KneEmail - a devotional by Mike Benson associated with Forthright Magazine
Scam
HAVE YOU EVER noticed how some televangelists are always making urgent pleas, asking for money to keep their ministry afloat...?
They often promise that if you "plant a seed of faith" (translated: give them money) you will receive one hundred fold in return. And to prove their point, they will provide testimonials of some who gave and how God blessed them a hundred fold.
However, I have a question. If they really believe that for every dollar you give, you will receive one hundred in return, then instead of asking us to support them to keep their ministry afloat, why don't they give to us and receive a hundredfold for themselves?
THOUGHT: The apostle Paul once warned about men of corrupt minds and destitute of truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
A scam? You decide. (Steve Higginbotham)
KneEmail: "If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords to godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself" (1 Tim. 6:3-5).