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DEAR VIEWER: THE FIRST VIDEO BELOW IS A SERMON THAT WAS PREACHED BY BRIAN CAMPBELL ON 8/11/2024 AT CALVARY TEMPLE INTERNATIONAL IN WAYNE, NJ. THE TITLE OF THE SERMON WAS BASED ON HIS RECENT BOOK "THE GENEROSITY GENE". WHAT I FOUND DISTURBING ABOUT HIS MESSAGE WAS THE FACT THAT HE USED THE TERM SEED FAITH OFFERINGS. A TERM WHICH IS VERY POPULAR WITHIN THE WORD OF FAITH MOVEMENT OR PROSPERITY PREACHERS. THIS TERM SEED FAITH WAS POPULARIZED BY ORAL ROBERTS(SEE ARTICLE BELOW FOR ALL THE DETAILS). AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS SERMON HE USED AN APPLE AS A GIMMICK TO MAKE HIS POINT. THIS CONCEPT IS KNOWN AS SEED FAITH THEOLOGY. I WILL LET YOU DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED HERE.
Another problem which I took notice about Mr. Campbell's sermon is that he mentioned the late Dr. Robert Schuller as a source of reference in his sermon. That is very problematic for the simple reason that Robert Schuller's doctrine was primarily based on POSSIBLITY THINKING; which is another version of DR. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE'S THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING. Both of these men were basically preaching a SUCCESS IN LIFE SOCIAL GOSPEL. See the following link for more details: The Faulty Gospel of Robert Schuller - Issues, Etc. Archives
https://www.issuesetcarchive.org/issues_site/resource/archives/gudel2.htm
Also read the following article: WHY THE PROPERITY GOSPEL IS THE WORST PYRAMID SCHEME EVER BY NICHOLAS McDONALD
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/why-the-prosperity-gospel-is-the-worst-pyramid-scheme-ever/
JUST BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE MANY PASTORS IN AMERICA THAT ARE INTRODUCING THIS CONCEPT OF SEED FAITH THEOLOGY/OFFERING ALONG WITH THE LIE OF THE TITHE TO THEIR CONGREGANTS IN ORDER TO FLEECE THEIR FLOCKS AND GET THEIR MONEY!
WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW.
THEY JUST WANT YOUR MONEY!
What is seed faith?
Promoters of the false “prosperity gospel” and Word of Faith
movement often like to talk about “seeding,” “seed faith offerings,”
and “hundred-fold returns.” A seed faith offering is money given in
faith that God will multiply it and return it to the giver. The more
money you give—and the more faith you have—the more money you get in
return. Prosperity preachers often solicit gifts to their ministries by
promising such in-kind returns: “Send me $10 and trust God to give you
back $1,000.” They give their appeals for money a spiritual gloss with
statements such as “God wants to bless you with a miracle” and “Jesus is
bigger than your debt.” And they will misuse verses such as Mark 4:8,
“Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a
crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.” It’s
good to remember the “seed” in this verse is the Word of God (Mark 4:14), not money.
The late Oral Roberts was highly influential in spreading the concept of
seed faith offerings, and he taught people to expect a miracle when
they sow a “seed” from their “need.” He wrote, “To realize your
potential, to overcome life’s problems, to see your life become
fruitful, multiply and provide abundance (i.e., health, prosperity,
spiritual renewal, in the family or oneself), you should decide to
follow the divine law of the sower and the harvest. Sow the seed of His
promise in the ground of your need” (from “Principles of the Seed”). In
the July 1980 edition of Abundant Life, Roberts wrote, “Solve your money needs with money seeds” (page 4).
Richard Roberts, Oral’s son, says on his website, “Give God something to
work with. No matter how little you think you have, sow it in joy and
faith, knowing in your heart that you are sowing seed so you may reap
miracles. Then start expecting all kinds of miracles!” In May 2016,
Roberts’ newsletter appealed for monetary gifts with this statement:
“Sow a special $100 seed. . . . If you will plant this seed out of your
need and go into a holy agreement with me, then TOGETHER you and I will
EXPECT A MIGHTY MIRACLE FROM GOD” (from his website, emphasis in the
original).
According to Oral Roberts, the way to take advantage of the law of
sowing and reaping is three-fold: 1) look to God as your source, 2) give
first so that it may be given to you, and 3) expect a miracle. As a
“proof text” for the second step, seed-faith teachers like to use Luke 6:38,
“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down,
shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with
the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” The misuse of this
verse starts with its application to material gain—Jesus was speaking of
forgiveness in Luke 6:37, not money. Also, there’s a difference between “Give, and” and “Give so that.” Seed-faith teachers advocate a selfish motive for giving—give so that
you can get—and they state as much. The Bible teaches that we give for
the sake of benefiting others and to glorify the Lord, not in order to
enrich ourselves.
Teachers of seed faith offering also like Matthew 17:20,
“Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you
can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.
Nothing will be impossible for you.” Of course, this verse says nothing
about getting money or making seed faith offerings.
Another passage misused by seed-faith preachers is Mark 10:29–30,
“Truly I tell you . . . no one who has left home or brothers or sisters
or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will
fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes,
brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields.” Seed-faith teachers
latch on to the promise of a “hundred times as much,” but they only
apply it to “homes” and “fields”—that is, material wealth. They ignore
the rest of the list. Are we to suppose that Jesus promised His
followers a hundred literal mothers or that we should expect a hundred times more blood relatives than we have now? Or was Jesus speaking of an increased spiritual
family? Since the mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters are
spiritual, then perhaps the homes and fields are spiritual, as well.
The promoters of the doctrine of seed faith offerings ignore several important details in Scripture. Consider, for example, 2 Corinthians 9:10–12,
“He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply
and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your
righteousness. You will be enriched in every way so that you can be
generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result
in thanksgiving to God. This service that you perform is not only
supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many
expressions of thanks to God.” This passage says God supplies the seed
for sowing; that is, He supplies the resources for us to generously give
away. And, when we give, God will supply more resources so the giving
continues. Note, however, the reaping is not monetary gain but “the
harvest of your righteousness.” Also, it is thanksgivings to God that
overflow, not our bank accounts. The seed sown in this passage does not
result in miracles or in personal wealth.
The promoters of seed faith offerings also ignore the fact that the
apostles were not wealthy men. The apostles certainly gave to others: “I
will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as
well” (2 Corinthians 12:15).
Based on the doctrine of seed faith offerings, Paul should have been a
rich man. Yet, “to this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in
rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. We work hard with our
own hands” (1 Corinthians 4:10–11). The apostles were materially poor, yet they were spiritually blessed by the Lord.
God loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7),
but we must not assume that His favor will be shown in financial
returns. Nor should we appropriate promises given to Old Testament
Israel for ourselves. Our motive for giving should not be to get money
in return. Our goal should be godliness with contentment (see 1 Timothy 6:6–10). We should pray, “Lord, help me learn to be content with what I have, even if I am hungry or in need” (see Philippians 4:11–13).
The seed faith teaching amounts to little more than a get-rich-quick
scheme that preys upon the desperate and hurting among God’s people.
Peter warned the church about such chicanery: “Through covetousness
shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you” (2 Peter 2:3, KJV).
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