FOR IF THERE BE FIRST A WILLING MIND, IT IS ACCEPTED ACCORDING TO THAT A MAN HAS, AND NOT ACCORDING TO THAT HE HAS NOT. FOR I MEAN NOT THAT OTHER MEN BE EASED, AND YOU BURDENED: BUT BY AN EQUALITY, THAT NOW AT THIS TIME YOUR ABUNDANCE MAY BE A SUPPLY FOR THEIR WANT, THAT THEIR ABUNDANCE ALSO MAY BE A SUPPLY FOR YOUR WANT THAT THERE MAY BE EQUALITY: AS IT IS WRITTEN, “HE THAT HAD GATHERED MUCH HAD NOTHING OVER; AND HE THAT HAD GATHERED LITTLE HAD NO LACK (2 CORINTHIANS 8:12-15)… THE AMAZING THING ABOUT SO-CALLED CHRISTIANS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING AND ASSISTING ONE ANOTHER WE’RE AS SELFISH AND AS STINGY AS ANYONE CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE. IT’S AMAZING THAT WITH ALL THE MEGA-MINISTRIES MAKING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THAT THERE’S SUCH LACK AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF GOD – NOT ONLY IN OUR LIVES, BUT ALSO IN OUR MINISTRIES. THERE’S NO PROVISION IN THE WORD OF GOD FOR CHILDREN OF GOD TO HAVE ABUNDANCE AND HOARD IT TO OURSELVES. THERE’S NO PROVISION IN THE WORD OF GOD FOR US TO HAVE ABUNDANCE AND NOT USE IT TO HELP AND ASSIST ONE ANOTHER, AS WELL AS THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN WE ARE. ALL THE TALK ABOUT PROSPERITY OF WEALTH AND MATERIALISM IN THE CHURCHES TODAY, YET THERE’S MORE LACK WITHIN THE BODY OF CHRIST FINANCIALLY NOW THAN THERE’S EVER BEEN. WE CLAIM GOD IS SUPPOSED TO SUPPLY OUR NEED, BUT HE’S DONE JUST THAT BY GIVING ABUNDANCE TO THOSE OF US HE’S GIVEN IT TO. THE QUESTION BECOMES: “WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH IT?” ALL THESE COLLECTIONS AND BEGGINGS FOR “SEED OFFERINGS” BUT THOSE DOING TO BEGGING AND COLLECTING AREN’T GIVING ANYTHING BACK INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST OR HELPING TO PROMOTE OR ENLARGE GOD’S KINGDOM; CONSTANTLY BEGGING MONEY FROM PEOPLE WHO DON’T HAVE AND CAN BARELY MAKE ENDS MEET, THUS CREATING A BURDEN FOR THEM (USING GIMMICKS, TRICKERY, COERCION, THREATS AND EXTORTION TACTICS) WHILE THE BEGGARS GET RICH. BUT THE BIBLE IS CLEAR: WE ARE EACH OTHER’S SUPPLIERS WHEN GOD BLESSES US WITH ANY ABUNDANCE! THE SPIRIT SPEAKS EXPRESSLY, “THERE’S NO AMOUNT OF ABUNDANCE CAN YOU TAKE WITH YOU WHEN YOU DIE!!!”
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:01:17 +0000