I was surprised to hear that President Trump again has Paula White in charge of the Faith Office at the White House.
I have been trying to keep up with all of Trumps Executive Orders, but missed the essence of the one about the Faith Office.
After finding this video, I found an article by Newsweek, I just wanted to make sure that the vlogger was correct, per the Newsweek article, he is (I was making sure he wasn’t talking about Trump’s last presidency, I knew White was his spiritual advisor then). Paula White is heading that office, something I find to be very troubling because she is a false prosperity gospel preacher.
[The prosperity gospel is a very unbiblical message; it is totally opposite from the biblical gospel. John MacArthur summarized it well: its teachings say that God wants us to have exactly what every natural born sinner wants, wealth, health, spiritual power…. The real gospel calls for self-denial; spiritual poverty; selfless love and such opposite types of qualities and possessions.]
The Newsweek article is linked at the end of this post.
The video only talks briefly about Paula White. He quickly began to expound upon the images and icons portrayed on the covers of a Hillsong and Elevation church album.
He made the following points via analyzing the images and icons on those two albums covers:
- Reliance upon self-effort as opposed to trusting in Christ via grace and the merit of His sacrifice and righteous life
- Gnosticism: that there is a higher, secret knowledge that some believers possess
- That progress in the Christian life is via self-exaltation as opposed to self-abasement: as in “blessed are the poor in spirit, for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.” [which indicates that those know their spiritual bankruptcy and see Jesus as their only hope of entering into heaven]
- Album covers display Roman Catholic Church icons: hearts; the steps via which one ascends to heaven…
- Album covers also display Masonic Temple icons
- [Such imagery / icons are typical of false systems of Christianity]
He identified the RCC and NAR as having false gospels via explaining the imagery used on the album covers.
The Truth About this Cult Will Shock You! (R$E)
The video of this post is from the YouTube site, RISE, linked below:
[Below video, see Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ description of a cult.]
[The following was copied from a recent post in this blog on a MLJ sermon, Cults.]
What are cults? Why are they so dangerous?
In this sermon on Ephesians 6.10–13 titled “Cults,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones says that cults are groups that are not Christian, but nevertheless claim to be. They teach things that fundamentally deny the Christian faith and gospel.
Often, cults are centered around one person who claims to have received a special divine revelation.
These cults either deny the authority of Scripture altogether, or they put another authority on equal level or above that of the Bible.
Many of these cults minimize or deny the doctrines of sin, the incarnation, and the atonement.
Unlike heresies, cults are groups that are entirely outside of the church and Christianity.
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones says that cults are one of the many ways that the devil deceives people. False teaching can and does destroy people’s lives because it sets them on the path to destruction by denying the true gospel.
This is why the church must be clear that the gospel is by faith alone in Christ who is both truly God and man.
The following narrative and link accompanied the video of this post at YouTube:
Join us as we explore the propaganda behind the cult NAR movement and their increasing influence in the political and religious sphere. We look at two album covers of Hillsong and Elevation worship and the iconography says a lot about the false doctrines being espoused and Roman ecumenical roots of the deception.
RISE video-page link: https://www.youtube.com/@RSE/videos
Newsweek article:
Who is Paula White-Cain? Trump’s Pick to Lead White House Faith Office
https://www.newsweek.com/paula-white-pastor-trump-white-house-faith-office-2028007