Thank You Martin Luther
Thank you Martin Luther for having to courage to stand up for righteousness and truth, we need men and women like this TODAY! I am tired of seeing the abuse of the saints in the church and over the airwaves. Many of us have been fervently praying that God would turn the church upside down and vigorously shake it (Heb 12:25-29). When this happens, those who love money and have lost their grip on the truth will be the first to fall. This is why every few years you see a “SUPER MINISTER” falls by the wayside.
God DOES shake us up. Many of these preachers start off sincere and really doing a work for God, but love of money overtakes them! In the book of Daniel we find this with Nebuchadnezzar, he was overtaken by his power and wealth and God had to humble him. He was out eating grass like a wild beast because he let his success go to his head! God still chastens us today. If a man or woman of God needs to be humbled God will do it because HE loves us!
1 Cor 4:8-21 (NIV) Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have become kings--and that without us! How I wish you really had become kings so that we might be kings with you!.. We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless... Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world. I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children... I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with punishment, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
James 5:1-5 (TEB) And now, you rich people [see James 2:2-7], listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you! Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths. Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you, and eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days... Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.
God EXPECTS the rich to care for the poor! When they don’t it upsets God. When I see articles about the rich doing good deeds, it is expected in the sight of God. I don’t know whether Bill Gates is a believer or not, but he and his wife give away millions to charity. Now how much more should a rich Christian give away?
God DOES shake us up. Many of these preachers start off sincere and really doing a work for God, but love of money overtakes them! In the book of Daniel we find this with Nebuchadnezzar, he was overtaken by his power and wealth and God had to humble him. He was out eating grass like a wild beast because he let his success go to his head! God still chastens us today. If a man or woman of God needs to be humbled God will do it because HE loves us!
1 Cor 4:8-21 (NIV) Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have become kings--and that without us! How I wish you really had become kings so that we might be kings with you!.. We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless... Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world. I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children... I will come to you very soon, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with punishment, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
James 5:1-5 (TEB) And now, you rich people [see James 2:2-7], listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you! Your riches have rotted away, and your clothes have been eaten by moths. Your gold and silver are covered with rust, and this rust will be a witness against you, and eat up your flesh like fire. You have piled up riches in these last days... Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.
God EXPECTS the rich to care for the poor! When they don’t it upsets God. When I see articles about the rich doing good deeds, it is expected in the sight of God. I don’t know whether Bill Gates is a believer or not, but he and his wife give away millions to charity. Now how much more should a rich Christian give away?
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