Writer: Jeff
Matthew 7:15 15 Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
2 Billion people around the world cook their dinner over fires made of sticks and dung each night, while these churches store up their wealth in vaults bigger than many homes. Yet, the message is so seductive, so simple, so easy to slip into that people begin convincing themselves that it is all right to do exactly what the Bible tells us not to do – horde wealth. They even convince themselves that the words do not mean physical wealth, it means spiritual wealth, or that what matters is not what you do, but what is in your heart – as if your actions do not reflect your heart. Beware of any message claiming that actions do not reflect the love of Christ being in our hearts – this is most definitely a false teaching.
Matthew 11:7 Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces.
Jesus did not come in a fine 1,500 dollar Armani suit. He did not build great Amphitheaters encrusted with jewels and the best acoustics. And if he were here today he certainly would not come in an SUV and pay for deluxe BOSE sound systems that could feed villages. Of course, Megachurches make it easy on their congregations’ conscience as not a single one of them is even within a long drive of a poverty-stricken area. Meaning: the thousands of attendees do not have to pass any homeless people begging for food on route to Church each week. They do not have to think about their 30,000 dollar SUV that sucks up so much extra gas that it would have fed many meals to the homeless each year if it were a better mileage car. After all, most people that attend these churches never have to deal with worrying about food as 91.7 percent of megachurches report having “none,” “hardly any,” or “few” attendees with household incomes below $20,000. (Thuma)
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