The Madness of Titles!

I saw this posted on my Facebook page and thought it rather apt for the times we are living in as so many men of God (?) want more and more titles; I am not sure if it gives them self importance or is it used to dupe vulnerable people into following them.  Probably both!

We are able to see this with Dr Masocha as he started gathering more and more titles... (this is before the Archbishop naming)

by: Johan Daniel Rich & friends

What is this obsession some church leaders have with labelling themselves with lofty titles and dodgy accolades? Apostle bishop Proudmouth is sharing a platform with Prophet pastor Moneygrab and Evangelist elder Selfpump and the bill also features Rev Doctor Tritetrot and Doctor Deacon Pseudoheal. Come on guys, maybe I should start introducing myself as Educator Lifecoach Rich and tack on a few of these plastic doctorates as well. If you're leading a strong growing and vibrant work of God he will ensure that you are duly rewarded and honoured and he will show you ways of promoting HIS work in ways that honour HIM. This publicity stunt stuff is silly especially in the hands of amateurs.

 It's just a thought, but the Gospels seem to indicate that Jesus favourite reference to himself was "the son of man" (basically, "a guy like you"). He occasionally demurred to being called rabbi (teacher) which was not a particularly high status honorific but there is no record of him using it himself in self-reference and on at least one occasion he rejected it. He also never directly seemed to refer to himself as the anointed one (Christ/Messiah) or the son of David, although he sometimes led others to draw that inference and did not reject the attributions.

Maybe a case of 'fooling most of the people most of the time' even if amateurish.

The unfortunate reality is big titles fill empty minds... People are so desperate for substance and a manifestation of God's power in their own lives,and too many speakers attempt to fill that need (and their pockets) with prosperity gospel and other 'pseudothruths'...

Rich, I totally agree. :<)

LOL . . . totally agree . . . If this was on a page we could tag some ministries, unfortunately they wont see it from here 

I did some investigation. You can grab yourself a DDiv for under a $100 US. In fact, the postage us more expensive than the "degree".However, it's a DD "honoris causa" (oxymoronic if ever there was) and so, properly, you do not add the honorific to your name. But if you're a "poseur", that won't matter, will it?

I do believe that as we are approaching the end times as many prophecies are being fulfilled.  These people are wolves in sheep's clothing and we need to be wary of them, as they will and do use scripture but it is twisted to their own agendas.

STILL TO COME:
Confessions of an EE and others mentioned before......
(We are working as quick as we can in gathering information, pls be patient as we have lives away from the blog)