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T.B. Joshua Lambasts Money-Hungry Pastors, Politicians
On Sunday 18th January 2015, Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua cautioned pastors against trying to compel people to give offerings in the church and politicians against trying to force people to love them through wild promises made during elections.
“It’s Scriptural to ask for offering and tithes but it has to come from the heart,”the cleric told his congregation in an impromptu message. “Anything that does not come from your heart becomes a curse to the person you give… We ministers of God should allow the congregation to bless us, not curse us with their possessions.”
He cited the case of people who attain wealth through bribery and corruption, insisting that the repercussions are severe. “If you collect a bribe, you can’t get anywhere with it. You may be rich now but at the end of your life, you will cry,” he admonished in a message televised live on Christian television station Emmanuel TV.
“Let me suffer now and laugh tomorrow. Let me be poor now and blessed tomorrow. That should be the life we live,” he added.
The known philanthropist counselled people to consider history to learn lessons from those in the past who lived big through corrupt means. “If somebody becomes so rich, if what he is having that made him to be rich is not from people’s hearts – it’s by corruption or bribery – you will cry for the person someday.”
“If people that are collecting bribes know all of this, they will stop collecting bribes,” he continued. “The repercussions are not midway. They come at the end when we have no strength again to do the right thing. The money, mansions and possessions will collapse… The beginner is not the owner but the finisher. Whatever you do – remember where you are going.”
He further decried politicians trying to coerce love from people, especially during the period of elections. “You can’t force someone to love you. In elections, you see political parties campaigning, saying they will build mansions, bring constant electricity and water… Love should be given voluntarily – without being forced.”
Joshua also spoke scathingly of pastors who always emphasized money in their sermons, to the point that they would even fight members who stopped paying tithes or attending services. “I did not know when you came here, so when you are going, it is unnecessary for me to know. You want to fight a member because he left your church. Whose church? God’s church. Christianity is a thing of the heart,” he said.
“If you give something from your heart, it will bless you that gives it and also bless the person you give. But if you give something that is not from your heart, you that gave has nothing to gain and you are giving a curse to that person,” he reiterated.
He then challenged the congregants to examine their lives. “Count how many curses you have received to build your mansions, have your possessions and enjoy your fame and popularity,” he told them.
The cleric revealed this is the reason behind his extensive philanthropic endeavours and non-emphasis on money during his sermons. “Why would I not give freely when I know if you give something from your heart, you will receive a double portion of it? That is the secret of giving.”
He advised the faithful to help the less privileged in their own area in order to enjoy the blessings of God. “Sell those properties and possessions you don’t use, open a charity account, put that money there, sit down and begin to bless the needy. See what God will do for you. The finger of God will stand to fight for you,” he advised.
He also encouraged Christians to remember they are undeserving of God’s blessings, an understanding that should reflect in their attitudes. “God is giving you another chance. Don’t abuse it,” he warned. “If you know that you are given another chance, you must treasure it. We treasure things when we know we are undeserving but today, we live as if we deserve things.”
He admonished people to remember that God would ultimately ‘mark their work’ “If you know you are undeserving of the life you are living now, whatever you attempt to do, after you finish doing it, you should wait and let God mark it. He may say it’s wrong; He may say it’s right. If God says it’s wrong, we shouldn’t lament because you live a life of grace.”
He reminded them that ‘God had the final say’. “You have been allowing challenges to destroy you instead of you to destroy challenges. When challenges come – my God has the final say, not my ability or knowledge.”
Ihechukwu Njoku – freelance Nigerian journalist currently in Lagos, Nigeria
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Jane Mulenga
January 19, 2015 at 10:31 pm
The Zambian President elect Hakainde Moses Hichilema
will be inaugurated at the Heroes’ Stadium on 24th January 2015.
Congratulations to HH for being elected as Zambia’s 6th President of Zambia.
May God be with you and the people of Zambia as you carry non where Mr. Sata ended.
Thanx to Edgar Lungu for giving HH/UPND a good chase
Its only that there should be one president at a time,please try 2016.
HH HAS WON THE PRESIDENCY.
E. D. L 4 President
January 19, 2015 at 10:46 pm
In your wet dreams!!
20.01.15
January 20, 2015 at 1:12 am
.!HH is on record oppossing salary increaments for civil servants when pf govt increased their salaries,he was also in the forefront to oppose the increase in tax threshold which govt increased from k1000 to k3000 saying its not viable.So as civil servants expect no increaments from this liar.If he opposed it do u thinj when he becomes the boss he will improve on what he was against with.It was on TV,Radio even on social media.
20.01.15
January 19, 2015 at 11:21 pm
.I only hope u are not going to colapse when results begin to trickle in iwe we lofwa.Lungu is winning
1.EL 48%,
2.HH21%,
3.MUMBA16%,
4.NAWAKWI 6%,
5.SONDASHI 3%,
6.TILENJI 2%,
7.?
8.?
9CHANDA 0.8%,
10.MIYANDA 0.7%,
11.PULE 0.5%
Banku
January 22, 2015 at 1:20 am
Iyashi Lyabuloshi –
Livingstone Family In Bizarre Find
A Livingstone woman is living in fear following her daughter’s discovery of an object suspected to be used in witchcraft dumped in her premises.
Scores of residents that flocked to the scene were found poking the lifeless object with sticks as they desperately tried to ascertain what it is.
It had to take a local pastor to discard the strange animal-like object which he destroyed with fire.
UBUTUTU UBUTUTU UBUTUTU UBUTUTU UBUTUTU UBUTUTU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My people need to be educated about wildlife, before they completly finish killing Endangered Spieces which they see as “witchcraft” due to ignorance and susperstious beliefs ..beause of my peoples DEEP BEILIEF in “hokus-pokus” UBULOSHI you can imagine that, spieces like the Giant Salamander would be tagged as ICILILOMBA, due to its optical form which is rare in those parts… meaning they spieces would be destroyed on sight without second thought- Thats how bad it is.
anti TB Joshua
January 19, 2015 at 10:44 pm
No.1 Con-man pointing his fingers at others tsk tsk..
gonga profits
January 20, 2015 at 5:31 pm
So he is basically saying he does not force anyone to give as they do so voluntarily, he has a point you know. People give money on their own accord but it still does not change the fact that he is taking advantage of the naive and gullible to enrich himself.
Mupapa
January 19, 2015 at 10:56 pm
Look who’s talking!! TB Joshua runs a faith healing business empire. Faith healers are no different from snake charmers.
It’s all a bunch of lies.
Mupapa
January 19, 2015 at 10:57 pm
He’s polishing a turd and trying to pass it off as a piece of diamond.
I’ve also seen some radical snake charmers that work with real, venomous snakes. There is deception in art, believe me. TB Joshua is practicing magic, the cheap one.
Frank
January 19, 2015 at 11:00 pm
There is no worse fraud than commercial and false prophecy. Selling water as some annointed beverage is worse than selling cocaine. Forget this crap. VOTE VODCA.
PEACE
January 19, 2015 at 11:08 pm
He probably pîsses in the same water before he says it’s anointed.
PEACE
January 19, 2015 at 11:05 pm
Why does TB Joshua need armed bodyguards? Is he scared of his own shadow or its the Millions of dollars he collected as tithe from ignorant followers making him paranoid?
4 real
January 19, 2015 at 11:18 pm
I wonder how much money “FTJ Kafupi” and Joyce Banda had to pay for f a k e miracles!
4 real
January 19, 2015 at 11:15 pm
TB Joshua is a shameless hypocrite!!
20.01.15
January 19, 2015 at 11:16 pm
I only hope u are not going to colapse when results begin to trickle in iwe we lofwa.Lungu is winning
Expected Results
1.EL 48%,
2.HH21%,
3.MUMBA16%,
4.NAWAKWI 6%,
5.SONDASHI 3%,
6.TILENJI 2%,
7.?
8.?
9CHANDA 0.8%,
10.MIYANDA 0.7%,
11.PULE 0.5%
Holy
January 19, 2015 at 11:54 pm
All hh Tonga supporters worship in his church!
That’s why they can’t respect men of God.
Lesa ni Palobe
January 20, 2015 at 4:40 pm
There is no such thing as “men of god” what about you are you woman/man of monkey or dog or what?
pat
January 20, 2015 at 11:44 pm
Joshua has a point here….what he is saying here is if he is as well obtaining whatever himself has …God will judge him in the end and the whole world will see…!!
landa tumfwe
January 21, 2015 at 3:54 pm
Which god? I hope you d o n t mean the non existent invisible god who was made by man to control the weaker minds.
Fûck your god, he’s non-existent. WHY ELSE WOULD HE/SHE LIKE TO PLAY HIDE & SEEK?
I’m an, ex-christian with a major in religious studies. I started a blog for the purpose of broadcasting my own thoughts of god. Mainly how he’s a fâke and how religion is full of sh!t