Overcoming the Religious Spirit ebook - MorningStar Ministries

The spirit of poverty gained major inroads
into the church when some public ministries
were caught in lies, unfaithfulness, or
misusing the donations that were being given
to them. By overreacting to this, many people
stopped giving, which has caused serious
repercussions in their lives. Many began to
break their pledges to churches or ministries.
Even ministries which were living by the
highest standards of integrity were hurt, but
the people who broke their pledges were
hurt even more. To break a pledge is a serious
matter, and the Scriptures make it clear that
there are repercussions to this. Many are now
suffering them.
authority has responsibility
Because it is obvious that economics
will be one of the major tests that all will be
facing at the end of the age, it is imperative
that if we are going to be a light in the
darkness, we must live by much higher
standards of integrity in financial matters.
With authority comes responsibility. Adam
was given authority over the earth and all of
the beasts upon it. When he fell, everything
under his domain suffered, including
billions of people (see Genesis 1-3). When
King David sinned by numbering the people,
tens of thousands of those people died (see
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