Principle 9 – The Early Apostles didn’t Seek after Money (pdf)

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Principle 9

The Early Apostles Didn’t Seek After Money CHRISTIANITY IS not about money, it’s about people. Sadly modern Christendom has been overwhelmed with the salesman who sells Christ as ware and treats the holy things as a way to profit financially.150 It does not take much discernment for the worldly person to see the counterfeit preacher on TV who makes money look like their god.151 Yet, sadly, believers who are asleep spiritually, and have not been seeking the Lord, are given over to this delusion which is coming upon them in masses.152 False teachers abound and the saints are sleeping. There needs to be a clarion cry across all nations that God is not for sale and is against those who love money and equate righteousness with financial gain and profit.153 The abuse of seeking after money even in the position of elder or preacher154 is something that goes back all the way to the Old Testament. Characters such as Balaam and others sought ministry

2 Corinthians 2:17, 1 Timothy 6:10 Matthew 6:24 152 2 Peter 2:1, 2 Timothy 4:3-4, Deuteronomy 13:1-3 153 1 Timothy 6:5 154 1 Timothy 3:3 150 151


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