The central theological pillar of Bethel: 'Jesus is perfect theology' — everything in Scripture must be filtered through Jesus and inferior revelations discarded

Mike describes digging through hours of footage before isolating what he calls 'the one false doctrinal distinctive' of the movement: the claim that Jesus — specifically the Jesus of the three-and-a-half years of earthly ministry — is the lens through which all other Scripture must be evaluated. Any scriptural teaching that does not align with this Jesus is an 'inferior truth.' Mike plays Johnson saying: 'Any interpretation of Scripture that differs from the standard Jesus set needs to be brought into question.'