The Godhead - God
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God is the greatest failure in the Universe |
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Kenneth
Copeland has said: “I was shocked when I found out who the biggest failure in
the Bible actually is. ... The biggest one is God. ... I mean, He lost His
top-ranking, most anointed angel; the first man He ever created; the first
woman He ever created; the whole earth and all the Fullness therein; a third
of the angels, at least — that’s a big loss, man ... Now, the reason you
don’t think of God as a failure is He never said He’s a failure. And you’re
not a failure till you say you’re one.” (Praise-a-Thon program on TBN [April
1988]) |
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Confutation |
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First of
all I want to say that when we say that a man is a failure we mean that he is
an unsuccessful person, therefore anyone who affirms that God is a failure
means that God is an unsuccessful God, that is to say, a God who has failed
to accomplish His aim or purpose. |
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Secondly,
I want to say this, if God never said that He is a failure, why should we say
that He is a failure? If God never said that He is a failure, that means that
He is not a failure, doesn’t it? So why should we say or think that God is a
failure? Should we say that God is a failure because Satan rebelled against
Him, or because many angels followed Satan in his rebellion, or because Adam
and Eve sinned? Certainly not, for all those things happened by the
determined purpose and foreknowledge of God. As a matter of fact, what may
seem a failure of God was something which God in His infinite wisdom caused
to happen so that one day He might send His only begotten Son into the world
to die for our sins. How could we affirm then that God is a failure? |
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Furthermore,
the Scripture says that “the deceived and the deceiver are His” (Job |
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In
addition to this, the Scripture says that “the earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live
in it” (Psalm 24:1 – NIV). Is it not clear that God is still the Possessor of
heaven and earth? |
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The Son of
God, who knew God the Father from all eternity, and who knew all the events
recorded in the Holy Scripture, one day said about God: “My Father, who has
given them [my sheep] to me, is greater than all” (John 10:29 – NIV). Let me
ask you this then: ‘Can someone who is greater than all be called a failure?’
Certainly not. So, God is not the biggest failure, rather He is the most successful
Person in all the universe. Books without number
could be written about the successes accomplished by God, because success
belongs to Him. To Him be the glory now and forevermore.
Amen. |
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In the
light of these things which are taught by the Scripture, therefore, it is
absolutely wrong to affirm that God is a failure. Last but not least,
brothers in the Lord, know this, that all those who
dare to affirm that God is the biggest failure in the Bible do not know the
Scriptures nor fear God. Beware of all those who say such a thing about our
great God. They are idle talkers and deceivers who, by smooth and flattering
speech, deceive the hearts of the simple. I say it again, beware of them, and
refute their false teachings. |