Posted on 11/21/2014 10:33:31 AM PST by Gamecock
Right Here: 45 second mark.
I see that...Jesus died that we might live an abundant life, and to be a blessing to others. I can't be a big blessing to people if I'm poor and broke and depressed and I don't feel good about myself.."
Luke 9:58: And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
This man has abandoned God for gold. sigh
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oh brother
So Jesus by implication isn’t a “big blessing” when by any definition of Christian belief He’s the biggest? It is remarks like this which should give anyone a clue that Mr. Osteen is playing for the other side.
The most dangerous place in the world is between Joel Osteen and a mirror.
CC
Well I guess that Mother Theresa had it all wrong.
Joel’s congregation should put that, “I can’t be a big blessing to people if I’m poor”, in the collection plate.
He should not even be on tv or have a church since he has no clue as to what the Bible says. Why do people follow this character? I knew something was wrong with him the first time I saw him. Some of the best ministers I ever heard were among the very poor. Some seem to worship money instead of Jesus Christ.
Cannot stand this man. He’s smarmy and slick. I see no light of Christ in this man whatsoever.
Lots of people are big blessings who don’t have any money. Mother Theresa was, and any number of people in religious orders who take vows of poverty.
Also, there are many grandparents in the world who are wholly supported by their children and/or government benefits. They are blessings. despite being broke.
Maybe Osteen couldn’t feel special enough without gobs of money, but many other people do.
Nothing wrong with being wealthy, so long as you don't put money and the things of this world before God.
For the record, Mother Theresa was a blessing to many, many people. As I remember it her worldly possessions were little or nothing.
Osteen is just a dud as all other “preachers” before him in the the vein of Jim Jones, David Koresh, Jimmy Swaggart, TD Jakes, Rev. Moon, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Al Sharpton, Rev. Jeremiah Wrights; Rev. Schullers etc. Untethered from Petrine authority these idiots preach “their” own versions of scripture just like what Obama did yesterday. No small wonder that today’s mainline Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Episcopalian denominations now admit married homosexual gays and lesbians as “pastors” of their church. Their congregation is mostly uneducated females, they types attracted by Oprah and Ellen De Generes.
Joel Osteen’s residence is called a mansion or palace.
Jesus’ residence was called a field, or wayside.
Such is progress.
He’s starting to think he’s going to be the next pope. Maybe he will be.
Because he says what they want to hear.
Wow. I guess Mother Theresa wasn’t a blessing to anyone.
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