Rev Yang Tuck Yoong did not practise what he preached in his sermon on 13 July 2025 concerning Joseph Prince,
and my call to the National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS), and to The Alliance of Pentecostal & Charismatic Churches of Singapore (APCCS);
if you refused to do anything to Joseph Prince, the false teacher and his heresies, who is leading the multitudes to hell, then more blood will be on your hands, as you who are in the Leadership would have to face God to answer to Him on the day of reckoning
– By Rev George Ong (Dated 18 July 2025)
Important Announcement:
This is a No-Holds-Barred Article,
especially in the last few of my (George) videos
near the end of this Article/Video.
Don’t miss them.
Excerpt No 1 – George Ong’s comments:
The fact is because
the National Church Leadership in Singapore
has not done anything concrete to contend against
the heresies of Joseph Prince,
very grievously,
the leaven of Joseph Prince’s heresies,
have been allowed to spread
and have engulfed much of the Christian world.
Excerpt No 2 – George Ong’s comments:
It is clear that the Lord Jesus did not tolerate
false teachers and false teachings.
And this is the sin
that the Singapore Church Leadership has committed
– they tolerated the heresies of Joseph Prince
for too long,
and even right till today.
That has sadly allowed Joseph Prince’s heresies
to infect not just Singapore but the world.
Excerpt No 3 – George Ong’s comments:
Yes, enough is enough, and that’s what I did
when I confronted
the National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS)
as they refused to do anything (even today)
to Joseph Prince, the false prophet.
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 and Council Members.
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.
For the background to this Article,
Please refer to 3 previous Articles
by clicking on the respective links below:
No 1
Part 1: Rev Yang Tuck Yoong’s Indirect & Public Response to me (George) in his sermon on 13 July 2025, 2 days ago, and here is my Indirect & Public Response to him. The Bulk of My Indirect Response to Rev Yang will be given in the Second Episode of this Article which would probably be released by the end of this week.
No 2
Part 2: A Chairman of a Pentecostal & Charismatic Organisation (not the Assemblies of God) in Singapore asked me (George) to stop contending against Joseph Prince, and said Joseph Prince is his dear friend as he may have received financial favours from Joseph Prince.
No 3
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong & Rev Dominic Yeo, the 2 foremost & current leaders of the Singapore Pentecostal movement, should respond & contend against Joseph Prince’s utterly false doctrine against the Pentecostals that first, speaking in tongues is a proclamation and declaration that all our present and future sins are automatically forgiven at conversion without confession & repentance; and second, speaking in tongues will make one healthy.
In the sermon on 13 July 2025, 5 days ago,
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“Somebody has been posting a few things about me,
you know that I have not rebuked the Pastor
in this nation for false teaching and false doctrine.
I refused to get involved.
I refused to even reply because it’s a waste of my time.
Absolute waste of my time.
O Pastor Yang is the leader of the Charismatic
and Pentecostal churches,
he should rebuke this Pastor, should correct.
I have done that personally on 2 or 3 occasions
with this brother, privately.
I’ve said what I have to say.
I’ve said my peace.
I’ve done what I can do.
And it’s up to him to respond.
That’s it. That’s my responsibility.
But I will not go into social media
and then slug it out and try to dig out mud and dirt.
That’s not my calling.
I don’t build my ministry by trying
to pull somebody else down. Amen.
May we give some slag to each other. Amen.”
But before I get into Rev Yang Tuck Yoong’s sermon
comprising 9 video clips,
let me now feature 6 videos on Joseph Prince.
Each of these videos would prove beyond a shadow of doubt
that Joseph Prince is a heretic,
who preaches against
Father God, the Lord Jesus and the Holy Scriptures.
No 1
Joseph Prince is a False Prophet/Heretic
because he blatantly spoke against the Lord Jesus,
who is God Himself,
and Paul & Peter, who were 2 of Christ’s
most prominent Apostles and the Holy Word of God
regarding the issue of sin
– that proves that he is undoubtedly
of the Antichrist spirit inspired by Satan himself.
In a teaching session, George Ong said:
Please click here to view the video:
If Joseph Prince is proven to be a heretic
who preaches against the Lord Jesus,
and Apostle Paul and Apostle Peter,
how can Rev Yang Tuck Yoong
say he refuses to get involved
because it’s an absolute waste of his time,
and why did he say Joseph Prince is his dear friend,
who loves Jesus, that’s for sure?
No 2
Joseph Prince is a False Prophet/Heretic
because he didn’t teach that following Jesus
is necessary to be saved
and he denigrates discipleship, the core teaching of Jesus.
In a teaching session, George Ong said:
Please click here to view the video:
If Joseph Prince is proven to be a heretic
because Jesus did not only ask us to believe in Him,
but also to follow Him;
and anyone, such as Joseph Prince,
who does not call you to follow Jesus besides believing in Him,
is preaching another Jesus,
how can Rev Yang Tuck Yoong
say he refuses to get involved
because it’s an absolute waste of his time,
and why did he say Joseph Prince is his dear friend,
who loves Jesus, that’s for sure?
No 3
Joseph Prince is a False Prophet/Heretic
because he went against Jesus’ teachings
by blatantly twisted His words in Revelation Chapters 2:4
from “You have left your first love,”
to “You have forgotten that God loves you.”
In a teaching session, George Ong said:
Please click here to view the video:
If such deliberate twisting of Jesus’s words
in broad day light
must be the work of a heretic,
how can Rev Yang Tuck Yoong
say he refuses to get involved
because it’s an absolute waste of his time,
and why did he say Joseph Prince is his dear friend,
who loves Jesus, that’s for sure?
No 4
Joseph Prince is a False Prophet/Heretic
because he accused the Lord Jesus, who is God Himself
for leading people into sin.
In a teaching session, George Ong said:
Please click here to view the video:
If Joseph Prince has committed the heinous and monstrous sin
of accusing the Lord Jesus, who is God Himself
for leading people into sin,
how can Rev Yang Tuck Yoong
say he refuses to get involved
because it’s an absolute waste of his time,
and why did he say Joseph Prince is his dear friend,
who loves Jesus, that’s for sure?
No 5
Joseph Prince is a False Prophet/Heretic
because he teaches
that our love for God
is not under the New Covenant
but the Old Covenant
will send you to hell.
In a teaching session, George Ong said:
Please click here to view the video:
If those who would believe Joseph Prince’s toxic lie
that comes from the pit of hell.
that the New Covenant is not about us loving God,
will lead them straight to hell,
how can Rev Yang Tuck Yoong
say he refuses to get involved
because it’s an absolute waste of his time,
and why did he say Joseph Prince is his dear friend,
who loves Jesus, that’s for sure?
No 6
Joseph Prince is a False Prophet/Heretic
because he abused Jesus & God & God’s word
to lie that the New Covenant
is all about right believing.
In a teaching session, George Ong said:
Please click here to view the video:
When Joseph Prince dared to lie
that to Jesus, God and the New Covenant,
it is all about right believing,
how can Rev Yang Tuck Yoong
say he refuses to get involved
because it’s an absolute waste of his time,
and why did he say Joseph Prince is his dear friend,
who loves Jesus, that’s for sure?
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong,
I have given concrete proof, after concrete proof
in the previous Article and this Article
that Joseph Prince is a heretic and a false teacher,
and especially, he has taught against the teachings
of the Lord Jesus
so many times,
and even went against the Great Commission of Jesus
in Matthew 28:19-20
and the Greatest Commandment of Jesus
in Matthew 22:36-40.
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong,
I will never allow you to offer lame excuses
and make Motherhood Statements like,
“O that’s George’s view
but my view is different,”
as all or most of my assertions and accusations
against Joseph Prince are based
on what he said in his sermons
and what he wrote in his books.
So, if you disagree,
I would expect you to rebut all that I had said and written
(and what I have said or written are not even exhaustive;
for the extensive treatment of the issue,
please refer to my website)
publicly for people to judge.
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong,
if you keep silent
and don’t refute all that I have said and written
against Joseph Prince,
then I must take it that you are in agreement with me
that Joseph Prince is a heretic and a false teacher.
I have listened to Rev Yang Tuck Yoong’s entire sermon
preached on 13 July 2025, 5 days ago.
entitled, “The Danger of Misplaced Tolerance,”
and I must say he presented 2 sides of the story.
One the one side, he thundered
that we mustn’t be tolerant when God hasn’t.
And on the other side, he said we must be tolerant
and give people some slag.
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong preached:
on the one side, we mustn’t be tolerant.
No 1
In the Sermon on 13 July 2025, 5 days ago,
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“And the few times that tolerance
is mentioned in the Bible,
it is often portrayed in the negative.
It is the counterfeit of true repentance.”
George Ong’s comments:
I said Amen to Rev Yang Tuck Yoong’s comment
that tolerance is often portrayed in the negative.
as the counterfeit of true repentance.
No 2
In the Sermon on 13 July 2025, 5 days ago,
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“In Galatians 5:9, Paul says,
a little leaven leavens the whole lump.
One false doctrine can infect the whole church
and bring a whole congregation down.”
George Ong’s comments:
The fact is because
the National Church Leadership in Singapore
has not done anything concrete to contend against
the heresies of Joseph Prince,
very grievously,
the leaven of Joseph Prince’s heresies,
have been allowed to spread
and have engulfed much of the Christian world.
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong, as a Denominational Leader,
Instead of protecting the sheep in Singapore,
by calling Joseph Prince out publicly,
you did the shocking thing,
by treating Joseph Prince not just as a friend,
but a dear friend,
and you said Joseph Prince loves Jesus,
and you added, that’s for sure.
No 3
In the Sermon on 13 July 2025, 5 days ago,
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“And the few times that tolerance
is mentioned in the Bible,
it is often portrayed in the negative.
It is the counterfeit of true repentance.
And on the onset, let me just say
there is the right kind of tolerance
and there is also a wrong kind of tolerance.
And so let me start today
with the wrong kind of tolerance.
The wrong kind of tolerance is a work of the flesh
In Revelation 2 and verse 20,
Jesus was addressing the Church in Thyatira,
one of the 7 churches in Asia Minor,
and He said I have this against you that you tolerate,
you tolerate the woman,
Jezebel, who calls herself, a prophetess.
The Church in Thyatira had a false prophetess
ministering freely in the congregation without restraint.
The leadership knew something was off
about the woman,
but they didn’t do anything about it.
They tolerated her.
No one wanted to rock the boat.
No one wanted to confront her.
And the church was severely rebuked
for their tolerance of a false prophetess.
And listen to this,
the Lord said I will kill her children with death.
This is not a small matter my friends.
Nothing politically correct about this.
This is the Lord of the Church who is speaking.”
George Ong’s comments:
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong, since you preached so much
that God wasn’t pleased with the Church of Thyatira
for tolerating the false teacher, Jezebel,
and God even threatened to punish her severely,
why have you, as a Denominational Leader
not taken any concrete action
against Joseph Prince, the heretic
and even tolerated him?
You said you have met with him privately over the issue
on 2 or 3 occasions.
But what I don’t comprehend is
if Joseph Prince can be preaching his heresies
so publicly with reckless abandon,
for the last about 30 years
why are you meeting him only privately.
If Joseph Prince has not responded to you privately,
is that all you can do?
And you think that you have performed your role?
Don’t you know that as the Denominational Leader,
you have the obligation and responsibility
to call him out publicly
if he doesn’t respond to you privately.
so that the sheep in Singapore
can be warned and protected from harm.
Jesus commended the Church of Ephesus
for not tolerating false teachers (Rev 2:2):
Revelation 2:2 (Church of Ephesus)
2 “… I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.”
On the flipside,
Jesus reprimanded the Church of Thyatira
for tolerating false teachers (Rev 2:20):
Revelation 2:20 (Church of Thyatira)
20 “Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.”
It is clear that the Lord Jesus did not tolerate
false teachers and false teachings.
And this is the sin
that the Singapore Church Leadership has committed
– they tolerated the heresies of Joseph Prince for too long,
and even right till today.
That has sadly allowed Joseph Prince’s heresies
to infect not just Singapore but the world.
No 4
In the Sermon on 13 July 2025, 5 days ago,
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“And not to pat ourselves in the back,
I think we have a high bar in this church.
So, let’s keep it that way.
Let’s keep it that way.
Let’s not compromise on the truth.
Let’s not allow any nonsense in the church.
And let’s not allow the cancel culture
to intimidate us either.
Now remember,
tolerance is a demonic counterfeit of repentance.
Jesus set a man free,
who was possessed by a legion of demons
because he refused to tolerate the demons
tormenting him any longer.
And believe me when I say there are churches
where everything is welcome,
everyone is welcome, except the Lordship of Jesus,
and everything is tolerated except the truth.
And when that happens,
It’s the job of faithful and courageous pastors
to stand up and warn the people.
My friends, if Pastors, if a Pastor would allow
for false teaching and the doctrine of demons
to be preached from the pulpit,
he is sending his people to hell.
He is.
And that’s why we got to guard the pulpit.
And that’s why whatever we speak from the pulpit
has to be the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth, Amen.
So, it doesn’t matter how many times I get cancelled.
I’ll speak the truth.
Truth will not fall in the streets, not in this house, Amen.”
George Ong’s comments:
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“Let’s not compromise on the truth.”
… And that’s why whatever
we speak from the pulpit
has to be the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth, Amen.”
George Ong’s comments:
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong,
it seems that you have already compromised
on the truth
in the case of Joseph Prince.
You mean you don’t know
that Joseph Prince isn’t preaching the truth?
You mean you aren’t aware that his sermons
are filled with lies, after lies, after lies?
Even if you aren’t aware,
you have no more excuse now,
as I have proven,
especially in the past few articles
that Joseph Prince is not only a liar but a serial liar.
George Ong’s comments:
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“My friends, if Pastors, if a Pastor would allow
for false teaching and the doctrine of demons
to be preached from the pulpit,
he is sending his people to hell.
He is.
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong, are you aware that Joseph Prince
is preaching the doctrines of demons
as I proven so many times
that he is both a serial liar and a serial hypocrite (1 Tim 4:2),
and he has reached a point of no return
that he refuses to acknowledge the evil
that he is perpetuating
because his conscience is dead NLT (no more conscience),
or his conscience had been seared NKJV (1 Tim 4:2):
1 Timothy 4:1-2 NLT
Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons. 2 These people are hypocrites and liars, and their consciences are dead.
And as you said that
since such a doctrine can send people to hell,
why are you not doing much
to contend against Joseph Prince’s teachings,
so as to save people from hell.
But you did something that is mind boggling
– you tell the world that you are treating Joseph Prince
who can send people to hell by his false doctrines
as a dear friend and that he loves Jesus.
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“And when that happens,
It’s the job of faithful and courageous pastors
to stand up and warn the people.”
George Ong’s comments:
Since you said that faithful and courageous Pastors
must stand up and warn the people,
why are you stopping me from my calling
of contending against Joseph Prince, the heretic?
No 5
In the Sermon on 13 July 2025, 5 days ago,
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“I tell you this, my friends,
holy anger is a good trait for a leader to possess
because tolerance ends when bold leadership is born.
Let’s not kid ourselves, men;
if we tolerate bad behaviour,
we would just get more of it.
True change will only happen
when we say enough is enough.
What you tolerate ain’t gonna to leave.
A lot of churches tolerate a lot of crazy stuffs
because they don’t want to offend anyone
and so we tolerate false teachings…
We tolerate blatant and unrepentant sin
and we cannot afford to tolerate
what God does not tolerate, come on.”
George Ong’s comments:
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“I tell you this, my friends,
holy anger is a good trait for a leader to possess
because tolerance ends
when bold leadership is born.”
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong,
don’t you know that’s what I am doing.
that we must express righteous anger
against Joseph Prince.
to view the video:
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“True change will only happen
when we say enough is enough.”
George Ong’s comments:
Yes, enough is enough, and that’s what I did
when I confronted
the National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS)
as they refused to do anything (even today)
to Joseph Prince, the false prophet.
to view the video:
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong preached:
on the other side, we must be tolerant.
No 6
In the Sermon on 13 July 2025, 5 days ago,
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“We see a brother outside the church.
He’s got a cigarette in his hand.
We judge him.
But we might not know,
he’s just come clean from drugs 4 days ago,
and he’s barely holding it together.
Come on give him some slag.”
George Ong’s comments:
“Rev Yang Tuck Yoong, I say Amen to what you said,
yes, give him some slag.
But what if you should see him 30 years later,
still holding to a cigarette in his hand,
what would you say to him?
Give him some slag?
Come on, Rev Yang Tuck Yoong,
if you still say, give him some slag,
even though 30 years have passed,
and he is still holding on to the cigarette,
then something has gone wrong with you.
No 7
In the Sermon on 13 July 2025, 5 days ago,
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“We see a girl with tattoos all over her arms.
We passed a snide remark,
but we do not know
that she’s just been released from prison
and trying to live for Jesus the best she can.
All I am saying is you got to give people some slag, men.”
George Ong’s comments:
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong, I say Amen to what you said,
yes, give the girl with tattoos some slag.
But what if you should see her 30 years later,
with fresh tattoos all over her body,
what would you say to her?
Give her some slag?
Come on, Rev Yang Tuck Yoong,
if you still say, give her some slag,
even though 30 years have passed,
and she has fresh tattoos on her body,
then something has gone wrong with you.
No 8
In the Sermon on 13 July 2025, 5 days ago,
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“One moment, Peter denied the Lord,
the next moment,
he was preaching fearlessly for the gospel.
One season, we see Paul persecuting the Church
and Christians relentlessly,
the next season, he’s an Apostle of Jesus Christ.
So, give people some slag, Amen.”
George Ong’s comments:
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong, I say Amen to what you said,
yes, give Peter and Paul some slag.
But what if you should see Peter and Paul 30 years later,
and Peter is still denying Christ
and Paul is still persecuting the church
what would you say to them?
Give them some slag?
Come on, Rev Yang Tuck Yoong,
if you still say, give them some slag,
even though 30 years have passed,
and Peter and Paul have still not repented
from their evil actions,
then something has gone wrong with you.
No 9
In the Sermon on 13 July 2025, 5 days ago,
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong said:
Please click here to view the video:
“But I will not go into social media
and then slug it out and try to dig out mud and dirt.
That’s not my calling.
I don’t build my ministry by trying
to pull somebody else down. Amen.
May we give some slag to each other. Amen.”
George Ong’s comments:
Rev Yang Tuck Yoong, you mean you want me
to give some slag to Joseph Prince?
Come on, Rev Yang Tuck Yoong,
if you still say, give Joseph Prince some slag,
even though he has been preaching his heresies
not for one or two years,
but 30 long years with reckless abandon,
and he is still stubbornly unrepentant,
then something has gone wrong with you.
to view the video:
Let me conclude…
I’m thankful to Eva Kane,
another stalwart soldier of Christ,
who dares to stick out her neck for my calling
and for the sake of truth.
Eva Kane wrote some time ago:
“By now, about 7 years on,
and especially the last 3 years,
the evidence of Joseph Prince’s false teachings
is overwhelming and irrefutable.
Week after week, George Ong has been providing proofs.
If we weren’t sure then
we must surely be convinced now.
Only those (not just a few but sadly many thousands)
still sitting under the New Creation Church spell
are unable to hear or see
as their hearts are being hardened
by the continuous diet of heresy.
They can no longer differentiate
between truth and falsehoods.
Surely, this grieves our Lord Jesus deeply.
He who would leave the 99
and go to the ends of the world to seek
and search out that one lost sheep (Mt 18:10-14, Is 34:11-12),
how much more when He sees an entire flock
heading for destruction on the broad road of false grace.
This is the heart of our Lord, the Good Shepherd.
In like manner, should this not also be the heart
of our leaders as good shepherds,
to rescue these sheep in danger of losing their souls?
One man heeded the call of the Good Shepherd.
George Ong has been shouting from the rooftop incessantly
calling the sheep out from New Creation Church.
His shepherd’s work has reaped results
and has awakened many lost souls.
Praise God that recently,
a few other more shepherds have joined in the fight.
How much more compelling it would be
if the National Council of Churches of Singapore, NCCS,
for the love of the sheep,
would also lend its voice to this rescue mission.
When an authoritative voice like the NCCS
sounds the alarm,
I am sure a multitude of sheep would wake up.
However, for reasons best known to them,
NCCS has chosen to remain silent.
It cannot be that our theological heavyweights
are unable to see Joseph Prince’s obvious heresies.
And it does not take that much courage either
to contend for the Truth.
NCCS’s non-committal stand is truly baffling.
For now, this arduous work
is left to George Ong and the remnant others
We thank God for them.
But you would be surprised
what God can do through the remnant few.”
Eva Kane
Attending a Methodist Church in Singapore
George Ong’s comments:
I have always believed
in the place and the power of the remnant
for the many years of my Christian life.
This is not to say that the minority is always right.
But it is also true that the majority is often wrong.
Friends, whether you believe me or not,
I am speaking through my many years of experience
in my life and ministry.
I have concrete evidence from my life and ministry
that this is often the case.
Remember, it was the Remnant Martin Luther,
who contended alone against the whole Church,
the majority, who was wrong doctrinally.
It was the Remnant Jeremiah,
who prophesied alone against the whole nation,
the majority, who had indulged in idolatry.
It was the Remnant Noah,
who stood alone against the whole world,
the majority, who sinned to a state
that is beyond redemption.
Well, one man, the Remnant Noah was right;
the whole world, the overwhelming majority was wrong.
One man, the Remnant Noah,
saved his whole family of eight;
the whole world, the sinful majority
perished in the judgement of the flood.
And when you happen to find yourselves
to be in the remnant,
don’t fret, don’t fear,
but lift up your eyes with confidence and hope
because God often specialises
in using the Remnant for His purposes and His glory.
On another note,
let me quote you a perfect example in Athanasius,
one of my favourite Church Fathers.
In a teaching session, George Ong said:
Please click here to view the video:
Athanasius knew that it was God’s prerogative
to deal with the heretics of his day in His own sovereign way,
and according to His divine timing.
Did Athanasius obey God’s call
to battle against Arius, the heretic
only because God promised Athanasius
that Arius and his heresy,
which had widely spread,
would be cancelled
or brought down in his (Athanasius’) lifetime?
No.
The truth is Athanasius died
before seeing the full fruits of his labours.
He didn’t live to see the eradication of the heresy of Arianism
from the Christian Church.
But his job was to obey God’s call to battle Arius, the heretic,
and contend against Arianism.
His job was to persevere in obeying God’s call
no matter what it would cost him
and no matter what the outcome would be.
Indeed, his calling costs him
as he was forced into exile at least 5 times
by several Roman emperors
who has sympathy for the heresy of Arianism.
We must never be that naïve and simplistic
to obey God’s call
only because we expect Him to show us the results of our call
in our lifetime.
Just do your part to obey God and leave the rest to Him.
That was my attitude on the first day
when I launched out in obedience to God’s call
to combat against Joseph Prince’s heresies.
I’ve never entertained the idea
that Joseph Prince would suffer a fall or be cancelled,
and his heresies would be pushed back
all because I have obeyed God’s call
to contend against his heresies.
I just have to do my part
and leave the rest in the hands of God.
Perhaps, the only comfort for Athanasius
was that Arius, the heretic, died 37 years before him
when he was struck with a sudden attack of cholera.
And because of that,
Arianism was now without an official head.
But did Arianism die instantly with Arius’ demise?
No.
Arianism continued to spread for several decades
after Arius’ death.
At one point, it ominously appeared
that the whole Church might have succumbed to Arianism.
Though Arius had died,
the heresy continued to trouble the Church
for at least a generation afterward.
Even though its founder Arius had passed away from the scene,
the continuing spread of Arianism,
holds many pertinent lessons for the Singapore Church.
Once a generation of the Church
has embraced the heresy of Joseph Prince,
it may take another generation to recover from the curse.
When will the Church of Singapore start to wake up
before Christianity becomes ‘Gracetianity’
and the Prince of Peace is usurped by Joseph Prince?
That was why Paul said,
“But we refused to give in to them (heretics)
for a single moment.
We wanted to preserve
the truth of the gospel message for you” (Gal 2:5 NLT).
As elders and pastors of churches,
are we concerned for the next generation of believers
that they, too, will receive the same Faith
that is being passed down to us from the apostles?
If the Pseudo-grace doctrine of Joseph Prince
is corrupting the gospel and the Christian Faith
in our generation,
in the next generation,
Christianity may metamorphosise into ‘Gracetianity’.
The prevalence of false teachings in the Singapore Church
is not hypothetical;
it is happening right under our noses
in the person and ministry of Joseph Prince.
The pervading influence
of Joseph Prince’s Pseudo-grace theology
would not simply go away even after his death
but may balloon to alarming proportions in the days to come.
If Joseph Prince’s Pseudo-grace teaching
that has influenced many
is not decisively dealt with and curbed,
it will set Christianity on a harmful and irreversible course
for our future generations of Christians.
We must not be short-sighted and be deceived
that things will die a natural death,
but we ought to take the view of the long-term harm
that heresies, especially that of Joseph Prince,
can do to the Church of Jesus Christ.
Be that as it may,
may the fearless and persevering spirit of Athanasius
be with the Church of Jesus Christ in this sense:
When, to intimidate him,
Athanasius’ judges warned him
that the whole world was against him,
he dared to reply,
“Then is Athanasius against the world!”
“Athanasius died before seeing the full fruits of his labors,
but he is remembered today
as one of the most courageous truth warriors
the church has ever produced.”
“To this day, the slogan
“Athanasius against the world”
is the epitaph usually associated with his name.”
Let me, George Ong, be that bold to say
that if I have to go against the bulk of the Singapore Church
that has gone soft on curbing the heresies of Joseph Prince,
I will, and in fact, I have already done so.
Rev George Ong