We Trust
“Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortal men, who cannot save.
When their spirit departs,
they return to the ground;
on that very day their plans come to nothing.”
Over the years I’ve seen many preachers and evangelist go off the rails, fall away from Christ. Some of these men and women attracted thousands even tens of thousands of followers.
Sadly too many of those followers were following the preacher and not God. Not only that many of these preachers are not presenting the true gospel they are doing what the apostle Paul said would happen,
"For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths." 2Timothy 4:3,4
Ultimately when the gospel message is changed or diluted with other things it leaves many with an emptiness that only the gospel of Christ can fill. Thus people leave the church.
I’ve heard some estimates that tens of thousands of people are leaving the mega churches and prosperity doctrine churches in the United States.
As believers in Christ Jesus we need to put our faith firmly in God. Not a pastor or evangelist.
Thus my question to you the reader; Is your faith firmly in God or in a pastor or evangelist?
Can you with the Psalmist say,
“Some trust in chariots
and some in horses,
but we trust
in the name of the LORD our God."
Please think about it.
