要知道雷克乔纳的源头问题，必须读该书的序。作者许多的理念都不符圣经。
这有点象当年数学课推算公式，即使结果一样，但只要过程不对，还是不对。
Prophet or Heretic? 先知或异端？
(译者：freshwind 原载：彩虹之约论坛 http://67.15.48.205/rainbow/messages/290002.html)
Rick Joyner (雷克.乔纳 《末日决战》作者)是晨星宣教事工的领袖，许多当代有争议的更新和复兴运动的支持者认为他是一个"先知" 和/或"使徒" 。
其他人, 包括一些神学家, 卫道士和邪教监视者确实把Joyner看作他们周围一个最无教益也是最危险的老师。他的充满谬误的, 非正统的教导包括(但不限于)现世国度(或统治) 的神学、圣经之外的启示,以及否认耶稣基督身体的复活。
Rick Joyner 既不是一个真先知也不是使徒，因为他的教导错误百出。他看起来好象(在他的许多书中)把我们带到更高的水平，而实际上他夺去了我们的教义遗产和圣经。他的统治论是虚假的乌托邦，而且他混淆基督复活作王与教会的现状, 因此以虚幻的希望误导基督徒。
Joyner所宣扬的启示知识对渴慕圣经的人产生麻痹效果 [... ]。
Joyner的书混杂不堪。人们得除去很多糟粕才能得到片言真理。
CRN 杂志认为Joyner 在捣弄"黑色神秘主义” 并且他们得出结论说: "Joyner 不许我们折衷。要么我们把他当作上帝拣选的末世的超级先知, 要么我们得把他当着一个为魔鬼的谎言所束缚的人并希望我们这样揭露他''
Joyner的假预言无处不在。例如:
在90 年代晚期, Joyner 跳上“千年虫”(Y2K)的马车，他声称主将要就这事"发最后通牒'' 。
根据Joyner的说法, 上帝将要启示说“最严重的困难将来自因这种事态引起的恐慌'' 并且“主告诉我要把因千年虫在世上引起的问题当着我们在基督身体产生的问题的反映来看待'' ;
因此根据Joyner的启示，教会肯定不会有问题，因为千年虫是件不存在的事。
这里有一个典型的Joyner/Jones 预言，发生在1997 年12月31 日这一天(RealAudio) 。它包括那类在今天的所谓更新和复兴运动中流行的审判预言(例如说洛杉基将被地震和核弹铲平; 密西西比河将变成35 英哩宽...)，检查暗示日期和时间表等(九个月: 这种运动总是谈论圣灵感孕、圣灵出生等。其中一种启示看起来和听起来都象某人诞生) 。
请注意当时Joyner是在他东海岸的"摩们社区'' 作房产生意。
先知? 使徒? 或超级使徒?
象其它在更新/复兴运动前沿和后阵的领袖一样, Joyner 很少提到他自己是先知。但是, 这些领袖彼此都称对方为使徒和先知-- 当然他们也肯定不劝阻他们的追随者这么称呼他们。
在他的"收获 "一书中， Joyner 说道：
将要降临地上的不只是一种复兴, 或另一种唤醒;那是一次确实的革命。异象是为了唤醒那些注定给世界走向带来根本性改变，甚至重新定义基督教的人。折除一些组织并遣散一些事工对于主忠实的仆人来说将是正面而兴奋的经验。一支由先知、老师、牧师和使徒组成的大军将随非尼哈(民数记25:1-8 )的灵兴起...
自私的幻觉
尽管Joyner的教义声明相当标准, 我们将看到他的作品和书籍在许多地方都与其教义相矛盾并对其教义起破坏作用。人们可能会怀疑他教义的声明是否仅仅是装饰和遮羞的窗户; 或者是否他对于那种他被视为教会优秀肢体的运动的忠诚把他远远地抛离了一个更为稳定和正统的根基。Joyner 就象一位儿童音乐家，在一些好的音符中演奏着许多酸不溜楸的音调而告诉我们他是个有成就的天才。当我们不同意他时, 他会叫我们注意那些好的音符。Joyner的号角是离谱的，发出"不定的号声'' (哥林多前书14:7-8 。如果他住在旧约时代，他早都被石头打死了(申命记13：1-5，18：20-22))。[...]
Joyner 毫无羞耻地鼓吹他的最古怪而且是最不切实际的思想: “在不久的将来，当教会回想起第一世纪的初期教会时，不再对那时的成就充满嫉妒的，而是所有人都会说上帝已经把他最好的酿酒留到最后。历史上最荣耀的时刻即将来到我们身边。你这梦想着有一天能与彼得、约翰和保罗交谈的，你将惊讶地发现他们正在等着和你说话! 你被拣选是要看到收获,看到他们播下种子所结的果子”
Joyner 是那么大胆以至于他宣称万民将被最新任命的使徒所左右，并且“在超出任何最壮观的圣经神迹的神机奇事将导致万民承认耶稣...
Joyner 有二个主要的迷惑人的论点，即“先知恢复”和“使徒恢复”。他是这样解释它们的:
"一次新的宣教浪潮将伴随着非同寻常的先知恩赐即将来到。其他一些具有启示恩赐而一度争论和其它问题所误导偏离的人将要回到轻捷的正路上来... 开启教会时代的使徒宣教事工最终将被提升并完全。主正在恢复教会使徒的权柄并且不久这将成为一个主要焦点。当真正具有使徒权柄并过着使徒生活的人掌握领导权时，这种局面才能得到真正普遍地打开。”
很明显以上程序中 Joyner的话没有任何圣经的证据。他的自私的幻觉缺乏圣经证明。以弗所人很清楚教会是建造在."使徒和先知的根基上的'(以弗所书2:19) 。为什么上帝要重新建造根基呢 ? 教会自保罗时代以来就被描述为"神建造的房屋'' (哥林多前书 3:1-10) 。一座房屋，特别是上帝的教会, 是不需要其它根基的。难怪 Joyner 没有为他的宏伟蓝图提供圣经依据 。
许多参与更新和复兴运动说Joyner 和其它老师告诉他们说我们在圣经中精确地找到一切教会中目前正在发生的事，因为上帝在成就"新事情''。 Joyner并且预言将会有''超级使徒''。这些使徒被认为对执行上帝正在做的“新事情”是必需的。因此要鼓励督徒徒对这些运动不要论断，明辨或甚至为那些教导祷告。向参与写圣经的老使徒一样，新的“超级使徒”毕竟不会误导你的...是吧?
Joyner 阻止明辨
毫不奇怪， 作为一位假老师, Rick Joyner 不仅自己缺乏明辨，并且当谈到应用圣经智慧原则时，他强烈劝阻基督徒顺服圣经。他设法平息对他的宣教事工，教导和/或他所支持的运动和教义等的批评，暗示说批评就是他所谓的“耶洗别的灵”或“宗教的灵”在作怪。
即使你自由地去判断先知和先知的信息,你也被标上"法利赛人 '' 的标记，或更糟，说你拥有''宗教''和''耶洗别灵”PFO 的主任Steve Cannon 指出Joyner的文章中一个新近出现的主题，一个叫作“二次宣教”的概念。Joyner把二次宣教的第二次描述为"找错误”，并且说它们是破坏性的力量。Cannon指出"这一教义...我认为是用来吓唬任何批评者，使他们相信他们这样做是在撒旦的灵下工作的”
Joyner 为了逃脱责任并不就此罢休：
他走得更远，Joyner 警告说对邪教的研究是危险的所以不应当进行。这肯定能把明辩从他那根除。因为在圣经中有诸多的对假宗教和异端的警告(例如，约翰1书4：1中的“试验诸灵”), Joyner的话是轻率和愚蠢的：
“那些致力于研究邪教和异端教义的人很少能够辨明主真正的话语的，通常他们的心立刻为那种他们企图揭露的邪恶所抹黑了。我们将为我们所看见的所改变(哥林多后书3：18)。在主给推雅推喇教会的关于“晓得撒但深奥之理” (启示录 2:24)的信息中暗含着警告。我们越是注意错误，或者魔鬼的作为，我们自己就越会本质上变成我们看到的东西。”
因此根据Joyner的看法，一个明辨者--或一个庇哩亚人(使徒行传17:11)--将会走向黑暗。那正是耶和华见证人所说的与文学相脱离的研经---耶和华见证人也劝阻任何形式的明辨。这再一次表明Joyner看上去更象一个邪教徒而不是基督徒。
而且在上述引文中，Joyner 表现他可怕地处理上帝的话的另一个例子。推雅推喇人不“(通过经验)晓得撒但深奥之理。”---这上下文来看指的是偶像崇拜和奸淫 (启示录2:20)，正是因为他们有辨明能力！他们没有行这些事因为他们能辩明这些事邪恶的本质并回避它们。晓得撒但深奥之理并不是研究诸如Joyner那样的假老师而是实践(通过经验得知)并推崇淫乱和偶像崇拜。
一个异化， 非正统和异端教导的支持者
Joyner 说道:
我从来不属于葡萄园派，尽管我有几次帮助组织葡萄园国际会议并且很欣赏他们，我从来不是起源于堪萨斯城的那个运动的一 部分, 尽管 我很尊重他们。
Rick Joyner 实际上, 推崇"堪萨斯城先知们" 的教导和预言, 并且出版Bob Jones的预言,用他自 己的评论和/或阐明介绍或解释那些预言(例如，牧者之杖的预言)
他推崇迟来的雨和显明的上帝后裔神学, 并声称从显明的上帝后裔中"超级使徒" (“35个保罗”)将产生。
一种正被变本加厉地推崇的教义是他的共协基督的教义。他认为教会(实际上是"余民"，即那些接受“上帝新触动”的人) 本身在征服并统治地上后将变成基督。
他在他的"收获" 一书中说道：
“门徒被提的教义是仇敌向教会灌输隐退思想的高明而有效的诡计，但它不会成功的。其实这轭已经被前沿教会扔掉，不久将会被所有教会抛弃
Joyner的"最后的追寻”应该根据以上思路来读。在书中Joyner提到他的一个持续的'异象 ''，他声称他是在一个梦中得到的。在1995 年初他以“群魔在前进”为题在晨星启示公报和晨星杂志上以压缩本形式发表了他的第一个梦。那两篇文章都能在他网页上找到。
后来他又发表了两篇压缩本的后继异象，三篇文章一起都可在这找到。
(他的异象很象Bob Jones所传递的异象。象Jones一样，他被提到天上，看到一些事，得到一些解释，并且被告知他在灵性上是何等敏锐聪慧等等。)
Joyner 说这些变成了晨星从未出版过得最畅销的读物。所以他决定以书的形式出版, 并包括了完整的异象的版本，增加了两章, 并且以“待续... " 结束。
“最后的追寻”讨论的是Joyner在异象中看到的是一个正在进行着的那些支持“上帝触动”者与反对者之间的争战。在joyner看来，那些发对“触动” 者组成了群魔。而joyner支持的“上帝触动”者是“多伦多恩福”派和类似的更新和复兴运动。反对“上帝正在做的新事情”你会有麻烦对的...因此 Joyner的“最后的追寻”异象为他的“教会的内战”异象提供了一个很酷的背景。
结论
根据许多有关Rick Joyner的假预言, 非圣经和非正统的教导, 圣经之外的启示、不负责任,以及其它问题的持续纪录, “护教索引“ 出版者强烈警告不要参与 Rick Joyner 和晨星的事工。
(英文连接 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/j08.html)
原文：
Prophet or Heretic?
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/j08.html
Rick Joyner heads Morningstar Ministries Many supporters of today's controversial Renewal and Revival movements consider him to be a "prophet" and/or "apostle".
Others, including theologians, apologists and cult watchers, rightly consider Joyner to by one the most unsound and dangerous teachers around. His error-filled, unorthodox teachings include (but are not limited to) Kingdom Now (or Dominion) theology, extra-biblical revelation, and the denial of the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Rick Joyner is neither a true prophet nor apostle. He teaches too much error to be either. He holds out (by his many books) an appearance of taking us to higher ground when in reality he robs us of a rich doctrinal heritage as well as the Bible. His dominionism is false and utopian and he confuses the resurrection and reign of Christ with the present state of the Church, thereby misleading Christians with false hope.
Joyner's claims of revelation knowledge produce a dulling effect in regard to a desire for the ????ures.
[...]
Joyner's books are a jumble of confusion. One has to wade through a lot of sludge to find a few nuggets of truth.
The CRN Journal says that Joyner is peddling a ''dark mysticism'' and they conclude:
''Joyner leaves us no middle way. Either we treat him as God's chosen super-prophet for the end-times, or we treat him as a man in the grip of evil deceit and seek to expose him as such''
Source: The Higher Life of Rick Joyner: Chasing the Delusion of Power and Dominion, The Quarterly Journal, October-December 2000, page 14-15
Examples of Joyner's false prophecies abound. For example:
In the late 1990s, Joyner jumped onto the Y2K bandwagon as he claimed that the Lord ''finally did begin to speak'' about the issue. According to Joyner, God supposedly revealed that, ''The most severe difficulties will come from the panic generated by the situation'' and '' The Lord told me to observe the problems that Y2K will cause in the natural world as a reflection of the problems we have in the body of Christ.''
Thus according to Joyner's revelation the Church must not have had problems since Y2K was a non-event.
Source: The Higher Life of Rick Joyner: Chasing the Delusion of Power and Dominion, The Quarterly Journal, October-December 2000, page 6
Typical of the Joyner/Jones prophecies is this December 31, 1997 this one (RealAudio). It includes the type of judgement prophecies that have become popular in today's so-called renewal and revival movements (e.g. LA is to be leveled by earthquakes AND nuclear bombs; the Mississipi will be 35 miles wide...). Check the date, and the time-schedules hinted at. (Nine months: this movement is always talking about spiritual pregnancy, things born in the spirit, etc. One of the manifestations looks and sounds like someone giving birth).
Note that at the time, Joyner was selling cabins at his East Coast ''Moravian community.'' (Morningstar Prophetic Bulletin, April, 1998)
Prophets? Apostles? Super-Apostles?
Like other leaders in the fore- and background of the controversial renewal/revival movements, Joyner rarely refers to himself as a prophet. However, these leaders refer to each other as apostles and prophets - and certainly do not discourage their followers from addressing them as such.
In his book "The Harvest," Joyner says:
What is about to come upon the earth is not just a revival, or another awakening; it is a veritable revolution. The vision was given in order to begin to awaken those who are destined to radically change the course, and even the very definition of Christianity. The dismantling of organizations and disbanding of some works will be a positive and exhilarating experience for the Lord's faithful servants. A great company of prophets, teachers, pastors and apostles will be raised up with the spirit of Phineas...
Self-serving Illusion
Though Joyner's doctrinal statement is a rather standard one, we will see that in many places his writings and books contradict and undermine it. One can only wonder if his doctrinal statement is merely window dressing and subterfuge; or if perhaps his allegiance to a movement which views itself as a superlative extension of the Church has moved him aways from a more stable and orthodox foundation. Joyner is like a child musician playing many sour notes with the good ones while telling us he is an accomplished prodigy. When we object, he will call attention to the few good notes. Joyner's trumpet is offkey and giving out an ''uncertain sound'' (1 Corinthians 14:7-8 . Had he lived in the Old Testament era, he would have been stoned by now (Deuteronomy 13:1-5 , 18:20-22 )
Joyner unabashedly promotes his most bizarre and unrealistic ideas this way:
''In the near future the church will not be looking back at the first century church with envy because of the great exploits of those days, but all will be saying that He certainly did save His best wine for last. The most glorious times in all of history have now come upon us. You who have dreamed of one day being able to talk with Peter, John and Paul are going to be surprised to find that they have all been waiting to talk to you! You have been chosen to see the harvest, the fruit of the seed that they were planting.''
Joyner is so bold as to state that nations will be overwhelmed by the newly appointed apostles and that ''Miracles which exceed even some of the most spectacular biblical marvels will cause whole nations to acknowledge Jesus ... The appearances of angels will be so common that they will cease to be related as significant events. The Lord himself will appear to councils of apostles and elders to give them directives.''
[...]
Joyner has two major obsessions: ''Prophetic Restoration'' and ''Apostolic Restoration.'' He explains these as follows:
''A new wave of ministries is about to be released with extraordinary prophetic gifts. Others with revelatory gifting who were sidetracked because of controversy, or other problems, are about to get back on the fast track ... The apostolic ministry that opened the church age will be raised up at the end to complete it. The Lord is restoring the apostolic authority of the church and soon this will become a major emphasis. There will be almost a general openness to this as men of true apostolic authority, with a true apostolic lifestyle, take their place in leadership.''
Glaringly absent from Joyner's agenda is any biblical warrant for his words. There is no ????ure offered as proof for this self-serving illusion. Ephesians is clear that the Church is built on ''the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets.'' (Ephesians 2:19 ). Why would God have to lay the foundation all over again? The Church, since the time of Paul, is described as ''God's building. '' (1 Corinthians 3:91-10 ). A building, especially God's Church, is not in need of another foundation. No wonder Joyner gives not ????ure for his grandiose imaginings.
Source: The Higher Life of Rick Joyner: Chasing the Delusion of Power and Dominion, The Quarterly Journal, October-December 2000, page 7
Many people involved in the renewal and revival movements have reported that they are told, by Joyner and other teachers, that we can not find everything that's currently happening in the church in ????ure precisely because God is doing a ''new thing.'' Instead, Joyner has prophesied that there will be ''super apostles.'' These apostles are said to be needed to administer the ''new thing'' God is doing. Thus Christians are encouraged to not judge, discern, or even pray about the teachings within these movements. After all, like the apostles of old, who participated in writing ????ure before, the new ''super-apostles'' won't steer you wrong... would they?
Joyner Discourages Discernment
Not surprisingly, as a false teacher, Rick Joyner not only lacks discernment himself, but also strongly discourages Christians from obeying ????ure when it talks about applying biblical principles of discernment. He tries to silence critics of his ministry and teachings and/or the movements and doctrines he supports by suggesting that critics have what he terms a ''Jezebel spirit,'' or ''religious spirit.''
Even if one takes the liberty to judge the prophet and his message, you are labeled a ''pharisee,'' or worse yet possess a ''religious'' and ''Jezebel spirit.'' PFO director Steve Cannon points out a recurrent theme is Joyner's writings, a concept called ''The Two Ministries.'' Joyner describes the second of the two ministries as ''faultfinders'' and says they are a destructive force.'' Cannon maintains, ''This doctrine ... is used, I think, to intimidate any who may criticize, into thinking that by doing so, they are operating under the spirit of Satan.''
Source: The Higher Life of Rick Joyner: Chasing the Delusion of Power and Dominion, The Quarterly Journal, October-December 2000, page 6
Joyner doesn't stop there in his efforts to escape accountability:
Still going further afield, Joyner warns that cult research is dangerous and ought not be be pursued. This would surely keep the discerning off his case. As much warning as there is in the Bible against false religions and heresies (e.g. ''test the spirits,'' 1 John 4:1 ), Joyner's words are ill-advised and foolish:
''Few who devote themselves to studying cults or deviant doctrines are able to distinguish the true word of the Lord, and usually their hearts are immediately darkened by the very evil they seek to expose. We will be changed into that which we are beholding (II Corinthians 3:18 ). There is an implied warning in the Lord's message to the church in Thyatira about 'knowing the deep things of Satan' (Revelation 2:24) . The more we focus on what is wrong, or the practices of the evil one, the more we, ourselves, will be changed into the nature of what we are seeing.''
Thus, according to Joyner, to be discerning - to be a Berean - is to go into darkness. That's what Jehovah's Witnesses say of Bible study apart from their literature - they too discourage any type of discernment. Once again Joyner sounds more cultic than Christian.
Moreover, in the above citation, Joyner demonstrates yet another example of his frightful handling of God's Word. The people of Thyatira did not ''know [know by experience] the depths of Satan,'' which in the context was idolatry and sexual immorality (Revelation 2:20 , simply because they were discerning! They did not practice these things since they were able to discern their evil nature and avoid them. Knowing the depth os Satan is not the study of false teachers like Joyner but the practice (knowing by experience) and promotion of immorality and idolatry.
Source: The Higher Life of Rick Joyner: Chasing the Delusion of Power and Dominion, The Quarterly Journal, October-December 2000, page 12
A Supporter of Aberrant, Unorthodox and Heretical Teachings
Joyner says:
I have never been part of the Vineyard, though I did minister at Vineyard conferences a few times, and have always appreciated them. I have never been a part of the movement that originated in Kansas City, though I have the highest regard for them.
Rick Joyner
He does, in fact, promote the teachings and prophecies of the "Kansas City Prophets", and publishes the prophecies of Bob Jones, introducing or interspersing them with his own comments and/or clarifications. See, for example, the Shepherd's Rod prophecies.
He promotes Latter Rain and Manifest Sons of God theology, and claims that from among the Manifest Sons of God "super-apostles" ("35 Pauls") will be created.
One doctrine increasingly promoted is that of the Corporate Christ where the Church itself (actually, a "Remnant" = those who now accept the "new move of God") becomes Christ the moment it subdues and rules the earth. In his book "The Harvest" he says:
The doctrine of the rapture was a great and effective ruse of the enemy to implant in the church a retreat mentality, but it will not succeed. Already this yoke has been cast off by the majority in the advancing church and it will soon be cast off by all...
Rick Joyner, The Harvest, 1989/1990 revised booklet on pg.121, as quoted at Let Us Reason
The Final Quest
Joyner's book "The Final Quest" should be read in light of that view. In the book, Joyner relates an ongoing ''vision,'' which he claims to have received in a dream. In early 1995 he published a condensed version of the first dream in his Morningstar Prophetic Bulletin and The Morningstar Journal under the title "The Hordes of Hell Are Marching". Both publications are found at his site
Later he published two additional condensed versions of subsequent visions. The three together are found here
(The vision sounds much like those relayed by Bob Jones. Like Jones, Joyner is taken into the heavenlies, shown things, has things explained to him, is told how spiritually astute and wise he is, etc.)
Joyner says these became the most popular writings Morningstar had ever published. Therefore, he decided to publish them in a book, and to include to full versions. Two more sections were added, and the book ends with "To be continued..."
The Final Quest is about Joyner's vision on what he sees is the war is now underway between those who support the "move of God" and those who oppose it. Those who oppose the "move" as seen by joyner, comprise the hordes of hell. The "move of God" Joyner supports is the Toronto Blessing and similar renewal and revival movements. Oppose this 'new thing God is doing' and you're in trouble... Thus Joyner's "Final Quest" vision provides a chilling background to his "Civil War in the Church" vision.
Conclusion
Given Rick Joyner's ongoing record of false prophecies, unbiblical and unorthodox teachings, extra-biblical revelation, lack of accountability, and other problems, the publisher of Apologetics Index strongly warns against involvement with Rick Joyner and Morningstar Ministries.
