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Should Christians get rich off of teaching / preaching the truths of God ?
mari_et_pere:
Here's something interesting I just thought of. It'll shed some light on this possibly. These "evangelists?" who are making multi-millions off their version of the gospel, are any single one of them preaching the right one? I've never seen ANY of them speak the truth as we know it. None of them do!
Sad that perveyors of filth (that's what they are!) are getting rich while decent people (that's me and you, folks) won't get anywhere near what they get. That's wrong! However! I'll still be thankful for what I have, and rest easy at night knowing that I'm in the right, and you should too. Don't sweat it, it's in God's hands!
Matt
Craig:
--- Quote ---I was very relieved and pleased that Ray's ministry wasn't a money making venture as most every ministry out there. He stated that he and his staff aren't on a salary. It is all volunteer.There are plenty of ministires charging a good sum of money
--- End quote ---
You mean we could have been charging all this time? Jeesh, now you tell me. ;) ;D ;D ;D
Always the last to know
Craig
blakparty:
This is what the Word of God says on this matter: 2 Corinthians 2:17 (New International Version) " Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God."
Our God knows everything as Paul was instructed to right this. God knew that this was going to happen and He told Paul that this was going to happen. They will be judged for this.
hillsbororiver:
These verses come to mind;
1Ti 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
1Ti 3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Tit 1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Tit 1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
1Pe 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Some historic background and definition of the word "lucre" in the Tyndale & King James Version(s);
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
lu·cre /ˈlukər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[loo-ker] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun monetary reward or gain; money.
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[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L lucrum profit; akin to OE léan reward, G Lohn, Goth, ON laun]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source lu·cre (lōō'kər) Pronunciation Key
n. Money or profits.
[Middle English, from Latin lucrum; see lau- in Indo-European roots.]
Word History: When William Tyndale translated aiskhron kerdos, "shameful gain" (Titus 1:11), as filthy lucre in his edition of the Bible, he was tarring the word lucre for the rest of its existence. But we cannot lay the pejorative sense of lucre completely at Tyndale's door. He was merely a link, albeit a strong one, in a process that had begun long before with respect to the ancestor of our word, the Latin word lucrum, "material gain, profit." This process was probably controlled by the inevitable conjunction of profit, especially monetary profit, with evils such as greed. In Latin lucrum also meant "avarice," and in Middle English lucre, besides meaning "monetary gain, profit," meant "illicit gain." Furthermore, many of the contexts in which the neutral sense of the word appeared were not wholly neutral, as in "It is a wofull thyng . . . ffor lucre of goode . . . A man to fals his othe [it is a sad thing for a man to betray his oath for monetary gain]." Tyndale thus merely helped the process along when he gave us the phrase filthy lucre.
noun
1. informal terms for money [syn: boodle]
2. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) [syn: net income]
His Peace to you,
Joe
YellowStone:
--- Quote from: Chris R on May 12, 2007, 06:33:57 AM ---......Paul and Jan Crouch of TBN purchased a house for 5,000,000.00 Yes..thats five Million dollars. There are others who purchase jets for 10,000,000.00
The prosperity gospel need to be exposed, unless we think that the poor widows pennys should be spent on this lavish style of living.......
Peace
Chris R
--- End quote ---
Chris, the really sad thing here is that it is not these people who are "fleecing" the innocent, it is instead the "so called" innocent in search of salvation the easy way. In short, they willingly choose to buy their salvation, and their pridefully blinded eyes prevent them from seeing (with the help of God) that the "money" is turned into an idol of the givers of (un) truth.
Who are the "innocents" worshiping? :)
Rom 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
If only they could see.....all in God's time, all in time.
The gulf between Truth and Deception is vast, is it any wonder they have no idea what truth is? :)
Love in Christ,
Darren
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