Have you ever heard of this movement? I saw this in a documentary. I'm not a religious guy, but if you ask me this seems pretty crazy and it could be considered heresy by any Christian.
Word of Faith, also known as Word-Faith or simply Faith, is a movement within Pentecostal and charismatic churches worldwide. Its central doctrine is that health and prosperity are promised to all believers, and are available through faith.
Their teachings:
The Word-Faith movement teaches that physical healing was included in Christ's atonement, and therefore is available here and now to all who believe. Because Isaiah speaks in the present tense ("we are healed"), many of the most prominent Faith preachers teach that believers should overlook the symptoms of sickness, and instead positively believe and confess that they are already healed. Sickness is an attempt by Satan to rob believers of their divine right to total health. Word of Faith Ministers have been accused of teaching that believers are "little gods". Kenneth Hagin wrote that God "made us in the same class of being that He is Himself," and that the believer is "called Christ" because "that's who we are, we're Christ!". According to Word-Faith theology, financial prosperity and wealth was also included in the Atonement. This is based on an interpretation of the words of the Apostle Paul: "Yet for your sakes he became poor, that you by his poverty might become rich" (2 Corinthians 8:9). In order to atone for sins, Jesus had to die both physically and spiritually. As a consequence of his 'dying spiritually,' the Faith movement argues that Jesus thus needed to be born again just as any other sinner. While making it clear that Jesus Himself was never a sinner, they argue that Jesus was 'forsaken by God' just as if Jesus had committed every sin in human history.
What do Christians think about this?
Word of Faith, also known as Word-Faith or simply Faith, is a movement within Pentecostal and charismatic churches worldwide. Its central doctrine is that health and prosperity are promised to all believers, and are available through faith.
Their teachings:
The Word-Faith movement teaches that physical healing was included in Christ's atonement, and therefore is available here and now to all who believe. Because Isaiah speaks in the present tense ("we are healed"), many of the most prominent Faith preachers teach that believers should overlook the symptoms of sickness, and instead positively believe and confess that they are already healed. Sickness is an attempt by Satan to rob believers of their divine right to total health. Word of Faith Ministers have been accused of teaching that believers are "little gods". Kenneth Hagin wrote that God "made us in the same class of being that He is Himself," and that the believer is "called Christ" because "that's who we are, we're Christ!". According to Word-Faith theology, financial prosperity and wealth was also included in the Atonement. This is based on an interpretation of the words of the Apostle Paul: "Yet for your sakes he became poor, that you by his poverty might become rich" (2 Corinthians 8:9). In order to atone for sins, Jesus had to die both physically and spiritually. As a consequence of his 'dying spiritually,' the Faith movement argues that Jesus thus needed to be born again just as any other sinner. While making it clear that Jesus Himself was never a sinner, they argue that Jesus was 'forsaken by God' just as if Jesus had committed every sin in human history.
What do Christians think about this?