Originally posted by mossrose
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A'ight, Ima hafta be the turd in the punch bowl.
In terms of style, I don't at all care for the yelling or strutting or literal as well as metaphorical chest-thumping.
In terms of content, the only thing that bothers me -- and it does bother me -- is the "I am God Almighty" line that is the focus of the short clip.
The "Messed Up Church" guys who provided the clip were clearly quite bothered by his encouragement of women preachers. I of course believe such opposition involves mistranslation, misunderstanding, and misapplication of the bits they cited from 1 Tim. 2 and 1 Cor. 14. In the context of the clip, "I am God Almighty" in context immediately followed "I'm not in covenant with a person. I'm not in covenant with a political party. I'm in covenant with God Almighty." The Messed Up Church guys seem to have a problem with those three assertions, since they made a point of superimposing the text onto the video, but those three statements are true. In that context, "I am God Almighty" is a very unfortunate overstatement drawn from the idea of "covenant union."
The MUC guys conclude with a "really good question": "What kind of a man says, 'I am God Almighty,' even if by accident?"
I can take a guess wrt the "by accident" part.
First, probably someone whose Scriptural diet emphasizes this sort of material:
We are "in" Christ -- Rom 8:1-2; 2 Cor. 3:14; 5:17; etc.
We are "in" Him -- 1 Cor. 1:5; 2 Cor. 5:21; Col. 2:11; etc.
We are "with" him -- Rom. 6:4-8
We are heirs of God, fellow heirs with Christ -- Rom. 8:17
We are royalty -- Rom. 5:17; 1 Pet. 2:9; Rev. 1:6, 5:10
We are seated with Christ -- Eph. 2:6, 1:20
We are partakers of the divine nature -- 2 Pet. 1:4
Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit and power (Acts 10:38) and we have an anointing of the Holy One (1 John 2:20).
Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:35) and we are born of the Spirit (John 3:5-8).
Jesus was(is) the beloved Son of God (Matt. 3:17; Mark 9:7; Luke 1:35, 3:22; etc.) and we are children of God (Rom. 8:14; Gal. 3:26; 1 John 3:1-2).
Jesus called the Father "Abba" (Matt. 14:36) and so do we (Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6).
Jesus was (uniquely) born of God (John 3:16, 18) and we are born of God (John 1:12-13), born from above (John 3:3, 7).
Jesus calls us His brothers and sisters (Heb. 2:11).
The Spirit was upon Jesus (Luke 4:18) and provided Him power (4:14). The Spirit and power are upon us (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8; 2:4-39).
Second, someone who perceives -- rightly or wrongly -- that such material tends to be neglected in "traditional" churches, and when preaching, emphasizes it all the more in order to compensate.
Third, someone who gets carried away in the emotion of the moment and goes over the top.
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