Actually, what scare me most is that most people who attend such
services think that their blessings are tied to their tithing...the
more you tithe, the more is your blessings. This I think is an
insult to God as blessings are grace by God and can never be bought
with money.
They are taught by the pastors that they can ask God for
anything (and to ask for the sky) since they have been "justified"
by Jesus death and they are completely righteous in front of
God.
And to them, blessings = money (in terms of promotions,
increment, bigger commissions etc..) but how many millionaires are
there really in the church?
How about building up their spiritual riches?
Look at their testimony which almost always is about
money....
In life, there are up and downs...it is when the chips are down
that the real test comes. Do you still have faith and trust in God
when things are not going your way? Are you still willing to
tithe?
These are times when people leave the church thinking that God
is not real....how sad?
Which is why I think that such teachings are really not brining
people closer to God.....in fact, they are driving people away
......forever and make them loose faith in God.
My friend is "proud" to tell me that 10% of their collections
are donated to charities - as such, they have done God's work. What
do you think ?? and what happen to the other 90%?