Rich God, Poor God? Part 2 | Myron Golden

Rich God, Poor God? Part 2
by Myron Golden

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0:00 Introduction

Satan can only get something from you when he steals something from you. What does he steal? He steals your belief in the word of God and gets you to believe in the word of Satan. By the way, this is not a new, this is not some new thing that Satan's. Go read Second Corinthians Chapter 11 in Verse Number Three: "and the apostle Paul said, I fear less by any means. That as the serpent beguiled Eve-" 'beguiled' means tricked. " Beguiled Eve, through his subtlety-" He deceived her through his subtlety.

So your mind, my mind should be what? Corrupted from the simplicity that's in Christ. Oh, in Christ there's simplicity. In religion, there's complexity. What's the complexity of religion? It depends on which one you go to. Cause they'll tell you gotta do this and you gotta do this and you gotta do this, you gotta do this, you gotta do this, you gotta do this, you gotta do this, you gotta do this, you gotta do this. And you'll be accepted by God. You don't have to do anything. All you have to do is trust what I did and you can be accepted by God. That seems more simple. Wow, that's way more simple than a whole bunch of religious rules I gotta remember. What if I miss one?

1:07 Lying is Stealing

I said to my wife the other day. I was telling her something I said in one of my events or maybe in a Bible study, that lying is stealing. I want you to think about this. "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, to kill and destroy."

So I said, "Lying is stealing and stealing is murder."

She said, "What? How's lying stealing? How's stealing murder?"

Okay, lying is stealing because if you lie to somebody and tell them you're going to deliver X, Y, Z, and then they pay you based on what you told them, but you have no intention of delivering X, Y, Z, then you just stole from them because you took it under false pretense. You got them to give you something under false pretense, which you had no intention of paying for.

1:46 Stealing is Murder

Okay, but how is stealing murder? Because when a person is paying you for something that they're buying from you, they made that money with part of their life, which they've now wasted by giving that money to you. Now, you didn't steal the rest of their life. If I steal 70 hours of your life in the middle of your life, or 70 hours of your life, at the end of your life, I still stole 70 hours of your life.

That's why in the Old Testament, if you were caught stealing somebody's goods and they killed you, they were not prosecuted as a murderer because you were stealing part of their life. Because when you steal somebody's property, you're stealing an extension of their life. Are y'all tracking? So "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, to kill and destroy." Now, here's what's fascinating: when the thief comes to steal and to kill and destroy, he often does it by twisting something that God has said.

Satan doesn't have a word of his own, so he has to misuse God's word. When the first religion came into being called hedonism, right? The first religion is hedonism. Every religion since then has been based on hedonism or humanism. Man replaces God. First Satan tried to replace God. He couldn't replace God. So what'd he do? He deceived man and tried to replace God. Do you understand the ultimate idolatry is you trying to be God?

2:57 Control is the Ultimate Illusion

Control is the ultimate illusion. You don't believe me. Go to a funeral. You will know. Control is an illusion. Can I get a witness? How many of you have had things happen to you that you would not have chosen to happen to you? Why? Because control is an illusion. I'm not in control of anything. I'm in control of me to the point that I'm in control of me. And after that, I don't have control.

When I leave my house in the morning, I intend to control my car and drive it to work, but I don't have control over these crazy Florida drivers. Can I get a witness? All my people who live in Florida know what I'm talking about?