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Rick Joyner
Posted by: AdminMagill on Sunday, June 27, 2004 - 07:57 PM |
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Ministry & Church
Morning Star Ministries
Beliefs & Key Doctrines
Kingdom Now (includes other dominionist and triumphalist initiatives)
Apostolic anointing
Manifest Sons of God
Joel’s Army
Source: Richardson N. ‘Rick Joyner: Christian Gnostic’. Vanguard Sept 1998 Pages 19-20
Ministry Emphasis- Prophecy
- Signs and Wonders (the 'Manifest presence of God')
- Morning Star Journal (Quarterly publication)
- Website and Books
Books Authored- The Harvest
- The Final Quest
- The Call
- The Hordes of Hell are Marching
Known Associates- Late John Wimber
- Kansas City Fellowship
- Kansas City Prophets: Mike Bickle, Bob Jones, Paul Cain
- Catholic Knights of Malta formerly ‘Crusader Knights of St John’ (Possible association)
Mentor
Late John Wimber
Strengths
Good worship songs/hymn ministry
Weaknesses- Little exegetical teaching
- An exaggerated, unbiblical emphasis on signs and wonders
- Claims that he has received a special anointing directly [in person] from the Apostle Paul and the
Lord Jesus (Final Quest, pages 135-6)
- Reliance on visions and trances
Truth Watch: Assessment / Warning
Joyner claims, in his various books, special revelation, teaching and instructions. Extensive quotes in his books The Final Quest and The Call purport to be the very words of Jesus and an entity called ‘Wisdom’. This material is extra biblical. It defies our Lord’s injunction to add nothing to scripture (Revelation 22:18-19; 1 Corinthians 4:6; Proverbs 30:6; Deuteronomy 4:2,12,32) and leaves the reader wondering if Wisdom could well be a forbidden ‘familiar spirit’ (Deuteronomy 18:11 AV).
His teachings point Christians towards an unbiblical reliance on mystical experience and not the ‘whole council of God’ revealed in the Canon of Scripture.
Joyner is associated with John Wimber (deceased) and the so-called Kansas City prophets, Mike Bickle, Paul Cain (released from Ministry, due to admitted Homosexual activity and Alcoholism) and Bob Jones. These men have been linked to false prophecies. Paul Cain prophesied a revival in England in 1990 that did not happen. Cain is also a devotee of the deceased heretic William Branham, who denied the Trinity. Bob Jones’ unbiblical dominion/manifest sons/kingdom now ‘theology’ is promoted by Joyner.
Joyner and his associates are not teaching the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering unto Him. That is labelled as escapist. Instead, we should [they say] be looking forward to the rise of a victorious church. Falsely interpreting Romans 8:19. Joyner, Jones et al wrongly assume that the "manifest Sons of God" will be revealed in this Church. This false teaching sees Christ invisibly manifest in a victorious Church. There is nothing in Scripture to validate this. It takes the undiscerning Christian’s eyes off Jesus Christ and places an unbiblical emphasis on the Church and its leaders. When first introduced this doctrine was rejected as heresy in 1949 by the AOG. It accords with the New Age exaltation of mankind to godhood. The truth u is that Jesus will return with a victorious Church, not for one.
To justify this teaching the marauding army described in Joel 2 is believed to be this mythical victorious church. Unfortunately, a careful reading of the chapter reveals that this army is in fact used by God to judge his people and is itself destroyed (v.20).
To justify his leadership Joyner claims, in The Final Quest that Paul, with the Lord’s assent, personally tells him that he is now their hope and must return to “recover the ministry and the message” (pp. 135-136). Joyner thus claims Paul’s apostolic mantel.
His Gnostic revelations, adherence to unbiblical doctrine and claims of an apostle’s anointing make Joyner a man discerning Christians will avoid. Those Christians who follow the unbiblical ministry of men like Joyner, the so called Kansas City Prophets and John Wimber act in fulfilment of Jeremiah 5:31: "The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?"
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