David Wilkerson — Quotes Affirmed

"God hates the lukewarm gospel of half-truths that is now spreading over the globe. This gospel ignores the whole counsel of God."

Wilkerson's warning echoes Christ's rebuke of the Laodicean church in Revelation 3. A gospel that cherry-picks only the comforting passages while ignoring repentance, judgment, holiness, and the cost of discipleship is not the whole counsel of God — it is a dangerous half-truth that leaves people comfortable on their way to destruction.

"Faith is not to get you out of a hard place but to change your heart in the hard place."

Wilkerson's teaching stands in direct opposition to the prosperity gospel's claim that faith guarantees comfort and escape from difficulty. Scripture teaches that trials produce perseverance, character, and hope — and that God's purpose in suffering is transformation of the heart, not removal of the circumstance.