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Author	: Bill Kochman
Publish	: Jan. 3, 2012
Update	: Aug. 27, 2025
Parts	: 03

Synopsis:



Continuing our discussion from part two, so many things that Oprah Winfrey says to her viewers and readers are the exact opposite of Scriptural truth. These misguided beliefs and devilish lies which she promotes as truth, remind me of the following verse that is found in the Book of Isaiah:

"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"


As we saw earlier in this series, in her delusion, Winfrey claims that "There couldn't possibly be just one way . . . There couldn't possibly be"; meaning that there must be more than one way. In fact, in her own words, there must be "many paths to God". In her spiritual blindness, Oprah refuses to accept that Jesus Christ is the only way to God the Father, and the only way to true Salvation, as the Holy Scriptures plainly declare to us. Thus, due to her blatant rejection of Scriptural truth, she erroneously concludes that "There are certainly many more paths to God than Christianity", even though Jesus Himself tells us the exact opposite. Now whether Winfrey means to or not, she is calling Jesus Christ a liar; and as we saw earlier, this is the very spirit of antichrist.

Furthermore, by adopting this unbiblical position, whether she realizes it or not, Oprah Winfrey is fulfilling a verse that was written by the Apostle Peter almost two thousand years ago, as we see here:

"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."


Not only does Oprah Winfrey reveal herself to be a false prophetess, but as the Apostle Peter writes, she denies the very Lord -- Jesus Christ -- who bought her Salvation with His own precious Blood on a Roman cross. Now, there is one possibility I have considered, which might explain why, in spite of the fact that she has said all of these things that contradict the Scriptures, Ms. Winfrey still openly refers to herself as a Christian. It has occurred to me that perhaps deep in her heart, Oprah really does accept Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior, and the only way to Salvation and Eternal Life. However, at the same time, maybe she does not believe that Jesus necessarily has to be the path to God for everyone else in the world.

No matter how you look at it, she is still wrong, even if she personally does recognize Jesus as her Savior. If this is how Oprah believes -- I honestly do not know for certain because I've never communicated with her, and thus, I do not know what is in her heart -- then we are back to square one with the claim that everyone has their own truth, their own path, and their own reality. As I mentioned earlier, it is a world without absolutes to such people.

However, contrary to this view, as I explain in a number of other articles such as "All Are Given A Chance, But" and "Is the Message of Salvation Meant for All Men?", the Scriptures are very clear when they inform us that Jesus Christ did not die for just a select group of people. He did not die just for the Jews, or just for Caucasians, or just for Blacks, or just for Orientals, or just for Latinos. He told us Himself that He died for the sins of ALL MEN, as we plainly see by such Bible verses as the following:

"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."


"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."


"Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."


"Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:"


"But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."


"And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?"


"I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness."


"And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved."


"To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins."


"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."


"Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God."


"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."


Thus we see the universality of God's Salvation plan. Sin is universal. It affects us all. Thus, the need for Forgiveness, Redemption and Salvation is likewise universal. To suggest otherwise, to suggest that we can each choose a different path and still arrive at the same place -- Salvation -- is a deception concocted by Satan himself. It is a deceptive false doctrine which has poisoned so many minds and hearts in our modern times. Only one path leads to our Salvation, and that path goes through the Door, Jesus Christ. Following are some additional Scriptural admonitions regarding false doctrines for your consideration:

"Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."


"That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:"


"Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein."


"As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do."


"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;"


"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;"


We must conclude then that the people who knowingly repeat and promote all of these damnable heresies are plain liars, deceivers and false prophets. As the Apostle Paul informs us, such people are not only deceived themselves, but they are deceiving others in the process as well. The Scriptures have quite a bit to say regarding these false prophets and wolves who come to us in sheep's clothing, and who feign to be our friends, and who pretend to know the truth. These false messengers of Satan are NOT our friends. While they may know the truth, they most certainly deny it and reject it. As the Apostle James writes in his Epistle:

"Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble."


What we can learn from the previous verse is that believing is one thing, while actually submitting to God's Authority in our lives is quite another. Some of these false prophets do indeed believe in God, but they refuse to submit to the Authority of His Word. That is why they are deceived. They have placed their own words, and exalted their own thoughts, above God's very Word. Following are some additional verses concerning these false angels of light, which are found in both the Old and the New Testaments:

"But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived."


"But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him."


"The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?"


"For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD."


"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them."


"And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many . . . For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."


"For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect."


"For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."


I would like to conclude this series by offering a personal word to Oprah Winfrey. I honestly don't know if she'll ever even personally read this -- maybe one of her admirers will pass it along to her -- but here it is for what it is worth.

Oprah, given your vast influence, and the global network of people who serve you, I am hoping that sooner or later, some of your admirers or co-workers will bring this BBB series to your attention. If that is the case, I want you to know that it has not been my intention to offend you, or to upset you. Yet I do realize that there is a possibility that you may be both offended and upset if you are not willing to receive in a spirit of meekness and humility, the Scriptural counsel which I have shared in this series. As the Apostle James writes:

"Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls."


Rather than offend and upset you Oprah, the purpose of this series, in addition to warning others about these dangerous, unbiblical doctrines which have become so pervasive in our modern day, is to hopefully shock you into realizing the truth concerning the dangerous path that you are currently on.

While you are no doubt sincere regarding your current beliefs, you must realize that according to God's holy Word, you are in fact sincerely wrong. You have apparently been deceived by the likes of Eckhart Tolle and other New Age gurus. You have publicly stated on your show that you are a Christian. Oprah, as I point out in a number of my articles, just as the United States of America is governed by the U.S. Bill of Rights and the Constitution, we Christians are governed by God's Word, the Bible. It is the Scriptures which give us the authority for what we believe. It is the Bible that unites us -- or at least that is supposed to unite us -- under a common banner of Christian doctrines.

Just as you would not think of betraying the Constitution of the United States, in similar fashion, we Christians find ourselves under obligation to respect, believe and obey God's Word. Shouldn't our allegiance to God's Word be equal to, and in fact greater than, our allegiance to the Constitution of the United States? As the Apostle Peter and other Apostles once stated:

"Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men."


Throughout this series, I have presented you and my other readers with a multitude of verses which clearly expose the deceptively dangerous concepts and doctrines which you and others have embraced. As Jesus once said concerning the unbelieving Jews who persecuted Him:

"If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin."


You see, Oprah, once we have heard God's Word -- such as the many Scriptures I have shared in this series -- God holds us accountable for the truth. The verses I have shared here are are not my words. They are not my personal doctrines, Oprah. They are in fact God's inspired Words, as given to His holy Prophets and Apostles. He is the very God who you publicly say you worship. As Jesus said, if we truly love Him, should we not keep His commandments? Consider the following verse:

"If ye love me, keep my commandments."


Obviously, a child cannot possibly claim to love and respect his parents when he disobeys them at every turn. Neither can we claim that we truly love God when we have no respect for His Word, and when we in fact contradict His Word through the creation of our own personal doctrines and belief system. To do so, or to make such a claim, is actually nothing short of hypocrisy.

Oprah, I understand that you have questions regarding our Christian faith, and that like myself, there are some things which you simply don't fully understand at this current time. When we face this kind of a dilemma, the solution is not to reject God's Word and to simply create our own doctrines and belief system. Rather, we need to learn to demonstrate faith and patience, and simply wait until God determines that we are ready to accept whatever truth and deeper understanding He may have for us.

I will be honest and tell you that even after studying God's Word for over fifty years now, there are still many things which I don't fully understand yet. In fact, as I have often stated, the more I learn about God's Word, the more I also realize how very little of it I do understand. God's Word is just that profound. Consider the following group of verses:

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."


"Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number."


"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!"


Oprah, I could have easily chosen to simply ignore the things that I began to learn about you. I could have just adopted a self-righteous attitude and said to myself, "Wow, Oprah is really out to lunch!", and just left it at that. After all, I do not know you personally, and I never even watched your show when it aired. But instead, I believe the Lord motivated me to invest thirty-six hours in writing the current series, in the hope that it might help you, as well as other people who currently find themselves trapped under such strong New Age delusion. Oprah, whether you realize it or not, you are trapped in a deception.

The truth is, when people become deceived, they usually don't know it, as otherwise, they would not be deceived. I speak from personal experience, Oprah. There was a time in my life a number of decades ago when I too fell under very strong doctrinal delusion as a young teenaged Christian. I was not firmly grounded in God's Word as I am today, so it was rather easy for me to become so deceived. In fact, as I explain in a number of other articles, I remained deceived by said false doctrines for about forty years of my life.

It was only by God's Grace and Mercy that I pulled out from under that deception around 2011-2012. How did that occur? Through a renewed, careful and prayerful re-examination of God's Word. I let the Bible speak its truth to me directly by way of the Holy Spirit without intervention by any human being. While that deception is years behind me now, I will say that I learned valuable lessons from the experience. It made me wiser and more cautious in a spiritual sense. Thus, I am now trying to help others when I see them commit a similar error.

You see, Oprah, while I normally just mind my own business and engage in my work for the Lord -- it does keep me quite busy -- there are times when, for whatever His reasons, God will bring certain things to my attention, such as serious doctrinal error. When this occurs, Oprah, the Bible does not instruct us to just keep quiet. Rather, it encourages us to take action, and to try to help our brethren, as we see by the following group of Bible verses:

"Open rebuke is better than secret love."


"Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear."


"Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins."


That is what this series has been about, Oprah: trying to help you to see the error of your ways. It won't be easy, I know. No one likes to admit when they are wrong. Pride just bursts out of our chest like a hot air balloon. Thus, rather than receive the truth with meekness and humility, we choose instead to go into self-defense mode. You can do that, Oprah, if you want to. You can become upset, and maybe even threaten me in some way. No doubt, you have the power to do so, but I hope that you won't. Rather, I pray that you will yield to God's Spirit, realize the error of your ways, realize what a terrible influence you have been to possibly millions of your fans, and experience a great repentance. God wants to hand you a great victory, Oprah. Will you take it? The choice is yours. He won't force you.

With these thoughts, I will bring this article to a close. It is my hope that you've found it informative and enlightening, and I pray that it has been a blessing in your life as well. If you have an account with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or with any other social network, I would really appreciate if you'd take the time to click or tap on the corresponding link that is found on this page. Thanks so much, and may God bless you abundantly!

For additional information and further study, you may want to refer to the list of reading resources below which were either mentioned in this article, or which contain topics which are related to this article. All of these articles are likewise located on the Bill's Bible Basics web server. To read these articles, simply click or tap on any link you see below.

Age of Accountability and Parental and Divine Discipline
All Are Give a Chance, But
Are You Flexible?
Are You Saved and Sealed and Healed and Filled?
Donald Trump, Gaza, and the Tyre Prophecy
Freemasonry and the Danger of a One World Religion
Gaza Strip Horrors and the Trump Plan
Humility in Our Understanding of God's Word
Is The Message of Salvation Meant for All Men?
Message to the World
Modern False Prophets and Worldly Ecumenism
My Evolving Theology
Not Everyone is a Child of God
Obama, McCain and the Bush Legacy
OSAS: Are We Once Saved, Always Saved?
Saddam Hussein's Execution and the Euro Dollar War
Salvation is Free Through Jesus Christ
Understanding the Bible in Context

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