#8 The Business Church
Top 10 Church tradition topics and Lies #8
The Business Church
Ok lets deal with this lie for who first established it, greedy men. This is the very treason why people stop going to Church. Now while I deal with this topic I want you to understand that there is a biblical business side. However it deals with taking care of the needs of the saints (Acts 6:1-7) and paying hired elders, not building these huge kingdom palaces here on earth. Let’s deal with this topic by first attaching these greedy teachers. Their doctrine focuses on prosperity and creative lies to get it there way.
1 Tim 6:5
These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their back on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy.
When I say the business Church I am talking about these guys. They teach a doctrine that cause their followers to focus on the success of this life. However success is not a mark of a believer. Let me prove it. Jeremiah asked God why to the wicket prosper?( Jer 12:1) If you read that scripture you find out that God is the one who prospered them (Jer 12:1-2). God prospers both the wicket and the righteous. You’ll see the righteous prospering in Proverbs 3:9,10. These greedy preachers have built a whole doctrine on being prosperous. They teach lies but twisting scripture. They tell people if your not rich or have money then it s because you lack in faith. Even though the bible says God is the one who make people rich and makes people poor (1 Samuel 2:7). The bible even declares that we shall experience both from God (Ecc 7:14).
These false teachers teach one side to get their followers to feel like God owes them their prosperity. Why? They believe that they are suppose to be more prosperous than the world. Is this true? Of Course not. They think this is how God works. I have even been told by a pastor the we needed member that had money, not the poor folk. Lets see the truth.
1cor 1:26-29
remember , dear brothers and sister , that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. 27 instead, God chose things this world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. 28 God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and uses them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. 29 as a result, no one can ever boasting the presence of God.
Here we see God uses the things that the world regards as worthless and destroys the things the world considers to be important. So these teachers are plain o backwards by trying to compete with the world. God will take nothing and defeat their something by using things they don’t even want, people they don’t want, and tactics they don’t want.
This business Church waste time effort and money on building their Huge churches . They can easily accomplish effective discipleship by allowing under shepherds to lead smaller groups. However because of their pride and hunger for maintaining the image of the world, they go for the gusto. More money to accomplish more thing is their goal. They waste millions of dollars on buildings even when Church buildings aren’t in the bible. These business leaders are well trained in taking your money ( 2nd peter2 :3,14) They also brag about themselves (2nd peter 2:18, Jude :16 ) and teach that it is the way we should be.
1Tim 6:9
but people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Many people are deceived by these Churches. But they are torn away by their own lustful desire. Their desire to be rich hurts them. Their own lust for riches traps them in a never ending chase for riches. They then believe many of the lies that are taught because of their hope. Why? Because these teacher give them what their itching ears wanna hear. Lets see that scripture
2 Tim 4:3,4
For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound doctrine and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ear want to hear. They will reject the truth and chase after myths.
Wow. This is not the will of God. We should not be chasing after myths Let me give you an example of one myth to end this lie called the business church.
Promises taught out of the old covenant
Duet 28:1,2
If you fully obey the lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving today , the lord your God will set you high above all these nations of the world 2 You will experience all these blessings if you obey the lord your God: vs 3-14 (blessings).
They teach the blessing from the Law (old covenant) like vs 8 ,the lord will bless every thing you do and will fill your storehouse with grain.
They take this promise in the old covenant and tell the people if they are obedient then they will have a lot of money and wealth and god will bless everything they do. So they peruse this threw their giving as the teacher twist new testament scriptures. Now you have people yelling I am the head not the tail above and not beneath . However , Let me show you how deceptive this really is. Lets look at the scripture that expires this covenant.
Hebrew 8:6-13
I’m just going to show you notes because of how long the scripture is. Please read the whole scripture. If you don’t own a bible just go to www.bible.com and look up the passage.
Vs 6: Jesus mediates for us a far better covenant
Vs 7 The first covenant wasn’t flawless so there was a need to replace it.
Vs 8 God found fault with the people so he said the day is coming when I will make a new covenant
Vs 9 The covenant will not remain the same
Vs 10 I will put my laws in their minds and on their hearts and they will be my people and I will be their God
Vs 11 They will not need to teach their neighbors nor will need to teach their relatives saying you it should know the lord. For everyone from the least to the greatest will know me.
Vs 12 And I will forgive them their sins and remember them no more
Vs 13 And when God speaks of a new covenant , means he has made the fist one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear.
This shows that the old covenant is no longer valid, it is out of date. As we await for the fulfillment of the new covenant at the end of the age, we understand that the scriptures are useful to teach what is true and make us realize what we are doing wrong. So we can look back to see right and wrong but not promises or principles. So to wrap this up understand that they teach half the truth to get what they want. However if you have never heard of the expiring of the old covenant then you think it is the truth, however this is the business church opporation.
If you are apart of that Church let me leave you with this,
you cant serve God and Money.
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