PROSPERITY
12th July 2019
READ: 1 Timothy 6:3-19
“…for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” - Matthew 6:20-21
The focus of Christianity today is money, prosperity, establishment, safety and self-preservation. The goals of most Christians are to get more money, houses, cars, and security. Even pastors measure their success by the amount of money they have and by the size of their offerings.
The message of prosperity has become the message of the church. The church must be seen as a group of people who sacrifice for the Kingdom and not as a group of people who only receive blessings.
Money has never been a measure of God’s approval for our lives and never will be. The Bible clearly teaches that in the last days, some will suppose that gain is godliness, (1 Timothy 6:5).
Sacrifice means giving up something. It is the central theme of the Bible. Many of us first heard of the word sacrifice from the Bible. We read about Abraham’s sacrifice, Isaac’s sacrifice and Jacob’s sacrifice. You could not think of a prophet of God in the Bible without thinking about sacrifices. Yet, today, “sacrifice” is one of the most hushed topics. The church has totally abandoned the original message of sacrifice. The church has become a phantom of the original church, fearful and powerless.
The message on sacrifice is very relevant for all of us today. The teaching of sacrifice must return to the church otherwise we will continue to be a phantom of the real church!
