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| There are so many ways that you can give to God and live your faith without buying in to the prosperity message, Pastor John Collins |
“God does not want your dollars but your heart, faith, and prayers and to save your soul through the sacrifice that He provided.”~Pastor John Collins, John Collins Ministries
Pastor John Collins writes:
“For I desire mercy
and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” Hosea
6:6 (NKJV).
Before Jesus came to
this world, lived, preached, taught, suffered, died on a cross and arose again,
there was the temple and the Levitical system that had all of God’s people
bringing sacrifices to the Lord. Jesus became the true sacrifice for which the
shadow had been cast and the lessons of what the sacrifices had been for was
cast in order to teach the people of the Lord what was required to cover the
sins of mankind. There were different kinds of sacrifices and different costs
for them which came at a heavy price and burden to some and easily and casually
to others. The temple system became corrupted by greedy men in power who used
God to further their own finances which is generally what men have done with
religion since the beginning of time. It is evident today with all of the
prosperity preachers out there persuading the believers to give and give and
give, financially of course.
Yet, what does God
want from you? God cannot benefit from your money. God does not want your
dollars but your heart, faith, and prayers and to save your soul through the
sacrifice that He provided. Prosperity preachers are a disgrace and will not
see heaven. Before you consider tithing at any time in your life, consider what
you may offer to God. Could you devote time daily to reading the bible, pray
more for conviction in your soul, or could you increase your faith and commit
to walking in your faith confidently and include your family? Do you teach your
children that the most important thing in life is success or making it to
heaven? What is it that you could offer to God that is not money at all but is
the currency of heaven? God wants forgiveness and love to open hearts to each
other. God wants us to be kind to each other and not spiteful. Our children
should not be bullied or bullies and we should not be gossips without morals.
There are so many ways that you can give to God and live your faith without
buying in to the prosperity message.
Jesus said to go and
sin no more. We have been forgiven if we ask for it and we have been given
salvation from on High. This world is filled with souls that are stained with
sin and apathy. We should be seeking His will in our lives as we go through the
motions of our jobs, education, socialization and relationships. Do not think
that giving money to greedy churches and people endears you to God. It is time
to see through the hypocrisy of the actors who fill the pulpits and see them
for the blind guides that they truly are. Get a Bible and pick it up, read it
and learn from it. Let your own heart guide your instructions from God. Seek
Him and not those who would use him to line their own pockets.
“But woe to you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven
against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are
entering to go in. Woe to you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense
make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.” Matthew
23:13-14 (NKJV).
LOVE THAT CROSS! PASTOR JOHN COLLINS
Pastor John Collins and John Collins Ministries is
determined to change the face of Christianity and redeem the truth of the
Gospel and the word of God.
You can hear Pastor John Collins broadcast on Sundays at 10
a.m. and 6 p.m. on Heaven’s Country Radio and other AM and FM stations across
the USA. John Collins Ministries has a
Youtube channel that posts regular podcasts of Pastor Collins. This country needs to hear the truth of God
and Jesus. This world needs to hear and understand what the rules are in order
to get to heaven. They aren’t preached
and they aren’t taught, and it’s time for people to hear to hear that
truth. Pastor John Collins and John Collins Ministries is bringing that message
with passion and fervor. Take the
time to listen. If you want to reach
Pastor John Collins, contact him for preaching, prayer, revival, guest speaking
at jcollinsministries@gmail.com. We need to get it right.
