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Ephesians 2:8-9: And the Flesh Became Words

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Translated - "You did nothing, I did it all. Depend upon me the way the drug addict needs a doctor. So no one may boast... but me."

For the Joel Osteen's of the world, that "salvation" comes with a mansion and more money than the money changers, who's table Jesus thrashed back in the day, but according to this passage, they shouldn't "boast." And presumably because the mansions and all the luxuries of he enjoys, in his little heaven on earth, not only speaks for itself, but even better, it affords Olsteen the ability to be as far removed from the hell on earth of poverty, that so many of their parishioners both depend upon and help to create, like the rich man was to Lazarus, who was forced to eat the crumbs from his table.    

But what's most ironic of all, is how such people can convince themselves that the "crumbs" they give like the rich man, constitute "God's charity" and benevolence (unless they see themselves as God), while at the same time convincing themselves that they will be like Lazarus in Heaven after they die for having been so generous.

Clearly, the"generosity" people like that are talking about, does not come from their wallet so much as their mouth. And as they talk about how "the word became flesh," they never notice how much their own flesh has become nothing but words. 

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