Wow. So Kenneth E. Hagin, the author of those infamous Spiritual Growth Series, is a heretic. How scary is that? He's the 'father' of the so-called Word-Faith Movement (WFM)... teaching that Christians can essentially claim anything in the name of Jesus. its also known as the 'name-it, claim-it' doctrine... so in other words, UBER sketchiness! Yet there really is a thin and delicate line between what is Ungodly and what IS godly. So thin, that the majority of us commonfolk could easily be swayed or brought up via the 'heretic' way. Despite alarm bells ringing off when I was reading through his bible studies, if Jon hadn't informed me about Hagin today, I would've still been letting his words soak into my brain and into my heart! Scary to think I was that close to taking in something whose validity of authority and truth is in serious doubt; not to mention the huge question mark behind its authorship.
That "H" word is so incredibly charged. No one in their right mind would want to be tagged by that word. Yet at the same time those who deny it the most can also be the ones who are so blinded as to completely warp the word of God. They are usually the stubborn well-learned ones (maybe not so well-learned)... but rather those who get too accustomed to their own beliefs or interpretations of the Word; those who are so narrow-minded as to not see the other possibilities which may end up being the greater of the truths.
I don't believe a heretic does his or her 'thang' on purpose (with the exception of those certain few). if anything, its stubborness from turning their head towards the even greater truth. Seeing things in that light makes the picture seem quite daunting. For all we know, we OURselves could be the false prophets.. even with good intentions... but bottom line False Prophets! For example, take Hananiah in the book of Jeremiah. Scary to think he was so self-assured not to mention God-assured in his contradictory message from that of the prophet Jeremiah. Yet in the end, he was wrong and subsequently was "removed from the face of the Earth" and within that same year he "died because he preached rebellion against the Lord"
Another thing to mention is the heresy of Modalism. I didn't know it before, but I was always taught ever since i was a youngen to believe in the Trinity as each head having its own purpose. i.e. Holy Spirit ==> purpose in sanctification/conviction/empowerment.... Jesus ==> purpose in redemption..... Father ==> purpose in creation. Yet this is actually a heresy seeing as God exists as the triune God, each head in perfect communion with each other; so no restricting/limiting purposes to confine each figurehead of the Trinity.
Scary stuff eh? how easy it seems to cross over that line into the "H"-realm.
