Many people have misunderstood Pastor Joel Osteen's messages of encouragement and uplifting. Many have misunderstood Pastor Creflo Dollar and Pastor Jesse DuPlantis on prosperity. Some pastors, Ministers and Christians have a hard time of getting to know the God of prosperity,
But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.(Deuterenonomy 8:18)The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. )Proverbs 10:22)
and the Jesus of abundance who said that,
The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.(John 10:10).
To me it looks like some are just jealous, some ignorant and others want to limit God. I would tell them, just do your best to what God has called you. And leave the others do what their best.
Some have to exhort or correct us into the right way. Some have to encourage us when we are down,. some have to show us the wealthy and prosperous side of God. Some have to show us the humble side of Jesus. our God Almighty is all powerful, Mighty in Battle, LORD Sabaoth. God is the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Heaven. The Archangel Michael is a Mighty Warrior. The Angel Gabriel is also a Mighty Warrior. We Christians are soldiers of the Cross. We have to fight against the flesh, our flesh, sin and the Devil in the world. (Ephesians 6:10-18)
We have to go back and examine what Jesus meant when he preached the Sermon on the Mount and said that, "Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of God." Matthew in the Beattitudes. We should never take out of context Jesus' words for we fall in great danger like Satan who tempted Jesus in the wilderness/desert by misquoting God's word.
God told Isaac to stay in Egypt in Gerar. And in that famine, Isaac sowed and reaped a hundredfold!!! Genesis 25. The Bible says that the man grew so rich in cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys and servants that the Philistines grew jealous and so envious of him! I can imagine their jealous, envy and anger for it was during a famine.
People should not try to limit God, for God is unlimited. People try to understand God, but God is fathomless. God has so many faces and attributes so He shows them in the many people. Test the spirit as we are cautioned then give thanks to God for His endless mercies, unboundless grace and loving kindness. If you don't understand something or someone, leave it to God. We cannot defend God. God is much more capable of defending Himself. We waste so much time by trying to defend God. Even the disciples asked Jesus if those they saw preaching in His name should be stopped! Jesus answered them by saying that whoever is for them or for him should not be stopped.
Notwithstanding false prophets and counterfeits, we should ask God to give us wisdom, discernment and grace as we work together in His field. The harvest is ripe but the harvesters are few.
Let us ask the LORD of the Harvest to lead us into His Field that is ripe and ready. Let us stop the bickering we engage in that does not help us. The Devil delights in dividing us so that many are lost to him. Satan, the Devil wants to take as many with him to Hell by dividing and ruling us so that we don't focus on warning people, God's creation of the impending Doom. Hell is as real as the Sun rises from the East and sets in the West.
That's why Jesus prayed that we may be One just as They are One with the Father - Father, Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
As Christians of the same Family of God our Father, we should strive to be one. Oneness does not mean that we are uniform.
Correction - Family of God.
Since we are created in God's image we are inherently different and inherently able to operate differently so as God to reveal Himself in the many of us. We don't have to be the same neither same modus operandi.
there are different utensils in the household of God.
Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, The Lord knows them that are his. And, Let every one that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity. Now in a great house there are not only articles of gold and silver, but also others of wood and of earthenware; and some are for specially honourable, and others for common use.2 Timothy 2:19-20
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