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=Dealing with [[Tithing|tithes]] and offerings= | =Dealing with [[Tithing|tithes]] and offerings= | ||
==The pastor's motives?== | |||
''All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.''<ref>Matthew 4:9</ref> | |||
The preacher in a Message church challenged his congregation that if they tithed regularly, God would bless them. One family in the church began to faithfully double-tithe. After a while, the Pastor purchased a nicer house and car. The family in his church continued to give, and continued to struggle financially for years. | |||
In the Bible, Job’s status of righteousness did not depend on his earthly wealth, and his earthly wealth was not a status of his righteousness. A formula of wealth for worship is a works-based submission-for-prosperity gospel that the Devil preached to Jesus. | |||
Was this pastor twisting the Bible's message for his own advantage? Is this the doctrine of devils? Was the motivation for the family's giving based on a desire to obey scripture or to receive blessings? | |||
==A child's story== | ==A child's story== | ||