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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 377
Some may very well suggest that Crouch didn't mean you could purchase salvation but
on August 4, 1997 he said, “If you have been healed or saved or blessed through TBN and have
not contributed... you are robbing God and will lose your reward in heaven.”
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Crouch has
totally misrepresents the word of God, the word states: “For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we
are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:8-10) Salvation is a free gift that is based on our
faith in Jesus Christ.
The word of God is clear that tithes and offerings are ordained by God and part of our
Christian walk but these are to be given to the poor and to the work of the true Church
administered by God's faithful and not to deceivers and heretics. The Apostle John gives us a
stern warning about supporting deceivers. If we support them, “we are partakers in their evil
deeds” and by implication, their sins are upon us. John writes:
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath
not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the
Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into
your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is
partaker of his evil deeds. (2 John 9-11)
In 1997 Crouch was again spewing hatred against those that provided opposition to TBN.
He stated: “God, we proclaim death to anything or anyone that will lift a hand against this
network and this ministry that belongs to You, God. It is Your work, it is Your idea, it is Your
property, it is Your airwaves, it is Your world, and we proclaim death to anything that would
stand in the way of God's great voice of proclamation to the whole world. In the Name of Jesus,
and all the people said Amen!”
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Crouch is acting totally contrary to the gospel preached by
Christ. Jesus instructed us: “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that
hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the
children of your Father which is in heaven.”(Matthew 5:44-45) We must pray that those who are
in serious doctrinal error. We should pray that they would be convicted of their error, that their
minds would be renewed, that the Spirit of God would guide them to all truth and that they
would come to the true saving grace of Jesus Christ. Amen!
Let Us Hold-Fast To The Truths of the Gospel
The Christian Church has slipped into apostasy. We must hold-fast to the truths of the
gospel, primarily: 1) There is only one God, he is all loving, he is all powerful, he knows all, he
is perfect, he created the universe and rules the universe today. He exists in the form of the
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 2) God's law is holy, righteous and just. 3) We are all sinners
deserving of death. 4) Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins on the cross; he died for us. He is
the way the truth and the life. Eternal life is only available through him! 5) Through the death
and resurrection of Jesus Christ we might have eternal life in heaven if we accept his saving
grace through faith. 6) If we love Jesus, we must do our best to keep his commandments. We
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