Why does this teaching matter?
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.
What did David Wilkerson teach?
"God hates the lukewarm gospel of half-truths that is now spreading over the globe. This gospel ignores the whole counsel of God."
Speaker: David Wilkerson
Source: Times Square Church sermon
What does Scripture confirm?
Revelation 3:15-16
"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth."
— NKJV
Christ's response to lukewarmness is not tolerance — it is revulsion. A lukewarm gospel produces lukewarm believers whom Christ threatens to reject entirely.
Luke 9:23
"Then He said to them all, 'If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.'"
— NKJV
The true gospel demands daily self-denial and cross-bearing. Any 'gospel' that omits this cost is not the gospel Jesus preached — it is the half-truth Wilkerson warns against.
Acts 20:27
"For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God."
— NKJV
Paul's standard was the WHOLE counsel of God — not just the popular parts. Faithful preaching includes sin, judgment, repentance, holiness, and sacrifice alongside grace and love.