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King's Kids Cruise Lines Is Sinking!

“Um, this is your Captain speaking. Thanks for sailing on the good ship Prosperity owned by King's Kids Cruise Lines, sponsored by the man known for ‘marketing the faith once sold to the saints’ – Reverend T.V. Cash.”

“Umm, that horrific thud you heard, the one faith talkers have commanded away in the name o’ Jesus? Yeah, well, we’ve hit a little snag. A rock, actually. Natural eyes say there is a big gaping hole in our ship. We confess otherwise. And we ask all who walk by faith to please quit jumping off the ship to ‘walk by faith' to land. It’s attracting even more sharks.”

“We have a good confession to hold to, but life rafts might be helpful at this point. The good ship Prosperity is… Well, I don’t want to have a negative confession... but we’re taking on water. Fast.”

“Rumors of a gun battle between Rev T.V. Cash’s bodyguards and our helicopter pilot are exaggerated. T.V., our man of faith and power, just took the ‘copter to go for help. He wants to assure his faith partners that he’s praying for you. On dry land. Safe.”

“Uhh, I’ve just been handed a note to read to the company and crew. It reads, ‘The Bible warns about Rev. Cash in this verse: “For such people do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and through smooth speech and flattering, they deceive the hearts of the innocent”. Romans 16:18’”

“Wow. Never heard anybody from TBN quote that verse before. Huh. It goes on to say in, 2 Peter 2:2, ‘Many will follow their shameful (pernicious) ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.’ Huh? This is in the Bible?”

(Off mike) The Captain says, “We’re sinki….?” THUD

“Hi, my name is Bill and I’m a cook on this ship and I wrote the note. Our brave Captain just took off with one of the last life rafts.”

Sigh.

“Now, let me tell you the truth. You were overcharged for this cruise. You wanted to believe you could be like T.V. Cash, a documented whoremonger, liar and covetous preacher, which makes him an idolater. He took your money and, at the first sign of trouble, jumped ship. Hirelings always do. You can bet there was no extra room in his escape ‘copter for the fleeced – and I am sorry to say, brothers and sisters - the fleeced is you.”

“The sobering truth is this: as we speak, we’re being shipwrecked. God’s fleet has only warships of worship, no pleasure cruise ships. Rev. Cash and his money loving entourage have already abandoned ship, abandoned the faith, and abandoned you.”

“Paul told Timothy, in 1Timothy 1:19, to ‘(Hold) on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith.’ You believed that King’s Kids deserve the best? Well, this ship is sinking and those who beguiled you into sailing under the Prosperity Banner jumped ship to save their skins. And they took your money with you. Don’t let them shipwreck your faith, too.”

“The Bible warns, in 1 Timothy 6, about ‘men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.’ But isn’t that exact what prosperity preachers teach? Did you not see this warning in the Bible? I didn’t till recently either. Cash and his prosperity thugs robbed you of the truth and your money preaching get-rich-quick-schemes-for-Jesus instead of the Gospel. The Bible warning goes on to say, ‘People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.’”

“Well, you bit into the temptation and fell into the trap. Ruin and destruction are here and we’re moments away from being plunged into the ocean. Positivity Thinkers, the tide is not rising, we are sinking. Positively ‘Confessing’ away reality isn’t going to save your life.”

“Like the children of Israel , we, too, worshipped a golden calf. Only ours grew up to become a bull market, and that bull is now out of control, raging furiously.”

“Still, some of us can survive this shipwreck though many will perish along with their McMansions, 401ks, and hedonistic lifestyles. Worse, they’ll blame God and speak against the Truth. If we let go of the love of our earthly valuables right now, and love each other, helping and serving one another, we can yet survive this shipwreck. Go it alone and you’re dead. If you will but love your neighbors, swim together, and hold one another up, and we can make it to land safely. Every man who is only for himself will surely drown.”

“King’s Kids Cruises is sinking fast. The crash is here. Don’t let the lie of the Prosperity Gospel take you under. Your best life is an eternal one, honoring and love Jesus, not Mammon. Choose this day whom you will serve.”

“The Last Days shipwreck is upon us.”


Bryan Hupperts © 2008

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