False
prophetess, Joyce Meyer, has written a book titled, ME AND MY BIG MOUTH. It is ironic that a woman preacher, a greedy false prophet, would indict
herself by admitting to having a BIG MOUTH... and she certainly does! Her show is called "Enjoying Everyday Life."
The
cross wasn't enough, Jesus redeemed us in hell
"And you've got to really
glean some things out of the Word of God to really get hold
of what He [Jesus] did for you during those three days.
Jesus said, 'It is finished.' And He meant the Old Covenant.
The job He had to do was just getting started. He really did
the job the three days and nights that He was in hell.
That's where the job was done."
Joyce Meyer
(What Happened from the Cross to The Throne? audio)
"He was pronounced guilty
on the cross but He paid the price in hell."
Joyce Meyer
(What Happened from the Cross to The Throne? audio)
"There is no hope of
anyone going to heaven unless they believe this truth I am
presenting. You cannot go to heaven unless you believe with
all your heart that Jesus took your place in hell"
Joyce Meyer
("The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make",
1991 pg. 3)
Jesus was the first born again man
"God rose up from His
throne and said to demon powers tormenting the sinless Son
of God, 'Let Him go.' Then the resurrection power of
Almighty God went through hell and filled Jesus. He was
resurrected from the dead -- the first born-again man"
Joyce Meyer
("The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make",
1991 pg. 36)
Above Reproach - testing their spirits
"The Bible can't even find
any way to explain this. Not really. That's why you've got
to get it by revelation. There are no words to explain what
I'm telling you. I've got to just trust God that He's
putting it into your spirit like He put it into mine."
Joyce Meyer
(What Happened from the Cross to The Throne? audio)
Meyer says "that the
changed lives are proof enough," that she's "anointed by God
to do what I'm doing."
Joyce Meyer
(Charisma, pg. 55)
I'm
sinfree!
"I'm going to tell you
something folks, I didn't stop sinning until I finally got
it through my thick head I wasn't a sinner anymore. And the
religious world thinks that's heresy and they want to hang
you for it. But the Bible says that I'm righteous and I
can't be righteous and be a sinner at the same time. All I
was ever taught to say was, 'I'm a poor, miserable sinner.'
I am not poor, I am not miserable and I am not a sinner.
That is a lie from the pit of hell. That is what I was and
if I still am then Jesus died in vain. Amen?"
Joyce Meyer
(What Happened from the Cross to The Throne? audio)
"I might as well go and
smack Him right in the face if I'm going to go around and
feel guilty and condemned. Every time you feel guilty and
condemned it's just like slapping Him in the face and
saying, You didn't do a good job. You didn't do a complete
job. I'm an old rotten this and I'm an old rotten that."
Joyce Meyer
(What Happened from the Cross to The Throne? audio)
Angels tell me what to say
"Now spirits don't have
bodies, so we can't see them. Okay? There probably is, I
believe there is, and I certainly hope there is several
angels up here this morning that are preaching with me. I
believe that right before I speak some anointed statement to
you, that one of them bends over and says in my ear what I'm
supposed to say to you."
Joyce Meyer
(Witchcraft & Related Spirits (Part 1) - 2 A-27
Audiotape)
SOURCE:
Joyce Meyer Quotes - BereanFaith.com
The Sickening Truth
About Joyce Meyer
Joyce Meyer's looks like a man in the photo to the right, with a butch
haircut, wearing men's pants and standing unladylike. She-man! This is
America today. Women have become angry, empowered and rebellious. No wonder
our nation is going to hell!
The
ministry's headquarters is a three-story jewel of red brick and
emerald-color glass that, from the outside, has the look and feel of a
luxury resort hotel. Built two years ago for $20 million, the building and
grounds are postcard perfect, from manicured flower beds and walkways to a
five-story lighted cross.
The driveway to the office complex
is lined on both sides with the flags of dozens of nations reached by the
ministry. A large bronze sculpture of the Earth sits atop an open Bible near
the parking lot. Just outside the main entrance, a sculpture of an American
eagle landing on a tree branch stands near a man-made waterfall. A message
in gold letters greets employees and visitors over the front entryway: "Look
what the Lord Has Done."
The building is decorated with
religious paintings and sculptures, and quality furniture. Much of it, Meyer
says, she selected herself.
A Jefferson County assessor's list
offers a glimpse into the value of many of the items: a $19,000 pair of
Dresden vases, six French crystal vases bought for $18,500, an $8,000
Dresden porcelain depicting the Nativity, two $5,800 curio cabinets, a
$5,700 porcelain of the Crucifixion, a pair of German porcelain vases bought
for $5,200.
The decor includes a $30,000
malachite round table, a $23,000 marble-topped antique commode, a $14,000
custom office bookcase, a $7,000 Stations of the Cross in Dresden porcelain,
a $6,300 eagle sculpture on a pedestal, another eagle made of silver bought
for $5,000, and numerous paintings purchased for $1,000 to $4,000 each.
Inside Meyer's private office
suite sit a conference table and 18 chairs bought for $49,000. The woodwork
in the offices of Meyer and her husband cost the ministry $44,000.
In all, assessor's records of the
ministry's personal property show that nearly $5.7 million worth of
furniture, artwork, glassware, and the latest equipment and machinery fill
the 158,000-square-foot building.
As of this summer, the ministry
also owned a fleet of vehicles with an estimated value of $440,000. The
Jefferson County assessor has been trying to get the complex and its
contents added to the tax rolls but has failed.
Stylish sports cars and a plane
Meyer drives the ministry's 2002
Lexus SC sports car with a retractable top, valued at $53,000. Her son Dan,
25, drives the ministry's 2001 Lexus sedan, with a value of $46,000. Meyer's
husband drives his Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG sedan. "My husband just likes
cars," Meyer said.
The Meyers keep the ministry's
Canadair CL-600 Challenger jet, which Joyce Meyer says is worth $10 million,
at Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield. The ministry employs two
full-time pilots to fly the Meyers to conferences around the world.
Meyer calls the plane a
"lifesaver" for her and her family. "It enabled us, at our age, to travel
literally all over the world and preach the gospel" with better security
than that offered on commercial flights, she said.
Security is important to Meyer,
who says she has received death threats. She has a division of the ministry
dedicated to her safety. Her officers wear pistols; they guard the
headquarters' front gate, keeping out anyone but employees and invited
guests. The ministry bought a $145,000 house where the security chief lives
rent-free to keep him close to the ministry's headquarters.
The family compound
The ministry has also bought homes
for other key employees.
Since 1999, the ministry has spent
at least $4 million on five homes for Meyer and her four children near
Interstate 270 and Gravois Road, St. Louis County records show.
Meyer's house, the largest of the
five, is a 10,000-square-foot Cape Cod style estate home with a guest house
and a garage that can be independently heated and cooled and can hold up to
eight cars. The three-acre property has a large fountain, a gazebo, a
private putting green, a pool and a poolhouse where the ministry recently
added a $10,000 bathroom.
The ministry pays for utilities,
maintenance and landscaping costs at all five homes. It also pays for
renovations. The Meyers ordered major rehab work at the ministry's expense
right after the ministry bought three of the homes. For example, the
ministry bought one home, leveled it and then built a new home on the site
to the specifications of Meyer's daughter Sandra and her husband, county
records show.
Even the property taxes, $15, 629
this year, are paid by the ministry.
Meyer called the homes a "good
investment" for the ministry and said the ministry bears the cost of upkeep
and maintenance because the family is too busy to take care of such tasks.
"It's just too hard to keep up with something like that when you travel as
much as we do," Meyer said.
She said that federal tax law
allows ministries to buy parsonages for their employees, so the arrangement
does not violate any prohibitions against personal benefit. Meyer also said
the decision to cluster the families together was a way to build a buffer to
better ensure privacy and security.
"We put good people all around us," she
said. "Obviously, if I was trying to hide anything or thought I was
doing anything wrong, I wouldn't live on the corner of Gravois and 270."
The irrevocable trust
Meyer says she expects the best,
from where she lives to how she looks. Much of her clothing is
custom-tailored at an upscale West County dress shop. At her conferences,
she usually wears flashy jewelry. She sports an impressive diamond ring that
she said she got from one of her followers. Meyer has a private hairdresser.
And, a few years ago, Meyer told her employees she was getting a face-lift.
Not everything is paid directly by
the ministry.
Last year, the Meyers bought a
$500,000 atrium ranch lakefront home in Porto Cima, a private-quarters club
at Lake of the Ozarks. A few weeks later, they bought two watercrafts
similar to Jet Skis and a $105,000 Crownline boat painted red, white and
blue that they named the Patriot.
In 2000, the Meyers also bought
her parents a $130,000 home just a few minutes from where the Meyers live.
The Meyers have put the Mercedes,
the lake house, the boat and her parents' home into an irrevocable trust, an
arrangement that tax experts say would help protect them from any financial
problems at the minisry.
Meyer says she should not have to
defend how she spends the ministry's money. "We teach and preach and believe
biblically that God wants to bless people who serve Him," Meyer said. "So
there's no need for us to apologize for being blessed."
Meyer's "trusted" board
For the most part, Meyer can spend
the ministry's money any way she sees fit because her board of directors is
handpicked. It consists of Meyer, her husband and all four of her children —
all paid workers — as well as six of Meyer's closest friends. (Ministry
officials said that daughter Laura Holtzmann has now resigned; state records
still list her on the board.) "Our family is a huge help to us," Meyer said.
"We couldn't do this if we didn't have somebody we trusted."
Board members Roxane and Paul
Schermann are such close friends that for more than a decade they lived in
the Meyers' home. The ministry employed both of them as high-level managers
and in 2001 bought them a $334,000 home. Roxane Schermann no longer works at
the ministry; her husband continues as a paid division manager. The
Schermanns bought the house at the same price from the ministry in January.
Delanie Trusty, the ministry's certified public accountant, also serves as
the ministry board's secretary.
The board decides how the
ministry's money is spent. The salaries of Meyer and her family are set by
those board members who are not family members and are not employed by the
ministry, Meyer's lawyer said. The arrangement meets IRS regulations, the
lawyer said.
"We certainly wouldn't have enemies and
people we don't know" on the board, Meyer said. "That wouldn't make any
sense. Anybody who has a board is going to have people in favor of you."
Meyer and her ministry refuse to
tell how much the ministry pays Meyer, her husband, her children and her
children's spouses. "I don't make any more than I'm worth," Meyer said.
"We're definitely within IRS guidelines."
Such an overlap between top
administrators and board members concerns the IRS because "the opportunity
to manipulate and control the organization is easier to accomplish," said
Bruce Philipson of St. Paul, Minn., the IRS group manager of tax-exempt
organizations for this region. (Carolyn Tuft and Bill Smith St. Louis
Post-Dispatch 11/15/2003)