Lumbley Library on John Hagee- Part Four

So that there should be no doubt that Hagee has held these beliefs for many years we refer to a letter Hagee sent to the Christian Research Institute dated October 18,1994 in which he states;

“Here is my position on the Jewish people… Fact One: God has not cast away the Jewish people. Fact Two: According to Romans 11:5 there are Jewish people (‘a remnant’) who have a spiritual relationship with God at this present time… according to ‘the election of grace.’”

According to a story in the PFO Journal, Hagee supported his position with this reference to Romans 11:17

“If some of the branches are broken off, that clearly means there are some of the branches not broken off. If they are not broken off, they remain yet on the tree which means they have relationship to God by the election of grace.”

Here again we have an instance of Hagee using only a portion of scripture to support his views. It is true that only some branches were broken off but the key is to understand why they were broken off.

Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: Rom 11:19-20

Paul says some branches were broken off due to unbelief. What was it that they failed to believe? They failed to believe that Jesus was Messiah!

The statement that only some branches were broken off is in no way evidence of a separate covenant. On the contrary, Paul is simply restating what he’s already said in verse one. That not every branch was broken off is obvious since there were some ethnic Jews, such as Paul himself who did believe!

Now, what does Paul say is the remedy for the broken branches?

And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. Rom 11:23

If they do not remain in unbelief, God will gladly graft them back into the tree. But the condition here is believing in Jesus as Messiah, not adhering to some separate mystery covenant. Again, we must ask, how can they believe if people like Hagee refuse to tell them?

In his letter Hagee sums up his position with what may be his most preposterous argument of all;

“The Jewish people are judicially blinded to the identity of Messiah… Question: If God blinded the Jewish people to the identity of Jesus as Messiah, how could He send them to hell for not seeing what he had forbidden them to see? … Inasmuch as God has blinded them to the identity of Messiah, targeting the Jewish people for mass evangelism is fruitless.”

I say this argument is preposterous because Paul dealt specifically with this line of reasoning in Chapt 9 verses 11-21

Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? Rom 9: 18-21

Who art thou Mr. Hagee to reply against God? By using this argument one must wonder whether John Hagee has ever actually read Romans or is the truth so repugnant to him that he just can’t accept it?

John Hagee’s unconditional support for unsaved Jews puts him at odds with the doctrine of Christ. He believes that by refusing to target Jews for evangelism he is showing the love of Christ.

“That Christians have a Bible mandate to be supportive of Israel and the Jewish people, to demonstrate to the Jewish people what they have not experienced from Christianity for 2,000 years… the love of God…………Our support for Israel is without condition”

This type of love is no love at all. The love that Jesus displayed as he walked the earth was not unconditional but was based on truth. If John Hagee really loved the Jewish people he would tell then that the savior they seek was born in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago. He would tell them that their adherence to the Torah is worthless without a sacrifice. He would tell them that the only sacrifice acceptable to God was the sacrifice of His own son on Calvary. Love tells the truth. It is not love to allow the Jewish people or anyone else to march blindly into hell.

In light of these facts one must wonder why Hagee feels the need to equivocate when speaking to an American audience but is willing to speak forthrightly to interviewers from other countries.

The only conclusion I can draw from this is that Hagee is knowingly practicing deceit. He knows that most American evangelicals would not support his views if he stated them as plainly as he does when speaking to a foreign audience. On the other hand he loves the friendship and praise of Jewish religious and political leaders so he refuses to do or say anything that would offend them. He loves the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. John 12:42-43

Like the chief rulers of Jesus time, John Hagee wants to have it both ways. He refuses to confess Christ before the Jews because he doesn’t want to be put out of their company. And that makes him a deceiver. From such men we are instructed to turn away.

And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist…………..If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. 2John1:6-7 & 10-11
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EDITORS NOTE: I would also say that Brother Steve left out a crucial part of that verse. “Whoever transgresses (passes over or goes beyond) the DOCTRINE OF CHRIST does not have God. He who abides in the DOCTRINE OF CHRIST has both the Father and the Son” 2 John 9. It would seem that Hagee has purposely passed over the Doctrine of Christ in regard of the dual covenant. Andrew Clarkson, Spiritual Pathways Ministries