The Godhead – Jesus Christ
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Jesus took on the nature of Satan |
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One of the
popular word-faith teachings is that Jesus took on the nature of Satan and
had to be born again. This doctrine is intrinsically linked to the “Jesus
died spiritually” heresy which postulates that Jesus’ shed blood was
insufficient for the redemption of man; He had to suffer at Satan’s hands in
Hell and be born again as the first man to conquer death. |
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Benny Hinn
teaches this heresy: listen to what he said: ‘He [Jesus] who is righteous by
choice said, “The only way I can stop sin is by Me becoming it. I can’t just
stop it by letting it touch Me; I and it must become one.” Hear this! He who
is the nature of God became the nature of Satan where He became sin! (TBN |
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Kenneth Copeland
also teaches that Jesus took on Satan’s nature. Here are his words: “The
righteousness of God was made to be sin. He accepted the sin nature of Satan
in His own spirit. And at the moment that He did so, He cried, ‘My God, My
God, why hast thou forsaken Me?’ You don’t know what happened at the cross.
Why do you think Moses, upon instruction of God, raised the serpent upon that
pole instead of a lamb? That used to bug me. I said, ‘Why in the world would
you want to put a snake up there—the sign of Satan? Why didn’t you put a lamb
on that pole?’ And the Lord said, ‘Because it was a sign of Satan that was
hanging on the cross.’ He said, ‘I accepted, in My own spirit, spiritual
death; and the light was turned off.’” (What Happened from the Cross to the
Throne, 1990, audiotape #02-0017, side 2) |
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Confutation |
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The
Scripture teaches that the Son of God took on the nature of man, as it is
written: “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being
in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but
made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming
in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled
Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the
cross” (Philippians 2:6-8 – NKJV) and also: “Inasmuch then as the children
have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same….”
(Hebrews |
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However,
the Scripture never teaches that the Son took on the nature of Satan, because
such a thing is absurd and contrary to the sound doctrine. For the nature of
Satan and the nature of man are not the same, since Satan is a fallen angelic
being, thus he has an angelic nature, therefore to affirm that the Son of God
took on the nature of Satan is tantamount to affirming that the Son of God was
both a man and an angelic being, that is to say, He had three natures, the
nature of God, the nature of angels, and the nature of man. This is unacceptable
because the Word was made flesh, thus while He was on earth the Son of God
was both God and man. Furthermore, to affirm that the Son of God took on the
nature of Satan means to affirm that somehow Jesus came to save also Satan
and perhaps also the angels who followed him in his rebellion, however we
know that the salvation of Satan and his angels is not part of God’s plan of
redemption. In addition to this, to say such a thing means to insult the Lord
Jesus Christ because it means that He became a wicked being, while we know
that He committed no sin nor was any deceit found in His mouth; the Bible says
that He knew no sin (2 Corinthians 5:21), that He was in all points tempted
as we are yet without sin (Hebrews 4:15). Of course, He bore our sins in His
own body, He was made sin on the cross of |
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Therefore,
brothers, take heed to yourselves and reject this
heresy taught by Hinn, Copeland and other preachers. |