Please let this be a warning to local churches in Orlando. You know who you are. It will happen to your church soon if you fail to have a biblical response to sin in your church. Does your church have a sissy on the piano? How about an adulterous whoremonger who is cheating on his wife sitting at the keyboard or drums. Have you ever thought that he could be cheating with your wife next? He could be looking at your daughter or son with eyes full of adultery. Who is heading your dance ministry? Are they lusting after your children? Remember pedophiles come in both sexes. Who are you letting transport your children? If they are full of debauchery you can be sure they are wanting to get their lecherous hands on your children, your wife or even your husband. If your church refuses to clean up, then leave. Let's be honest in many Central Florida churches the cleanup needs to start in the pulpit. Will their next victim be a family member from under your roof, if so the fault is partially yours because you have been warned!! Leaving is both biblical and safe.



Guilty plea entered in rape case
Music director at church admits sex with 12-year-old

By Melissa Harris | Sun reporter
May 29, 2008

The 31-year-old former music director of the influential West Baltimore Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church pleaded guilty yesterday to second-degree rape for having sex with a young female parishioner.

Timothy D. Price III of Owings Mills admitted in Baltimore Circuit Court that he had sex with the female parishioner who was 12 at the time. He is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 1. Prosecutors said they will seek a sentence of 20 years, with all but seven years suspended, and five years of probation.

Assistant State's Attorney Katherine Moxley said Price and the girl had sex on three occasions in his car between Dec. 1 and Jan. 15. The meetings were all off church property, two in a West Baltimore alley and one in a parking lot near Druid Hill Park, Moxley said.

The encounters occurred after Price obtained permission from the girl's mother to take her to an outreach center and home from Bible study and a dance class, the prosecutor said. Moxley said the girl told her mother of the encounters, and her mother reported them to police Jan. 26.
 
Timothy D. Price III

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After Moxley read the facts of the case aloud, Circuit Judge Robert B. Kershaw asked Price whether he was pleading guilty because he was guilty of the charges. Price responded, "Yes."

The victim, now 13, did not attend the hearing, but her mother and other relatives did. The victim's mother declined to comment, but Moxley said the family requested that the facts of the case be read in open court. Price has been held in the Baltimore City Detention Center in lieu of $1 million bail since his arrest in February.

Kershaw sometimes handles cases involving sex crimes at the bench, but Jo Anne Stanton, chief of the state's attorney's sex offense division, said she has instructed her prosecutors to argue that they be handled in open court.

"Sex crimes generally are committed in secret, and the secretive nature is what gives perpetrators power over their victims," Stanton said in an interview. "When plea deals are handled at the bench, it continues the impression that the perpetrators are in control and gives the victim the impression that the matter is still a secret."

Bethel AME, on Druid Hill Avenue in Upton, has more than 17,000 members, including Mayor Sheila Dixon, Comptroller Joan M. Pratt and former Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke. It is a regular stop for politicians seeking city and statewide office.

Bethel's pastor, the Rev. Frank M. Reid III, attended yesterday's hearing with his wife, Marlaa'. The couple left after the hearing and did not appear to speak with Price's family.

Reid told The Sun in February that he had hired Price after a national search for a music director. He said Price's references were checked and that he had previously spent three years at Harvest Time Church in Houston.

Reid's wife said the couple had no comment, but she confirmed that Price is no longer the church's music director. "We're praying for the family," she said.

The case is considered an age-based sex crime, in that Price is not accused of using force or the threat of force to get the girl to have sex with him. The crime lies in the difference in age between Price and his victim. The delay in reporting meant that prosecutors were unable to collect DNA evidence from the victim, but they had Price's written and taped confession to police, along with text messages between him and the girl, Moxley said.

Price and the girl began communicating via text message and cell phone conversations in June or July last year, Moxley said.

Charles L. Waechter, Price's attorney, said his client is "extremely remorseful."

Yesterday, Kershaw granted Waechter's request that Price undergo a psychiatric evaluation before sentencing. Waechter said he believes the results will help him argue for less punishment.

"The issue is whether or not he is a threat to the community," Waechter said. "Those evaluations will address that primary issue."

Because it is Price's first offense, the sentencing guidelines recommend that he be incarcerated for four to nine years, Moxley said.

Waechter said Price's relatives, including his wife, did not want to speak to reporters. Price has three children, ages 12, 11 and 1, the attorney said.

 YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED AGAIN

This sound bite is from the late 90’s by John Cherry. It reminds us of common conditions in a “dead church”. The appropriate text is Revelation 3.  Is Christ knocking at the door of your church trying to get in? After listening to the sermon outtake, see if you can think of other biblical indications for a dead church.

Remember what Jesus proclaimed in  Lu 19:40 But Jesus answered, "I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!".  Never take for granted that because miracles or supposed miracles are occurring in a church that the church is alive.  Recollect that the donkey talked to Balaam but the donkey wasn’t saved.
 Nu 22:28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
 Nu 22:29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
 Nu 22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, [Am] not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since [I was] thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. 

Often the heart of man is hardened that they're unwilling to face the truth. Even more so they ignore plain clear truth in pursuit of their desires. Balaam desire was money but  it can also be relationships, titles, status and etc. It is this blindness that will allow a man to bring his wife and daughters into a church where the pastor can not keep his pants up!  They prefer to take a sword to the word of God and His true prophet rather than change.

The donkey speaks and rather than accepting the the word of deliverance Balaam wishes to kill the donkey. That is the attitude of the deceived in the church when the truth is presented. Therefore Christian apologist such as John Coleman, I.C. and Melvin expect to be slandered and attacked.

So are you sitting in a dead church and ignoring all the warning signs surrounding you? Are you elevating the pleasures gained in fellowship with the dead church above the admonition of God to seperate yourself.? Are you choosing to curse yourself in pursuit of worldly pleasures? 2Co 6:17 "Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you.

Are you welcome in the sight of God or are you intentionally sitting in a dead church?

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Weak willed Women and Wimpish Men

This thought is expounded upon in 2 Peter 2: 14. 2Pe 2:14 having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;

“Enticing unstable souls”, this is the congregation of false teacher with small exception. A friend of mine familiar with New York City life likens it to the pimps of NY waiting at the bus station for young unstable country girls. Girls whom they will soon make merchandise of.

What is a wimpish man? Here are a few examples.

If your pastor has had an adulterous affair and you remain there knowing he has “eyes full of adultery”. Do you not realize you are submitting your wife to the lust filled eyes of a disqualified pastor?…You are a wimpish man, an unstable soul.

If your pastor has been charged and convicted of being a pedophile and you remain there while he is on an appeal. If you still attend with your wife and children…..You are a wimpish man, an unstable soul.

If your pastor has convinced you to pay tithes to him first, before paying your rent or putting food on your table….You are a wimpish man, an unstable soul.

If your pastor is a women or gay, you need to realize they are an unbiblical oxymoron. By staying there you are submitting to the ungodly which God has called you to separate from. Do you not know you are being effeminized ? ….You are a wimpish man, an unstable soul.

 I don't know how your pastor's sermon was, however my pastor's sermon was expositorily exquisite.  A culinary allegory would be rendered ; it was like grandma's collard greens, cornbread and fried chicken. (I attend Proclaim The Truth Fellowship with Pastor Jimmiy King who has a Masters in Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. We meet at the Central YMCA  433 N Mills Avenue    Orlando, Fl 32803, near colonial & mills ave.     
www.proclaimthetruth.org) 
 
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On a recent trip to Memphis I was discussing church with a brother on the plane. The topics ranged from WOF to popular pimps and even tithing. When we were discussing tithing a voice interrupted us. It was the lady in front of us giving her insight on tithing.  Well after she intervened a second time I politely excused myself from the conservation with the brother and moved to the sister in the seat up front. Her comments centered on tithing still being in effect.

You can imagine my surprise to see that she was a Jehovah witness.(I picked this up from her New World Translation Bible) After taking her to Genesis, Numbers and Malachi in an attempt to explain the invalidity of tithing, she appeared open to hearing the truth.  At this point I asked her had she heard of Benny Hinn and asked did she think he was a false prophet. To which she agreed and read Deuteronomy  18:20-22 which declares death to the false prophet. We then exposed Creflo Dollar and she once again agreed with scripture.

However when the conversation moved to the founders of JW suddenly false prophecies became errors or mistakes. A clear double standard arrived. She even referred to the debacle of Beth-Sarim as a clear mistake. I’ve decided to post the pattern I use in undermining the foundation of the JW organization. It is based on showing that the founders of the false organization were false prophets and thereby their organization is false. This post even include JW magazines, studies and proof of their own heresy.


WITNESSING TO JW’S

Approach by dismantling the society, show it to be a false prophet.

Mention false prophets like Benny Hinn or Creflo Dollar.
Benny Hinn false prophecies
1. In the mid 90’s Benny stated that homosexuals would be consumed by fire in 1994. Since that didn’t happen that makes Hinn a false prophet.  At this point have them read Deut 18:20 from their bible.
2. Also in the 90’s Benny stated that Castro would no longer be president of Cuba at the turn of the century. This failed to happen. Again have them read Deut 18:20 from their bible, ALOUD.

Question
How do you feel about false prophets like Benny?
According to the word how many false prophecies does it take to become a false prophet?

3. Did you know that Benny Hinn Stated in 2001 that Jesus would appear with him on the stage in Nigeria. Of course that didn’t happen either.  I’m sure you agree that Benny is a false prophet.

Creflo Dollar
1. Predicted that Jesus would return between 2003 and 2005. According to the bible doesn't that make him a false prophet. Could you please read Deut 18:20 aloud once, more?


Question
Do you know of any false prophets in the word that became a “true prophet”?

Question
Isn’t the watchtower instructions that when one discovers a false prophets then ”the people should no longer trust them as safe guides”?

Therefore we should avoid Benny Hinn and False prophets like him, right? Could you read Deut 18:20 ALOUD again for me?

BETH-SARIM
Question
Have you ever heard of Beth-Sarim in San Diego? If so you know it was built for Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and other Old Testament “princes” who were supposed to show up in 1925. Since this prophecy didn’t come to past wouldn't this be a false prophecy? Read Deut 18:20 ALOUD [Watchtower Magazine, WM 10/15/1917 p6157; WM 4/1/1923 p106; WM 7/15/ 1924 p211]


BIBLE IN STONE
Question
What would be your opinion of an organization that taught the Great Pyramid of Egypt contained prophetic wisdom from God? They taught this as a standard for almost fifty years using the pyramid to make published predictions which did not come true.

******AT THIS POINT YOU EXPOSE THE WATCHTOWER SOCIETY AS FALSE PROPHETS AND PRESENT THEM THEIR OWN PERIODICALS AS PROOF.

Are you aware that it was the watchtower society who taught the Great Pyramid of Egypt contained prophetic wisdom for God?  Your founder Charles Taze Ruzzel called the pyramid a bible in stone and they taught this for over fifty years. Did you know he used the pyramid to predict that Jesus would come in 1874 (which didn’t happen)? I also read that Charles Russel was buried beneath a massive pyramid shaped grave marker.  I find that interesting don’t you? [Studies in Scripture SIS vol 4, Prophecy; Watchtower Magazine WM 5/15/1925 p148]


SATAN’S BIBLE
Question
Why did the Watchtower Society switch its position under its new leader in 1928 Joseph Rutherford and called the pyramid “satan’s bible”. [WM 11/15/1928 p344]

Question
How do you reconcile this with watchtowers claim to be a true prophet of God?

Question
Why did early watchtower literature teach that the second coming of Christ occurred in 1874, while later literature from the watchtower taught that it happened in 1914? Do true prophets of God change their minds like this? [The Truth Shall Make You Free, TTS; Creation 1927 p289]. Read Deut 18:20-22 ALOUD

Question
Why didn’t the overthrow of human governments and the full establishment of God’s Kingdom occur in 1914 as predicted by the watchtower society? (Don't let them confuse you with comments about WWI) Since that prophecy didn’t come to past doesn’t/t that mean that according to the bible (Deut 18:20) the society is a false prophet. [SIS vol 2 1888; SIS vol 3 1891; SIS vol 3 1913]

 Question
In 1975 the Watchtower society once again claimed that 6,000 years of human history would com to an end (it failed to happen in 1874) Since the watchtower society  was wrong both times , that makes them twice a false prophet. [Awake 10/8/1966 p19; OKM Our Kingdom Ministry  6/1969 p3; OKM May 1974 p3]

Since it didn’t end in 1975 culminating in Armageddon like the watchtower society proclaimed, do you really think that the watchtower society is a true prophet.

Since the society was wrong in 1874, 1914, 1925 and 1975, do you think that you should still trust the society as a “safe guide”. After all, your soul is on the line.

The seed of doubt has been planted. Your job is now complete and the remainder is between them and the Holy Spirit. The truths presented will prick their conscience and perhaps some will convert, but whatever the outcome you have been obedient to the great commission. You will have difficulty getting them to write down the articles to research because they are now in shock. Prepare them to be told that NO SUCH publications exist!! Then convince them to do the research "on their own" and they can locate and verify the publications for themselves. If they really want to remove the blindfold they will not stop when the elders misinform them.


This is a sidebar that usually is not necessary at this point.
HOW TO ARGUE AGAISNT THEIR VIEW THAT CHRIST’S INVISIBLE COMING HAS OCCURRED IN 1914
Have them read Mat 24:29-30 in their bible.
Mt 24:29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
 Mt 24:30 "Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 
Did any of the above events happen in 1914? How about 1874?
Did the moon refuse to give its light during those years?
How about the stars? Did they fall from heaven?
Did all the tribes of earth mourn at that time?

 Please Read Ron Rhodes book; Witnessing to JW's

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HOW TO COMMITT SUICIDE IN THE CHURCH

A warning against preachers who stir up the sin of covetousness

Would you attend a church that:
     Makes it more difficult to get into heaven
     Kindles suicidal desires in the congregation
    Would you attend a church that:
Directs the focus and attention away from Jesus
     Teaches that the accumulation of wealth is a sign of godliness
     Promotes LESS faith in the promises of God
    Would you attend a church that:
Instructs you on “how to strangle yourself to death”
     Removes the salt and the light of the world
     Plunge attendees into ruin and destruction

Want to wreck your spiritual life? How would you like to increase your possibility of being lost. Are you looking forward to drinking poisoned kool-aid? Would you like to exponentially increase the difficulty of living spiritually healthy lives.

Unfortunately many preachers, particularly prosperity teachers have denied the truth of scripture and adopted viewpoints that are heretical and damming to their congregation. Listen to  Lu 9:23 And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. The first condition is to “deny yourself”, which directly contradicts the prosperity gospel. Both cannot be right, therefore I choose to follow what Jesus says. YWould you expect the same person (Jesus) who tells you to deny yourself to also make you rich? Jesus never conflicts himself.

Remember that passage where Jesus told Peter to “get behind him”?  Is Jesus saying that to you today? Look at this passage again  Mt 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's".  Why was Peter a stumbling block? Are you a stumbling block? You are if you are setting your mind on man’s interest and not God’s. Setting your mind on prosperity is setting your mind on man’s interest and not God’s. You, like Peter, have become a stumbling block.

After reviewing the list I am sure most of you mentally said “I would never attend a church like that”.  Sadly though most of you attend a church like that and love to have it so. Let me see if the word of God can expose the heresy of so many local churches which attempt to emulate the apparent success of today’s misguided mega churches. To attend a church which preaches the false prosperity gospel in any fashion, is to prepare for spiritual suicide. You will eventually sway toward a walk in the flesh and not the spirit, that's spiritual suicide. The prosperity gospel is ungodly because it turns you against contentment and turns you toward materialism and gain, that's spiritual suicide. It turns you from preparing for the eternal rewards toward reaping temporary pleasures which abound no heavenly reward, that's spiritual suicide. This is God’s instruction in Lu 14:33 "So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

SPIRITUAL SUICIDE AWARENESS TIP #1
1. Beware of a pastor that instructs you to strangle yourself with riches and pleasures.

Proof Text:  Lu 8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
Many never come to total commitment to Christ because of their increasing devotion to materialism. How sad it is when the teaching of materialism comes from the pulpit, teaches which exhorts stuff over Christ. Is there not enough materialism from our market driven society? TV, radio, billboards and the internet all announcing that stuff will bring happiness & pleasure.  Now you can add the “pulpit” to the list of TV, Radio billboards and the internet. How heretical to teach that which God’s word forbids. How sinful to teach that which chokes the spiritual life out of the congregation. Are you unknowingly committing suicide by choking yourself with an ungodly desire for riches and pleasures?

SPIRITUAL SUICIDE AWARENESS TIP #2
2. Beware of pastoral preaching that promotes less faith in the promises of God.

Since the Word instructs us to be content with what we have and bring honor to God. Being content also honors the following scripture.
Proof Text:  Heb 13:5 Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU,"
 Heb 13:6 so that we confidently say, "THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID. WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?"

Paul commands us to be content and live without covetousness. Why listen to a pastor that brags about his car, boasts about his house and blow his own horn about his money(which he most likely got from the pew, that’s you)?
What sacrilege it is to abuse God's money. Since God promises to never forsake you, why do you strive to accumulate riches which require time and attention that should be given to God?
Why would you listen to teaching that promises to make you rich or grant you the accumulation of houses, cars, etc when God warns you constantly about the sin of greed? Ro 1:29; 1Co 5:11; 6:10; Eph 5:3,5  Col 3:5

SPIRITUAL SUICIDE AWARENESS TIP #3
3. Beware of Pastors that preach doctrine that  makes it harder to get into heaven.

 Proof Text.  Mr 10:23 And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!"
 Mr 10:24 The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus *answered again and *said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
 Mr 10:25 "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
 Mr 10:26 They were even more astonished and said to Him, "Then who can be saved?"
 Mr 10:27 Looking at them, Jesus *said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."      Mt 19:23-26; Lu 18:24; 1Co 1:26; Jas 4:4

If your pastor teaches about how to acquire riches, he is actually making it more difficult for some to enter heaven and impossible for others enter heaven.  Look at the above text, riches make it impossible for the unbeliever to enter. Why listen to someone that is making it harder to enter heaven. Greed and the love of money will hinder the growth of the believer. It follows that the acquisition of riches ends in the trust of riches which tend to supplant the need of God. (Just think about it, rich folks apparently have less need for Christ because of their material wealth. They are the most difficult group to evangelize. You can’t tell them “God has a wonderful plan for your life” they already think they have a wonderful life. What they don’t know is that they have a hellfire eternity.)

SPIRITUAL SUICIDE AWARENESS TIP #4
4. Beware of a pastor that teaches a doctrine that plunges you into ruin and destruction.

Proof Text:  1Ti 6:6 ¶ But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.
 1Ti 6:7 For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.
 1Ti 6:8 If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.
 1Ti 6:9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.
 1Ti 6:10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs..
Mt 13:22; 19:22; 26:15; Jas 5:1-4; 2Pe 2:15,16; Jude 1:11

Why are you continuing to listen to sermons which encourage you to pierce yourself, that entrap you in snares and drown you in destruction and ruin? It is deceitful to constantly draw people to Christ to acquire riches. If your pastor teaches prosperity, he is prepping you for destruction, ruin, piercing and sorrows. He is teaching contrary to scripture because he is teaching you to desire riches in direct contradiction to scripture.

SPIRITUAL SUICIDE AWARENESS TIP #5
5. Beware of pastoral ministries that remove the willingness to suffer and be persecuted for Christ.

Jesus says we are blessed when we are persecuted while the prosperity gospel says we are blessed when we get stuff.(which eventually fades away).
Proof text: Mt 5:11 "Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
 Mt 5:12 "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
 Mt 5:13 ¶ "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
 Mt 5:14 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;
 Mt 5:15 "nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

The prosperity gospel contradicts the mandate of persecution and suffering for Christ sake. ( 2Ti 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 1Pe 3:14 But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. AND DO NOT FEAR THEIR INTIMIDATION, AND DO NOT BE TROUBLED,)
Wealth does not make you salt nor light. Actually the prosperity gospel offers exactly what the world believes in. A person does not have to be saved to embrace it(the world's desire for wealth, they just have to be greedy and we are born greedy. The world sees itself in the prosperity driven church and flocks to it. They buy in because it offers another route to acquire what the world constantly offers. Two ways to get a Benz, sell drugs or use faith in Jesus and claim it.

SPIRITUAL SUICIDE AWARENESS TIP #6
6. Beware of preachers that encourage allegiance to the temporary residence (the world) and not the eternal (heaven).

Proof text: 2Co 5:20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
Peter remind us that to abstain from fleshly lusts in  1Pe 2:11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. But prosperity teachers have you behaving contrary to scripture inspiring you to lust.
Jesus cautions against the desire and determination to store up material treasures on earth, our temporary residence. Listen to Mt 6:19 ¶ "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. Mt 6:20 "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;  Mt 6:21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The prosperity gospel convinces you to contradict the Word by storing up treasures on earth VS storing up in heaven. The temporary VS the eternal.

Why would we seek out and listen to preachers who instruct us by opposing the commands of God in the flesh, Jesus Christ. Are you listening to a pastor that brags about his stuff. That brags about his breaking the 10th commandment. Removing our center of attention from Jesus to materialism which is suicidal in terms of eternity.

SPIRITUAL SUICIDE AWARENESS TIP #7
7. Beware of teaching that will bring howling and misery and a life of remorse.

Proof Text: Jas 5:1 ¶ Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
 Jas 5:2 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.
 Jas 5:3 Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

Why go with a prosperity teaching that promises despair and lamentation. It’s like committing spiritual suicide. Whatever you acquire will rot unless it's eternally based. Quit being decieved, let go the perceived investment and move on to a healthy authentic church. Why stay in a training ground that is preparing you for weeping, howling and miseries?

CONTENTMENT
Decisions in life made from a position of contentment are not sinful by nature. However decisions made from a position of greed leads to shambles and devastation. Why go to a church that is supposed to give life and in reality it leads to spiritual suicide. We are to walk in the spirit not the flesh. Why attend a church that stirs up the flesh. Sin awakened in an area of life soon spreads. Sin never stays in a box. If your focus is removed from Jesus and given to the doctrine of materialism, it will not be long before that sin of greed spreads to relationships. That mate you were happy with now looks out of date and lacks flash. Why?, Because you have become fleshly.(worldy minded).  Beware of awakening your lower nature (the old man), that sinful flesh.

Jesus instructed the soldiers to be content with their wages (and so should we)
   Lu 3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

Paul instructs us to be content with our calling
1Co 7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

The word instructs us to be content without envy (envy drives you to greed)
Ga 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
Ga 5:26 Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.

We are instructed to be content with our state
Php 4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

Be content with food and clothing and godliness
1Ti 6:6-8 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

ARE YOU COMMITING SUICIDE IN YOUR PRESENT CHURCH???????

Thanks to John Piper for the insight and inspiration for this post. Thanks to Pastor Jimmie King for the corrections.

WHAT BRINGS SATAN PLEASURE?
...when the applause of hell becomes the blind delight of evangelicalism