Some of these preachers even have the gall to ask their members and radio or TV audience to contribute towards purchasing a private jet or upgrading their private jets, so that they can take the Gospel to the rest of the world! Lie! Most of them use the private jets for their personal pleasure than they do actual ministry work!
For instance, Christian ministries like TBN, Daystar, etc., raise money every year during a telethon (as someone put it, "Con-a-thon") in the name of taking the Gospel to the outermost parts of the world or that they are reaching the world for Christ. Lie! They raise money to sustain the lavish lifestyles of their founders Paul and his wife Jan Crouch (TBN), Marcus and Joni Lamb (Daystar). They are not reaching the world for Christ; rather they are only reaching the Body of Christ or better yet the spiritually gullible for themselves; to grow their own personal empires!
I mean, how are you reaching the world for Christ, when the majority of your viewers are Christians, not unbelievers? For the most part, unbelievers don’t watch Christian stations or programming! So, if anyone is truly trying to reach sinners, he/she would go where sinners are or broadcast on secular radio or TV stations that sinners listen to or watch, not Christian stations!
I don’t know about you, but when I was a sinner, a Christian station or religious programming was the last thing I wanted to see. Even if I was channel-surfing, and came upon a religious programming, I changed the channel quickly to go on to something else. I mean, who wants to watch a preacher whooping and hollering when I could be watching musical videos on BET?
Is it any wonder then why Christianity lacks credibility around the world? If all people see are the money-hungry, con-artists on TBN and Daystar; the likes of Rod Parsley, Juanita Bynum, Paula White, etc. Or some of the other preachers who misuse and take scriptures out of context, the likes of Creflo Dollar, Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, T.D. Jakes, Joel Osteen, Joyce Meyers and a host of others.
For instance, just recently, Paula White at a TBN telethon, read Psalm 66:12, to ask the viewers to call in to pledge $66.12 for the next 12 months to help support TBN, so that they can get the blessing of Psalm 66:12! My goodness! How do these people come up with these scams? Ah! How are they able to sleep at night? Don’t they have a conscience?
By the way, just in case you are wondering what Psalm 66:12 says…it says
You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but You brought us out to rich fulfillment.
Anyway, moving right along…
So, if it does not take money to spread the Gospel, what does it take and how is the Gospel going to reach the outermost parts of the world? The same way the Gospel got to us through Jesus and His disciples. The same way the Gospel reached the world in biblical days – by each one reaching one.
No where in the Bible would you find anyone beg the people for money to help spread the Gospel. And please don’t tell me that things have changed since biblical times. Or that today, it takes more money to spread the Gospel than it did in biblical times. Lie! Nothing has changed. At least, not as it relates to spreading the Gospel. The same old-fashioned way of each one reach one will still get the job done, today and in the future!
The reason we think that it takes money to spread the Gospel is because we’d rather throw money at a problem than be personally involved. We’d rather send money or use electronic media to go where we ought to go. We think that when Jesus said that the end of the world shall not come until the Gospel has been preached in all parts of the world (Matthew 24:14), that he meant by radio, TV, newspaper, books, telephone, fax, internet, etc. No! He meant by each one reaching one. He meant each one of us personally preaching the Gospel to a lost and dying world.
Think about it, if it takes money to spread the Gospel, then cults like the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons would not have followers. Yet, you never see them on radio or TV evangelizing or even begging you for money at that. Why? Simply because they are busy doing simple, old-fashioned evangelism; going door-to-door, and each one reaching one. That’s what we, the Church of Jesus Christ, are called to do! Not preach through radio, TV or the internet or beg for money at that!
Sure, using the media is good. It makes evangelism easier. I have nothing against it. Thank God for radio, TV, the internet, etc. There’s nothing wrong with them. If not, you won’t be reading this article now. But that’s not the primary way we are to spread the Gospel. It’s definitely not a reason to beg for money. You either can afford to have a radio/TV ministry or not.
I can’t stand it when radio/TV preachers or hosts say that if people don’t support their ministries that they’d go off the air. So? Go away! Bye! And as my mother-in-law would say jokingly in her broken Spanish, "Adios amigo!" You don’t need to threaten people about going off the air. If it is God’s ministry, He would find a way to support His ministry. You can’t stop God’s work. Sadly, many respected preachers of the Gospel and Christian ministry leaders have resorted to raising money this way.
Now, am I saying don’t give to the work of the Lord? No! All I’m saying is that it should be a willful offering, from the heart. Not because someone begged for it, but because the Holy Spirit prompted you. Matter of fact, I’ll go as far as saying that if someone has to beg or ask for it, chances are it’s not for the work of the Lord. Rather, it’s the work of man – to make the person look good or save face.
If it is truly the work of the Lord, the Lord will prompt you by His Spirit. Just as He prompted the Philippians to give to Paul’s ministry without him asking them. In fact, Paul said that they begged him to take their gift (2 Corinthians 8:4). If you are truly born of God’s Spirit and filled with God’s Spirit, you will be prompted to give! And if you really love the Lord, you can’t help but give to the work of the Lord. But let your giving come from the heart, not grudgingly or of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Corinthians 9:7).
So again I ask, "Does it take money to spread the Gospel?" Again, I say, "No!" What it takes is a yielded and willing vessel. All it takes is each one reaching one. That was how the Gospel got to us; that is how we ought to get the Gospel to the outermost parts of the world!
Now, the question is, "Are you a yielded and willing vessel?"
"Stop begging For Money In Jesus Name You Fucking Greedy Hypocrite Preachers Or I'll Throw You Thru Your Fucking Stained Glass Window"
Angel De Fuego