Technical word, Antinomianism.
But Antinomianism is a technical word,
whereas the word, lawlessness is clearer.
The word, Lawlessness, is used by our Lord Jesus Christ.
It’s used by our Lord Jesus Christ.
… Let me read the text for you.
“Jesus says on that day many will say to me,
Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name,
cast out demons in your name,
and do many mighty works in your name.
And then will I declare to them, I never knew you,
depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.” (Matt 7:22-23)
Now this is judgement.
And lawlessness excludes many people
from the kingdom of God.
We have to be careful about teaching
that encourage people to ignore the word of God.
Now lawlessness is a spectrum. It’s a spectrum.
At the worst end, lawlessness is shaking the fist,
taking the fist and shaking against God,
rebelling against God.
But lawlessness can also be,
whatever God says, I don’t even care.
You ignore the word of God.
So, when the commandment says,
you shall not commit adultery,
right, it’s as clear as that.
Well, it does not apply to me.
It doesn’t apply to us today.
That’s lawlessness.
And I believe that Joseph Prince is guilty
of teaching people to subscribe to lawlessness.
No matter what he says.
He (Joseph Prince) may say,
“I’m not for lawlessness.
I think the law is wonderful and so on and so forth.”
The fact of the matter
he tells people the Ten Commandments is obsoleted.
It’s an important danger sign for us to watch.
Actually, his (Joseph Prince’s) message is lawless.
He teaches lawlessness.
And I wouldn’t even use the word, gospel
because gospel is good news.
Lawlessness is bad news, right, bad news.
And this lawlessness, for him (Joseph Prince)
is dressed in the form of so-called grace.
O, God has forgiven;
God can never be angry with you,
that kind of teaching, actually has no place in scripture.
… Well, God is still God.
Actually, by definition, God must judge
because if God doesn’t judge, He cannot be God.
So, to tell people that you have a God
who doesn’t judge you,
who doesn’t judge you at all,
is to teach people a God of his own making.
And I think this is a serious thing.”
Excerpt No 4:
Peter Kho:
“And you are basically calling him as a heretic, right,
rather than someone who is teaching distorted doctrine.
It’s outright heresy?”
Bishop Kuan:
“Ya, I will use the term, heretic.
In fact, on the basis of Matthew chapter 7,
the words of Jesus, right,
“I never knew you, you workers of lawlessness.”
Now, people, who subscribe to his teaching,
they got to square up their thinking with the word of God
as opposed to the teachings of Jesus Christ.
I tell people, one of the big problems today
that many people have become followers of Joseph Prince,
instead of remaining as followers of Jesus Christ.
That’s the problem. That’s the problem.
Especially, “My Pastor said so. Joseph Prince said so.”
No, what does the Bible say?
What did Jesus say with regards
to the whole issue of a righteous life?
What does Jesus teach about judgement?”
Excerpt No 5:
Peter Kho:
“One of the common themes is that
the experience is the one that actually sort of like
seduce them to stay in the church; the whole experience.
I think today, they call it worship,
the whole idea of worship in like,
some sort of very experience feeling, you know.
I know you have (written) a book on worship.
Maybe, you want to talk more about worship.”
Bishop Kuan:
“Now, you touch on a subject
which I think we need to be very careful about
because ultimately, the worship of God,
the worship of God, is the only thing
that we can offer to God, that God did not create.
Right, worship of God.
I fear that of contemporary Christianity
is that we have failed in the understanding
of what it is to worship God.
Sometimes, I say this jokingly.
I say what happen in many churches today
is just Sunday morning Karaoke.
Sunday morning Karaoke, followed by a pep talk.
And we call that worship.
And we feel good.
Sing a few songs and we like the song that we sing,
and so on and so forth.
But what finally is worship?
The biblical understanding of worship ultimately is
the surrender of our lives to serve the will of God.
That’s what worship is.
The surrender of our lives to do the will of God.
If we revolve our lives around a happy, clappy experience
and that’s all that we, and that’s all that is to it,
I’m not so sure that we have truly worship God.
We may have gone through a happy experience,
Sunday morning happy Karaoke.
But I’m not so sure whether
it’s the same as the worship of God.”
Excerpt No 6:
Peter Kho:
“Joseph Prince, one of his strategies
is to use testimonies about people,
who had been impacted, healed through his ministry
to prove that
he’s preaching the true grace and true gospel.
And this seems to go very well with most believers?”
Bishop Kuan:
“One of the issues about contemporary preaching
is that the people often take a few samples
and have a few testimonies and spin them.
I think the great danger of such a way of doing things
is that, actually, we can veer away from the word of God.
Instead of preaching the word of God,
we show some sampling of so-called successful cases
and tell people, therefore, my message is correct.
No, our message is right or wrong
as measured by Holy Scripture.
Only Holy Scripture can measure, can calibrate.
Only when we measure ourselves
against the Holy Scripture,
can we say this is a correct message.”
Excerpt No 7:
Peter Kho:
“When Pastors or Elders or leaders,
when they see teachings like these,
we would probably call it false teachings, right?
Why do you think there are not as many of these leaders,
people in these leadership roles,
calling out these false teachings
because I think, you know from the Bible,
we are asked to call them out, right?”
Bishop Kuan:
“I think for many people, to be confrontational,
is actually very difficult.
Somehow, deep inside us,
we don’t want to be confrontational.
And I think, that’s part of it.
But sometimes, we have to confront,
even it is not our natural response to things.
So, I would say that, ya,
I wish more Pastors would speak up,
tell their church members,
“Guys, don’t follow that person,
don’t follow Joseph Prince,
his teaching is wrong.”
I wish more people would speak up, ya.”
George Ong’s response to Bishop Kuan’s last comment
(Excerpt No 7).
“I totally agree with Bishop Kuan
that sometimes we need to be confrontative,
and that more Pastors should speak up
against Joseph Prince’s heresies.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones said it so well
that there is no need for me to add and improve
on his comment.
In ‘An Exposition of Ephesians 4:1-16, Christian Unity,’
Martyn Lloyd-Jones said:
“Finally, we are taught here, as elsewhere,
that all false teaching is to be hated and opposed.
We are told in the New Testament
that it was hated by our Lord and all the apostles,
and that they opposed it
and warned the people against it.
But I ask again; is that being done today?
What about your personal attitude towards this?
Are you one of those people who says
that there is no need for those negatives,
and that we should be content
with a positive presentation of the truth?
Do we subscribe to the prevailing teaching
which dislikes warnings
and the criticizing of false teachings?
Do you agree with those who say that a spirit of love
is incompatible with the negative
and critical denunciation of blatant error,
and that we must always be positive.
The simple answer to such an attitude
is that the Lord Jesus Christ
denounced evil and denounced false teachers.
I repeat that He (Jesus) denounced them as
‘ravening wolves’ and ‘whited sepulchres’,
and as ‘blind guides’.
The Apostle Paul said of some of them,
‘whose god is their belly,
and whose glory is in their shame’.
That is the language of the Scriptures.
There can be little doubt
but that the Church is as she is today
because we do not follow
New Testament teaching and its exhortations,
and confine ourselves to the positive
and the so-called ‘simple Gospel’,
and fail to stress the negatives and the criticisms.
The result is that people do not recognize error
when they meet it.
They accept what appears to be nice…
In their ignorant child-like condition
they often help to propagate the false teaching
because they see nothing wrong in it.
Moreover, they do not realize
that error is to be hated and to be denounced.
… It is not pleasant to be negative;
it is not enjoyable to have to denounce
and to expose error.
But any pastor
who feels in a little measure, and with humility,
the responsibility which the Apostle Paul knew
in an infinitely greater degree,
for the souls and the well-being spiritually of his people
is compelled to utter these warnings.
It is not liked and appreciated
in this modern flabby generation,
but if it is not done
the people will be beguiled by false teachers
‘as the serpent beguiled Eve’.”
Rev George Ong