The woman who was brought to Jesus was know by everyone who knew anybody ,and then some-no question about her stance in public. As with Joel, there is no question about his stance, as he has made this public to us all from his own lips. Because of his confession, we question.
Proverbs states that “a man is known by what others say of him” So where does that leave us?
Yes, as Jesus did we must confront, however, none of us have the right to throw a stone…..”Beware of false teachers” Yes! But to speak to one another not out of Love for this lost man is sin. This is why we must drop our stone.

When was the last time Christ gave us what WE deserved?

“WALLACE: And you know, obviously, you are making an enormous amount of money with the television show, with these best-selling books.

How do you personally — how does Joel Osteen keep himself safe, guard against being corrupted by all the temptations that must surround you?

OSTEEN: Yeah. I think there’s a couple things. One, I like to start my day off every morning, take the first half hour and just search my own heart, see if I’m on the right course, try to be honest with myself — am I doing this for the right reasons?

Two, I have good family around me that I think can speak into my life. And the other thing is, you know, I’m — I realize that as quick as you go up, you can really come down that quick. And we’ve seen it happen with others.”

This statement, along with others in that interview and other interviews he has had, mentions nothing of going to God. He seems to rely so much on his own self and what he can do. I do not mean to judge the man, I’m just making obvious observations from statements he has made, so please forgive me if this comes out as being judgemental or harsh.

I see this type of preaching evident in America today. Pastor John talks about it in his books. I am currently reading The Truth war right now and it’s heartbreaking that truth is being misrepresented. We Christians need to stand for the truth and fight for the turth agsint preachers who are giving a false, watered-down, untruthful gospel.

As for Mr. Osteen, first and foremost, I will pray the conviction of the Holy Spirit on your life, and you will realize the damage you causing by supplying this false hope to people. I feel it is necessary that someone intervenes with him. This message is deceiving so many people; and it seems like many strong Bible believing, truth filled Christians sit around and do nothing. I pray just as much as I pray for Mr. Osteen that strong men of faith rise up like John MacArthur and others who are not ashamed of the Gospel and truth that they will fight these injustices to the Word and have a huge impact for the Kingdom.

Individual Christians may very well pray for Joel Osteen to repent of his false teaching.

But let us not forget that it is the duty of pastors and elders to warn the flock. This is God’s pattern for the role of a shepherd. If a book or a teaching is out there and it is false, then according to scripture those men in authority in the church are duty bound to warn others. Instead of spending (wasting?) time on the web arguing with solid Christians who warn others about false teachers, why not study YOUR BIBLE and see if what is being taught is right or wrong?

You could even start with Jesus himself, who warned of false teachers and false christs. From there you could look at Paul, Peter and Jude in the New Testament. They all warned of false teachers and false teachings. And one more thing, if Joel Osteen is not a false teacher, then what type of teacher was Jesus referring to? Is there anyone today that you would consider false? What did Jesus mean by this teaching? Why would he warn us if there is no such thing as a false teacher?

So do we continue to embrace them as brothers and sisters in Christ, even though they teach erroneous doctrines? Are the erroneuos doctrines damnable or or they just opinions that we can not really prove one way or the other so we just agree to disagree? And if that is the case, where do we draw the line of what is truth? What do we, as the true church, do with these folks and their flocks? If it isn’t important in regards to salvation, then why bother talking about it?

Maybe I do not understand the difference between error and lies. I see error as a misunderstanding until the truth is presented. Then when it is still rejected , it is a lie and a heresy, whether the person is deceived or not. To me to accept error is to then accept universalism, for doesn’t even the unbeliever error?

1 Corinthians 5

9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people;

10 I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.

11 But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler–not even to eat with such a one.

12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church?

13 But those who are outside, God judges. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES.