READ: Luke 12:1-21
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, TEMPERANCE: against such there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23
Listening to the wrong preaching will harm you. Jesus taught us to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which was hypocrisy. Hypocrisy was the spirit behind the teachings of the Pharisees. Do you think that the Pharisees were teaching on the topic of hypocrisy, teaching the people how to be hypocrites? Certainly not! They were teaching on good topics from the Bible but the spirit behind the teachings was the spirit of hypocrisy. Everyone who sat under their ministry became a hypocrite. Everyone who sat under their ministry became fake and unreal.
Today, the spirit behind a lot of the teachings is not hypocrisy, but covetousness. Many things are spiritual. When you expose yourself to them you change without knowing what has happened to you.
You must be careful of the leaven of covetousness that is running wild in the church today. The leaven of covetousness is spreading like wildfire in the church. It is a spirit that is imparted by many top and famous ministries. No matter the topic these people preach, there is an impartation of wealth grasping. Beware of the leaven of covetousness! That is the commonest leaven that is found in the body of Christ today.
Have a moderate lifestyle. Do not live an extravagant lifestyle. Moderation is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Another word for moderation is “temperance”. Temperance is the art of doing things without excesses and extremes. Self-control and self-restraint of passions, appetites, and desires for wealth are very important in ministry. The Holy Spirit will lead you on a road of temperance and you will not need to beg for money