Please understand that I am not trying to be cynical, nor am I trying to take away anyone’s faith concerning God meeting his needs. They are prisoners of the soulish realm and do not live in the spiritual realm. Some gimmicks are absolutely ridiculous, and the fact that they seem to work just illustrates how unlearned and superstitious many people are. I’ve seen some of them come and go two or three times.
Although you might suppose there are a lot of new gimmicks today, a great many of them have been around for decades. Looking back over more than sixty-five years of ministry, I can remember a lot of gimmicks preachers have used to attract attention and get a larger response from people to their ads and appeals. Instead, we should be concentrating on seeking the hearts of the unsaved and faithfully using the finances we already have. I don’t see anywhere in the New Testament where we are supposed to be focused on getting their money now. Jesus after the Tribulation and He sets up His Millennial Kingdom on earth, we will be inheriting all of the wealth of the sinners at that time. Imagine where we would be if those percentages were where they ought to be! The Bible does teach that when the Church returns with Statistics indicate that twenty percent of church members provide eighty percent of church revenue and that the average American Christian gives only six percent of his income to the Lord’s work. If all Christians would simply tithe and give offerings, the Church would have more than enough funds to accomplish whatever it needs to do. Our job is to faithfully use the wealth we already have to get the Gospel out. Our job is not to try to get the wealth of the world. and declined to take anything from pagans” (Moffatt) “… and they accept no help from non-Christians” (Phillips) taking nothing from the people of the world” (Beck) “. Other translations of this verse emphasize the point: “… accepting nothing from the heathen” (Goodspeed) “. The Apostle John said the following about some ministers who traveled with the Gospel: “Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles” (3 John 7). As a minister, he was not focused on their money, but on their souls. Paul said to the Corinthians, “I seek not yours, but you” (2 Cor.
We should be focused on their receiving what we have (eternal life), not on our receiving what they have (material goods). Our concern should be getting their hearts transferred into the Kingdom. We shouldn’t be so concerned about getting sinners’ money transferred into our hands. But I think we need to be careful about coveting the world’s money. I’m sure that as the Church does its job and gets people born again, there will be more people giving their tithes and offerings for the work of the Lord. Jesus said, “.in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may he established” (Matt. And I’m always wary about building a doctrine or basic belief on a single scripture. First of all, I really don’t see anything about this in the New Testament, especially in terms of what we are supposed to be actively believing God for. 13:22).Īpparently, some have interpreted this to mean that the day will come when God’s people will have plenty of money for the work of God-money transferred to us from the wealth of the worldly. the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just” (Prov. The idea is based on part of a scripture that says, ”. There has been quite a bit of discussion in the last couple of years about a coming transference of wealth from the world to the Church. Will There Be an EndTime Transfer of Wealth? Here are a few excerpts I found important from The Midas Touch!! You can find both books at You sign up for free. Rick Renner wrote a book as well Merchandising the Anointing (Rick Renner) I read it is mandatory reading at RHEMA after the book was written. A very interesting book! He wrote it to attempt to correct the abuses he saw regarding money.