Tuesday, September 17, 2013

A REFRESHING COUNTER ARGUMENT AGAINST THE NEW RAVE OF PROSPERITY GOSPEL THAT IS SWEEPING GLOBALLY

As the controversy rages about the stupendous wealth of Nigerian jet flying Pastors despite the abominable poverty that pervades amidst their followers,i came across this rather interesting perspective that shows that extremes of these prosperity preachings is really going against the concept of what Jesus stood for when he was on earth.Acquiring wealth to give back should be the mantra of any decent christian,rather than a gluttonous accumulation of wealth. 
According to John Piper "There is nothing wrong with being wealthy. I love it when Christians are rich. That should mean more money to fund the mission. But there is a line to how much money we as leaders should spend on ourselves. I don't know where the line is, but it is somewhere before the ministry purchasing million dollar homes for us and our kids. That line is somewhere before purchasing us a $10 million private jet. The line is somewhere before the ministry spending $261, 498 for 68 pieces of furniture. That equates to $3,845.56 per item." 
I believe it is really unconscionable for any Nigerian religious leader to milk his flock either monetarily,sexually,emotionally all to satisfy their own cravings. How does the acquisition of numerous jets make these ministers feel when Jesus Christ himself while he was alive had very little personal belongings. Infact he rode on a donkey,i am aware that there were more opulent ways to navigate around that would have been relevant to Jesus's times such as having gold plated Chariots with superbly adorned white horses. Jesus did not do any of that,but our current spiritual leaders try to rationalize all their material acquisitions that it helps them to propagate the gospel,well you should make sure that your flock's needs are well met before you start acquiring all these opulent materials. 

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