The giving was to support the saints that were being persecuted in other lands,
not to give Paul and the other disciples with him a cushy lifestyle.
The Apostleís of Greed seek to equate the selfishness of the Corinthianís with
the Body of Christ via TBN. Using lofty spiritual statements like have the faith to
make that sacrificial offering, or the ever effective, God has given me a word for
you tonight, they lay a blanket of guilt on their listeners for not giving what these
false teachers think they should give.
The lengths that the seed faith preachers go to are almost without precedent.
The most horrendous example is the 30-60-100-fold increase. Using Matthew
chapter 13, they claim that the seed of money sown in faith will yield back to the
one that sowed the seed, the 30-60-100-fold increase.
ìAnd he spake many things unto them in parables, saying,
Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some
seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured
them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much
earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no
deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were
scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and
choked them: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth
fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.î
Matthew 13:3-8
These scriptures have absolutely nothing to do with money, and the use of
them to back up this lie comes straight from the pit of hell.
ìThe seed is the word of God.î Luke 8:11b
The number of souls that will be saved by the preaching of the Gospel is the
increase the Lord was referring to.
ìBut that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and
good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit
with patience.î Luke 8:15
Another scripture used to confirm seed faith is also in the book of Matthew.