"That's right - Jesus is/was neither poor nor powerless. If He needs money, fish bring it to Him, and if He needs a room to have dinner with His guys, it is prepared for Him supernaturally. If He needs to feed thousands of people at a moment's notice, He simply multiplies a boy's lunch - and He always makes more than enough, not because He is wasteful, but because He is extravagant!" - Kris Vallotton
No one of course ever made the argument that Jesus was powerless as this is just another strawman argument designed to distract from the grift. The butchering of the word of God is staggering. The story of the fish was not about wealth but rather about the difference between what the world wants and how we should value it. Room for dinner with His guys so callously referred to is the last supper. The key verses today recall how this came about and there was nothing supernatural about it, other than the word of knowledge displayed by Jesus in knowing of the man with the water jar. The fact that He instructed them to tell the man that the Teacher was making the request clearly indicates the man knew Him and followed Him. The notion that Jesus always made more than enough in the feeding miracles is generally thought of as being for the servers, not that He was being "extravagant." No competent reading of the gospel accounts can leave an honest person with the notion that Jesus was rich while He walked the earth. Yes, He could have been rich. He could have lived above society. He could have called down legions of angels. He did not though. He lowered His station to ours on purpose and trying to pretend he didn't so you can feel better about being greedy and covetous, is borderline blasphemous and certainly dishonest.
"He is also famous for His wine making. If fact He only needs water to instantly distill the most expensive wine on the planet. Question: How did Mary know that Jesus could make wine unless they were enjoying it at home? Man, I've heard so many sermons about money being THE root of ALL evil. It seems funny now, but it took me thirty years to actually read what the verse really said: "For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." 1 Timothy 6:10. Wow! The "LOVE" of money is actually "A" root, not "THE" root, of "ALL SORTS," not "EVERY" sort of evil." - Kris Vallotton
When you have no respect for the word of God you can read all sorts of nonsense into the text. So, in the warped, perverted mind of Kris Vallotton, Jesus habitually turned water into wine at home for the enjoyment of His family. Wow. What can you say to such brazen heresy? More specifically, what was that the point of the telling of that miracle? So, we can assume the drinking habits of Jesus' family? Just stop, please. I have also heard this false comparison to the love of money versus money itself. The bottom line is either way the point is about money. I have never heard anyone argue that money in and of itself, apart from man, is inherently sinful. Why? Because that would be an incredibly stupid argument. He also parses the words incorrectly. Many translations, including the KJV, refer to ALL evil, not all sorts. A synonym for "all" is "every." The King James also says "the" and not "a." The truth is Vallotton engages in these linguistics games to again, muddy the waters. He is teaching the love of money beloved, so the rest of this is just semantics.
So you may ask, "What did God instruct these rich people to do?" Good question. What do you think? Sell everything you have and give it to the poor? No! Give all your money away and live in poverty? No! Don't have any extra money in savings or else you are not trusting God? No! Are you ready? Here it is: "Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed." 1 Timothy 6:17-19
There was one parable where the answer was to sell everything and give it to the poor but I guess that doesn't fit this false narrative. The Timothy verses prove that there will be rich people but they need to be careful to not become conceited because of their wealth, a common trap. It also says they need to be giving and in doing so they may grab hold of what life really is, clearly inferring that their wealth is not! To twist these into some teaching that pursuing wealth is godly is once again, disgusting. By the way, no one is suggesting people cannot be rich, have savings, or any of the other niceties of this world. Vallotton is not selling the possibility but rather that all should be actively pursuing wealth, greedily.
Did you get that? God supplies us with things not just so we will survive, but to "enjoy." Here are 4 things Paul teaches rich people:
Rich people must not trust their money, but trust in God.
