Um...there is a vast chasm between poor and what these frauds are.
Me- how do you know they are frauds. Do they deny John 3:16?
A camel and a needle eye come to mind.
Me- So Christians should reject capitalism. Be poor. Is that what it means to be a Christian?
Personal earthly wealth should be a secondary thing, always viewed as a tool and not as a cushion of fundamental comfort. Amassing gold Mercedeses and the like as a demonstration of “look what God can do” is a spiritually risky thing. (Though God has done things like that before. Check out Solomon’s reign in the Old Testament.) Absolutely verboten, no. And the Good Book says that the rich should be generous. Hand-up programs are better in that regard than hand-out programs.
Capitalism? What commodity are we talking about here? Poor, no. Wealth built on pushing a perversion of the gospel is a roadmap to damnation. Im not saying that every guy on TV preaching is a money grubbing devil...I am saying that if you are looking down on your ministry from a mountain of money? Your priorities are probably way out of whack. We will see. Our Lord didn’t mention the camel and the needle in a vacuum. think about it.
21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’ Matt 7:21-23