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Luke 6:38 - give, and it shall be given unto you...

APPENDIX B : IF THE RODNEY HOWARD-BROWNE LAUGHTER MOVEMENT IS EXTRA-BIBLICAL AND NOT A MOVE OF GOD, WHY ARE CHRISTIANS FALLING INTO IT LIKE A STACK OF DOMINOES?

There are several reasons for this...

1NOT KNOWING THE WORD OF GOD

The Bible commands us to study God's Word, hence ignorance is no excuse.

2 Tim 2:15
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (KJV)

The Bible also says that God's People perish because of a lack of knowledge.

Hosea 4:6
6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge... (NIV)

God's ways are higher than ours (Isaiah 55:9). Therefore, it is not a lack of worldly knowledge or wisdom but a lack of knowledge of God's Word that brings destruction.

2 BEING UNSURE OF GOD'S WORD

The devil's earliest ploy is to make Eve doubt God's Word [and he is still doing it today in the Laughter movement]....

Gen 3:1-3
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, `You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
3 but God did say, `You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'" (NIV)

The Serpent asked Eve "Did God really say...?" meaning "Perhaps God did not say it the way you perceived it." Eve, instead of re-confirming with her husband, added to God's Word by saying...."YOU MUST NOT TOUCH IT" and subtracted from God's Word by saying "YOU WILL DIE" instead of "YOU WILL SURELY DIE". Compare Genesis 3:3 with Genesis 2:16,17. Adding to or subtracting from God's Word opens oneself to deception.

Satan's ploy deepened when he said...

Gen 3:4-5
4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.
5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." (NIV)

There is now a complete denial of God's Word or in other words a full blooded lie- "You will not surely die". Deception took its final toll on Eve when she believed this. Notice that after this, Eve saw the `forbidden fruit' in a different light (Not God's view of things but Man's view) and she also let her soulish desires take control of her. She had become the slave of her own lusts and emotions.

Gen 3:6
6 When the woman SAW that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. (NIV) Emphasis Mine

See also 1 John 2:16.

3 KNOWING THE WORD OF GOD, BUT NOT APPLYING THE WORD OF GOD

James 1:22 below says that those who hear the Word only and do not follow what the Word says are in essence DECEIVING THEMSELVES.

James 1:22
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. (NIV)

They follow after their own lusts and desires instead of putting up with sound biblical doctrines..........

2 Tim 4:3-4
3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their OWN DESIRES, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. (NIV) Emphasis Mine

James 1:14-16
14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his OWN LUST.
15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.
16 Do not be DECEIVED, my beloved brethren. (NAS) Emphasis Mine

BEING ENTICED BY ONE'S OWN LUST WHETHER IT BE THE LUST OF `KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES' OR OF A WORLDLY LUST FOR A BIGGER AND BIGGER CHURCH OR MINISTRY OR A LUST FOR MORE POWER GIFTS IRRESPECTIVE OF THE SOURCE, LEADS ONE TO DECEPTION.

4 KNOWING THE WORD OF GOD AND DELIBERATELY DISTORTING THE WORD OF GOD

The Bereans examined the Scriptures daily to see if what Paul (An Apostle of God) said was true. God's Word is truth (John 17:17) and there is no spiritual truth outside of the Scriptures.

Acts 17:11
11 Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. (NIV)

The Laughter Phenomenon is an extra-biblical spiritual move and if you search the Scriptures you will not be able to find any Scriptural Support for their teachings in the Bible. The Scriptures that they quote are twisted and distorted to suit their own evil purposes. Deliberately taking a Scriptural verse out of its proper context is also a form of distortion of God's Word. This category of christians have no Fear of the Lord [the Fear of God has probably been replaced by the fear of man]........

REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE WHO DISTORT GOD'S WORD ARE UNDER A CURSE!

2 Pet 3:16
16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people DISTORT, AS THEY DO THE OTHER SCRIPTURES, TO THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION. (NIV) Emphasis Mine

In Luke Chapter 6 verse 39, our Lord said, ".....`Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?...." Yes, christian leaders who cannot differentiate between what is from God and what is from the devil are spiritually blind. Spiritually blind leaders will lead their spiritually blind followers into the pit.

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 05 March, 1996

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