Tuesday, 18 February 2014

the new indulgence



Have you prayed about the matter? Why are you still restless?
 I have prayed my dear, I have prayed. But I am looking for some big amount to sow into the life of the man of God.
Why? Having prayed that should settle it.
Ah! I want to commit God into doing the miracle so I am looking for some money to sow into the man of God and speak to the seed to bring about the results.
Where did that understanding come from? God is not bound by your money but by his word. Or else what will happen to poor brethren and students? It means they will not have any guarantees for their prayer. The way you are going I don’t see this prayer being answered.
You are wrong. The gifts of the Centurion spoke for him and made Jesus willing to come and heal the servant, and Solomon’s gift of a thousand bullocks moved God to give him whatever he asked 1Kg 3:4,5.
Your teaching is both wrong and dangerous: God is not moved by our gift as He is moved by His word. David fasted and prayed but that did not make God change the sentence of death upon his son born of adultery.
That was because of adultery now. Worship moves God.
Not your kind of Zebedee worship. Then the mother of Zebedee's children came to Him with her sons, worshiping and desiring a certain thing from Him.  And He said to her, What do you desire? She said to Him, Grant that these my two sons may sit in Your kingdom, the one on Your right hand and the other on the left. But Jesus answered and said, You do not know what you ask Mat 20:20-22 (MKJV).
Worship that seeks to manipulate God is offensive to Him and doomed to fail. This your teaching sounds like a new form of indulgence.
What is that?
You should read a bit about church history my friend. Indulgences were things sold by the church before the Reformation to people with the promise that answers to prayer, and forgiveness of sins were guaranteed by buying it. No amount of money or giving guarantees God’s intervention: only His word gives a guarantee. I will worship toward Your holy temple, and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth's sake; for You have magnified Your Word above all Your name Ps 138:2(MKJV).  Should I stop giving then?
No; give from the heart when moved to. Trust Jesus, not your gift; and never try to manipulate God. He will do it.

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