unworthyservant Posted August 18, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 298 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) Since my post on using "In God We Trust" it's brought up another subject and that is the prosperity Gospel that being preached these days, so I thought I'd share this: Evangelical preacher on TV tells me send my money to the Lord. Send a gift of Faith, you'll receive your reward. Send it today, now don't delay, salvation's in your reach. You'll have a mansion in Heaven and a condo on the beach. He takes the money I send him to pay for his million dollar home. A luxury hotel room, when he has to be gone. You can see how rich you'll be, just keep on sending cash. He's getting awful rich and I'm just poor trailer trash. I sit around and worry about how I'll pay the bills. While he's out living the high life with stars in Beverly Hills. All I know is everywhere I go I'm stuck in the old rat race. While he tells me that his fortune, is God's amazing Grace. Edited August 18, 2019 by unworthyservant add verse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi Posted August 18, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 55 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1,742 Content Per Day: 1.01 Reputation: 308 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/28/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 hour ago, unworthyservant said: Since my post on using "In God We Trust" it's brought up another subject and that is the prosperity Gospel that being preached these days, so I thought I'd share this: Evangelical preacher on TV tells me send my money to the Lord. Send a gift of Faith, you'll receive your reward. Send it today, now don't delay, salvation's in your reach. You'll have a mansion in Heaven and a condo on the beach. He takes the money I send him to pay for his million dollar home. A luxury hotel room, when he has to be gone. You can see how rich you'll be, just keep on sending cash. He's getting awful rich and I'm just poor trailer trash. I think that possibly all televangicals are phonies. They do all seem to crave Mammon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unworthyservant Posted August 18, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 298 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 minute ago, luigi said: I think that possibly all televangicals are phonies. They do all seem to crave Mammon. The old saying is "never is a word I seldom use". As much as I don't like to judge anyone or make blanket statements that because some of a group are leading their flock astray that it applies to all, I sometimes wonder if you're not right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not me Posted August 18, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 14 Topic Count: 512 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 3,184 Content Per Day: 1.44 Reputation: 3,349 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/06/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, unworthyservant said: Since my post on using "In God We Trust" it's brought up another subject and that is the prosperity Gospel that being preached these days, so I thought I'd share this: Evangelical preacher on TV tells me send my money to the Lord. Send a gift of Faith, you'll receive your reward. Send it today, now don't delay, salvation's in your reach. You'll have a mansion in Heaven and a condo on the beach. He takes the money I send him to pay for his million dollar home. A luxury hotel room, when he has to be gone. You can see how rich you'll be, just keep on sending cash. He's getting awful rich and I'm just poor trailer trash. True story; 40 years or so ago when I was about 20 I wrote to one of these radio preachers. Told him about all the troubles in my life and he wrote back asking if I wanted to buy a cemetery plot. No joking, it really happened. Always wondered if he was trying to tell me something??? Lol Peace in Christ, Not me Edited August 18, 2019 by Not me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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unworthyservant Posted August 18, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 298 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 8 minutes ago, Melinda12 said: Don't give them anything. It's all parody. I haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted August 18, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.83 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted August 18, 2019 4 hours ago, unworthyservant said: Since my post on using "In God We Trust" it's brought up another subject and that is the prosperity Gospel that being preached these days, so I thought I'd share this: Evangelical preacher on TV tells me send my money to the Lord. Send a gift of Faith, you'll receive your reward. Send it today, now don't delay, salvation's in your reach. You'll have a mansion in Heaven and a condo on the beach. He takes the money I send him to pay for his million dollar home. A luxury hotel room, when he has to be gone. You can see how rich you'll be, just keep on sending cash. He's getting awful rich and I'm just poor trailer trash. I sit around and worry about how I'll pay the bills. While he's out living the high life with stars in Beverly Hills. All I know is everywhere I go I'm stuck in the old rat race. While he tells me that his fortune, is God's amazing Grace. Their heart is not on Jesus Christ. Their heart is on the money...... Greed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Hartono Posted August 18, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 770 Topics Per Day: 0.34 Content Count: 6,929 Content Per Day: 3.07 Reputation: 1,979 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/15/2018 Status: Offline Share Posted August 18, 2019 Jesus was angry with the vendors at the temple on jerusalem but now they dont sell cheap goods on the cart anymore but they r selling Gospel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unworthyservant Posted August 18, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 645 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 298 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/2019 Status: Offline Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, Abdicate said: Those selling or asking for funds are not trusting God to provide. I don't care who they are. They are fulfilling this Peter's warning which so few heed. 2 Peter 2:2-3 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed they will exploit [make merchandise of you, KJV] you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. George Mueller proves the right way of doing it. He asked only the Father to provide, not man, so no man could say "I made him" just like Abraham did. Thurman Scrivner is one following the path of the word of God, the same path of George Mueller and Abraham. Beware of those that ask to buy their books, CDs, DVDs, their heresy. My favorite are those that give you 12 mins of "best thing since Jesus" information, and then 17 mins of sales pitch to find out they're full of it. With all the free stuff out there, there is zero reason to build a $400 million building! Take that money and give WiFi to Africa - oh wait, the Israelis just did that! Though it's a business for them, Christians must not be merchandising the free word of God. "But a workman is worth their hire..." you might say, well, it took me 10 years to write my book, free on my site, and I don't need a dime from anyone. God has always provided for me. That's another good point, the merchandising of Christianity. It could be a topic in itself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willa Posted August 19, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 68 Topic Count: 185 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 14,224 Content Per Day: 3.34 Reputation: 16,647 Days Won: 30 Joined: 08/14/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted August 19, 2019 In contrast some like Billy Graham only lived off the profits of the books he sold, and those were at rock bottom prices. He never asked for donations for himself and gave away many of the books. I told my cousin when we visited her that our church never asks for money, which is true. She took me to her church that Sunday and was embarrassed to have her pastor ask all who wanted to be blest come forward and place money down on the stage. Then he asked those who wanted a double blessing to come forward again and place more money on the stage. Not only did the left hand know what the right hand was doing, the whole congregation watched while people came forward with their money. Fleecing the flock. Pastors above all should be setting the example of trusting our God to supply their needs and the needs of their church. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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