Kris Vallotton is back with another "God wants you wealthy" pitch...

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Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it." They said to him, "Where will you have us prepare it?" He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters and tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' And he will show you a large upper room furnished; prepare it there." And they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover. - Luke 22:7-13 (ESV)

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The term pied piper has become synonymous for someone who gains a following through charisma and false promises. Kris Vallotton is the second in command to one of the most egregious cesspools of false teaching on the planet, Bethel Church from Redding California. Led by Bill Johnson, Bethel embraces nearly every popular and nuanced false teaching today. From gold dust and glory clouds to grave sucking and the dead raising team, Bethel is pure evil. One of the favorite pastimes at Bethel however is fleecing the flock and Kris Vallotton is the primary fleecer with a net worth in the millions. He holds an annual weeklong teaching on how to be a prophet, regardless of whether God actually has called you or gifted you with prophecy. That sets you back around $500. For another $600 you could enroll in a five-day course on worship. When they have exhausted ideas that are this loopy, they become loopier by just making things up. This fall for example you could enroll in Vallotton's Solutionaries Intensive Course for a meager $1200. Before you go all negative on me, Kris promises the following for your hard-earned money:

Become proficient in the 4-step SQ framework that will open you to profound untapped potential to solve problems and generate innovative ideas for yourself and others.

Learn how to access spiritual intelligence from God through 12 Biblically-based practices.

Increase the accuracy of your prophetic words, words of knowledge, and SQ through a blind methodology of receiving intel from Holy Spirit.

Develop SQ analytical skills to interpret, decode, and unpack powerful revelations in SQ.

Develop significant relationships with other spiritual pioneers who will be training alongside you.

I love the reference to being biblically based while trying to sell secret intel from the Holy Spirit, increasing the accuracy of words you claim come from God Himself, and decoding powerful revelations - none of which are remotely biblical concepts. The false converts in the apostate church just lap this garbage up. In order to continue to support such ludicrous grifts, Vallotton must occasionally blog about being rich as a desired Christian goal. The most recent attempt at Christianizing greed is found in the link above from the Vallotton blog this week. Let us reason once more together beloved.

"I recently hosted a LIVE Q&A on the topic of financial stewardship on my social accounts. The synergy and curiosity on the subject of wealth specifically prompted me to share this blog post originally written on March 9, 2016. I hope this blog encourages and inspires you! Have you ever found yourself staring at your financial situation, yearning for a change? You crave a different reality but feel ensnared by a repeating pattern. You may even have the tools and knowledge to improve your finances, yet you find yourself stuck in a relentless cycle. I'm not here to discuss uncontrollable financial crises or the devastation caused by others' mistakes. I've weathered those storms myself. What I'm here to explore is a transformation of your mindset"a journey to cultivate a wealth mentality, a new belief system that will reshape the way you approach your life and finances." - Kris Vallotton

I guess Kris is running out of new lies, so he is now recycling the old ones. So let me get this straight. A renowned prosperity pimp held a Q and A on the subject of "financial stewardship" and found there was "synergy and curiosity" regarding wealth? The heck you say. Then to whet the appetite of greed in the readers, he asks such a banal question as have you ever stared at a financial situation and wished for a change? Seriously? Everyone has! I remember this first happening when I had my paper route at age 12! Look, the early pitch here in this grift is an old, hackneyed one from Vallotton. He creates a false concept called a "poverty mindset" and logically it's polar opposite - the "wealthy mindset." In doing so he shifts blame for poverty or lack to the way we think instead of, I don't know, life. His teaching is that the wealthy simply think differently because they do not accept being poor or having lack. The problem Kris faces is he needs to now pretend the wealthy mindset is godly and the poverty mindset is of the devil. Watch as it unfolds.

"I grew up American poor (not African poor), so I understand how poor people think. Our people despised wealthy folks; we voted democrat, railed against big business, and blamed Uncle Sam for our condition. We were little, powerless people, lost in the sea of humanity; paddling hard, but getting nowhere. The winds of financial adversity pounded our tiny boat. If that wasn't bad enough, cruise ships passed us in haste, leaving us to contend with their wake, further reminding us of the inconsiderate ways of the wealthy. I got saved at 18 and became a part of a glorious church. I was a prince in a royal family - at least that's what I thought we were. I was even taught that the Son of God became the Son of Man so that the sons of men could become sons of God!" - Kris Vallotton

Interesting mixing in how most folks grew up with a little dominionist theology of hating Democrats. The inference of course is the wealthy mindset votes Republican, loves big business and doesn't blame the government. The royal family biblical concept is not one that is meant to be transferred to the carnal thinking of this world - which is what Vallotton sells. Even though we are eternally part of a royal priesthood the bible says we are but pilgrims and sojourners traveling through this world to where our true citizenship lies, heaven. Note however the undergirding of the delusion Kris sells. He was poor and obviously did not like that. He became saved at 18 and apparently was still confused why he remained poor. Paul teaches us however that godly contentment is contentment regardless of personal situation. Lacking or having abundance. The bible NEVER teaches that the eternal benefits of salvation equate to material baubles here on earth. In fact, it teaches the opposite by telling us to not store up treasure here on earth.

"Yet I soon discovered that God's noble people also despised wealth. Despite the fact that we all yearned for a heavenly kingdom with gold streets and pearl gates, and we knew our Heavenly Father was rich beyond comprehension, still we gravitated towards poverty like a tick on a dogs be-hind! We created doctrines to enshrine poverty as if it were the pinnacle of spiritual enlightenment, the Mount Rushmore of Christianity. We made Jesus poor, forgetting that He was the architect of heaven and Creator of the earth. He isn't just wealthy, He is all powerful! He demonstrated control over the weather, the sea, and over all creation. Fish, trees, and angels obey Him. Demons fear Him, and kings can't control Him." - Kris Vallotton

This is just disgusting through and through. First the strawman argument Kris always proffers is that Christians fancy themselves more noble because they abhor wealth. This is categorically absurd. If you desire heaven because of the pearly gates and the streets of gold, then I fear you are not saved at all. Yes, God is rich beyond our comprehension because He obviously owns all of His creation! I have never heard any preaching that enshrined poverty as spiritual enlightenment. Remember, the goal Kris is aiming for is to make his greed theology biblical and to accomplish that he needs to make the opposite anathema. One of the common arguments to this end is that religion made Jesus poor but secretly He was like a billionaire. Except He wasn't. He was poor to lower middle class according to scripture. His tradecraft was a carpenter. Paul was a tentmaker. Many of the apostles were simple fishermen. We are of course talking about His time on earth. Kris keeps mixing in eternal truths to muddy the waters.

"That's right - Jesus is/was neither poor nor powerless. If He needs money, fish bring it to Him, and if He needs a room to have dinner with His guys, it is prepared for Him supernaturally. If He needs to feed thousands of people at a moment's notice, He simply multiplies a boy's lunch - and He always makes more than enough, not because He is wasteful, but because He is extravagant!" - Kris Vallotton

No one of course ever made the argument that Jesus was powerless as this is just another strawman argument designed to distract from the grift. The butchering of the word of God is staggering. The story of the fish was not about wealth but rather about the difference between what the world wants and how we should value it. Room for dinner with His guys so callously referred to is the last supper. The key verses today recall how this came about and there was nothing supernatural about it, other than the word of knowledge displayed by Jesus in knowing of the man with the water jar. The fact that He instructed them to tell the man that the Teacher was making the request clearly indicates the man knew Him and followed Him. The notion that Jesus always made more than enough in the feeding miracles is generally thought of as being for the servers, not that He was being "extravagant." No competent reading of the gospel accounts can leave an honest person with the notion that Jesus was rich while He walked the earth. Yes, He could have been rich. He could have lived above society. He could have called down legions of angels. He did not though. He lowered His station to ours on purpose and trying to pretend he didn't so you can feel better about being greedy and covetous, is borderline blasphemous and certainly dishonest.

"He is also famous for His wine making. If fact He only needs water to instantly distill the most expensive wine on the planet. Question: How did Mary know that Jesus could make wine unless they were enjoying it at home? Man, I've heard so many sermons about money being THE root of ALL evil. It seems funny now, but it took me thirty years to actually read what the verse really said: "For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs." 1 Timothy 6:10. Wow! The "LOVE" of money is actually "A" root, not "THE" root, of "ALL SORTS," not "EVERY" sort of evil." - Kris Vallotton

When you have no respect for the word of God you can read all sorts of nonsense into the text. So, in the warped, perverted mind of Kris Vallotton, Jesus habitually turned water into wine at home for the enjoyment of His family. Wow. What can you say to such brazen heresy? More specifically, what was that the point of the telling of that miracle? So, we can assume the drinking habits of Jesus' family? Just stop, please. I have also heard this false comparison to the love of money versus money itself. The bottom line is either way the point is about money. I have never heard anyone argue that money in and of itself, apart from man, is inherently sinful. Why? Because that would be an incredibly stupid argument. He also parses the words incorrectly. Many translations, including the KJV, refer to ALL evil, not all sorts. A synonym for "all" is "every." The King James also says "the" and not "a." The truth is Vallotton engages in these linguistics games to again, muddy the waters. He is teaching the love of money beloved, so the rest of this is just semantics.

So you may ask, "What did God instruct these rich people to do?" Good question. What do you think? Sell everything you have and give it to the poor? No! Give all your money away and live in poverty? No! Don't have any extra money in savings or else you are not trusting God? No! Are you ready? Here it is: "Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed." 1 Timothy 6:17-19

There was one parable where the answer was to sell everything and give it to the poor but I guess that doesn't fit this false narrative. The Timothy verses prove that there will be rich people but they need to be careful to not become conceited because of their wealth, a common trap. It also says they need to be giving and in doing so they may grab hold of what life really is, clearly inferring that their wealth is not! To twist these into some teaching that pursuing wealth is godly is once again, disgusting. By the way, no one is suggesting people cannot be rich, have savings, or any of the other niceties of this world. Vallotton is not selling the possibility but rather that all should be actively pursuing wealth, greedily.

Did you get that? God supplies us with things not just so we will survive, but to "enjoy." Here are 4 things Paul teaches rich people:

Rich people must not trust their money, but trust in God.

They mustn't think they are better than everyone else because they are wealthy.

They have to be generous and share.

They are to store up treasure in heaven, which is where true wealth flows from.

Here is the obvious counter argument to these points Vallotton distorts from the text. The vast majority of rich people do not trust God. They think they are self-made. They do not attribute their wealth to God at all. That is why Jesus said it is harder for a rich man to enter heaven than a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. For that same reason, the rich routinely think lower of others. Vallotton does so in this very article without realizing it! By exalting the rich, he lowers the poor. There is no consideration in his teaching for being a good Christian and experiencing lack. This false theology cannot work in third world countries or in places like the underground church in China. By that definition, you must conclude it is false then. Do you honestly think rich people are generous? On a macro level this is why trickle-down economics never trickled down! The poor are routinely demonized by the rich. I remember once a follower of Creflo Dollar bragged that he was giving out $5000 in backpacks to needy kids in the Bronx and I am sure those kids appreciated it. But a guy worth 30 million, who was asking for his poor followers to tithe enough for a new 65-million-dollar Learjet, giving $5000? Yeah, that's not generous beloved. The sad thing, and it is because Kris does not have the Holy Spirit indwelt to lead him into all truth, is the last thing here discredits his whole argument. When Jesus says store up treasure in heaven He is speaking AGAINST material wealth here on earth.

"Wealth is not a sign of your relationship with God!" you shout insistently. Well that's true"unless it isn't! Wait - think about it, God made Abraham rich, so his wealth was definitely a sign of his friendship with God. Oh, there was also Isaac, Jacob, David, Esther, and especially Solomon (and many more). Yeah, but it gets even better. Moses wrote; "But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day." Deuteronomy 8:18 . God said He was giving His people "power to make wealth" for the purpose of "confirming His covenant" with them!

It is true that there were some folks in the bible who had wealth. Of course, Vallotton is leaving out all of those who did not, including Jesus Himself, Paul, all of His apostles and nearly everyone in the new church. It is also unseemly at best to suggest that these great biblical figures were known for their wealth as a sign of their relationship with God. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his only son. Jacob was a scoundrel for much of his life. David may have been a man after God's own heart but after he had made it to king and all the material trappings that came with it, he then become an adulterer and murderer. Solomon was specifically warned about taking foreign wives and he went ahead and married 700 of them with 300 concubines. So much for wealth turning into wisdom and he was considered the wisest man who ever lived! If you want to only focus on their wealth, then you miss the entire point of their stories. None of these people are remembered for being close to God because they had money.

Therefore, it is true that sometimes God makes people wealthy to confirm His relationship with them. So not all wealthy people know God, but the ones He made wealthy know Him. Of course, being broke doesn't get you a place in heaven either. But being poor usually means that many are working for someone who probably doesn't think like them, borrowing from some institution that has money (to which they become their slave), and/or praying for God to have some rich person help them (who they have a case against)! Personally, I have 4 kids and 8 grandkids, so I am praying the Deuteronomy 8 prayer over my family! You can join me in praying this over your family too: "God bless my family with the power to make the kind of wealth that adds no sorrow to it, and confirms Your covenant with us! Amen."

No, it is not true that God makes anyone wealthy to confirm His relationship with them. That is entirely made up in the depraved mind of Kris Vallotton. He closes here by once again demonizing the poor and exalting the rich. Look beloved, the bottom line is this teaching is part of an overall grifting lifestyle that makes Kris Vallotton very rich and you, eh, not so much. I can save you 1200 dollars by telling you there is no such thing as solutionaries. Even Microsoft Word demands I correct that word when I type it! I can save you hundreds of dollars by explaining the bible expressly says that Kris Vallotton cannot teach you how to be a prophet. Deuteronomy 8, written to the Jewish people, reminds us that all things, including wealth come from God. There is nothing wrong with money. In and of itself it is merely paper or metal. How it can corrupt the heart however is what God constantly warns us about and Kris Vallotton displays that perfectly. Just remember that true godly contentment is being content despite of your circumstances. Work hard, try and move up, save for rainy days - no problem with any of that. People often ask me why God doesn't let them win the lottery and my answer is simple - because He knows what would happen if you did. Do not fall for the big grift from the Prosperity Pimp from Bethel. Mark, avoid, and hide your wallet.

Reverend Anthony Wade - October 13, 2023

Authors Bio:
Credentialed Minister of the Gospel for the Assemblies of God. Owner and founder of 828 ministries. Vice President for Goodwill Industries. Always remember that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.