Remember one of the fruit of The spirit is encouragement. If his gift is to encourage people, that does not make him fake. He has always mentioned that he has never been to a pastoral school. That is honesty. A lot of people are preaching about Son, allow others to motivate people out of depression.

@@politicallyafrican6317 *_”and the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control”_* *(Galatians 5:22-23)* Encouragement is not a fruit of the Spirit.

@@politicallyafrican6317 *Joel is a false prophet who doesn’t know the truth of the Gospel as his constant phrase in this interview with Larry King is **_“I don’t know.”_* *KING:* Don’t you think if people don’t believe as you believe, they’re somehow condemned? *OSTEEN:* You know, I think that happens in our society. But I try not to do that. I tell people all the time, preached a couple Sundays about it. I’m for everybody. You may not agree with me, but to me it’s not my job to try to straighten everybody out. The Gospel is called the good news. My message is a message of hope, that’s God’s [message] for you. You can live a good life no matter what’s happened to you. And so *_I don’t know._* I know there is condemnation but I don’t feel that’s my place. *KING:* You’ve been criticized for that, haven’t you? *OSTEEN:* I have. I have. Because *_I don’t know._* KING: Because we’ve had ministers on who said, your record don’t count. You either believe in Christ or you don’t. If you believe in Christ, you are, you are going to heaven. And if you don’t no matter what you’ve done in your life, you ain’t. OSTEEN: *_I don’t know._* There’s probably a balance between. I believe you have to know Christ. But I think that if you know Christ, if you’re a believer in God, you’re going to have some good works. I think it’s a cop-out to say I’m a Christian but I don’t ever do anything... KING: What if you’re Jewish or Muslim, you don’t accept Christ at all? OSTEEN: You know, I’m very careful about saying who would and wouldn’t go to heaven. *_I don’t know._* _(Joel doesn’t even know how to get to heaven when the answer is clearly stated in the Bible in John 4:16 as Jesus clearly states: _*_“I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the father but by Me._*_ And in John 3:3 Jesus says: _*_“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”)_* KING: If you believe you have to believe in Christ? They’re wrong, aren’t they? *OSTEEN:* *_I don’t know_* if I believe they’re wrong. I believe here’s what the Bible teaches and from the Christian faith this is what I believe. But I just think that only God will judge a person’s heart. I spent a lot of time in India with my father. *_I don’t know_* all about their religion. But I know they love God. And *_I don’t know._* I’ve seen their sincerity. *_I don’t know._* You need to find and listen to a pastor that knows the truth about God.