In this message, I am trying to say so much more than, is it ok to feed the birds. Our religious society today is a bird feeding society. We take our riches and call them God’s will. We provide in an unnatural way, and we have built an enviroment that without riches is useless. So instead of teaching God’s word, and giving understanding and allowing God’s children a kingdom that they can conquer, in Jesus name, we enforce that with out money, it is impossible to please God. In actually it is faith that pleases God, and Ceasar gets all the credit for the riches. It is riches that is taking the place of faith, and the name of Jesus, even the good and perfect gift that is still there, is denied, as we rush in with riches and take God’s glory as if we know better. And in doing so the world pays a price that God is getting blamed for, when there is no healing and poverty and deception run wild.
It was not silver and gold that Peter and John offered the lame man at the gate of the temple. It was healing. The man was looking for a hand out and had been settling for money instead of God’s best. In todays society instead of teaching God’s best we teach money is what has all the power. It is the most unnatural gift that robs us of practicing faith that pleases God.
What comes from planted seed is a miracle that we could not explain. But with money we can purchase what comes from that miracle and call it God.
What comes from God’s word planted in good ground is a miracle that we hardly ever get to see, because we use money to take its place. So many people today are willing to settle for the hand out than the true miracle that comes from God, such as a healing.