Prosperity pimp preachers basically use their position of
trust to exploit others. Just watch a
few programs on TBN or The Preachers of L.A. Reality show and you’ll see
exactly what I am talking about. If you
still don’t know what I am talking about then Google “Creflo Dollar” who asked
his congregation to buy a $65 million jet for his personal use. Or, look up Ephron Taylor. He swindled many churches out of millions in
fraudulent Ponzi scheme investments.
Most of those people are false prophets and they are carnally
minded rather than spiritually minded. And,
they are constantly pushing their Prosperity Gospel doctrine down their
congregation’s throat. They live in multi-million dollars homes in exclusive
communities, while the bulk of their congregation live average middle-class to
poor lives. They have no problems with
flexing and flossing their wealth before their flock of followers.
They try and guilt trip people who can’t afford to pay
tithes, making them feel like they are robbing God and the church. They try and make people feel that blessings
come through the pastor, when blessings actually come from God. How dare they exploit people’s trust and
religion for their own selfish means!
They use bible books like Malachi and passages like the
story of the prophet Elijah and the widow to justify taking money and material
things from the congregation. Most of
them are self-appointed men of God. They
are no more anointed by God than you and I are.
Many “prosperity preachers” have specially blessed and prayed over point of contacts such as green “prosperity prayer cloths” or “money anointing oils”. To me they are really props and psychological placebos of sorts. They work if you believe that they will work. Heck, you could probably create your own prayer cloths or prayer rugs if you really put your heart and faith into it. You don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars for a pastor to do something that you can do for yourself. Blessings and prayer aren’t merchandise for sale.
The funny thing is that Jesus and many of the prophets of
the bible lived like nomads and vagabonds.
They weren’t rich. Yet, these
false prophets try to sell people on the lie that they too can be rich if they
sow seeds of faith.
I visited this one church where the preacher was actually
visiting and he was standing in for the head pastor of the church. He was a White, man in his early thirties and
he had a wife who was like nineteen or twenty.
In my opinion they were dressed sort of odd. The service was held at around 11 in the
morning and they were both dressed as if they were going out to dancing later
on. The pastor was dressed really
flamboyantly with a suit and some expensive ornate sunglasses. His hair was slicked back with gel and his
beard trimmed really neatly. His wife was wearing a long, strapless evening gown, with sequins made of a satin-like material. I started to
feel like the congregation was being mocked.
The only thing that was missing was his hat with a feather on top.
When the pastor started to give his sermon he started off
with that Prosperity Gospel message.
That was the bulk of the sermon.
The pastor bragged about how he became a rich business man at a young
man. Very little preaching was done from the Bible. Very little focus was placed on Christian virtues
like “humility” and “kindness’. Nothing was ever mentioned about "salvation" or “redemption”.
I was like “Here we go, again!”
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