Knowledge of God

When preachers say we should sow money so that God can bless us they are transgressing the Old Testament prophets. God said He wants mercy, justice and knowledge, not sacrifice. So if someone says that we should make a sacrifice to get God to act then they are contrary to the prophets.

Instead of teaching people about sacrifice and letting their lives grow worse, we should be teaching them the knowledge of God so that their lives can grow better and they can be healed by getting their lives in order.

For I desired mercy and not sacrifice and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. (Hos 6:6).

We met a man who was saved in a church and stayed there for three years winning souls and working in a company and he was happy. He had promotions and was doing well. Then he turned on Christian television and was told that if he would give he would receive a blessing and a ministry. So he believed he received a worldwide ministry and went to America and received more “revelations”.

When the ministry did not come forth he felt he had failed God. He was told he was responsible to meditate in the scripture to bring forth his ministry. When the ministry did not happen he thought he must not have confessed the word enough. He was told he was being attacked by demons because of his calling. Then he could not sleep at night. He was condemned and thought that he had demons.

He was confused and came for help. He needed to get all those false, ego-inflating ideas out of his head and come back to simple life in Christ. Many are messed up by being “spiritual” in this way. It has brought many into oppression. This type of teaching is wrong. It manipulates people and then leaves them in ruin. We are happy when people function in big ministries, but not when they are bound by false teaching.