Count 1: “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’ you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him. But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.’ Deuteronomy 13: 1-5
Count 2: ‘…the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.’ And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the LORD has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the LORD has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.’ Deuteronomy 18: 20-22
The Christian Witness continues to be stellar as church leaders (such as ‘the holy ghost’s bartender’) defy public health considerations praying the power of God to protect the faithful. Our godfather (currently living) has spread his infection throughout the world so we all may stand upon FAITH.
Kenneth Copeland fails both biblical tests described in the passages above for a prophet. On count 1 he teaches God Himself (or Kenneth’s version ‘god himself’) uses ‘the force of faith’ to create reality using words to shape that reality. This is documented.
Kenneth may say “Jesus is Lord” but he believes (and has said) he has the power to do the same things Jesus did. The heresy of this should be obvious to the biblically literate but fearful illiterates will continue to follow and send money (he one of the wealthiest preachers out there and pays little to nothing in the way of taxes) to this false teacher who teaches the stupid to follow a belittled god. He might not have faired so well in Moses’ time.
In the video above, Kenneth is clearly making himself guilty on Count 2 since Covid has continued and will continue to kill until it runs its course, someone finds a prophylactic, treatment, cure, or vaccine. The ignorant, upon whom egotistical conmen like Kenneth prey, will buy his arrogant lies, possibly even ignoring practical precautions to protect themselves, to find themselves in a spiritual quandary when they themselves find themselves sickened by the devil Covid. I am reasonably confident Kenneth will not lose a night’s sleep over this.
But I wonder if that poor sod standing behind his master lost any sleep over his humiliation. Hmmm…
Anywhoooo… just keep sending money!