The better you preach, the more money you will earn

TheGloryLand · June 20, 2023

If somebody was to say to you, the better, you preach the more you earn. How would you answer this to a person?

BrotherTony · June 20, 2023

43 minutes ago, TheGloryLand said:

If somebody was to say to you, the better, you preach the more you earn. How would you answer this to a person?

No...I wouldn't be interested. Those kinds of statements show the beliefs of that church and who/what their god is.

Joe Chandler · June 20, 2023

I would answer them by saying that they are covetous Pharisees.

Luke 16:13-14 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

Then I would tell them that they cause division and serve their own belly.

Romans 16:17-18 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

SureWord · June 20, 2023

2 hours ago, TheGloryLand said:

If somebody was to say to you, the better, you preach the more you earn. How would you answer this to a person?

I would say that neither Jesus nor the apostles earned much money with their preaching.

BrotherTony · June 20, 2023

1 hour ago, SureWord said:

I would say that neither Jesus nor the apostles earned much money with their preaching.

The main motivation in preaching should be to 1) lead others to Christ and 2) to point them to a fuller, Christ-Filled way of living.

Pastor Matt · June 20, 2023

3 hours ago, TheGloryLand said:

If somebody was to say to you, the better, you preach the more you earn. How would you answer this to a person?

I'd be on welfare then

Joe Chandler · June 20, 2023

1 hour ago, SureWord said:

I would say that neither Jesus nor the apostles earned much money with their preaching.

Amen Sureword. Paul made his own way by making tents. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.