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THE HIGHER LIFE OF RICK JOYNER
CHASING THE DELUSION OF POWER AND DOMINION
- by G. Richard Fisher

“[Rick] Joyner is one of a new breed of ‘super-prophet’ in our day, a breed which desires nothing less than to redefine biblical Christianity in these last days of the church.”1
Any well-taught, well-grounded Christian finds it ludicrous to think that believers ever will get to the place where they no longer need the words of Jesus Christ and the teachings of Scripture.

Yet, there is a growing group of teachers who are self-proclaimed prophets and self-anointed apostles insinuating in many ways that Scripture is outdated and no longer applies. Though these teachings are not along the lines of “Get rid of the Bible,” the prophecies and revelations are touted as fresh, exciting and what is really needed today. These teachers also promote a false gospel of self-aggrandizement and empire-building. Someday, they promise, the wicked will forfeit all their wealth to Christians. (중략)

MANIFEST SONS OF SATAN
It is chilling to hear Joyner use words that apply to and are addressed to Satan and address them to believers. Isaiah 14:13-14 reveals the awful pride and arrogance of Lucifer:
“I will ascend to heaven. I will raise my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in the sides of the north. I will ascend the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

To be like God was the delusion held out to Eve by the serpent in the garden (Genesis 3:5). Yet Joyner, after having addressed the prideful inclinations of Satan and the deception of Eve, without a blush says:

“Let us understand, the Lord wants us to ascend to heaven; He wants us to sit on the mount of the assembly; He wants us to be raised above the heights of the clouds, and He wants us to be like Him (to have His nature).”71

Here Joyner gives away his orientation toward Manifest Sons and Little God doctrines. Why was what was off-limits to the devil any less off-limits to us? Ezekiel 28 gives God’s answer to Lucifer and the five “I wills” of Isaiah 14 are responded with the five “I wills” of God’s judgment for wanting to usurp the very throne of God and become like God.

DENIAL OF THE BODILY RESURRECTION OF JESUS
Joyner’s false teachings abound and multiply. It may be sloppy writing or unclear theology but it becomes even more serious as Joyner slips into teachings that would be welcome in a Kingdom Hall.

How should we view Jesus? We should view Him as the Bible does. John 2:21-22 and Luke 24:39 make it abundantly clear that Jesus arose in His physical body. The bodily resurrection is a foundational truth in the Christian faith. Jesus, as our mediator, exists in a glorified resurrected body. He is forever the God-man.

This truth of the two natures of Christ is called the hypostatic union and has always been defended by the Church. Christ exists in two natures, human and divine (Philippians 2:6-7).

Apparently Joyner either denies this or simply does not understand it. He proposes:
“There is a tendency to continue relating to Him as ‘the MAN from Galilee.’ Jesus is not a man. He was and is Spirit. He took the form of a servant and became a man for a brief time.”72

Joyner couldn’t be clearer in his declaration: “Jesus is not a man. He was and is Spirit” (emphasis added). Joyner finds himself closely aligned with Gnosticism, one of the most threatening heresies of the early Church. More specifically, he is bordering on a form of Docetism, a view which denies Christ’s true humanity by saying that Christ only appeared to have a physical body. However, based on a multitude of Scriptures, theologian Louis Berkhof summarizes the view of historical orthodoxy:

“The incarnation constituted Him a complex person, constituted of two natures. He is the God-man. ... The one divine person, who possessed a divine nature from eternity, assumed a human nature, and now has both.”73

Surely no true prophet of God would deny the human nature of Christ or that Jesus is in a resurrected glorified body. Paul reminds us in 1 Timothy 2:5, “There is one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” How can Joyner say, “Jesus is not a man”? If we accept Prophet Joyner, then we have eroded the doctrinal truths that separate Christianity from the cults.

AND IT JUST DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER
Joyner may not know much about neo-Orthodoxy and Karl Barth but his view of faith is amazingly close to it and biblically off the mark. He takes us down the path to neo-Orthodoxy or what is called new liberalism.

While Joyner contends that “True faith can only come with spiritual vision,”74 God says that “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17). Our faith is founded on the Word of God and flourishes and grows on God’s Word. Faith is trust in God’s Word.

Joyner would deny this and says, “Faith is not just believing the words of the Lord, but believing the Word Himself.”75 Again, Joyner demeans the Scriptures and sets up a false dichotomy between Jesus as the Word and the written Word. He plays this incorrect dichotomy out when he says that, “It would be impossible to put a value on this most marvelous gift the Lord has given to us, but the Bible was given to lead us to Jesus, not to take His place.”76

How can we separate the words of the Lord in Scripture from the Word (Jesus) since the words in Scripture are His words and he uttered them. If you love someone, you love their words as well and there is no false distinction between the two. Joyner is subtly suggesting that we can get a fresher word, a more up-to-date word right now and directly from the Spirit Jesus in an unmediated way. So again the Bible is belittled.

Joyner also parallels neo-Orthodoxy and Karl Barth in Barth’s demeaning Scripture with his view of God creating a contact point in man where He can give special direct divine revelation. Barth’s separation of the Word (the Bible) from the Word (Jesus) is similar, if not the same as Joyner’s emphasis.77

All the words that Jesus spoke will judge us in the last day: “He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him ? the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day” (John 12:48). The Church has always looked upon the Scriptures as God’s means of grace. Joyner is trying to rob us of that means.

It is truly amazing to hear Joyner say the following:

“The Church must be ruled and guided by the Head rather than by formulas. He is purposely vague concerning even important issues so that we have to seek Him. The New Testament is full of the best counsel the world has ever heard, but the Lord and His apostles were careful not to lay down many general rules and regulations for the churches. They knew that every rule could prevent that church from seeking the Lord for themselves.”78

In 1 Timothy 3:15, Paul states the purpose of his letter:
“I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”

Jesus’ message ? His “rules and regulations” ? to the churches is given in Revelation 1-3. Matthew 18 gives us directives for discipline and conflict resolution. First Corinthians gives rules and confronts error helping to straighten out their doctrine. The book of Titus structures church life some more. Every Epistle is designed to direct the Church in some way. It is appalling to hear Joyner claim, “the Lord and the Apostles were careful not to lay down many general rules.” Joyner misses also that when God directs, He also gives grace as motivation and empowerment to obey.

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE CONCLUSION
Rick Joyner is neither a true prophet nor apostle. He teaches too much error to be either. He holds out (by his many books) an appearance of taking us to higher ground when in reality he robs us of a rich doctrinal heritage as well as the Bible. His dominionism is false and utopian and he confuses the resurrection and reign of Christ with the present state of the Church, thereby misleading Christians with false hope.

Joyner’s claims of revelation knowledge produce a dulling effect in regard to a desire for the Scriptures. He is a “broken reed” and will pass away like other purveyors of error. He will leave them with nothing but “rabbit trails,” distractions and illusions. Our Bibles are a far safer bet. Joyner’s books are a jumble of confusion. One has to wade through a lot of sludge to find a few nuggets of truth.

The CRN Journal says that Joyner is peddling a “dark mysticism” and they conclude:
“Joyner leaves us no middle way. Either we treat him as God’s chosen super-prophet for the end-times, or we treat him as a man in the grip of evil deceit and seek to expose him as such.”79

71. There Were Two Trees in the Garden, op. cit., pg. 54, italics in original
73. Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1976, pg. 322.
74. There Were Two Trees in the Garden, op. cit., pg. 64, emphasis added.
75. Ibid.
76. Ibid., pg. 177, italics in original.
77. See further, Norman Geisler, Baker’s Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1999, pp. 69-71.
78. There Were Two Trees in the Garden, op. cit., pg. 177.

MANIFEST SONS OF SATAN
사단의 아들들의 나타남

원문출처 : “The Higher Life of Rick Joyner”
(http://www.pfo.org/r-joyner.htm)

릭 조이너가 사탄에게 적용되는, 사탄에 대해 주어진 말씀을 성도들에 대해 적용하고 있다는 것은 무서운 일이다.
이사야 14장 13-14절은 루시퍼의 엄청난 자만과 교만을 나타내고 있다 : “네가 네 마음에 이르기를 내가 하늘에 올라 하나님의 뭇 별 위에 내 자리를 높이리라 내가 북극 집회의 산 위에 앉으리라 가장 높은 구름에 올라가 지극히 높은 이와 같아지리라 하는도다”
하나님과 같아지기를 바라는 것은 동산에서 뱀이 하와에게 건넨 망상이다(창세기 3:5). 그럼에도 릭 조이너는 사탄의 교만한 성향과 하와를 향한 속임수를 말한 후, 뻔뻔하게도 다음과 같이 말한다:

“우리는 이것을 알아야 합니다. [하나님은] 우리가 하늘에 오르기를 원하시며, 그는 우리가 북극 집회의 산 위에 앉기를 원하시며, 가장 높은 구름에 올라가 지극히 높은 이와 같아지기를 원하십니다”

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