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By Clement Ntukogu
The modern day preachers have use brainwashing, mind control, indoctrination, oppression, coercion, intimidation, legalism, false teaching, guilt, shame, peer pressure, and other bondage techniques to control members, increase church attendance, and obtain more money.
The goal is said to be "winning souls to Christ," but the underlying agenda is the desire for more power, control, and money. These mind control and bondage techniques are not needed to win souls to Christ. In fact, they are very counterproductive to soul winning.
Matthew 23:4,5; "For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do to be seen by men"
Matthew 23:15; "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves."
The focus on money in the church is easily seen by reading the website for the church, TV, or radio ministry. The typical website has information for ordering books, tapes, videos, and other materials from their online store. They may have tricky methods to encourage the visitor to give money.
They talk more about money than about God or Jesus Christ. Rarely do any of these churches present a clear or correct gospel message on their website, radio, or TV program. They use special presentations to entice the visitor to give his money, such as:
• Pledge online. Taking an oath is forbidden in Scripture.
• A panic plea to give now in order to keep us on the radio, TV, or whatever.
• Support our new building program, new TV studio, or whatever.
• Mail us your prayer request. They are really looking for your check and will throw the prayer request away.
The number of church members is directly proportional to the church budget. Getting more new members means getting more money. Money is the prime motivation in the modern day churches. You most likely will not see the gospel printed in the Sunday bulletin, but you will see something about paying your tithing, tithe cards, the church budget, new building plan, or the amount of money collected during last week's service.
Collecting the tithes and offerings is one part of the church service that is never forgotten. Jesus spoke and acted harshly with the money changers in the Temple who were making money by fraudulently representing God. Jesus called them a "den of thieves." In Matthew 21:12,13, the Scripture says, "Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves".
Brainwashing of Humans is Easy and Very Effective. Church members come to accept the policies, practices, and teachings in their church as they drift into bondage from the brainwashing techniques used by church officials.
This indoctrination is so effective that the member later denies he has been brainwashed. People who have been brainwashed never know it themselves. Humans can easily be taught to believe something that can easily be proven to be absolutely false. Brainwashing can extend to groups of people without a limit in size or scope. Millions of people were brainwashed to believe Communism was the best economic system until the truth was exposed by the fall of the Soviet Union.
Cults and false religions have used these techniques with great success for centuries, and Christian churches frequently resort to the same methods. Parents of brainwashed children have engaged reprogramming experts in an attempt to rescue their children from a cult or false religion.
Rescue becomes extremely difficult when the oppressed is an adult who is protected by law from outside rescuers. Many parents grew up in Christian churches that used mind control techniques, and they raise their children to receive the same indoctrination generation after generation. They live their entire lives not coming to the knowledge that they have been brainwashed.
If you hear a pastor or television evangelist say, "God told me to tell you," hold onto your wallet and run. These are the modern-day money changers similar to those who Jesus threw out of the temple - Matthew 21:12,13.
Tithing law has been used by the modern day churches to brainwash, intimidate, and to take full control of their members incomes. Tithing is not a New Testament doctrine in this Dispensation of Grace, but that doesn't stop money-hungry modern day churches from preaching the doctrine.
The Pastor, Minister, or Reverend will include some verses from Galatians in his sermon and then preach tithing from Malachi without flinching. Mixing doctrines of law and grace is harshly condemned in Scripture. Tithing is a sure signal that the Pastor doesn't trust God. Pastors who preach tithing don't have faith that God will provide all his needs (Philippians 4:19). Therefore, they resort to fleshly brainwashing, intimidation, and coercive mind control techniques to feed their elaborate budget plans. Jesus condemned these practices in the strongest way.
Matthew 23:14 "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".
Tithing is one false doctrine that church members consistently reject. It has been accurately determined that only three percent of members in one very large denomination give a tithe even though the denomination has been hammering away with the tithe doctrine for a century.
Preaching tithing has never worked, but the Pastors who do preach it lack the faith to trust God for free-will giving by the members. A more sinister doctrine frequently preached is that of telling the believers they should give more than a tithe. This little trick is pulled by denominations that finally accept the fact that tithing is not a New Testament doctrine for the church today. Demanding that members pay more than a tithe is their way around the limitation.
The Pastor will typically describe the passing of the Sunday collection plate or bag as "giving tithes and offerings." This does not mean an offering less than a tithe is acceptable. This means the member is expected to give a tithe plus an offering. It is a dreadful scam that is totally unbiblical.
"Faith promise giving" is the frequently quoted plea to get more money. The Pastor will ask the members to give above the tithe with the promise that God will give back even more. The member is accused of not having enough faith if his finances don't improve as promised.
Tithing is Not a New Testament Doctrine, but an Old Testament prescription for Jews, not a rule for Christians. Jesus came to release us from the law; we are no longer bound by it.
Tithing is not required today. Tithing in the Bible was an Old Testament command for the Hebrews where the farm products were given to members of the Tribe of Levi. Preachers today have no valid claim to receive a tithe from the church members. The church is not the Tribe of Levi.
The early church did not pay a tithe to the Apostles Paul, James, John, or to the elders in the church. Pastors who preach tithing are either greedy liars or blind to Scriptural truth.
The prosperity teaching of many preachers is false teaching. The Bible does not promise prosperity to those who give money to these false teachers. They will prosper, not you.
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| Clement Ntukogu |
The modern day preachers have use brainwashing, mind control, indoctrination, oppression, coercion, intimidation, legalism, false teaching, guilt, shame, peer pressure, and other bondage techniques to control members, increase church attendance, and obtain more money.
The goal is said to be "winning souls to Christ," but the underlying agenda is the desire for more power, control, and money. These mind control and bondage techniques are not needed to win souls to Christ. In fact, they are very counterproductive to soul winning.
Matthew 23:4,5; "For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do to be seen by men"
Matthew 23:15; "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves."
The focus on money in the church is easily seen by reading the website for the church, TV, or radio ministry. The typical website has information for ordering books, tapes, videos, and other materials from their online store. They may have tricky methods to encourage the visitor to give money.
They talk more about money than about God or Jesus Christ. Rarely do any of these churches present a clear or correct gospel message on their website, radio, or TV program. They use special presentations to entice the visitor to give his money, such as:
• Pledge online. Taking an oath is forbidden in Scripture.
• A panic plea to give now in order to keep us on the radio, TV, or whatever.
• Support our new building program, new TV studio, or whatever.
• Mail us your prayer request. They are really looking for your check and will throw the prayer request away.
The number of church members is directly proportional to the church budget. Getting more new members means getting more money. Money is the prime motivation in the modern day churches. You most likely will not see the gospel printed in the Sunday bulletin, but you will see something about paying your tithing, tithe cards, the church budget, new building plan, or the amount of money collected during last week's service.
Collecting the tithes and offerings is one part of the church service that is never forgotten. Jesus spoke and acted harshly with the money changers in the Temple who were making money by fraudulently representing God. Jesus called them a "den of thieves." In Matthew 21:12,13, the Scripture says, "Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves".
Brainwashing of Humans is Easy and Very Effective. Church members come to accept the policies, practices, and teachings in their church as they drift into bondage from the brainwashing techniques used by church officials.
This indoctrination is so effective that the member later denies he has been brainwashed. People who have been brainwashed never know it themselves. Humans can easily be taught to believe something that can easily be proven to be absolutely false. Brainwashing can extend to groups of people without a limit in size or scope. Millions of people were brainwashed to believe Communism was the best economic system until the truth was exposed by the fall of the Soviet Union.
Cults and false religions have used these techniques with great success for centuries, and Christian churches frequently resort to the same methods. Parents of brainwashed children have engaged reprogramming experts in an attempt to rescue their children from a cult or false religion.
Rescue becomes extremely difficult when the oppressed is an adult who is protected by law from outside rescuers. Many parents grew up in Christian churches that used mind control techniques, and they raise their children to receive the same indoctrination generation after generation. They live their entire lives not coming to the knowledge that they have been brainwashed.
If you hear a pastor or television evangelist say, "God told me to tell you," hold onto your wallet and run. These are the modern-day money changers similar to those who Jesus threw out of the temple - Matthew 21:12,13.
Tithing law has been used by the modern day churches to brainwash, intimidate, and to take full control of their members incomes. Tithing is not a New Testament doctrine in this Dispensation of Grace, but that doesn't stop money-hungry modern day churches from preaching the doctrine.
The Pastor, Minister, or Reverend will include some verses from Galatians in his sermon and then preach tithing from Malachi without flinching. Mixing doctrines of law and grace is harshly condemned in Scripture. Tithing is a sure signal that the Pastor doesn't trust God. Pastors who preach tithing don't have faith that God will provide all his needs (Philippians 4:19). Therefore, they resort to fleshly brainwashing, intimidation, and coercive mind control techniques to feed their elaborate budget plans. Jesus condemned these practices in the strongest way.
Matthew 23:14 "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".
Tithing is one false doctrine that church members consistently reject. It has been accurately determined that only three percent of members in one very large denomination give a tithe even though the denomination has been hammering away with the tithe doctrine for a century.
Preaching tithing has never worked, but the Pastors who do preach it lack the faith to trust God for free-will giving by the members. A more sinister doctrine frequently preached is that of telling the believers they should give more than a tithe. This little trick is pulled by denominations that finally accept the fact that tithing is not a New Testament doctrine for the church today. Demanding that members pay more than a tithe is their way around the limitation.
The Pastor will typically describe the passing of the Sunday collection plate or bag as "giving tithes and offerings." This does not mean an offering less than a tithe is acceptable. This means the member is expected to give a tithe plus an offering. It is a dreadful scam that is totally unbiblical.
"Faith promise giving" is the frequently quoted plea to get more money. The Pastor will ask the members to give above the tithe with the promise that God will give back even more. The member is accused of not having enough faith if his finances don't improve as promised.
Tithing is Not a New Testament Doctrine, but an Old Testament prescription for Jews, not a rule for Christians. Jesus came to release us from the law; we are no longer bound by it.
Tithing is not required today. Tithing in the Bible was an Old Testament command for the Hebrews where the farm products were given to members of the Tribe of Levi. Preachers today have no valid claim to receive a tithe from the church members. The church is not the Tribe of Levi.
The early church did not pay a tithe to the Apostles Paul, James, John, or to the elders in the church. Pastors who preach tithing are either greedy liars or blind to Scriptural truth.
The prosperity teaching of many preachers is false teaching. The Bible does not promise prosperity to those who give money to these false teachers. They will prosper, not you.
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