One person I’ve never noted directly with a post here is so called Bishop Paul S. Morton, but he is one who true saints should be aware of, even more so than some of the other pimps mentioned. Because many of the pimps mentioned got off the ground and became major pimps with the help of Mr. Morton. You see, Morton was once part of the National Baptist Convention, but decided to start his own new denomination, the Full Gospel Baptist Fellowship. He could now babble at will without anyone saying he was out of order and best of all (best when you’re a pimp that is), not have to endure oversight from people who would have him hold to a more sound doctrine. The real bottom line is this, if you know a Black pulpit pimp with a mostly Black congregation, odds are Paul Morton either is directly or indirectly related to that particular pimp. Morton is the unsung Kingpin of pulpit pimps.

Let me list some names of pimps connected with Morton:

• Eddie Long - Fairly small time till hooking up with Morton and being proclaimed a “bishop”. Long helped Morton start the denomination of pimps.
• Clarence E. McClendon - Left the 4 Square denomination because they had him sit for a while after his divorce. Morton picked up McClendon and is now Morton’s 3rd presiding bishop.
• TD Jakes - Got a boost from speaking at one of Morton’s conferences.
• Oscar E. Brown - I just told you about his riding a Bentley while his church rolled in debt, he’s part of Morton’s bunch. Someone eluded to it in a comment and it’s true. Brown is Morton’s 1st Assistant. Once I learned of this, I knew it was past time to note Morton with a post of his own, so those who know the prosperity doctrine is false avoid him.
• Bishop Joseph W. Walker - This guy is the big pimp in Nashville and I’ve attended his assembly once. (I’ve heard all these pimps listed do their show at least once, what they call preaching a sermon, except Oscar E. Brown.) Prosperity pimp doctrine all the way and has big events where he invites his good friends, which include Eddie Long and TD Jakes. (He had Long and Jakes over for his “back to school” bash last year.) Walker is on Morton’s Auxiliary Council.
• I’ll stop there, you get the idea.

Morton will even allow Catholics to join his (supposedly protestant) bunch:

A ministry made up of churches believing in Jesus Christ - Baptist, Catholics, COGIC…
Join us today and begin experiencing God in His Fullness.

So apparently the Catholic who prays to Mary can be part of the team too. Morton’s group is like one big babbling brook. By the way, we had a good discussion about “tongues” over a Pulpit-Pimps.org recently, click here to check that out.

Also, Melvin has a good write-up about Morton, that I highly recommend you read.

But lets see Morton in action and after you view the video, I’ll offer a point by point analysis of this foolishness!

Bishop Paul S. Morton
Saints Beware of This Man!!!

He starts by saying basically, just praise and you’ll get it. Proclaiming he’ll show people how to get that blessing/miracle. Material matters of course. Telling people to “praise God like you’ve already got it”. Material things of course. Never mind praising God for the gift of eternal life, when you can focus on material wealth! Morton proclaims Hebrews 11:1 as a material matter, but let’s take a moment to examine the truth and rightly divide this scripture.

Every Christian needs to read the entire book of Hebrews from start to finish. I mean as an essential to your walk with Christ, it’s one to read with high priority. But when you get to chapter 10, you’ll notice that the scripture is about Christ being the only sacrifice acceptable to God. The later part of chapter 10 notes how we have overcome sin through our faith in Jesus Christ and his establishment of the new covenant. The chapter ends with the following:

Hebrews 10:35-39 (New King James Version) 35) Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36) For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: 37) “ For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. 38) Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” 39) But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

Now, the next verse in the Bible is the one quoted by Morton, Hebrews 11:1. Are we honest if we view it as faith for a car and material gain? Certainly not. But let’s see what is in scripture just after Hebrews 11:1.

Hebrews 11:2 (New King James Version) 2) For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

Testimony of what? A car? No, of faith that God would reward those who are faithful to Him in ways beyond material gain! How do I know this, let’s see what is said when we actually try to read the scripture in it’s given context. The elders spoken of are people like Abel (verse 4), he did not give God a sacrifice for material gain. Enoch (verse 5) believed in God and did not see death. Nothing about material gain there. Noah (verse 7), he was warned and by faith took action to save his life, but this was not about material gain. Rather obedience to the command of God. The archetype of how faith in Jesus Christ puts us in the spiritual ark of safety, called the Holy Spirit and we are protected from death, with the gift of eternal life.

Abraham (verse 8 ) went out in faith and didn’t even know where he was going. Although God provided a promised land, Abraham had faith in something greater and that is the point being made in Hebrews 11.

Hebrews 11:10 (New King James Version) 10) for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

The following verse in Hebrews 11 makes all preceding verses in that chapter clear:

Hebrews 11:13 (New King James Version) 13) These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Saints notice, this is not about a car. Not about material wealth. It’s about a promise beyond the natural life span its self. It’s about life eternal in a city made by God. This is about the greatest reward man could ever hope for! To lower it to material gain destroys the entire essence of what Hebrews 11 is all about! Again I’ll say, this is a book of the Bible you must read in it’s entirety, from start to finish. You should study it until you fully understand every verse in every chapter.

So you see, Morton wants you to believe his mishandling of this scripture is about hoping for not seen material gains, BUT THE VERSE IS TOTALLY ABOUT HOPING FOR HEAVEN, THE HEAVEN THAT YOU HAVE NOT SEEN, NOT MATERIAL GAIN.

Morton asked people to “speak” things like:

Yes that house is mine and I believe it in the name of Jesus.

These people are being totally misled regarding scripture, by a man who has assumed the title “bishop”. Totally getting people to abuse the book of Hebrews along with him. Morton says he dares you to try this bogus mess. I DARE YOU TO READ THE ENTIRE BOOK OF HEBREWS FOR YOURSELF. You’ll get a greater reward than a car if you honestly believe the words written there. You’ll realize how terrible Morton tarnishes a book of scripture, that speaks of spiritual things, which he treats as if it’s about houses and cars. Hebrews is about something not of this world, eternal life and for any man to try and reduce the oracles of God for material play is just pathetic. A pathetic viper, working up crowds to keep them listening to his nonsense and working them up to keep them giving him their money.

Men like Morton are the ones who take what is called the “Black Church” from enduring adversity, to acting as if God owes man something. It’s a total catering to the FLESH. If people simply want material gain, why not attend a seminar on financial management? They would actually leave with knowledge of how to build wealth, if money is what they want. Morton tries to turn the church into a money changing vehicle.

At 3:25 in the video (counting up on the counter) Morton says:

speak those things that are not as though they were

He totally bastardized Romans 4:17, which speaks of GOD not man doing such things.

Morton claims, if you’re sick and “act well” you’ll be that way. Well Paul realized when he actually had an issue that was not the Lord’s will to subside. It was a lesson to him, that it’s not about “acting well”, but rather knowing that God’s grace is sufficient.

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (New King James Version) 7) And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9) And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10) Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Morton just can’t collect as much MONEY if he tells people who have not been healed, that God’s grace is sufficient. He’d rather have them jumping in an emotional high, only to go back home to later return to being as sick as when they came. Only hoping to get a future dose from a future hype session led by him. This is a trick of the pimps, that I fully detail in this prior post.

Instead of showing people how to endure, Morton makes it appear that the sick suffer from a lack of faith, which is totally bogus. Of course God wills at times that some people are healed of sicknesses, but this grandstanding from Morton leads some people to forsake medicine they should be taking and care they actually need.

This nonsense has people thinking they can “claim” anything and forsaking that THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT TOMORROW WILL ACTUALLY BRING:

James 4:13-17 (New King James Version) 13) Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14) whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15) Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” 16) But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17) Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

At 5:05 in the video: - Meaningless babble, supposed to be talking in tongues. No interpretation and there was no judging of it of course. With scripture being trashed, who would follow scripture regarding tongue talking? Morton NEVER does!!! Let’s be honest, that babble was no actual language.

When you twist scripture in this manner, to lead people to believe that they will receive material items that they desire, it misleads them into thinking God is not real if they don’t get it. The Lord Jesus does not call people to Himself for material gain, but eternal life and any riches are to be sought for in Heaven.

Matthew 6:19-21 (New King James Version) 19) “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20) but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21) For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Now some like to try and pull the following verse from that same chapter in the name of the prosperity doctrine.

Matthew 6:33 (New King James Version) 33) But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

OK and so jumping around for a car or house is seeking the kingdom of heaven? I don’t think so. And one must still submit to the sovereignty of God and understand that you receive as the Lord wills, as I’ve mentioned above from James 4:13-17. The apostles sought the kingdom of heaven and here’s what they claimed to have in material gain:

1 Corinthians 4:11 (New King James Version) 11) To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.

Think you’re promised material wealth, here’s what saints are promised:

2 Timothy 3:12 (New King James Version) 12) Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

God will supply for you as he deems for you. It does not mean you’ll get what YOU want, rather submit that His will be done and rejoice that you have the gift of eternal life. Now see what else other saints endured IN FAITH. A part of Hebrews 11 you don’t catch the pimps reading.

Hebrews 11:35-40 (New King James Version) 35) Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36) Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37) They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— 38) of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. 39) And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40) God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

Notice, they who were under the old covenant had faith, but had not yet received the promise, the promise is eternal life that came with Jesus Christ. Others were not given this gift apart from us. But they had faith and endured. This is not about cars and homes. It’s about the spiritual gift of eternal life. Don’t let charlatans play on material trappings divert your eyes from the true prize.

Morton, later qualifies the “blessings” people should praise for in his spin of scripture. His list consists of: promotions, jobs, spouses and cars. How about hope for Heaven? How about hope for eternal life? How about hope to meet Jesus? Never mind that with Morton. For him it’s whatever material things YOU WANT. Whatever might make YOU feel happy. This is the gospel of SELF, not the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke 16:13 (New King James Version) 13) “No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

At 6:34 in the video: Some odd cat calling sounds.

At 7:24: Paul Morton proclaims the infamous “double portion” blessing. He says they want “double for their trouble” . I mean he acted like he was saying this mess to God!!! And by the way, you have not seen anybody run the “double portion” game until you’ve seen Steve Munsey run this game.

At 8:20: Just some indescribably odd mess. He continues this for about 30 excruciating seconds!

As usual with the Pulpit Pimps of the Religous Industry, Hebrews 11 was trashed as if a tool for personal gain, rather than speaking about faith in the Lord for the gift of eternal life. People like Morton trash it to mean faith for what you want! An entire crowd worked to a frenzy, with their minds on Heaven as their hope for eternity? Nope, hoping for whatever material things that they desire. This is NOT the will of the Lord. Paul Morton makes it all about YOU, but that’s not what God commands. With God it’s all about HIM.