If the Bible says that
God's Word is dead without His Spirit revealing it to us, (2 Corinthians 3:6)
then why do preachers ask that we use money to make the Word come alive in
our life?
2 Corinthians 3:6 (AMP)
6 [It is He] Who has qualified us [making us to be
fit and worthy and sufficient] as ministers and dispensers of a new covenant
[of salvation through Christ], not [ministers] of the letter (of legally
written code) but of the Spirit; for the code [of the Law] kills, but the
[Holy] Spirit makes alive.
Have we become so arrogant
that we think money can bring life to dead Word? How much did the disciples pay
for Jesus to come to life? Is that too harsh? Amazing that we are offended by a
statement like that, but we don't mind a preacher telling us from the pulpit
that money activates the Word of God in your life. And if Jesus is God's Word
and our Healer, then why do we need a "love-offering" i.e. money
to activate His promises or His healing in our lives?
Matthew 6:24
24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will
hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one
and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon
(deceitful riches, money, possessions, or [whatever is trusted in).
Since when do we trust in
money to activate the supernatural?
To me it is nothing short
of witchcraft. You pay for "new age" healings, and you pay to
have your palm read, but according to my beliefs and the Bible that I
read...everything was paid for on the cross. The Gospel is free - the end. No
if's or but's, IT IS FREE!
Give your money to the
church. It is a good thing. Give more than what you think is enough, there is a
whole world that needs to be reached by our churches through our giving, but
don't be fooled by fools who think that money has any kind of authority when it
comes to the activation of anything pertaining to the Great I Am and the
promises in His Word.
Luke 16:11
11 Therefore if you have not been faithful in the
[case of] unrighteous mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions), who will
entrust to you the true riches?
The only ounce of
truth in this widely accepted false doctrine is that when we worship God,
whether it be through song or monetary sacrifice, our FAITH levels rise and we
become more expectant of God's promises, and faith will get you in a position
for mountains to be moved.
This, however, does not
confirm that money "sown into the Word" will move God in any way.
In short, your money does
not move God or activate the Word, but rather the Holy Spirit activates the
Word because of Jesus. Preachers will be held accountable for preaching
anything that gives glory to money, for Jesus should receive all the
glory.
