BEWARE OF BALAAM'S DOCTRINE


Anchor Scripture: “. . . Verily when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.” – 1 Corinthians 9: 18

Scripture References: Numbers 22: 1 – 7; 1 Corinthians 9: 1 –27; Matthew 10: 7 - 8

The Balaam’s doctrine is it that encourages children of God to do the work of God for carnal rewards. And the children of God caught up in the web of Balaam’s doctrine are those who preach the Gospel of Christ for one reward or the other. Such “servants of God” use a lot of scriptures to spiritualize and legalize their collections of material and carnal rewards from the congregation.
However, we thank God for servants of God like Apostle Paul, who really followed the teachings of our Lord, Jesus Christ, in that he refused to abuse the authority he had over his congregations by which he could have become rich and wealthy as many of our ministers today, for Jesus Christ commanded in Matthew 10: 7 - 8 thus: “And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.”

Have you ever wondered why Apostle Paul, unlike any other Apostle in the Bible, boldly declared in 2 Timothy 4: 7, saying: “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”
Brethren, the reason many who claim to be children and or servants of God may not FINISH STRONG is because they have bought into the Balaam’s doctrine and they live by it. They have thus robbed the Gospel of Christ of its Power (1 Cor. 9: 12). Please, remember Gehazi (2 Kings 5: 15 -27).

If you must FINISH STRONG, you have to run away from Balaam's doctrine; it is perilous! Our race is not earthly, but heavenly. May God help us in Jesus name, amen.
  
Till tomorrow when we shall meet again on this beautiful journey of FINISHING STRONG together, keep keeping on in Him!

Yours in Him,
Bro. BidemiOyedele
Bible-way Gospel Ministries (BGM)
Lagos.

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