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APOPKA, Fla. —Controversial televangelist Paula White, who serves as a spiritual advisor to President Trump, announced on May 5 that she has transferred the pastoral leadership of New Destiny Christian Center to her son and his wife — which has also been renamed Destiny City. She outlined that she will now move to the “apostolic overseer” role at the church, as she believes that governance and “pastoring pastors” are her calling in life.
White had taken the pastorate at New Destiny Christian Center following the 2011 death of then-leader Zachery Tims, who according to reports, was found dead in a New York City hotel room due to “acute intoxication by the combined effects of cocaine and heroin.”
She told the congregation last Sunday that Tims, a longtime friend, had called her in 2005 and gave a personal prophecy that “wouldn’t make sense [then] … but it would make sense in 2019.” She said that she knew when she took the leadership role at New Destiny that it was only for a season.
“I knew that I wasn’t taking us into the promised land. … To everything there is a time,” White stated.
She also postulated that the Lord more recently told her that the time was right for the next step, which includes installing her son, Brad Knight, and his wife, Rachel, as lead pastors over the church.
“The Lord spoke to me very clearly and said, ‘If you miss this moment, you’ll delay things. Do not miss this moment,’ White claimed. “So, today I am officially enstating Pastor Brad and Pastor Rachel as the senior pastors over City of Destiny.”
White said that she would serve in an “apostolic overseer” capacity, adding that the word “apostolic” can be misunderstood, and she is therefore not completely comfortable with the word.
“I believe that my call is to be that, to govern. I believe it’s that, to church plant. I believe it’s that, to pastor pastors,” she remarked.
“As oversight pastor, I believe for 3,000 church plants. I believe that City of Destiny will have 3,000,” White continued. “I will continue with Paula White Ministries. If Pastor Brad asks me, I will preach for him as many times as he asks me to preach.”
White said that City of Destiny will also be launching a university, as well as a performing arts center, and that $155 million is “coming in” to build the facilities. She stated that she believes that the building projects will transpire quickly.
“The only thing that would get upset about anything is your flesh,” she stated. “So, anyone who’s spiritual, you just took a leap, like quantum, because you were like, ‘thank goodness.’ Because the worst thing is our destiny being held up, and your destiny just got released because God just elevated you to a new position.”
“It’s going to blow people’s mind. And God’s about to shine the light. And all you have to do is have half of a spiritual eye,” she told those gathered.
Knight, in praising his mother, said that he feels sad for those who are not understanding of White.
“I understand that God has favored you, that those who bless you will be blessed. Those who curse you will be cursed,” he asserted. “And I’m thankful that despite the fact that you’re Paula White … you have the humility and the ability to hear God enough to look toward succession, and that’s very, very rare.”
“You truly are an apostle, and the quicker that people that realize that, the quicker they realize that God has granted you favor and authority — and unique favor and authority, the better off that they’ll be,” he stated.
As previously reported, White considers herself a life coach, authoring books such as “The Ten Commandments of Health and Wellness,” “Simple Suggestions for a Sensational Life,” “I Don’t Get Wholeness, That’s the Problem — Making Relationships Work” and “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not.” She also serves as the chair of President Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board.
White has been married three times, with her first marriage being to Dean Knight, who she married as a teenager. In 2007, White divorced her second husband, Randy White of Without Walls International Church in stating that their lives were going in two different directions.
In 2015, she married Journey rocker Jonathan Cain, known for the secular hits “Don’t Stop Believin,’” “When You Love a Woman” and “Who’s Crying Now.” Cain has likewise been married two other times.
“We are demanding life to your purpose,” she declared. “And with obedience to this first fruits instruction, which is putting God first now, your purpose, your year, your prosperity, and your power will have life and be resurrected!”
“When you apply this, everything comes in divine alignment for His plan and promises for you. When you don’t honor it, whether through ignorance or direct disobedience, there are consequences,” White also warned.
Following media reports about the matter, staff revised language on White’s website to remove any reference to a “day, week or month’s” wages, as well as text about “consequences.”
Here is the story and testimony of Lisa Buldo, health coach, http://lisabuldo.com/, who unfortunately has apparently not yet found the real Jesus Christ of the Bible and who is yet deceived by heretical and occultic Word of Faith and Messianic/Hebraic influences, which is a clear indication she is still under the influence of Satanic mystical "signs and wonders", coupled with "personal extra-biblical revelations" not originating from God but instead Satan. This is not much different from the addiction she once had to New Age mediums and psychics, which her Catholicism failed to help her out of.
Let's pray that she comes to a realization that the Bible contains all there is to know about God, and that the Holy Spirit works through the revealed Word of God in the Bible, not through charismatic/pentecostal "signs and wonders" or the likes of those affiliated with TBN, who are in fact "Christianized" soothsayers, mediums and psychics deceiving millions. Let's also pray that she eventually becomes as outspoken about the truth of the Bible and is willing to expose everything she is currently involved in as being false and misleading. As for now, she is so deceived that she is unknowingly doing Satan's work herself and deceiving many with her teachings which have been distorted and twisted by her associations.
Here is her testimony on YouTube, presented by Torahlife.TV, part of Torah Life Ministries http://torahlifeministries.org here:
and her testimony on Paul Crouch's heretical "Word of Faith" TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network):
Here are the Crouchs in all their prosperity gospel glory:
The same TBN where she is the moderator of the "Joy in Our Town" program:
Lisa Buldo has a revelation about death where you "transition, but never stop breathing", in this YouTube video entitled "You Never Really Die":
Lisa Buldo has an indirect revelation through a friend as seen here on the YouTube video entitled "I AM-A Powerful Revelation From God" which she interpreted as "I AM lives in you, the kingdom of God lives in you", a blasphemy, plus instructions from her about positive and negative confession, all of which is pure Word of Faith heresy. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that "I AM" lives in us; only a believer in Jesus Christ has the Holy Spirit living in him. Nowhere in the Bible does it say that the Kingdom of God lives in us, even if we are believers. The Kingdom of God will be established by Christ, when Christ comes again to reign and rule, and not a moment sooner, despite all the Kingdom Now theology being promoted by Word of Faith heretics, and it certainly will not be set up inside a believer.
Here in the video below, Buldo discusses "healthy eating" with the heretical Word of Faith pastrix Paula White who went to Rome with Benny Hinn, and stayed in the same hotel with him. See Apprising-www.apprising.org for many posts about Paula White acting unbiblically as a pastrix, as here:
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WASHINGTON — Prominent Catholic Cardinal Timothy
Dolan, Franklin Graham, and prosperity preacher Paula White will be
among the ecumenical selection of faith leaders who will present prayers
and readings at Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony next month, the
inaugural committee announced on Wednesday.
“Since the first inaugural ceremony, our leaders have paid tribute to
the blessings of liberty that have been bestowed upon our country and
its people,” Committee Chairman Tom Barrack said in a statement. “I am
pleased to announce that a diverse set of faith leaders will offer
readings and prayers at the swearing-in of President-elect Trump and
honor the vital role religious faith plays in our multicultural, vibrant
nation.”
In addition to Dolan, Graham and White, Jewish rabbi Marvin Hier of
the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic
Christian Leadership Conference and Wayne Jackson of Great Faith
Ministries International will also participate.
“I am honored to have been asked to offer a reading from Scripture at
the upcoming presidential inauguration, and look forward to asking
Almighty God to inspire and guide our new president and to continue to
bless our great nation,” Dolan said in a statement.
“In American history Inauguration Day is one of the most sacred and
important celebrations we have as a people, not only because it
signifies the peaceful transition of power but also because on this day
‘We The People’ appeal to the favor, blessing and guidance of God on our
country, on our people and on our new leadership,” White also remarked. As previously reported,
in September 2015, White was among a number of spiritual leaders,
including televangelists Kenneth Copeland and Jan Crouch, who laid hands
on and prayed for Trump at Trump Tower in New York. She specifically
made a “faith declaration” that she was securing Trump’s “calling and
his mantle.”
“Father, we just secure him right now by the blood of Jesus. We thank
you that no weapon formed against him will be able to prosper and any
tongue that rises against him will be condemned according to the word of
God,” White, who leads New Destiny Christian Center in Florida, prayed
as she touched his arm.
“All the days of his life, let him live well,” she continued. “I
secure him. I secure his children. I secure his calling and his mantle.”
James Dobson of Focus on the Family also told reporters in June that “Paula White has known Trump for years and that she personally led him to Christ.”
In addition to prayers and readings from Catholic, Jewish and
evangelical leaders, music will also be provided by the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir.
“The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has a great tradition of performing at
the inaugurals of U. S. presidents,” Ron Jarrett, president of the
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, said in a statement. “Singing the music of
America is one of the things we do best. We are honored to be able to
serve our country by providing music for the inauguration of our next
president.” As previously reported,
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has performed at inaugural events for
Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W.
Bush and George W. Bush.
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Paula White, the B-girl of prosperity-hustling Christian
skullduggery, is slated to lead the nation in prayer at the inauguration
of Donald Trump. White, who has been widely extolled by evangelicals as
“the one” who “led Donald Trump to Christ,” should have no problem
fitting in. After all, they both go through spouses like dirty diapers.
CNN reports Donald Trump’s Committee Chairman Tom Barrack as saying,
I am pleased to announce that a diverse set of faith
leaders will offer readings and prayers at the swearing-in of
President-elect Trump and honor the vital role religious faith plays in
our multicultural, vibrant nation.
Diverse, indeed it will be. While Paula White denies the Trinity and denies that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God while prominent patriotic-gospel evangelicals like James Dobson are spewing the inanity
that this charlatan actually had something to do with Trump’s
fruitless, repentance-less conversion to Christianity. “I don’t know
when it was, but it has not been long, and I believe [Donald Trump]
really made a commitment, but he’s a baby Christian,” Dobson says, “I
also hear that Paula White has known Trump for years and that she
personally led him to Christ.”
You might be asking, “why does this really matter?” The problem isn’t
that any earnest Christian might actually believe that Donald Trump
takes his new-found “faith” seriously. But some might actually believe
Paula White is a Christian. Why? Because she will be sharing the stage with the well-known evangelical hero, Franklin Graham. This partnership, strictly forbidden in the Scriptures (2 Corinthians 6:14),
lends credibility to those who preach a false Gospel, proclaim a false
Jesus and make false disciples. It obscures the clear lines between
biblical truth and damning spiritual error.
Other questionable spiritual figures participating in the burlesque
will be the Catholic archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Michael
Dolan and Reverend Dr. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National
Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. Rodriguez is a regular
appearance at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious
Liberties Commission (ERLC) conferences and is associated with the New
Apostolic Reformation.
What’s the point? These religious “leaders” aren’t genuinely
coalescing for the bona fide purpose of coming together before our
Creator to petition His blessing upon our nation. That isn’t even
possible–they all worship a different God. It’s merely an amalgamation
of multiple versions of American-made religiosity to appease those who
propelled him into office. Of course, in today’s American version of
watered-down gospel-less Christianity, patriotic fidelity rises far
above doctrinal integrity. As long as you stand for “conservative
values” and throw your support behind the candidate that promises to
protect them, you can be a Christian.
Beware of who you bow your head and pray with.
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FEMALE PREACHER AT TRUMP'S INAUGURATION RECOMMENDS PORNOGRAPHY (Friday Church News Notes, January 6, 2017, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143)
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following is from "Female Preacher," Pulpitandpen.org, Dec. 30, 2016).
"Paula White, who has been selected as the presiding pastrix to deliver
the prayer at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, is an advocate
of pornography. In August of 2015, her husband, Jonathan Cain [the third
marriage for both parties], took the stage next to her while the two
insisted that a wife should engage in watching porn with a husband who
likes it in order to strengthen their marriage. The Bible is very
clear that pornography is sinful and is equated to adultery. Matthew 5:28
says, 'But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust
after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.' This
would most certainly include pornography. Donald Trump is also a staunch
advocate of sexual immorality. This is the same Paula White that
evangelical pro-family leader, James Dobson, insisted led Donald Trump
to Christ. The well-known reverend Franklin Graham is also scheduled to
be
standing in unity with Paula White during the inauguration."
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Prosperity preacher Paula White, who was invited by
President-elect Donald Trump to deliver the invocation at his
inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, has released a statement in defense of
herself as some Christians have expressed concern over Trump’s
selection of the female preacher for the event.
“I have been called a heretic, an apostate, an adulterer, a
charlatan, and an addict,” she wrote this week. “It has been falsely
reported that I once filed for bankruptcy and—my personal favorite—that I
deny the Trinity!”
White said that she had been hesitating “to even address
such patently false accusations about my personal life and my beliefs so
as to not dignify them with a response.” However, since she believed
the objections to her appearance pose “a potential distraction to an
otherwise celebratory and historic time in our country,” she wanted to
present her side of the story.
White, who leads New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka,
Florida, then outlined that she has “always believed in the Holy
Trinity,” and in regard to being a prosperity preacher, she contended
that the characterization is inaccurate as she has preached on both the
good times and hard times in life.
“I also reject any theology that doesn’t affirm or
acknowledge the entirety of Scriptural teaching about God’s presence and
blessing in suffering as much as in times of prosperity,” she wrote.
“In fact, I have preached and written as much on the lessons we must
learn in times of trial in our lives as I have in times of abundance.”
As previously reported, White considers herself a life
coach, authoring books such as “The Ten Commandments of Health and
Wellness,” “Simple Suggestions for a Sensational Life,” “I Don’t Get
Wholeness, That’s the Problem—Making Relationships Work” and “He Loves
Me, He Loves Me Not.”
On Thursday, White told CNN’s Erin Burnett that her life
isn’t “perfect,” and contended that there is none without issue. She
acknowledged that she indeed did obtain a divorce, but said that she had
tried to save it through counseling.
“God knew everything I would go through before I ever went
through it,” she stated. “Not everything is perfect in my life, but I
don’t think everything is perfect in anybody’s life.”
White has been married three times. Her first marriage was
to Dean Knight, who she married as a teenager. The two have a son
together, named Bradley. In 2007, White divorced her second husband,
Randy White, and in 2015, she married Journey rocker Jonathan Cain, who has likewise been married three times.
During the CNN interview, which included discussion on her
invitation to the inauguration, White called Trump a “man of God” and
praised him for the diversity of spiritual leaders that he had selected
for the event. As previously reported,
the ceremony is set to feature Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan,
Franklin Graham, Jewish rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal
Center, Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership
Conference and Wayne Jackson of Great Faith Ministries International, as
well as White. As previously reported,
in September 2015, White was among a number of spiritual leaders,
including televangelists Kenneth Copeland and Jan Crouch, who laid hands
on and prayed for Trump at Trump Tower in New York. She specifically
made a “faith declaration” that she was securing Trump’s “calling and
his mantle.”
“Father, we just secure him right now by the blood of Jesus.
We thank you that no weapon formed against him will be able to prosper
and any tongue that rises against him will be condemned according to the
word of God,” White, who leads New Destiny Christian Center in Florida,
prayed as she touched his arm.
“All the days of his life, let him live well,” she
continued. “I secure him. I secure his children. I secure his calling
and his mantle.”
Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family released a statement last June that included notation that he had heard White led Trump to Christ a number of years ago. Trump had been a guest on her television program “Paula White Today” in 2008, where she discussed finding one’s passion in life.
She is expected to serve as the chair of Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board during his presidential term.
But some have expressed concern over White, including her
leadership of a church despite the biblical instruction in 1 Timothy
2:12, “But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over
the man…” and Christ’s warning in Matthew 19:9, “Whosoever shall put
away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another,
committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth
commit adultery.”
White also raised controversy in 2015 when she posted a photograph of herself and her new husband dressed in Halloween costumes.
“Little Red Riding Hood with the Big Bad Wolf,” she wrote, hashtagging “#love #marriage #life #fun #makingmemories.”
“By dressing up for Satan’s holiday, you are praising him,”
one commenter wrote under her post, which generated hundreds of
polarized comments. “This is righteous judgment, not pointing a finger.
The enemy needs to be exposed openly.”
“I am very disappointed in you Mrs. White. You are a pastor
and you are celebrating the devil’s day, why?” another asked. “Please
take this photo down and repent. Why celebrate the day of God’s enemy
and go to church on Sunday to preach, what wow.”
In a message the two delivered about marriage in August of last year, White’s husband advised,
“Ladies, if you don’t know what he likes, figure it out. Get a book. …
If he likes to watch porn, watch porn with him.” The clip, which has
raised eyebrows, has been posted online as a warning to others.
"On April 27, 2015, Paula married rock guitarist Jonathan Cain. White's cream colored mermaid Johana Glaudi wedding gown had a lace bodice, a high neck, and long sleeves. During the outdoor wedding ceremony, she carried a bouquet of white roses and wore pearls. This is Jonathan's third marriage."
AN OUTDOOR WEDDING; NEITHER ONE A VIRGIN
IS THIS WHAT'S CALLED "SPIRIT FILLED"?
Galatians 6:
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.
Isaiah 64:
6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Revelation 3:
4 But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.
5 He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT RELEASED HERE;
EVEN THOUGH "WHITE"
TYPICALLY MEANS PURITY AND VIRGINITY
WAS BENNY HINN AT THE RECEPTION?
POURED INTO AN IMMODEST TIGHT FITTING, FIGURE REVEALING WEDDING DRESS
Megachurch preacher Paula White has married rock and roll star Jonathan Cain, making the occasion both her and Cain’s third marriage.
White, 49, is known for founding without Walls International Church in Tampa, Florida with her second husband Randy White. She turned the church over to him years after their divorce in 2007. White hosts the television show “Paula White Today,” which airs on TBN and BET, and now serves as leader of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Florida.
She also considers herself a life coach, authoring books such as “The Ten Commandments of Health and Wellness,” “Simple Suggestions for a Sensational Life,” “I Don’t Get Wholeness, That’s the Problem—Making Relationships Work” and “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not.”
White’s first marriage was to Dean Knight, who she married as a teenager. The two have a son together, named Bradley.
Jonathan Cain, 65, is known for his roles in the bands Bad English and Journey, especially for penning the Journey hits “Don’t Stop Believin,'” “When You Love a Woman” and “Who’s Crying Now.”
Cain continues to tour with Journey, and posts about his concerts on his Twitter and Instagram accounts, such as he did earlier this month when he played a casino in Las Vegas.
“Journey is in the house. Craps anyone? @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino,” he Tweeted.
“I know you will rock it tonight,” White messaged to him.
She also shared a photo on her own Instagram, writing, “I love this pic of my baby rocking it last night @jonathancainmusic—missing him tonight.”
In addition to playing secular music with Journey, Cain is also a winemaker as a part of Finale Wines. He thanked Vegas’ Southern Wine and Spirits for carrying his wines in a status earlier this week.
White’s ex-husband Randy says he is supportive of her re-marriage.
“I am so happy for Paula and Jonathan,” he wrote on Facebook on April 20. “I pray they have a great marriage and do great works for the kingdom! I said I would never marry again until I made sure Paula married someone else.”
However, others have expressed concern over the matter, pointing to biblical commands against divorce and remarriage.
“She obviously thinks the parts in the Bible that condemn and severely restrict any justification for divorce (i.e., adultery) do not apply to her,” one commenter wrote.
“This is why the institution of marriage is mocked,” another stated.
ROMAN HOLIDAYS; COMBINING EXPENSES, FEASTING ON ITALIAN FOOD, AND GETTING AN ANOINTING FROM THE POPE, AND MAYBE A SINFUL DALLIANCE TO COMPLETE THE FLING
In February 2010, “healing evangelist” BENNY HINN’S wife filed for divorce. On August 2, National Inquirer published a photo of Hinn and Pentecostal preacher Paula White (who was divorced the previous year) walking hand-in-hand leaving a Rome hotel. The accompanying story said that the two spent three nights in a five-star hotel which Hinn booked under a false name. Hinn admitted to being with White in Rome and having a “friendship” and an “inappropriate relationship” with her, but both parties claimed there was no affair. He told a crowd in Oakland, California, that he and his wife had problems in their marriage for years and “could no longer exist in the same house” (“Benny Hinn Admits ‘Friendship’ with Paul White,” The Zimdiaspora, Aug. 11, 2010). He also admitted that he and his wife had been separated for years. Hinn’s divorce was finalized in December 2010. In 2012, Jack Hayford performed the remarriage of the Hinns, and we commend the Hinns for saving their marriage.
On August 23, 2007, RANDY AND PAULA WHITE, co-pastors of Without Walls International, a charismatic megachurch based in Tampa, Florida, announced that they were divorcing after 17 years of marriage. The couple blamed the two different directions their lives were going (“Interruption during Megapastors’ Divorce Announcement,” Tampa Tribune, Aug. 23, 2007). That is not a biblical reason for divorce. Christ gave only one legitimate cause, and that is fornication, yet the two said “the split involves no third party on either side.” If they are going in two different directions, that is sin on both their parts. God says the wife is the husband’s help-meet and she is to be the keeper of the home (Titus 2:4-5), and the husband is to “dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life” (1 Peter 3:7). Randy has spent months commuting to Malibu, California, where he has a beachfront home. Paula, a preacher and motivational speaker, makes many speaking trips to San Antonio, where she recently purchased a home and is “oversight pastor” to the Family Praise Center. She also travels frequently to New York City where she has a Trump Tower condo and leads monthly services at New Life by Design Empowerment Center. This is open disobedience to God’s Word, which forbids her to be a preacher or a pastor (1 Timothy 2:12). And this is not the first divorce for the two charismatic preachers. They have four children from previous marriages. In reality they are sinning against God’s Word while pretending to be undergoing a “trial” and to be victims of circumstance, and this, sadly, is typical for charismatics today. When Paula appeared on Carman’s show on Trinity Broadcasting Network on September 12 and 13, 2007, she was greeted with loud applause. She told the enthusiastic crowd, “Some of the greatest development in the men and women of God ... were those in adverse situation, those in opposition. ... You can either gravitate and put your hand to the plow and say, ‘Okay, God, I don’t get this one; I don’t even like this one. But still what do You have to say to me? I will not be moved.’” Joseph and Job could say things like that and take a stand on simply trusting God in undeserved adversity, but when you are suffering for your own sin and rebellion to the Scriptures that is an entirely different story! “For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently?” (1 Peter 2:20). An article in the Tampa Tribune in May included statements by former Without Walls staff members who testified that the Whites have shifted their focus to money and fame. They preach a charismatic prosperity message and live lavishly. Their home in Tampa is valued at $2.22 million and the condo in New York, at $3.5 million. By 2011 Without Walls International was truly “without walls” as the huge property in Lakeland was under foreclosure for non-payment. In 2012 Paula White was appointed senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Florida, following the death of Zachery Tims, who was found dead in a hotel room in New York City under suspicious circumstances. In July 2012, Randy White returned as “bishop” of Without Walls in Tampa after “overcoming drug addiction and a suicide attempt” (Charisma, July 9, 2012).
"FIRST FRUITS" TWISTED Paula White-It's January And Paula White Is Pushing Her First Fruits Scam Once Again! It should not surprise us one bit that just a few days removed from
peddling her year-end "Get Some Favor Offering Scam"
that predictable Paula White is at it again pushing her First Fruits
Offering Scam on New Year's Day. In this riveting program Wolf
Tracker explains why Paula White's signature teaching on the subject of
First Fruits is nothing but a con game.
APOSTASY ALERT: PAULA WHITE, TRUMP SPRITUAL ADVISER, PUSHES VIEWERS TO GIVE HER "ONE MONTH'S SALARY" TO KEEP THE BLESSINGS COMING
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Word of Faith Heresy “Pastor” Paula White is hustling her First Fruits financial false doctrine once again.
In
one of the most brazen pleas for money of the early year, Presidential
Spiritual Advisor and Prosperity Gospel promoter Paula White implored
her followers and fans to give her ministry a “first fruits offering” of
as much as one month’s salary – even though there is absolutely no
Biblical basis for such an offering whatsoever. This type of shameless
greed in the church, all based on heretical doctrines, are just one sign
of the growing apostasy in the church today as it moves from sound,
Biblical teaching, in favor of man and woman-made false doctrines and
New Age witchcraft.
The False Teaching of “First Fruits” – the Prosperity Gospel Strikes Again
According to reports:
Popular
televangelist Paula White is urging her followers to donate a “first
fruits” offering of up to their entire salary for the month of January
to enjoy “blessings” for the rest of the year or suffer the
“consequences” of failing to follow God’s command.
“Each January, I
put God first and honor Him with the first of our substance by sowing a
first fruits offering of one month’s pay. That is a big sacrifice, but
it is a seed for the harvest I am believing for in the coming year. And
God always provides!” White explains on her website.
She explained the difference between the tithe, usually 10 percent of earnings, and the first fruit donation.
“The
difference between tithe and first fruit, first fruit is all of it,”
she told congregants at the New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka,
Florida, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
“All of what? Well, if you want to bring God all of one day’s salary,
one week’s salary or one month’s salary, that’s between you and God. … I
try to bring a month’s salary, but at the very least every year I give
God a week’s salary.” (source).
Here is a video where White attempts to make a compelling case for “The Principle of First Fruits”:
This entire teaching is based on the false and unbiblical Prosperity Gospel heresy.
This idea teaches that by giving money to a pastor’s ministry, a person
can “unlock” and “release” amazing blessings from God in the form of
money, material items, career success, health and better appearance. In
other words, it makes the blessings of The Lord contingent on how much
money a person is willing to give to that particular pastor.
Beginning and End has given extensive coverage to this heretical teaching
as it emboldens false pastors to manipulate their congregations into
giving them their hard-earned money to support the luxurious,
extravagant lifestyles these millionaire pastors lead.
Paula White has made her First Fruits teaching an integral part of her sermons and numerous products.
Oftentimes,
the way this doctrine is established is by taking Old Testament verses
from the Mosaic law out of context. White does this in her video
marketing campaign and her website:
“There is a
specific principle that I am deeply convicted about and MUST share with
you after years of studying the Word of God. This principle is found
from early on, throughout the Bible, and it supernaturally unlocks
amazing opportunity, blessing, favor and divine order for your life. It
is the basis or underlying support for your success in 2018. It is GOD’S
PRINCIPLE OF FIRST FRUITS. All Firsts belong to God. When you honor
this principle it provides the foundation and structure for God’s
blessings and promises in your life, it unlocks deep dimensions of
spiritual truths that literally transform your life! When you apply this
everything comes in divine alignment for His plan and promises for you.
When you don’t honor it, whether through ignorance or direct
disobedience there are consequences. “(source).
From
the onset, White sets up “The First Fruits Principle” as the key to
unlocking “amazing opportunity, blessing, favor and divine order in your
life.” Giving money to her is the key to having any type of material
success or happiness for the year 2018. She also warns that if one does
not give their first fruits offerings (even through ignorance) “…there
are consequences.” (source).
According to White, those “consequences” are found in Joshua 7:
“The
principle of FIRSTFRUITS is all about honoring God by putting Him first
IN EVERYTHING. The reason is God lays claim to all firsts. So, when you
keep for yourself something that belongs to God you are desecrating
what is to be consecrated to God. It reminds me of Joshua chapter 7,
“But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things,
for Achan took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the Lord
burned against Israel.”
Devoted things and First things have the
exact same meaning; they are the irrevocable giving over to the Lord.
They are the things that belong to God and God alone. Again, honoring
God with the principle of FIRST FRUITS will open up something powerful I
have seen consistently in my own life and the lives of those around me
since I received revelation and was mandated by God to teach it. It
releases GENERATIONAL BLESSING, OPPORTUNITY, FAVOR, & SUPERNATURAL
BLESSINGS.” (source).
White has become a figure on the global stage as a key adviser to President Donald Trump.
This
is a very dangerous teaching. It is essentially telling the
viewer/congregant: “if you do not give your first paycheck or series of
paychecks to God you are desecrating your earnings and offending The
Lord.” This is essentially scaring people into giving. In Joshua 7, the
Israelites were entering the Promised Land by force, as God commanded
the mighty military leader Joshua to do. Having just conquered Jericho
(thanks to The Lord’s supernatural miracle of bringing the impregnable
walls of that city down), the Israelites found themselves defeated by
the people of Ai, the second city they attempted to conquer. Before the
battle of Jericho, God gave Joshua a very specific battle plan and
forbade the Israelites from taking any of the material goods of the
people of Jericho because the city and its goods were to be “accursed”
or devoted to God (Joshua 6:17). However, they failed at this:
“But
the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for
Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the
tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord
was kindled against the children of Israel. And
Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the
east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country.
And the men went up and viewed Ai.
And they returned to Joshua,
and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or
three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to
labour thither; for they are but few. So
there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they
fled before the men of Ai. And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty
and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto
Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the
people melted, and became as water. And
Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the
ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put
dust upon their heads. And Joshua said,
Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over
Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us?
would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
For
the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it,
and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and
what wilt thou do unto thy great name? And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? Israel
hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I
commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have
also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their
own stuff.” – Joshua 7:1-11.
Understanding Descriptive vs. Prescriptive Passages
The Bible predicts the apostasy – the falling away from sound, Biblical teaching to doctrines of demons.
What
Paula White (and many other Prosperity Gospel false preachers) tend to
do is look at a passage like the one above and extract a universal
principle from it, such as: “Since Achan was clearly in disobedience
as he took an item from Jericho, we as Christians today should be sure
that never touch any “first” payment or item we receive because it
belongs to God.” However, this is not the proper way to interpret and teach the Bible. The account of the battles of Jericho and Ai are descriptive passages:
historical accounts in which we as believers are to learn from the
general principles in how they relate to the Lord Jesus Christ and
living one’s life as a believer.
In the case of the battle of AI
there are very powerful lessons to be learned. Before the battle of
Jericho, Joshua consulted with God on every detail of the plan for
battle. Before Ai, Joshua consulted only with his spies and military
advisors who assured him they did not even need their full forces
because it was a small city. The Christian life is one of continued
reliance on God through faith in Jesus Christ.
When the battle was
lost, rather than “re-strategizing” or marshaling the full might of the
Israelite army, Joshua “rent his clothes” and fell on his face for
hours in repentance (and the elders of Israel joined him in this
repentance). This is a foundational teaching. It is when one recognizes
their sin before God, that they can be saved: “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation…” (2 Corinthians 7:10).
The
question in life is not if you will sin, but when. All people are
sinners (Romans 3:23). But what can bring salvation, God’s blessing and
Spirit is having a heart that feels sorrow over your sin. This is what
The Lord wants from all people – repentance. Understanding your guilt
before God and trusting in the sacrifice He sent – Jesus Christ, The Son
of God – for your forgiveness. And as soon as Joshua repented, God
responded and told him of his error and the sin of Achan.
This passage is NOT a prescription
for giving. It is not a universal command that every time a person
receives their first paycheck they should give it to their pastor. The
command to leave every item in Jericho for God was a specific
instruction for that event, not a command for all believers for all
time. These are descriptive passages. A prescriptive passage is one that
is intended for all people for all time, for example:
“All we like sheep have
gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath
laid on him the iniquity of us all.” – Isaiah 53:6. “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” – Romans 10:13.
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;” – Ephesians 5:25.
These
are passages that are intended to direct all believers at any time.
They have clear universal application and were not directed towards one
specific person in Scripture. And when we look to the Bible’s
prescriptive teaching on giving we find:
“Every man
according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly,
or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” – 2 Corinthians 9:7.
Christians
give based on how they feel in their heart to give. Offerings in church
should not be done reluctantly or because of “necessity.” There is no
required giving amount in church. But that has not stopped the apostate
preachers all over the world from fleecing their fans and viewers using
Scriptures ripped from context.
The Biblical Meaning of First Fruits
“And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel,
and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you,
and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the
firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. And
ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without
blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord.” – Leviticus 23:9-12.
The
first fruits offering accompanied the feasts of the Mosaic law. It was a
command to reserve a part of the first reaping of the barley harvest
for God and the priesthood. While this was indeed practices, Christians are not under the Mosaic law
or the Old Covenant. Born again believers are under the New Covenant,
which was founded upon the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross (for a
detailed explanation see our article: “Are Christians Understanding The Law And Gospel”).
The Bible explains that the feasts and rituals of the Mosaic law were
all a foreshadow of the work and person of Jesus Christ, the Messiah:
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” – Colossians 2:16-17.
When John the Baptist saw Jesus for the first time He made a direct connection between Jesus and the Passover feast:
“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” – John 1:29.
John
taught that the Passover – which commemorated the blood of a lamb being
put over the doors of the Israelites so that the avenging angel would
spare their lives during the Exodus – was a foreshadow of Jesus Christ.
Just as the blood of the lamb saved the lives of the Israelites at that
time, Jesus Christ is “The Lamb of God” whose blood provides eternal
life for everyone in the world who believes. This is foreshadowing or
commonly referred to as a type and shadow.
Similarly, Jesus Christ, in His resurrection from the dead is the first fruits of the true harvest – God’s Church:
“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.” – 1 Corinthians 15:20-23.
Jesus
Christ is the true First Fruits (and just as His crucifixion took place
on the Feast of Passover, His resurrection took place on the day of the
feast of First Fruits). False teachers like Paula White are forced to
basically ignore these passages because they refute whatever type of
financial scheme they are trying to hustle on their unsuspecting fan
base.
The End Times Apostasy – False Teachers Invade The Church
Many churches are misusing the feast of first fruits for shameful gain.
“But
there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be
false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies,
even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift
destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And
through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of
you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their
damnation slumbereth not.” – 2 Peter 2:1-3.
The
Bible prophesied that false prophets and teachers would infiltrate the
church as the end times approached. And they could be identified by
their lust for money and material wealth. Notice the scripture says that
these wolves in sheep clothing would use “feigned words” to “make
merchandise of you” – employing false teaching to pimp their followers
for millions of dollars. Beginning and End has detailed the excess of Word of Faith heretics like Creflo Dollar (who had congregants literally dropping cash at the pulpit which he then danced on top of, in addition to requesting $65 million in offerings to purchase a new jet), I.V. Hilliard who flaunts his numerous luxury cars, pressured his followers to buy him a new helicopter and charged $100 for a “ticket” to his wife’s birthday party, Joel Osteen and many others.
The Bible says:
“But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But
they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many
foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
For
the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.” – 1 Timothy 6:6-11.
Note
that the passage emphasizes that Christians “gain” by being content
with whatever they have in life – no matter how great or how little. And
it exposes the focus on money and material gain as evil. Word of Faith
false teachers repeatedly emphasize earthly wealth and “increase” with
“sowing seeds” of money and using “power words” – as the key to
unlocking God’s power and attaining blessings. This not Biblical
doctrine but are the basic foundation of New Age witchcraft – where
specific actions on our part initiate superantural results. In
Christianity, God blesses us on His own. The Lord does not need us to
“activate” or “unlock him.”
Many churches are promoting the “health and wealth” false teaching to compel payments from their followers. (source)
Jesus Christ said:
“Lay
not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” – Matthew 6:19-21.
Time
and time again, the Bible teaches Christians not to focus on money and
material gain. There is no “secret” to “unlocking” financial blessings
in the Bible. A Christian may be rich and well off, or they could be
poor and struggling all their lives. The true reward and riches are
heavenly ones – because their souls are saved, and they have eternal
life through faith in Jesus Christ. Do not be deceived.
Pray for Paula White
Pray
for Paula White and the many other Prosperity – Word of Faith false
preachers to repent. Rather than twisting God’s Word for shameful gain,
they should be on their knees, begging God for forgiveness for their
heretical teachings and leaving the pulpit.
And pray for their
congregations and the millions of tv/internet viewers who follow these
false teachings on the hope they will receive their “harvest” or
“breakthrough.” Many churches are in desperate need to understand the Biblical Gospel – that God has redeemed us freely.
No down payment, deposit or “seed money” is required to be blessed by
The Lord. Pray for discernment and God’s Spirit to fill the hearts and
minds of those caught up in the Prosperity Gospel. And that rather than
giving their hard-earned salaries to false teachers that they instead
put their faith, trust and hope in the true First Fruits of all who
believe – Jesus Christ.
_____________________________________________________ SEE ALSO: http://christiannews.net/2018/01/08/paula-white-urges-followers-to-give-first-fruits-offering-of-a-day-week-or-months-wages/ EXCERPTS:
“We are demanding life to your purpose,” she declared. “And with
obedience to this first fruits instruction, which is putting God first
now, your purpose, your year, your prosperity, and your power will have
life and be resurrected!”
“When you apply this, everything comes in divine alignment for His
plan and promises for you. When you don’t honor it, whether through
ignorance or direct disobedience, there are consequences,” White also
said.
However, as reported by Leonardo Blair with Christian Post, some believe
that the concept of first fruits is being abused and used as
manipulation to coerce the hearer or reader to give the person money in
the name of God.
To say that ‘laying down a seed’ so that God will make someone rich, or
that you can pay off God to bless future plans, is an abusive lie from
adherents of the prosperity gospel,” writes the site Compelling Truth.
“To give sacrificially is to follow in the example of the widow of Mark
12:41-44, and is commendable as long as it isn’t coerced.”
(Paula White) She has been married three times. Her first marriage was to Dean Knight,
who she married as a teenager. The two have a son together, named
Bradley. In 2007, White divorced her second husband, Randy White, and in
2015, she married Journey rocker Jonathan Cain, who has likewise been married three times.
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