Whilst I’m absolutely sure most churches or pastors have no desire to be silenced regarding the real teachings of Jesus and the Bible, and would be horrified at the thought of this actually happening, this in fact what the 501C3 has the power to do, and we are seeing this more and more across America as pastors and church goers are feeling the pressure to be politically correct by altering their traditional doctrines or by staying silent altogether.
This corruption of the church through bribery will and has cost the world dearly over the past few decades and is getting very much worse in recent years. 99% of American churches are 501C3 which at some point will be the means by which churches are forced at the least to water down their teachings (as will and is happening now to people on an individual basis) when things really hit the fan for real Christians as the Bible tells us will happen – payment for silence. Ultimately this will mean (and we see this dilution happening daily – and the bigger and wealthier the church the greater the dilution of the truth) we will have a Christianity without the real Jesus and we will all be forced to chose between Jesus as he was presented in the Bible or a nice, convenient and politically correct replacement for Jesus.
I’m not saying churches should give up their 501C3 status yet – if it helps them to stay afloat and the pressure is not yet too great to stay silent, but just stating that at some point churches may well be forced to decide to do so if they are to stay in the truth. Any time you are given ‘breaks’ or perks it generally means you are in the effectively pockets of the giver of those breaks and perks and should they wish to twist your arm, if you have become dependent on them, you will have to capitulate. Better for God’s people to ultimately free from financial strangleholds. We and our churches should prepare for what the Bible tells us is coming – the control of all money and hence the control of all people and organisations.
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