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What Would Jesus Say To Oprah

What Would Jesus Say To Oprah. 1 Timothy 4:1-2. Oprah. No last name is necessary Time - made the top 100 list of most influential people in the world every year - only person to do so Since 2002 she’s been more admired than Laura Bush in Gallup Poll of most admired women. Oprah.

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What Would Jesus Say To Oprah

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  1. What Would Jesus SayTo Oprah 1 Timothy 4:1-2

  2. Oprah • No last name is necessary • Time - made the top 100 list of most influential people in the world every year - only person to do so • Since 2002 she’s been more admired than Laura Bush in Gallup Poll of most admired women

  3. Oprah • Influence stretches around the world • Television program in over 100 countries • U.S. audience up to 30 million viewers per week

  4. Oprah • Omagazine has a readership of 2.7 million • She creates markets • Any book she recommends becomes an overnight bestseller

  5. Oprah • Her words can affect entire industries • “I’m not eating another hamburger” • Led to “Oprah Crash” where the cattle market plummeted for two weeks

  6. Oprah • She dispenses advice on everything • From dieting, clothing, make-up and romance • To overcoming sexual abuse, AIDS crisis in Africa, and developing your spiritual life

  7. Oprah • There is much we don’t know about her • No authorized biography • Confidentiality contracts • There is enough to know for sure what Jesus would say

  8. You Are Not the FinalSource of Authority • There is much to admire about Oprah • Born illegitimate child of Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey in 1954 • Born in Mississippi

  9. You Are Not the FinalSource of Authority • She grew up in many ways having to live by her wits • First six years spent with grandparents in Mississippi • Next eight years between Wisconsin and Tennessee

  10. You Are Not the FinalSource of Authority • Environment with mother was unhealthy • Oprah was raped and sexually abused from the time she was nine until she was fourteen • Relatives and boyfriends of her mother

  11. You Are Not the FinalSource of Authority • At 14, gave birth to a child who died shortly afterwards • Vernon Winfrey home was a good environment • She began to flourish

  12. 1. You Are Not the FinalSource of Authority • 1970– First Miss Black Tennessee • 1971—Won scholarship to Tennessee State University; also landed a job in radio • 1973—Left college to move to Baltimore for a job with WJZ-TV

  13. You Are Not the FinalSource of Authority • 1978—became co-host of People Are Talking– morning TV • From there she moved to Chicago to host AM Chicago • The rest is “History”

  14. You Are Not the FinalSource of Authority • Theme of Oprah—She has lived life by her instincts, by intuition, buy her gut. • She has made that the final arbiter in spiritual matters as well • This is how she began to move away from biblical Christianity

  15. You Are Not the FinalSource of Authority • “I am guided by a higher calling. It’s not so much a voice as it is a feeling. If it doesn’t feel right to me. I don’t do it.” Time, 1988

  16. 1. You Are Not the FinalSource of Authority • “I have church with myself: I have church walking down the street. I believe in the God force that lives inside all of us, and once you tap into that you can do anything.”

  17. What Would Jesus Say? • Finding the right way to go spiritually is not found in what she feels but in what He says • The Bible for her is not the final source of authority • Matthew 4:4; Matthew 7:24

  18. What Would Jesus Say? • There is a way that seems right • We are fallen creatures who need our hearts and minds refashioned by God’s Word • Ephesians 4:17-21

  19. It Is Not Lawful for You To Have Steadman • John 4:16-18 • “The man you now have is not your husband” • Before life could be right with Him, she had to turn from her sinful relationship

  20. It Is Not Lawful for You To Have Steadman • She has had many different relationships with men • Some have been destructive and very unhealthy • Four year affair with a married man in Baltimore

  21. It Is Not Lawful for You To Have Steadman • Moved to Chicago • Met Steadman Graham in 1985 • Divorced with daughter • They live together

  22. To Misrepresent God Brings Severe Consequences • Oprah views her show as a “mission” • She has called it her “ministry” • She has tremendous influence beyond any single pastor in the nation

  23. To Misrepresent God Brings Severe Consequences • In recent years she has more forthrightly promoted “New Age” teachings • She regularly features teachers such as Gary Zukav, Iyanla Vanzant, and now Eckhart Tolle

  24. To Misrepresent God Brings Severe Consequences • A New Earth • 10 live Monday night web seminars on her website • One million watched them live; 27 million downloaded them

  25. To Misrepresent God Brings Severe Consequences • A form of monism • Points: Eternal “spirit” of some kind Could be called life force, nature, Allah, or “the power” etc.

  26. To Misrepresent God Brings Severe Consequences • “I am Spirit come from the Greatest Spirit. I am Spirit.” Oprah • Life and its forms are really an illusion • There is no actual you or actual god

  27. To Misrepresent God Brings Severe Consequences • Man’s problem is not sin but ignorance or illusion • He needs to grasp that the material is not real and move toward a higher consciousness

  28. To Misrepresent God Brings Severe Consequences • Jesus is not God, he is simply one teacher among others who found the way to liberation • We seek enlightenment and we may continue in other life forms

  29. To Misrepresent God Brings Severe Consequences • It is not clear whether she holds to a return to a complete loss of personal identity • Jesus would say to her that she stands in great danger of misrepresenting God and the way to Him

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