Proverbs 22:16

“He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.”

Your thieving pastor wants you to believe that he is 'one of the 'Lord's anointed'.

He is not!

He is a thief of the worst kind and will be rewarded for his wickedness.

Many are in dire financial straits, even destitute in some instances because of his deceit.

Jesus warned us to beware of such men. And the Word of God condemns him.

Mathew 7:22-23

“Many shall say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? And in your name cast out devils? And in your name done many wonderful works?

And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : depart from me you that work iniquity.”

The law of God is simply:

Give only what you can afford to give.

Give only what you can gladly give, and not one cent more.

This is the law of God. It is written within the pages and teachings of the Christian Bible.

Avoiding a Deadly Cocktail of Curses

Patricia Backora

By Patricia Backora

I needed desperately to believe in something. I had a Hero in heaven, Jesus, but like many other people, I thought I needed a (visible) hero on earth too.  In those days, I really didn’t have much of an awareness that ALL believers in Christ are on an equal footing in the sight of God where it concerned the priesthood of all believers.

God is not nearly so impressed with wealth and fame (or lack of it) as people are.  Every one of His beloved children who earnestly seeks Him with a pure heart gets a royal welcome before His Throne of Grace.  God shows no partiality (Acts 10:34-35).

RUSH your best gift in to our ministry RIGHT NOW! Sign your name to this red prayer rag!  Sleep over it just ONE night and don’t forget to wrap it around the BIGGEST bill in your wallet!  God gave HIS best for YOU, so you should do the same for Him!  Old Scratch is absolutely TERRIFIED about what you’re about to do! Make giving fun and he’ll tuck tail and run!

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Month after month such propaganda would arrive in my mailbox. I was desperate enough to “prove God”, even when I only had pennies in my purse.  I disregarded the voice of caution inside me as being a mere temptation to “be selfish”.  Funny how years of listening to “new revelations” in church, over the radio, and at religious crusades can warp your understanding of how God operates and what you need to do to persuade Him to move in power on your behalf.

I inhaled that twisted teaching like a vacuum cleaner. I turned a blind eye to any evidence that God’s “anointed servants” were living like kings off the backs of poor working people. After all, I really didn’t expect Brother Wonder-worker to appear on TV dressed in a torn T-shirt and faded jeans. They had to keep up appearances “for the glory of God”, but I eventually came to the conclusion that no preacher’s poodle needs its own air-conditioned condominium!

Things only got worse in those days when I got regular mail-outs from famous preachers. I was bowled over by the slick brochures, “personalized letters”, and tiny vials of “miracle oil” that would arrive several times a month

Surely my miracle would come if only I would follow “God’s” instructions and send in the preacher’s red hankie wrapped around my last dollar.  Most of the time all I could offer was prayer. Somewhat uneasily I conceded that God just might be doing “something new” in the church world, by teaching His kids the Golden Principles of Prosperity.  God was depicted as Someone Who was powerless to help you unless you first “sowed a sacrificial seed” into His Kingdom.

You had to give (and give big!) to get your needs met by God.  Even if your favorite televangelist ate the finest food and wore the fanciest clothes, he (or she) was still “God’s anointed” and “giving” only got rewarded by God if it was done to the likes of them.  Giving to gimmicky preachers is done merely for the sake of “putting your faith in action”, not because the preacher is going hungry and needs food, as happened to the Apostle Paul (I Cor.9:4; 2 Cor.11:27). 

Sacrifice was encouraged to be done just for the sake of sacrifice, although such a thing never was taught by Jesus or any of His apostles. What greedy televangelists are really saying is this: God demands continual “give-till-it-hurts” sacrifice.  Preachers make you think that while Jesus’ one-time sacrifice on Calvary was sufficient to get us saved to heaven, it isn’t enough to save us from Satan’s attacks on earth! 

Whenever people were asked to give in the New Testament, it was only to meet REAL needs, not to “test” God to see if He would out give your gift to the preacher a hundred fold! Jesus plainly says in Matt.4:7: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.  “Tempt” as used in this verse comes from the Greek word “ekpeirazo” which means to test thoroughly. Preachers appeal to Malachi 3:10 where God tells the sons of Jacob (see verse 6), not the Church, to bring in the tithe and to prove Him to see whether He would open the windows of heaven and pour them out a blessing. 

I read that fishers for funds are getting so desperate these days that they even coax Christians to “empty their bank accounts for the Lord”.  Then when the landlord wants the rent, it’s supposedly the Lord’s fault if He doesn’t provide a quick-fix for the mess caused by some lying preacher’s sales pitch.