The greatest weakness of the modern day church is money. Pastors and their congregations have often side stepped sound doctrine and empowered terrible leaders because of money. Many teachers are careful to groom their teaching to avoid passages that are uncomfortable:
“Better to have little, with fear for the LORD, than to have great treasure and inner turmoil” (Proverbs 15:16)
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:19-21)
“"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” (Matthew 6:24)
These passages are omitted in most sermons, because they conflict with false prosperity gospel (that following Jesus equals wealth), and name it and claim it delusion that ignores Jesus’ red letter warnings about money and instead adopt a corrupt Mammonist Christianity hybrid.
The Apostle Paul tells us the roof t of evil is money, “For the love of money is the root of all evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows,” (Timothy 6:10) and that is clear in that the devil’s fall stems from creating money, “You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden,
the garden of God;
every precious stone adorned you:
carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
topaz, onyx and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl.
Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.
14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub,for so I ordained you.You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.
16 Through your widespread trade (commerce) you were filled with violence, and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
and I expelled you, guardian cherubim angel.” (Ezekiel 28:12-16). If money is so dangerous, then why are churches in are churches obsessed with it? Certainly we all need wages to eat, provide shelter, and warmth for our families, but churches covet money and invent schemes to increase their coffers with shows, tithathons, charismatic preachers, and more. The focus is often the budget, not the Beatitudes, money not the Messiah. Is it any wonder the West is now lost to paganisms and eastern mysticism? That the Nones are starting to outnumber believers?! How long did pastors think they could serve two masters till The Lord Trinity began to judge God’s House, “For it is time for judgment to begin with God's household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?” (1 Peter 4:17)? Our churches have become Babylon, full of greed and lawlessness, and yet they wonder why their pews are empty. Hypocrisy eventually leads to crisis, and the Church of the West is in crisis. The mixed devotion to God and money has lead to a mass exodus of the faithful who seek to serve only Christ. This blending of the Spirit and money is a cancer that has rotter the Church. You cannot kiss Christ on one cheek, and then fornicate with Mammon and Jezebel! God shall not tolerate idols, and your 501C3 status and lofty steeples and budgets are idols! It is time you choose! Christ or the coin, the cross or the cash sign! You cannot serve both! Amen.
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