Regardless of what might be said about the relative sins &/or merits of the Christian church, there is little doubt that its primary tenets come from the letters of Paul. And without delving into the easily provable Truth that Paul’s gospel (see 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 + Romans 10:9) was actually a self-made theology that directly contradicted The Gospel of Jesus Christ (see Matthew 10:7 + Matthew 24:12-14), I thought it would be helpful to provide a little tip as to how any Christian believer can easily tell whether or not his or her pastor is a true “Man (or Woman) of the Cloth” (whose teachings should be attentively respected), or is an out & out “false prophet” (whose preaching should be respectfully ignored) …

And that little tip is the following:
If your pastor maintains significantly more wealth than the poorest member of his or her congregation (if not the poorest member of his or her immediate community), then he or she is a charlatan — a false prophet of the first order — a man or woman who obviously has rejected The Way of Jesus Christ, or at the very least knows exceedingly little thereof.

“Be perfect [in Love], just as your heavenly Father is perfect … If you wish to be perfect, go, sell all your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and then you will have treasure in Heaven.  Thereafter, come and follow me.” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:48 + Matthew 19:21)

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