🌿Why Has Faith Left the Pulpit?
What Happened to Faith?
“And without faith it is impossible to please God…” — Hebrews 11:6
This verse should echo through every pulpit, every heart, and every home where Jesus is named. Yet today, we must ask: Why is faith no longer the central message in many churches?
This one verse should shape the foundation of every sermon, every altar call, and every Christian life. And yet, faith—the very thing God demands—is no longer the main message in many churches today.
Instead, what do we hear?
Motivational talks wrapped in prosperity doctrine
Prayers focused on destroying enemies, not loving them
Messages that please the flesh, but never pierce the spirit
Why are we hearing more about enemies, wealth, and breakthroughs—and less about trusting God, loving others, and walking in obedience?
📉 A Gospel Slowly Replaced by Greed and Grudges
Many sermons today center around two recurring themes:
- Prosperity: “Give to get,” “Sow to harvest,” “Speak wealth into existence.”
- Warfare: “Destroy your enemies,” “Send fire,” “Pray them out of your way.”
But Jesus did not teach this way.
“But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” — Matthew 5:44
This isn’t a metaphor. Jesus didn’t say tolerate them or avoid them. He said pray for them—bless them.
Yet in many pulpits today, we are taught to treat perceived enemies as obstacles to destiny. We begin to fight flesh instead of wrestling with principalities (Ephesians 6:12). Instead of walking in love, we walk in suspicion, fear, and vengeance.
This is not faith. It is flesh.
What Happened to Faith?
We preach giving, but not giving in Love to those who really need what we have received freely from God’s generous hands.
“Freely you have received; freely give.” — Matthew 10:8
The Beauty of Life does not depend on how happy we are but on how happy others can be because of us. — Prophet TB Joshua
We preach sowing, but not sowing in obedience.
“But the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” — Galatians 6:8-9
“It is not only what you give that matters to God, but the way and manner you give it.”
— Prophet TB Joshua
We quote Scriptures, but not to build belief—rather to build expectations for breakthroughs.
“But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” — John 20:31
“The Word of God is not for entertainment, but for belief and practice.”
— Prophet TB Joshua
The prosperity gospel has overtaken the faith gospel. And where there is greed, there will always be distortion.
“When you focus on money, a large slice of life will pass you by”
— Prophet TB Joshua
🛑 Stop Glorifying Your Enemies
Faith or Fear?
“Pray against your enemies!” is the anthem.
“Destroy your haters!” is the rallying cry.
But Jesus said:
“Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who persecute you.” — Matthew 5:44
Let that sink in.
Jesus said to pray for your enemies.
If you believe your enemies can destroy you, you’ve already believed a lie.
Because faith says:
“He prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies.” — Psalm 23:5
So why are we busy trying to remove the enemies God wants to use to elevate us?
If God prepares a table for you in front of your enemies, then what are you so afraid of?
Some believers spend more time fasting against enemies than meditating on God’s promises.
Some ministers spend more time invoking judgment than teaching forgiveness.
This is not the Spirit of Christ—it’s the spirit of fear masquerading as power.
The truth is this: No enemy can destroy you unless you empower them with your belief.
🎯 What Faith Really Looks Like
“The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” — Galatians 5:6
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” — Hebrews 11:1
“Faith is expecting God to do what He promised to do” - TB Joshua
True faith doesn’t seek revenge.
True faith doesn’t measure success by money.
True faith believes in what God says, even when circumstances disagree.
- Faith forgives.
- Faith gives without expecting return.
- Faith obeys when it’s costly.
- Faith loves when it’s painful.
- Faith holds on when others walk away.
🛑 What Are We Feeding On?
📢 What Are You Sitting Under?
The real danger is not just in what is preached—but in what we love to hear. If you leave church every week encouraged but never transformed, something is missing. If you feel affirmed but never confronted, you may be sitting under a gospel of convenience.
Apostle Paul warned of this:
“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.” — 2 Timothy 4:3
Prophet TB Joshua also warned of this:
“If your message does not provoke the listener to self-examination, then it is not from God.”
We are in those days.
Ask yourself:
- Does the message I hear comfort my flesh or Convict my spirit?
- Does it make me feel good, or make me want to be good?
- Does it build my bank account, or build my character?
- Does it invoke fear and retaliation or provoke me to faith and love?
If the teaching you’re under:
- Doesn’t challenge your sin,
- Never stirs you to repentance,
- Never confronts your spiritual laziness,
- Doesn’t convict your heart,
- Doesn’t feed your faith In Jesus, …then you’re being entertained, not edified.
Now It’s time to Pause and Reflect and re-evaluate who and what you are listening to.
🧭 A Call to Spiritual Realignment
When last did a message send you home in tears—not of emotional hype, but of conviction? When last did you feel the urge to go back to your prayer closet—not to ask for things, but to ask for God?
“Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves…” — 2 Corinthians 13:5
This is a call to examine what you believe and who you follow. Is your faith in God or in the man on the pulpit? Are your ears tuned to His Word or just to smooth, inspirational speeches?
True faith provokes. It prunes. It purifies.
The real gospel will:
Expose your pride.
Challenge your motives.
Demand repentance.
And lead you to the cross.
If the teaching you receive comforts your flesh but never crucifies it,
You’re not growing—you’re drifting.
Faith is not emotional hype.
Faith is not shouting or loud prayers.
Faith is not in how many enemies you call down in prayer.
Faith is trust in God.
Faith is rooted in His Word.
Faith walks in love.
Faith makes you Christlike.
Final Takeaway
People of God! Citizens of Heaven!!
Let us return to the only message that pleases God—faith.
Not faith in things.
Not faith in results.
Not faith in money.
But faith in Christ—faith that obeys, that loves, that endures.
Because no matter how powerful a ministry seems—
If faith is missing, God is not pleased.
Faith pleases God. Flesh pleases man.
If your walk with God has become too comfortable, it’s time to check your compass. Get back to the place where you desire conviction more than comfort, transformation more than inspiration.
Reflective Question: What are you feeding your spirit—faith or fluff?
Short Prayer:
Lord, return us to the altar of faith. Strip us of flesh-pleasing messages and rekindle the fire of conviction in our hearts. Let our lives be a fragrance that pleases You alone. In Jesus’ name, amen.
🙏 PRAYER
Lord Jesus, realign my heart with Your Word.
Teach me to love when it’s easier to hate,
To bless when I’m tempted to curse,
To believe when I feel like giving up.
Let my faith please You—not my flesh.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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