Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
NASB | Matthew 16:6 And Jesus said to them, "Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 16:6 Jesus said to them, "Watch out and be on your guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." |
Subject: Knocked out by holy spirit |
Bible Note: Elijah_Jones I agree once again. The thing to remember is miracles do not really draw us to God. Faith does. We see a perfect example of this in the Exodus with children of Israel coming out of Egypt they saw God wrought 10 miracles of plagues, deliverance by the parting of the Red sea and pillar of fire. Yet within a short time they were worshipping a God of their creation. I have heard people say if I could just see the hand of God I would believe. Yes they would for a short period of time but soon all is forgotten. Jesus healed many but not one stood with Him was the crowd cried crucify Him. Healings do little to validate a ministry, proven by the fact Jesus healed many yet He was still opposed. There is nothing wrong with a ministry that prospers, there is when they stop being good stewards of God's money. When the money is used to provide the a man or two with a lavish lifestyle rather than being used to help others there is a problem. Billy Graham Ministry is a great example of proper stewardship. Dr. Graham himself takes no money from the ministry at all. He is paid a salary set by a board of responsible men from endowments of a few supporters. The money collected at a crusade is either used to pay expenses of that crusade or sent forward to assist with the next. The Graham people involved in a crusade are not paid nor are their expenses from the collected offering but rather again from endowments from supporters. Therefore the size of the crusade does not effect their salary in the least. Truly they are not doing it for the money yet the ministry is successful EdB |