Another Side of the Coin
Gregg Huestis
Another Side of the Coin is worlds apart from most other books that address the controversy surrounding “the Faith Movement,” in that it answers the critics of Faith teaching by using quotations from those who have been accused of espousing heretical doctrine...
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Chapter 2: The “Force” of Faith “Spiritual principles are often times extremely difficult to illustrate, because human language can not properly clarify spiritual understanding. The language of the Holy Spirit (tongues) is the only language capable of verbally expressing the deep and profound revelations of God. However tongues are not understandable without the Anointing or someone with the interpretation. Due to the fact that human language is so limited, many times an alternative style of expression is needed in order to convey Spiritual truth. Therefore I believe this is the main reason Jesus always used parables in order to address the multitudes. He knew that if He wanted to be remotely understood, He would have to relate spiritual truth as compared to the multitude’s previous knowledge. Thus Jesus used these earthly comparisons to illustrate the awesome principles of the Kingdom of God. How does this apply to the force of faith? This applies aptly to our topic, because the term the ‘force’ of faith, is simply an earthly illustration used to describe a Spiritual principle...” Substance: Hanegraaff’s Conclusion! “Therefore, according to Faith teaching, the book you’re reading is made out of molecules, which in turn are made out of atoms, which are composed of subatomic particles, which are comprised of this thing called “faith.” According to Faith theology, virtually everything is made out of faith!” Since we have already dealt with this subject previously, we won’t take a long time to clarify. Hanegraaff seems to really believe that when a Faith teacher says something like, “All material matter was created by the faith of God;” that they are actually insinuating that everything is literally made of “faith.” Then, I bet he thinks they still believe in the tooth fairy as well. Wood is wood, but faith was God’s tool to bring the wood into material existence or reality, everything exists by or because of faith. Thus, here is where the problem lies. The Faith teachers are not saying that everything is made out of faith. What they are saying, is that faith is the spiritual substance (force) that God used to create all physical matter, and the entire world is held together by the force of faith which God put into motion. This is the Spiritual Law that He set in motion. They are in no way attempting to say that everything is literally made out of “faith.” But, rather that faith released in God’s words caused everything that we can see to come into material existence. However, this does not mean that these things didn’t exist prior to the human eye perceiving them. In other words, God used faith to bring these unseen things into the realm of the natural, where natural man could see them. The Faith teachers are speaking of spiritual substance, but Hanegraaff, for some reason, keeps hearing natural (physical) substance. Perhaps this why he struggles so to understand the Faith message? Table Of Contents A Personal Introduction From The Author…………….……………...VII CHAPTER 1:………………………………………………………………….1 Hanegraaff’s Cast of Characters & Beyond CHAPTER 2:………………………………………………………………...17 The Force of Faith! CHAPTER 3:…………………………………………………………………31 The Formula of Faith? CHAPTER 4:…………………………………………………………………56 The Faith of God! CHAPTER 5:…………………………………………………………………68 The Hebrews Hall of Fame! CHAPTER 6:…………………………………………...…………………….83 Who’s Deifying Man? CHAPTER 7:………………………………………………………………....95 How Would Someone Demote God? CHAPTER 8:………………………………………………………………..108 Who Has Authority To Demote Christ? CHAPTER 9:………………………………………………………………..124 Spiritual Death And The Cross CHAPTER 10:…………………………………………………………….…174 He Who Knew No Sin Became Sin! CHAPTER 11:……………………………………………………………….193 The Firstborn From Among The Dead! CHAPTER 12:……………………………………………………………….208 Who’s “Conforming” To Culture? CHAPTER 13:……………………………………………………………….224 P.T.L.—Pass The Lute? CHAPTER 14:………………………………………..……………………..244 A Covenant Is A Biblical Contract! CHAPTER 15:………………………………………………………………259 Sickness—Suffering, Symptoms; Satan And Sovereignty CHAPTER 16:………..………………………………………………….….291 Some Closing Remarks End Notes……………………………………………..……………………307 16 Chapters - 330 pages Soft Cover Addition Also Available At: www.b2bablessing.org