Not to mention wealthy Christians?
2007-10-01 05:37:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This always gets me. I go to church and I see the Pastor driving a Mercedes or BMW, I wonder why? I know you have to spoil your self once in a while, but when you are someone preaching the word of GOD, I would think that you would be more humble, and realize that instead of buying an expensive car, why not get a honda or jeep, you know something inexpensive and take the money that you would pay for a car like that and give it to charity or help the homeless. I have never met a poor preacher or one that did not drive an expensive car or live in lavish homes. I don't know anything about that though. That was just my view on the subject.
2007-10-01 05:46:06 · answer #1 · answered by I am Me... 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I see no reason in Scripture that God would disapprove wealthy pastors, priests, and Christians *unless* they exploit others to gain their wealth or obtain it dishonestly. I have known and known of far more honest, humble Christian leaders than those that I hear of who are exploitative crooks who people seem to focus on. I have known far more pastors who had to work additional jobs to support their families because their churches could not support them.
I *do* find throughout Scripture that God blesses his people as part of both the old and new covenants. Jesus, who the Bible says had no place to lay his head, simply travelled so much that he had no home, as I understand it. Too, he had a treasurer (Judas Iscariot) and a seamless coat whose value motivated soldiers' desire to gamble for ownership (John 19:23-24).
I see no reason why anyone would begrudge the true man or woman of God having nice things or even accumulating the honestly derived blessing of God. ITimothy 5:18 says, "the laborer is worthy of his reward." Those in secular jobs are paid for their time and services, and it is only right that those who honestly serve their churches and look after their parishioners should prosper as well. The pastors that I know work hard to bring spiritual truth to their people, take their people's spiritual and temporal conditions to heart, invest great time and effort into developing and helping their people, and some have little private life as a result of the demands that parishioners place upon them. I do not believe it is appropriate for church leaders to accumulate and ostentatiously display wealth while their people suffer financially, however. Is anyone concerned about the prosperity of bankers who practice usury against the poor? Or insurance execs who accept premiums for a designated purpose, and then refuse to fulfill their obligations to policyholders?
2007-10-01 06:06:39 · answer #2 · answered by run?imn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My personal opinion is no. I am an ordained Minister that does not receive money for what God wants me to do. And I know others who are pastors, ( I am not a pastor, I am an evangelist ) that have to pay to pastor their little churches. I have no problem with taking wealth and giving it to the poor, to the third world countries or to spread the gospel. However, for the preacher or priest to have personal wealth in my opinion, and I believe it is Jesus' opinion also, it is very wrong.
In Christ,
Evangelist, William M. Butler
Grace Evangelistic Ministry
2007-10-01 05:52:17 · answer #3 · answered by BOC 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-10 02:47:02 · answer #4 · answered by zaheer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The profession of shaman has many advantages. It offers high status with a safe livelihood free of work in the dreary, sweaty sense. In most societies it offers legal privileges and immunities not granted to other men. But it is hard to see how a man who has been given a mandate from on High to spread tidings of joy to all mankind can be seriously interested in taking up a collection to pay his salary; it causes one to suspect that the shaman is on the moral level of any other man. But it’s lovely work if you can stomach it.
cant speak for jesus only myself--enjoy the day
2007-10-01 05:43:07 · answer #5 · answered by lazaruslong138 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the righteous in the last days. This is primarily to promote the Gospel.
2007-10-01 06:23:22 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know - isn't there a scripture that said Jesus didn't even have a home or a place to rest his head? Yet all these fancy pants pastors are making their fortunes off spreading the gospel.....
That doesn't make sense to me.
2007-10-01 05:40:43 · answer #7 · answered by Nea 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If he disapproves of pastors, preists, and Christians being 'wealthy' (financially), Why does not Satan give them all $1,000,000+ presently?
2007-10-01 05:52:19 · answer #8 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1Timothy 6:10 "For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
We see here in this verse that is the love of money that defiles a person and not the money its self.One can be poor and have such a love for money that it causes them to err "from the faith".Resorting to whatever means possible to attain it resulting in "many sorrows".Being rich is not a sin, sinning so we can be rich is.
2007-10-01 05:57:49 · answer #9 · answered by don_steele54 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes because he has blessed them. The only problem that God has with wealth is when people exult there money or depend on their money more then they depend on God.
2007-10-01 05:41:06 · answer #10 · answered by Reshonda P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋