2 Tim 3:13
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being
deceived.
No one proves this scripture better than Kenneth Copeland. These money preachers
have gone from bad to worse and it doesn’t get much worse than Copeland’s latest
scheme to remove money from his partners bank accounts.
You see brother and sister Copeland have decided that they need not 1 but 2 new
aircraft. And not just any old airplane either, No sir what brother Copeland
needs is a new Cessna Citation X. Oops, sorry I mean 2 new Cessna Citation X’s.
His and hers I suppose!
The Cessna Citation X is billed as the worlds fastest mid sized corporate jet.
The Citation X’s twin Rolls Royce engines can take it from
When you absolutely positively must save
souls at the speed of sound!
On his website Copeland explains that it’s all about souls.
”It's All About Souls. For more than 30 years,
Kenneth has been teaching us the Word. He's shown us how to walk in the things
of God…...But, bottom line, Brother Copeland loves seeing souls saved and lives
changed. That's why he desires these Citation X's—it's all about souls…….”
Again from his website, Copeland explains how this scheme….I mean vision came
about.
”As you know, Gloria and I have been believing God
for two Cessna Citation X's so that we can better fulfill the calling of Kenneth
Copeland Ministries…..”
”As you know” Now right here Copeland is contradicting the clear word of God.
Philippians 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Apparently Copeland’s version of that scripture states;
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto your partners.
Math 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy
door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in
secret shall reward thee openly.
See Copeland has always been real good at letting his partners know what he’s
believing God for. And of course after he talks about it enough some partner
will eventually “hear from God” and buy him whatever it was he was wanting.
Copeland claims this is walking by faith. I
say it is manipulating God’s people for material gain.
That’s exactly what’s happened here.
One of Copeland’s sycophants…. I mean partners, had a vision from God to help
get these planes.
Mac Gober read in 2 Sam 23:15-16 how three of David’s mighty men broke through
the Philistine lines to get David a drink of water from the well of
2Sam 23:15-16
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the
well of
Gober took this to mean that he should raise up an elite team of partners to go
and get these airplanes for the Copeland’s.
After Gober shared the vision with him, Copeland wanted to make sure this was
from God so he and Gloria prayed about it.
Guess what God said!
”Gloria and I have prayed about it, and we are
behind him 100 percent. We would never hinder a Partner from doing what God has
called him to do, and we believe Mac has heard from the Lord. …”
Glory be to God!!! Hallelujah! God says go for it!
How do you become a member of the Elite CXTeam? Just send Copeland $2,000
dollars and your in!
Of course you can also assist by purchasing something from the Elite CXTeam line
of clothing. Like the leather Bomber Jacket with the embroidered CXTeam logo,
$450, available in men’s sizes 30 – 56!
According to the website there are many benefits to membership in the Elite
CXTeam including:
A monthly update letter from Brother Copeland
Updates via the Internet
The pleasure of knowing that you answered the call
The knowledge that you're a part of something much bigger than you
What a deal! And all for only $2,000.
Conspicuously absent is any mention of actually being able to use the plane, or
sit in it, or even see it for that matter. But I’m sure brother Copeland will
let us know all about it in those monthly updates!
A state of the art private jet for myself - $20,000,000
Another one for my wife - $20,000,000
Getting someone else to pay for it - PRICELESS!
Well, enough about all that. Let’s look back for a moment at the scripture
passage that inspired it all.
2Sam 23:15-16
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the
well of
Sounds good doesn’t. Who wouldn’t want to be one of the “mighty men”? There’s
only one problem. No one has bothered to finish the scripture!
2Sam 23:16
…and took it, and brought it to David:
nevertheless he would not drink
thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
David took the water that was brought to him and poured it out as a drink
offering to the Lord saying:
2Sam 23:17
Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the
men that went in jeopardy of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it.
If Copeland really wanted to obey God he would take any money raised from this
scheme and offer it (all of it) unto the Lord!
Now think about this for a moment. Copeland and his pal Mac Gober have quoted a
portion of scripture in an attempt to make it say something that the complete
scripture clearly doesn’t say! Isn’t it fundamentally dishonest to misquote the
word of God this way? What do you think about someone who would misuse the word
of God in this manner?
2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable
souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed
children. NKJV
Kenneth and Gloria Copeland have hearts trained in covetous practices. They
entice unstable souls. They are accursed children. Thank you Kenneth and Gloria
for showing us with your own words that you care nothing for the word of God,
that you are lovers of money, lovers of the things of the world and according to
the apostle John, the love of the Father is not in you!
1John 2:15
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love
the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
All quotes and information taken from Copeland’s own website
http://elitecxteam.org/
A hard copy is on file with apostasywatch
Steve Lumbley 2004
www.apostasywatch.com
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