Heretic Preachers & Phony Christians
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In “Heretic Preachers & Phony Christians,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, the condition of the church, the authority of Scripture. Drawing especially from John 8, 2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 5, Hebrews 6, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise.
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Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that salvation is presented as God’s work in Christ that produces a changed life and continuing faith. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on Satanic opposition. The message argues that Satan’s work is described through deception, accusation, temptation, and opposition to God’s purposes. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that the gospel announces Christ’s saving work and calls every hearer to repent, believe, and obey. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith while working through John 8. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith while working through 2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 5, Hebrews 6. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that Scripture is presented as the standard for doctrine, discernment, and daily obedience. The practical emphasis is to respond with honest repentance and concrete obedience.
Odle focuses on repentance while working through Luke 24, 2 Timothy 2:19. The message argues that repentance involves turning from known sin and bringing conduct into agreement with God’s word. It connects this with the conviction that a durable Christian life must be built on Christ, sound doctrine, and obedient response to Scripture. The practical emphasis is to respond with honest repentance and concrete obedience.
Odle focuses on faith while working through Hebrews 6, Matthew 7. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that baptism is examined as an act of obedience and identification with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on baptism while working through Mark 16. The message argues that baptism is examined as an act of obedience and identification with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. It connects this with the conviction that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on divine judgment while working through John 6, Revelation 14, Luke 16. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that the reality of final judgment gives urgency to repentance, salvation, and faithful witness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that a durable Christian life must be built on Christ, sound doctrine, and obedient response to Scripture. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
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I want you to take your Bible this morning first of all and let's just turn to the Gospel of John chapter 8. this just this particular passage here just seems to never leave me because there's so much foolishness going on in the church world um and if we don't get some things down we're going to be deceived and if we don't get them down and preach them to others they're going to be deceived because the deceivers now are everywhere and I was just thinking as we were in worship there a minute ago I don't believe I have one of my grace abuse books back there do I I've got the other one I was just thinking about what I wrote in that book in 1997 and really I I started writing it much earlier than that but that's when I really got serious and wrote started writing the book Grace abuse but in the introduction to that book I talked about and I think it was I was quoting a guy uh I can't remember now what his name was but that's why I need it but anyway he was talking about the history of the church and he was talking about back in the 1700s in America in the pre-revolutionary war period during the time of Jonathan Edwards and others that the young people of that time period had taken Calvinism the doctrines that the church was preaching that basically some are chosen some are not there's nothing you can do there's no responsibility of man um and if you're a Believer if you're a Christian or you claim to be a Christian you're eternally secure no matter what because you there's nothing you can do period there's nothing you can do to get saved Stay Saved or or be saved it's just all God and and you really won't know anyway until the end and what he pointed out was was that the young people or the younger generation took that false teaching to its logical end and that was well if I'm a believer in Jesus and I acknowledge Jesus and there's nothing I can ever do to lose that then why not live however I want to live I mean who wouldn't if you believe you actually believe that it doesn't matter how Wicked you are or rebellious or disobedient to God's word or how much sexual immorality it doesn't matter because you believe in Jesus you're eternally secure no matter how you live once saved always saved as they call it or unconditional internal security or in
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Calvinism perseverance if you believe that why would you fear God why would you fear living in sin why would you fear going to heaven enough to fear God and make you change your ways why why live holy why resist the flesh why not in just indulge and enjoy everything you want to enjoy because hey you're going to heaven anyway this is why I have stated for nearly 30 years now that not this doctrine of once saved always saved or unconditionally experience it's not just a disagreement within the church it's not just a theological debate it's not just one of those things that you can just believe and go well we'll agree to disagree the next person that says that to me might just get yelled at I'm not agreeing with anybody to disagree I just disagree I'm not agreeing with you both of us can't be right if we're on the opposite sides of an issue don't tell me let's agree to disagree no I disagree with you Just Disagree I can't claim that when that was Jace Robertson but I love that I'm not agreeing that this to disagree I just disagree but see this doctrine of once saved always saved or unconditional internal security or if I believe in Jesus it doesn't matter what I do I'm secure I'm eternally secure no matter what this is either the truth of the Bible or it's not it's either the true doctrine of of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit and scripture or it's the doctrine of demons it can't be let's just get along you understand and let me just say this as we get into this today because you're going to see what I'm talking about I warned about this I warned in that book in 1997 I said this Doctrine will be the result or be part of the foundational issues of the great Falling Away in the end time of the Church of Christians the apostasy because everything listen to me everything that you truly believe in your heart you will act upon whether it be truth or a lie whether it be positive or negative if you believe it and you speak it and that's what is is your core Foundation you will eventually act upon it you can't help but do it you will become what you believe
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oh you will do what you believe what comes out of your mouth you will eventually act upon what you consistently put before your eyes and put in your mind in your heart you will act upon that's how we're made that's why this is so critical see Pastor Dean what are you talking about this morning well somebody tagged me in an article a few days back for Christmas about rich Wilkerson juniors anybody know who Rich Wilkerson Jr is in here does anybody remember Rich Wilkers and his father I do let me just tell you a little bit about Rich Wilkerson senior his father I remember from 25 30 years ago he used to be on Christian TV he he was not really a real famous preacher but he was pretty well known he was really about the gospel he was really about preaching Jesus in Repentance and discipleship and he had a real push for people to become true Disciples of Jesus to truly follow Jesus now let me just say this I don't know everything he believed back then I just remember seeing him hearing him once in a while thinking you know this guy sounds pretty pretty solid I can't vouch for what he became I can't I don't know where he is to this day but I know and I know he used to have a relationship and I think he's even related as a cousin or a nephew or something of David Wilkerson I can't remember their relation but I know he knew David Wilkes and I know that he I they work together on things so what I'm getting at is Rich Wilkerson senior at one point I mean back 25 30 years ago seemed to be a Godly man a true minister of the Gospel walking in the truth preaching the truth and yet his son now it's a complete heritage his son now has a big church in Miami called vo or Boo or whatever I guess Vu Church that's French by the way for you you church it's about you know and it's about Jesus anything about you ridiculous but now I found out because of course I got tagged in this I didn't even know I didn't even know there was a rich Junior right a lot of years go by he didn't grow up and become devils don't grow up and become devils
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false teachers false prophets it's sad but this is where we are but anyway the reason this guy is in the news is because he's become big buddies over the last few years with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber and now starting this in the first part of December he's got a new reality TV show on oxygen called Rich and faith yeah and what's sad is oh he he also um collaborates on album covers and the whole tour that Kanye West went on this Jesus tour this Blasphemous tour that he did about this Jesus Persona in which Kanye West has a song on the album titled I am I am God or I am a god now put it I sent you the picture let's put up the album cover of Kanye West his buddy collaborator now it says that rich Wilkerson Jr helped collaborated with Kanye on this album cover and on some of the lyrics and some of the stage performance of this tour that blasphemes Jesus now I want to show y'all some things here if there wasn't anything else on this album but this right here that is an upside down cross all satan is used upside down crosses in their ceremony and usually they take a cross that ceramic or some other type and they take it in their initiation ceremonies and they take the cross and they hold it upside down and they break it down like that which is where you get the peace symbol from it's the upside down cross broken with a circle around the peace symbol is a satanic Antichrist symbol okay but I don't know if you can see that these around him or Sirens or whatever they are their eyes are red showing that they're demonic entities or fallen angels and this one over here not only has red eyes but has a serpent tongue there could not be a more satanic demonic devil worshiping blasphemy of Jesus Christ than what Kanye West is doing through this Jesus Persona he's put on
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