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This well loved writer effectively uses his personal mistakes to illustrate riveting truths about repentance and forgiveness. As he focuses on the true authority of God, he is careful to explain by example the important difference between "submission" and "obedience."
The same struggle with divine authority is also represented through the lives of John the Baptist, the Apostle Paul, and other biblical figures. An especially helpful book for Christians who want to develop a serious pursuit of God.
- Sales Rank: #23613 in Books
- Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
- Published on: 2001-04-10
- Released on: 2001-04-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.02" h x .47" w x 5.98" l, .70 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 228 pages
About the Author
John Bevere is a best-selling author and popular conference speaker. He and his wife, Lisa, also a best-selling author, founded John Bevere Ministries in 1990. The ministry has grown into a multi-faceted international outreach including their weekly television program, The Messenger, which broadcasts in 214 nations. John has authored numerous books including The Bait of Satan, The Fear of the Lord, and Under Cover. He and Lisa live in Colorado with their four sons.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Errors, Sloppy Scholarship, Poor Literary Style, and Just Plain Dull
By Susanna Krizo
Before I bought Under Cover, I already knew that I wouldn’t agree with the author’s view on authority, but I hoped to at least get to enjoy the seven hours I spent reading it. I didn't. I felt as if I was reading an autobiography that worked really hard trying to convince people that they should pay their leaders well, stop griping, and get on with the program. There is, of course, nothing wrong with wanting to get the respect one feels one deserves; as a feminist author I work hard to get people to treat women with respect and dignity, but as a Christian I also believe that one’s claim must be based on sound biblical theology. And that is what is so profoundly irritating about this book: the sloppiness, the selective reading, and the glaring contradictions. People who go to the Bible to confirm their beliefs do find what they want and need, but they won’t find the evidence they need to convince those who didn’t already agree with them before viewing the proof.
1. The singularly biggest error John Bevere makes is reading far more into Romans 13:1-7 than the text itself allows for. That all authority comes from God (as a result of sin, mind you) doesn’t define who has the authority, when, how, and why. Bevere has to make a massive leap from civil authorities to religion, home, and educational facilities (none of which are in view in Romans 13) to support his belief in the existence of “delegated authority.” He doesn’t present any other Scriptural evidence as far as authority structures are concerned; reciting Old Testament events doesn’t explain how people in the New Testament should respond to leaders and who they should be, especially since he glosses over all women leaders such as Deborah, Huldhah, Queen Jezebel, (being evil doesn’t disqualify one from authority according to Bevere), Junia, Priscilla. It is one of the most glaring omissions in the book, but easily explained by Bevere’s insistence that no matter how much you believe you’ve heard from God, if it contradicts the opinion of those in authority and is not a clear biblical command (p. 159), you have to obey the delegated authority in your life—unless that delegated authority is your mother and you believe you have a calling in your life to go to Bible College and your Catholic mother disagrees; in that case, “Jesus said to us, “He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me” (Matt. 10:37). Strengthened by these words and many similar ones in the Gospels, I knew I had to choose between my mother and father, whom I loved very much, and Jesus’ call to serve Him. There was no hesitation in my decision” (p. 195). Since Bevere believes parental authority ends when (an adult) child gets married, he clearly didn’t want to take his own advice on this matter.
2. Bevere delights in pointing out original Greek words, something I delight in as well, but he does so in an awkwardly selective way. The book is literally littered with cases of poor scholarship and thinly veiled attempts to find proof where none is to be found. The following are only a few examples:
a) Bevere writes, “Peter continued, “Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king” (1 Peter 2:17). He not only exhorted us to submit but also to honor authorities. The Greek word for “honor” is timao, which means “to honor, to have in honor, to revere, to venerate.” It is the same word Jesus used when He said, “I honor My Father” (John 8:49).” (p. 88-89) Peter tells husbands to “give honor” (timao) to their wives in 1 Pet 3:7. Yet, Bevere believes husbands have authority over their wives; mutual authority (1 Cor 7) doesn’t exist.
b) Hebrews 13:17 (in the original) says, “Esteem (petiho) your leaders and yield (hupeiko) to them.” For Bevere’s concept of “obedience in actions, submission in attitude” to work the text would have to use the words, “hupakouo” (obey) and “hupotasso” (submit). It doesn’t.
c) Bevere claims Eve heard about the forbidden tree from Adam and never asked God about it (although she walked with God every day in the cool of the evening), and for this reason she didn’t have “revealed knowledge” only “communicated knowledge.” He comes to his conclusion in a rather odd way:
“And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’” (Gen. 3:1–3) First, notice when the serpent questioned God’s command, the woman responded, “We may . . .,” rather than a reply such as, “God has said . . .” This is a classic response of one who has heard orders or rules secondhand. It is not the response of a person who has the heartbeat and motive of the One who originated the command. (p. 38-39)
But Eve does say, “God has said.” It’s in the very text Bevere quotes, yet, he seems unaware of what he himself just typed, or perhaps he just copied and pasted and ignored the body of the text.
d) According to Bevere, everyone submitted to the decisions made by James in Jerusalem, including Paul, which Bevere believes describes the authority of James (p. 17). Yet, in his letter to the Galatians, Paul wrote about James, Peter, and John, saying “whatever they were” made no difference to him, for God doesn’t show favoritism (Gal 2:6-7). He doesn’t mention being under anyone’s authority, instead, he publicly opposed Peter when he refused to eat with the Gentiles (Gal 2:11-14).
3. The book was written in 2001, just before the heydays of the market-crashing housing speculation. Why do I mention this? Because I’m sure this book influenced more than one person with its prosperity Gospel leaning, “what you give to your leaders, you get back from God,” “God wants you to be happy, healthy, and wealthy, and submission to authority is the only way there,” preaching.
That's the carrot.
There is also the stick.
Bevere goes so far as to claim that a believer who has failed to submit to delegated authority will not inherit the Kingdom of God (p. 158). I could almost have forgiven his excessive use of exclamation points, which makes the book shout at you instead of letting you quietly take in what is written, had Bevere actually cared to show a bit more restraint in his attempt to guilt all of us into accepting his authority (which is what the book is really all about) by allowing for individual freedom. When he begins to tell his readers that failure to recognize delegated (his own) authority is equivalent to witchcraft, I lost all interest in the book (I still finished it, but couldn’t recommend it even if I wanted to).
4. Throughout the book I was waiting to find what Bevere has to say about church leadership as every Christian knows there are false teachers in the church. If all (true) authority comes from God, how can we know whose authority is truly from God? The answer comes at the end of the book and it is rather unsettling:
“When we are truly saved and seeking the will of God, we will recognize legitimate authority in the church. Jesus said, “If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority” (John 7:17). The key is found in the words, “If anyone wills to do His will.” When we have a heart after God, He gives us discernment by the Holy Spirit. As John confirmed, “You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things” (1 John 2:20)” (209).
Since we can’t know God’s will until we have submitted to God’s authority through delegated authority we are all left guessing and never really knowing, especially since according to Bevere we aren’t allowed to second guess or look for what the leaders are actually doing—unless there is clear sin in the leader’s life, but until that discovery, how much false teaching have we already absorbed?
In the end I found that “Under Cover” is an attempt to justify an authority model that has little to do with the Bible, that exists to elevate some above others (usually men, but also some women), that has no Scriptural basis, ignores intersectionality, and is ultimately hurtful for the growth of individual believers and therefore the entire church (1 Cor 12, Eph 4, Rom 14). God has a much better way, and it begins with all those “allelon” words that Bevere among others ignores: “Submit to one another,” “Love one another,” “Serve one another.” Self-giving servanthood is God’s way. How much authority do servants have?
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
Really Messed Up
By AvidReader
Reading this book puts you under such a heavy burden of fear and guilt that you forget that Jesus said His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Instead John Bevere repeatedly takes scripture out of context to get you to believe that you have to take full responsibility for other people's decisions but you have no ability to make your own decisions. Where's that verse in the Bible?
We were shocked that Bevere actually writes on page 159 "It doesn't matter what you believe you heard in prayer; you are rebelling against God's authority if it goes against the orders of authorities in your life." Ouch! How could Bevere teach that we are to obey man rather than God? Then he completely contradicts himself on page 195 when he describes disobeying the wishes of his parents when he dropped out of studying mechanical engineering in college to study for the ministry. Why would Bevere first say that you cannot disobey the wishes of the "delegated authority" in your life---including your parents---then say that the rules don't apply to himself? Because deep inside he knows that believers are supposed to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit over the wishes of our families and pastors.
This book gets really disturbing when Bevere goes even further and slams American values by talking about how wrong our American system is "that is not the way of God's kingdom" (page 187-188) and how much better life was under the absolute rule of kings. Bevere writes on page 107 "do we live by democratic rule or by the laws of the kingdom of Heaven?" Hang on a second. Look at President John Quincy Adam's famous quote that "the highest glory of the American Revolution was that it combined in one indissolvable bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity." In other words we are truly blessed to live in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Bevere doesn't seem to understand how horrible life was under the ancient system of feudalism where the peasants were bound to the land---they had no rights at all. Why is Bevere recommending the system that our forefathers overcame in the Revolutionary War?
Moving right along, Bevere has some personal opinions on scripture that don't make any sense at all. For example, on page 76 Bevere quotes Galations 3:1 "O foolish Galations, who has bewitched you?" and says that means "Paul was telling the churches they were under a witchcraft curse!" Hold on a second----isn't the entire book of Galations about breaking free of legalism to find God's grace? How could Bevere use a book of the Bible that consistently emphasizes grace to put you back under the law? Instead, the main message in Bevere's book is that you are unable to make the right decisions for yourself so thus you need an authority figure between you and God who can make those decisions for you. And that authority figure is another human being with the same imperfect nature as us. Wait a minute---doesn't the Bible say that the only mediator between us and God is Jesus Christ?
Bevere continues by emphasizing that (page 89) "we have but one choice when it comes to delegated authority--submission and obedience." Then on pages 89, 142, & 185 Bevere directly condemns the use of critical thinking skills, saying that its more important to live "by the principle of obedience." Whoa. Slow down there cowboy---first of all Jesus commended the church at Ephesus in Revelations 2:2 for "testing those who say they are apostles but are not. You found that they are liars." In order to test an apostle or any type of church leader, you have to use critical thinking skills, have independent thoughts and be prepared to challenge false doctrine----does that sound like the only options you have are "submission and obedience?" Then the Apostle Paul writes in Galations 2:5 that there was a time when certain church leaders had to be confronted and that "we did NOT yield in submission, not even for an hour." Paul also directly challenged Peter over Peter's issues in the church that needed to be dealt with. Why didn't Bevere include a chapter on how to lovingly, respectfully, and gently confront church leadership when they are in major error? Jesus is our example and Jesus consistently confronted the religious leaders of his day over how they "shut the kingdom of Heaven in men's faces." (Matthew 23:14) Jesus even got upset enough to make a whip and forcibly drive people out of the temple. What part of that was "submission and obedience?"
On pages 158-159 and 207, Bevere teaches that you are not personally accountable to God for your actions. As long as you obey the church leaders, God will hold the leaders accountable for your sin, not you! That is so messed up---we all know that each of us will one day stand before God to give an account for our life. We won't be able to tell God---oops---its' my pastors fault!
Now of course, all of us need to be plugged into a local church. But there's a huge difference between being under pastoral care and being controlled by the pastor. The whole time while reading this book we kept thinking about the verse that says the "letter kills but the spirit gives life." (2 Cor 3:6) This book is such hardcore legalism that it kills your faith in God. It puts you into fear mode, while ignoring the verse that says "the fear of man brings a snare but whoso trusts in God will be safe." (Prov 29:25) This book says that God's protection on your life is dependent on other people's choices and loads you down with an impossible burden to carry. It puts you under the total control of your leaders and makes you experience all the consequences of the leaders mistakes without having any way of confronting them in love.
Now Bevere didn't mean to do that. He has a real heart for God and is committed to studying the Bible. But this book is Bevere teaching the doctrine of Bill Gothard. Young adults who worked at Gothards ministry couldn't even go to Wendy's with their friends without getting written permission from the leaders. The young men were not allowed to even carry on a friendly small talk conversation with the young ladies, meanwhile Gothard was spending long hours in "counseling sessions" with those young ladies. That's just one example, look around the Christian world and where this doctrine is taught you will often find abuse, manipulation, and control. Even Jesus said twice in Revelations that He hates the doctrine of the Nicolateans. The Greek word for Nicolateans literally means "to bring the lay people under control."
Somehow Bevere missed how the book of First Timothy gives clear instructions for questioning church leaders.
The Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 5:19-21 emphasizes that we not show partiality towards leaders by allowing them to continue in blatant sin. He writes, "Rebuke before the whole assembly THOSE LEADERS WHO CONTINUE SINNING, as a warning to the others." (1 Timothy 5:20). Instead Bevere says that we cannot confront leaders in open sin, but must leave them to be judged by God alone! That's a recipe for a church disaster!
On page 135 Bevere says that you have to obey everything church leaders say as long as its not telling you to sin. Then Bevere talks about the shepherding movement where people couldn't make any decisions without the permission of their pastors. They couldn't change careers, go on vacation or even pick out drapes for their house without permission. Now Bevere doesn't seem to realize that that is the whole problem with this book----he's also preaching the principles of the shepherding movement which destroyed many lives. If you can't disobey your pastor unless he's telling you to sin, then what's to stop him from picking the color of your drapes for you? Read the book Damaged Disciples which gets into specifics on the shepherding movement----that book makes an interesting point----the pastors in the movement didn't want to lose the tithes of their people so when their people asked permission to relocate to different areas of the country for job promotions, the pastors would tell them not to. So then what do they do? Bevere says that you have to obey the Pastor even when he's clearly making a mistake and you don't agree with his decision: "it's not our responsiblity to judge." Then he says that disobeying your pastor is on the same level as disobeying God. Uh--so that means you'd have to turn down that job promotion because the pastor wanted to keep you under his control. Hmmmmm...is that what Jesus would do? Jesus warned us that bad leaders would arise in the church and we had to judge them "by their fruit." I'll take Jesus over this book anyday.
If you are looking for a more in depth scriptural study on this subject, check out the free website: covering and authority.com. They do a fascinating study on all the Bible verses that are quoted in this book. There's plenty of other good books by John Bevere that you can enjoy more than this one.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
AN ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE!!
By cy
EVERYONE should read this. As a leader, my first required reading for team members is this book, after the bible. Most people don't know how to submit to authority. Most see authority as someone trying to "tell them what to do", not recognizing their behavior as rebellion. This teaches EVERYONE how and when to submit to authority. I have given this book away countless times and just ordered 2 more copies.
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