Article: Itching Ears

[Christ's Free Servant]

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Itching Ears

Michael L Brown

ICN Ministries

Over 1900 years ago Paul warned Timothy that,

[RGR]

It amazes me still, and I don't know why, how many of these TV preachers preach this "God wants you to be rich" messages, telling you that if you'll send in $91.11 (for Psalms 91:11 as an example), you'll get blessed! I saw one such preacher about 4 or 5 years ago explaining how that the number 6 meant a triple blessing! He pulled out the Scripture saying that God said creation was good 3 times on the 6th day and that, therefore, meant that 6 was a triple blessing. Since we were entering into the 6000th year since creation (according to him), that was a year of blessing, yada, yada, yada.

Honestly, I don't know where I stand as far as judgement. I, for one, will not deny that America is heaping up judgement upon herself with abortion, gay marriage/rights, etc. The question I find myself asking is WHEN will God judge? Do we deserve it now? Yes! Will God withhold? I don't know. I subscribe to a pre-trib notion when it comes to the rapture and I've felt for a long time that maybe God is going to withhold major judgement from this nation until He has called His saints home. I don't claim that as a word from Him, but I do know that He told Abraham that for 10 righteous souls, He would not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. I believe that the only reason we have NOT seen the wrath of God upon this nation is because of Christians, but how much longer will He stay His hand?

[David Giesen]

Write on!

And how many preachers aver God's abundance for all, manifest in the earth itself? How many quietly abide the division of the earth upon terms that alienate the people from the land! We all know the earth is the irreducible source of all material satisfaction and yet the pulpit says nary a word about treating the rent of the earth as the birthright of all people. Is it any wonder that huge wealth piles up on one side and abject poverty weighs down the other when the earth is treated as though its community-wide desirability (market value) is a proper source of private income?

Honor God and yet hoard Creation's rent for one's own? Absurd!

Who can expect others to live in abundance when paper title to land is wielded as a lever to extract the community-generated desirability of the abundance of Creation from community as private gain?

Ah the itching ears leading the twitching fingers to fondle the pocket book. . . and God's Creation!

[cjrose]

It amazes me still, and I don't know why, how many of these TV preachers preach this "God wants you to be rich" messages, telling you that if you'll send in $91.11 (for Psalms 91:11 as an example), you'll get blessed! I saw one such preacher about 4 or 5 years ago explaining how that the number 6 meant a triple blessing! He pulled out the Scripture saying that God said creation was good 3 times on the 6th day and that, therefore, meant that 6 was a triple blessing. Since we were entering into the 6000th year since creation (according to him), that was a year of blessing, yada, yada, yada.

Honestly, I don't know where I stand as far as judgement. I, for one, will not deny that America is heaping up judgement upon herself with abortion, gay marriage/rights, etc. The question I find myself asking is WHEN will God judge? Do we deserve it now? Yes! Will God withhold? I don't know. I subscribe to a pre-trib notion when it comes to the rapture and I've felt for a long time that maybe God is going to withhold major judgement from this nation until He has called His saints home. I don't claim that as a word from Him, but I do know that He told Abraham that for 10 righteous souls, He would not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. I believe that the only reason we have NOT seen the wrath of God upon this nation is because of Christians, but how much longer will He stay His hand?

Ronald, just wanted to say you are awesome! I've read a lot of your posts and you are right on with me and have helped me understand and put things in to their proper perspective, so thank you!

[RGR]

It amazes me still, and I don't know why, how many of these TV preachers preach this "God wants you to be rich" messages, telling you that if you'll send in $91.11 (for Psalms 91:11 as an example), you'll get blessed! I saw one such preacher about 4 or 5 years ago explaining how that the number 6 meant a triple blessing! He pulled out the Scripture saying that God said creation was good 3 times on the 6th day and that, therefore, meant that 6 was a triple blessing. Since we were entering into the 6000th year since creation (according to him), that was a year of blessing, yada, yada, yada.

Honestly, I don't know where I stand as far as judgement. I, for one, will not deny that America is heaping up judgement upon herself with abortion, gay marriage/rights, etc. The question I find myself asking is WHEN will God judge? Do we deserve it now? Yes! Will God withhold? I don't know. I subscribe to a pre-trib notion when it comes to the rapture and I've felt for a long time that maybe God is going to withhold major judgement from this nation until He has called His saints home. I don't claim that as a word from Him, but I do know that He told Abraham that for 10 righteous souls, He would not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. I believe that the only reason we have NOT seen the wrath of God upon this nation is because of Christians, but how much longer will He stay His hand?

Ronald, just wanted to say you are awesome! I've read a lot of your posts and you are right on with me and have helped me understand and put things in to their proper perspective, so thank you!

If I've been a blessing, give Him thanks!