Scripture does tell us to confront the person we have a problem with before making it public. Apparently Justin Peters says he did so. So now he is creating videos or at least a video, of why he believes Andrew Womack is a false teacher. Personally I do find Womack a little 'out there' but I would not be so quick to label him a false teacher or a wolf among sheep as the Bible would describe him if he were guilty of the charge.
Peters has his own reason to be disappointed in those who believe in healing as he has cerebral palsy and has not been healed despite many prayers from many people. I don't think the Bible supports perfect health or healing for all believers and you don't have to go farther than Paul to point that out.
Calling Womack a false teacher is calling him a liar and that would mean that Womack does not believe his own words and is therefore lying. Justin is also a cessationist which means he would call anyone saying they speak in tongues or have another spiritual gift, a liar. He has no evidence for that conclusion other than his own interpretation of certain scriptures.
Peters is not accurate when he presents word of faith teaching. For example, here is a quote from him: “In WoF land, you will hear the word “activate” a lot. In WoF teachings, the object of our faith is our faith (really, us). We possess faith. Something we DO activates it, then God works within it. That’s why within WoF if something doesn’t happen the way we decreed it, (healing, prosperity) it means WE didn’t have enough faith. Things depend on us and our faith, not on God. You see the switch: in WoF teachings it’s switched from God being sovereign to us being sovereign. Word of Faith teachers need to read and re-read Job 38-41 to learn man’s place before a sovereign God.”
However, which word of faith teacher is saying that? I can't find one nor have I heard one and while I do not believe we create reality with our words, our words most certainly do have an effect on us and those around us. Here is one thing Jesus did say about our words:Matthew 8:13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.
As you have believed (and asserted by the words you spoke) it will be done for you. For sure I cannot claim understanding of why some are healed and some are not or why, sometimes, a skeptic will be healed or become a believer. Peters claims word of faith teachers say that we and not God, are sovereign, but that is not true. That claim would actually apply to sovereignty theology and not word of faith.
Peters is a reformed Baptist and that denomination lends itself to much concerning his portrayal of the beliefs of others that he does not agree with.
I am not a word of faith person, but I would suggest that positive confession regarding God and his will in our lives will line up with His word while negativity and decrying people we believe to be false are not the object when it comes to how we view things.
Are there false and dangerous teachers. Yes. And some of them think they are doing us all a favor by creating personal experience as the yardstick against which we measure truth. It isn't though.
Long post, but this is a serious topic and I don't know enough about Womack to call him false or a liar.
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