Great insight in the above posts.
Your question is valid. We are always responsible to maintain the least cluttered, straightest pathway to truth; the closest path between two points is a straight line.
We can learn from diverse teachings, and certainly gain from them, but teachings can so easily lead us off track if we don't keep our focus on primary source information.
Off track --there's a statement at the end of this article which is a little too blanketed for my comfort--
Gary E. Gilley, of Biblical Discernment Ministries writes that Morris Cerullo, Kenneth Copeland, Kenneth Hagin, Benny Hinn, Robert Tilton, and others in the Word-faith Movement teach a modern-day variation of the Ransom Theory. Their concept is that when Yeshua descended into Hell after his death, he was tormented by Satan and all his demons. The suffering that he experienced during this torture was the ransom that God paid to Satan.
Gilley writes this, but I have never heard this taught, not from the men listed or any other teacher.
Jesus left His body to return to His godly form, which demons bow to. Even in Jesus' human body, the demons were afraid of Him. He easily took authority over them.
The teachers listed above support Jesus' teaching that we have all authority over demons. So there's really no reason for Jesus to be spiritually tortured. Our sins are not the same thing as the powers of supernatural beings. We are all separate entities, responsible for our actions. Jesus giving in to demonic abuse doesn't atone for anything.
