A personal message to Brian Tamaki

Brian Tamaki needs to read his bible.

The leader of Des­tiny Church, Brian Tamaki, who not long ago anointed him­self bishop of the church he founded, has now pro­claimed him­self the church’s “spir­i­tual father” and des­ig­nated the male mem­bers of the church as “spir­i­tual sons”.

At a spe­cial ser­vice dur­ing the church’s annual con­fer­ence in Auck­land at the week­end, about 700 male mem­bers of the church swore a “covenant oath” of loy­alty and obe­di­ence to Mr Tamaki and were given a “covenant ring” to wear on their right hands.

1. Psalm 24:4
   He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.
   Psalm 24:3–5 (in Context)
2. Jere­miah 14:14
   Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets are proph­esy­ing lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spo­ken to them. They are proph­esy­ing to you false visions, div­ina­tions, idol­a­tries and the delu­sions of their own minds.
   Jere­miah 14:13–15 (in Context)
3. Jere­miah 16:19
   O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of dis­tress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers pos­sessed noth­ing but false gods, worth­less idols that did them no good.
   Jere­miah 16:18–20 (in Context)
4. Jere­miah 23:16
   This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Do not lis­ten to what the prophets are proph­esy­ing to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
   Jere­miah 23:15–17 (in Context)
5. Jere­miah 23:33
   “When these peo­ple, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, ‘What is the ora­cle of the LORD ?’ say to them, ‘What ora­cle? I will for­sake you, declares the LORD.’
   Jere­miah 23:32–34 (in Context)
6. Ezekiel 13:9
   My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying div­ina­tions. They will not belong to the coun­cil of my peo­ple or be listed in the records of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sov­er­eign LORD.
   Ezekiel 13:8–10 (in Context)
7. Zechariah 10:2
   The idols speak deceit, divin­ers see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give com­fort in vain. There­fore the peo­ple wan­der like sheep oppressed for lack of a shep­herd.
   Zechariah 10:1–3 (in Context)

1. Matthew 7:15
   [ A Tree and Its Fruit ] “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s cloth­ing, but inwardly they are fero­cious wolves.
   Matthew 7:14–16 (in Context)
2. Matthew 24:11
   and many false prophets will appear and deceive many peo­ple.
   Matthew 24:10–12 (in Context)
3. Matthew 24:24
   For false Christs and false prophets will appear and per­form great signs and mir­a­cles to deceive even the elect—if that were pos­si­ble.
   Matthew 24:23–25 (in Context)
4. Mark 13:22
   For false Christs and false prophets will appear and per­form signs and mir­a­cles to deceive the elect—if that were pos­si­ble.
   Mark 13:21–23 (in Context)
5. Luke 6:26
   Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets.
   Luke 6:25–27 (in Context)
6. 2 Peter 2:1
   [ False Teach­ers and Their Destruc­tion ] But there were also false prophets among the peo­ple, just as there will be false teach­ers among you. They will secretly intro­duce destruc­tive here­sies, even deny­ing the sov­er­eign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruc­tion on them­selves.
   2 Peter 2:1–3 (in Context)
7. 1 John 4:1
   [ Test the Spir­its ] Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spir­its to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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