Who Said That?

Who said that?

"Whoever says in the Spirit, `give me money,' or anything else [like that], do not listen to him."

OK . . . who said this?  Please put your guess in the comments section below.  No google searches please!

Update on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 10:46AM by Kim Riddlebarger

OK -- we don't know who said this because we don't know who wrote the Didache, one of the earliest non-canonical writings.  It seemed that the early church (like ours) was plagued by religious hucksters, out to make a buck (or a denarii, or whatever).  The churches were warned about men who claimed to be speaking under the guidance of the Spirit, but who then asked for money.  Sound familiar?

Comments

[timinator]

Pastor Kim or Anyone with any sense

[zrim]

paul crouch in his veiled attempt to curb the competition?

zrim

[Mark]

the didache

[Johnny T. Helms]

Benny Hinn or Mohammed

[R.K. Brumbelow]

We can safely say it wasn't Hinn, Crouch et all, nor was it my favourite heretic Gene Scott. :) Seriusly though It would be a major find to know who exactly said this as Mark already mentioned it comes from the Didache.

[AerodynamicPenguin]

Sounds like the Didache.

["lee n. field"]

Whoever wrote the Didache.

[Robin]

It sounds more than a bit like Paul...then his points were repeated/expounded by some early Church Fathers.

The point is it's solidly Christian. So why does the Church get duped by the blatant/obvious traits of false-teachers?

Rick Warren now teaches God won't send "locusts" to destroy our lives if we tithe (Malachai 3:9-12) - twisting OT verses to serve his own purpose. (From trivialty to voracious devouring of the flock.)

"In the Spirit" obviously means those teachers who exploit the Word of God to get money.

Tolle Lege