The FIRST Plague that faced America was BLASPHEMY !!If you think the "good works" God refers to in the Bible means making money off of the Word of God, you're sadly mistaken. That's called USING the gospel for personal gain. If your pastor is guilty of making a living off the gospel, or if commerce is taking place on the grounds of your church, such as having fund raisers, or hiring entertainment, or selling items for worship such as books, CDs, or even Bibles, be well aware that all such things are an ABOMINATION to God.
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Jesus didn't overturn the tables of the moneychangers in the courtyard for any other reason, than for exchanging money on church (temple) grounds.What do you think the following means?, "And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. (John 2:15-16)
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My Father's House is to be a place of PRAYER, but you have made it a den of thieves. Get your commerce, your merchandise, your entrapreneurs, salesmen, song prose, and Bible sales people, tape, CD, and book promoters, out of MY house of PRAYER.
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Most people will boldly proclaim that God loves America, that we are the most Christian nation on earth, and that we have sent more "missionaries" to other countries than any other nation in history !Well, that may well be partially true, but first consider the abominations America has carried out under the official banner "In God We Trust," then consider for just one minute how God must feel when the doctrines we are teaching these other peoples are utterly FALSE, and in fact designed to be nothing but self-serving to the denominations these "missionaries" are being sent by.
"Woe to you and your missionaries, hypocrites! You travel across land and sea to make converts, and when they are made, you make them twice the child of hell that you are yourselves, by teaching them your church's false doctrines." (paraphrased - Jesus - Matthew 23:15)
Do you still wonder WHY God has ceased to answer America's prayers ??