El milagro de la semilla de fe - Andrés Corson - 17 Noviembre 2021 | Prédicas Cristianas 2021

Many years ago when I studied

in the United States I went to a church

where they had a guest preacher

and after a great message about

the miracle of the seed of faith,

the preacher invited us to give

a seed of faith, an offering.

But he said this time

that offering will not be

to the church but to him.

"With his left hand you are going

to give your offering and with

the right hand I'm going to bless you."

All of us where so much blessed

with his message that

we went to the front for giving

the offering and I only had

twenty dollars in my pocket,

that was everything I had for

surviving that month,

but I was willing to give

everything. But while I was

waiting in the line the Holy Spirit

told me not to do it.

And i still remember today

the right moment when God

talked to me. He was warning me

about those preachers who

take advantage of the principles

of the Word of the Lord

in order to get rich.

Many years after when we

were already running this church,

other pastors of the city

invited us to hold an event

with them, where they invited

some special preachers but

I didn't feel peace,

so I didn't invite the church,

but just a few leaders and

one of the preachers gave

a similar message about

the miracle of the seed of faith

and then he exactly the same:

"I'm going to gather an offering

and this one will be

your seed of faith,

but this offering won't be

to the church but to me,

my ministry". Can you imagine?

He was going to steal us

in the house of the Father!

So, preachers like that have
gotten rich by using

the miracle of the seed of faith

for their own benefit.

That's why many people

don't want to hear anything about it,

but that's a biblical principle.

That's why I have split this message

in two. I'm going to talk about

this spiritual law but first,

I'm going to warn you about

those who get rich by using the gospel.

Paul says on 1 Timothy 6: 5-10:

"It's true some people preach

about Christ with envy and strife".

Whatsoever shows us that we can

preach the message from God

but with an evil intention.

And it continues with:

"Those preach about Christ

with personal ambition and

not with pure intentions".

Serving God is not a business.

Paul also writes to Timothy

on 1 Timothy 6: 5:

"Individuals like these always

cause trouble. For them,

submitting to God is only a means

to get rich. Well now, the real

submission to God is a great

richness itself when we are glad

with what we got. After all,

for we brought nothing into the world,

and we can take nothing out of it."

So, if we have food and clothing,

we will be content with that.

Those who want to get rich

fall into temptation and a trap

and into many foolish and

harmful desires that plunge people

into ruin and destruction."

The three sins that disqualify anybody

to serve God are, in first place:

the desire for power.

In second place: the sexual immorality.

And in third place: the love of money.

Jesus said on Matthew 12:33:

"A tree is identified by its fruit.

If a tree is good, its fruit will be good.

If a tree is bad, its fruit will be bad."

So, a preacher, a pastor or a leader

will be known by his fruit.

And the fruit of a person who loves

the wealth are, in first place,

believing a church is a business, but

that's not like that. A church

or serving God is a calling,

never can be a means for

getting rich. BUt another fruit

of someone who loves money is

that he is never content with

what he has. Always wants more,

the ultimate car, changing his house

all the time. The more expensive

clothes, the ultimate cell phone.

When I met my wife she belonged

to a well-off family, they were wealthy.

Instead, I wasn't.

Besides, I was called to serve God.

It means, living by faith.

I didn't guarantee her anything.

Then Jesus said on Matthew 16:24:

"If any of you wants to be my follower,

you must give up your own way,

take up your cross, and follow me."

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