First I want to mention, I’m not saying that you should not get advice about finances from people who have knowledge in that area. Just as I’m not trying to say don’t seek to learn how to bake pies from a baker. What I am warning about in this post, is how sometimes some who are unlearned and in church leadership or are just straight up pulpit pimps sometimes allow ungodly people to address their assembly with ungodly teaching and it is all spun as if it is the Word of God. When actually it is just the opposite. However, I certainly think all saints should seek to learn to be good stewards. We just have to be careful who we seek to teach us, IF we’re trying to learn something in Christ’s Name. Certain people are good for training saints; while certain other people are totally unfit for addressing a church assembly and being presented to the sheep in the Lord’s name. Robert Kiyosaki is one of the people who is unfit for presenting his material and himself before any church assembly in any teaching capacity and I will explain why in this post.

The Word of God explicitly says:

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So the church must be careful not to bring in teachers who are using the Word with a focus on the deceitfulness of wealth, or using a cover of godliness as a means of gain. Such is counter to the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. All led into such have the word choked and are unfruitful. Sure their bank account might look good, but in the eyes of God their ground is infertile.

Also, the church has to avoid teaming up with pagans, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18. God and money cannot both be served.

Robert Kiyosaki is a man who serves wealth and does not believe on God through Jesus Christ. He makes this clear in a post on his own blog, that I read a while back.

(It is best that you click the link below and read his blog post in full.)

He makes it clear he’s not a Christian. He also makes it clear he does not think well of people who proclaim THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY TO SALVATION AND ALL OTHER PATHS LEAD TO DESTRUCTION. Proclaiming such truth, Acts 4:12, is of course “fanatical”. Kiyosaki notes he’s not trying to speak for God or claiming any level of biblical scholarship. He’s just found something in the Bible, that he’s using to promote his own feelings about wealth. The Bible is clear about those who mishandle the Word of God.

Notice the Lord will destroy what is here and He’s not coming back to collect a monetary payment from His sheep, the wealth of this world will be destroyed. Your bank account balance won’t matter, because the bank and all in it will be burned up! But those who mishandle the scriptures do so to their own destruction and sadly Robert Kiyosaki is an example of just that.

Kiyosaki goes on to mishandle the parable of talents, claiming it to be all about making money. And says this:

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If your master is God, then God’s joy is the abundance derived from making money, which in turn creates more abundance. If that means God doesn’t like poor people, then so be it.
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He tries to make it clear he’s not attempting to play a religious leadership role, just explaining how he makes use of the Bible. He’s almost screaming that he twists scripture for his own personal advantage, if you pay close attention to what he’s saying.

He closes the write-up with the following:

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One of the more financially dysfunctional notions I hear from poor people is that “money doesn’t make you happy.” I don’t know about you, but I’m much happier when I have an abundance of money.

So does God feel the same way — is He happier when you’re rich, or when you’re poor? That’s a question you’ll have to answer for yourself. I think you know how I feel.

Of course he’s happier the more money he has, HE LOVES MONEY!

He is not a believer, but plays right into the prosperity doctrine heresy promoted by TD Jakes and Eddie Long perfectly! They fall into the thorns every time.

Now I don’t enjoy being critical of Kiyosaki, because he’s clearly an unbeliever and who am I to judge who God will judge, 1 Corinthians 5:12 [click to expand link]? But I have to warn the church, not to take in someone as a teacher who promotes a false gospel.

In my time with pulpit pimp Eddie Long, the Wednesday night “Bible Study”, which really was just his Wednesday night show, at times became all about the teachings of Robert Kiyosaki. I seriously thought given the level of promotion, that Robert Kiyosaki was a Christian and we were taught to listen to the words of Kiyosaki as something on par with the prophetic. And this is because Eddie Long, TD Jakes and others who promote Robert Kiyosaki are promoting the false prosperity doctrine. No room for Luke 6:20-26 in their doctrine.

Kiyosaki asserts the parable of the talents is all about money. And once upon a time, when I was buying into the delusion I felt the same way. As if God was coming to check bank accounts. The parable of the talents has no more to do about money than the parable of the sower in Matthew 13. The money is nothing more than an example used of a spiritual reality, not at all about the rich being better for attaining wealth. What Kiyosaki missed, was what comes later in the same chapter he found the parable of the talents in.

Jesus was explaining that those who do as He commands in taking care of His sheep and proclaiming the gospel will be rewarded. Those who do not do as He commanded, most importantly those who failed to believe on Him as the ONLY hope for salvation will be tossed into the lake of fire for eternity. And if you really trust Him, certainly you will share the message of salvation on Him when presented the opportunity. We have to use what God has given us, to proclaim the saving message of His Son, as led by the Holy Spirit. The talents are our means to share the gospel as the Lord leads and the return is what He will reap, all who believe the salvation message. Just as salvation is predestinated for the believer, so is the sharing of the message and who will receive it.

So then, in the parable of the talents, who are the money changers/bankers and the talk about interest? Understand that the Jews were forbidden from earning interest from their own people, they could only make interest off outsiders, Deuteronomy 23:19-20. The church is to grow from our sharing the message of salvation with the wicked. Those who believe and are born again were not only predestinated to do so, but are also the increasing interest the Lord will collect, which includes even us.

Pray for Robert Kiyosaki, to one day know true salvation if the Lord wills, but know he is not a man who should be addressing any church assembly. Sadly, too many who preach a false gospel promote and even hire him to speak to church groups. Like false prosperity teacher TD Jakes has had him speak at his MegaFlesh MegaFest event. Another who I did not detail in this post is Suze Orman. We hope that she might some day come to know the truth of salvation, but for now she is not to be speaking over any assembly of saints either and you can read why over at Jesus Christology.