The Pulpit is not for selling soap, perfume, candle , bottle water or olive oil. The Pulpit is for preaching the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ .
The moment you have a mindset to do fund raising on pulpit, you should have no reason to mount on the pulpit.
Many times , preachers are invited to preach the gospel but they will leave the gospel to be selling orange , fruits , banana, especially in time of harvest Anniversary, they will be selling yam on the pulpit for members to enter their glory.
Paul, Peter , John and all The Apostles never use the pulpit to sell olive oil, or spiritual soap for glory, they used the pulpit to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ .
Romans 1:17 says the Gospel is the power of God to save souls . If we want souls to be saved , we need to preach The Gospel of Jesus Christ .
Don't invite a preacher to come and help you raise money in Anniversary. Many of you invited preachers for the purpose of fundraising, selling fruits or launching .
These things are common in our churches today. If you go to a place to preach Jesus , someone will tell you that , the reason they invite you is to help them raise money.
One day, I was invited by a church band to come and preach, I already accepted to go. Later , they sent a message to me that I should no longer bother to come .
I had to make enquiry on the reason, I got to know that , the person through whom they invited me , they ask her if I can help them to raise money on pulpit? The person told them that I am not a kind of person that will use pulpit to raise money, they told her that they don't need me to come that day.
I smiled , I already knew they didn't invite me to preach the gospel , they only invite people that will help them to raise money on Anniversary day.
If you're a member of committee for church Harvest or Anniversary, don't let money be your focus but the gospel and glory of God .
IMOLEDAYO
