The People’s Revival

There’s a lie that’s been whispered from pulpits, printed in devotionals, and preached in megachurch auditoriums across America — that you can serve both God and Mammon if you just smile while doing it. That you can be rich and righteous, powerful and pure, secure and surrendered.

But Christ never said that. He said the exact opposite.

“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.”

— Matthew 19:24

He didn’t stutter. He didn’t soften it. He looked the comfortable in the eye and told them plainly: wealth is a barrier to the Kingdom because wealth builds its own world — a world where dependence on God is replaced by the illusion of control.

The early church understood this. They sold their possessions, broke bread house to house, and erased class from their communion tables. Their wealth didn’t save them — their surrender did.

Revelation

Let’s call it what it is: wealth is the rival god of our age.

In Luke 6:24, Jesus declared, “Woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.” That wasn’t poetry. That was an indictment. The comfort of wealth numbs the spirit, muffles compassion, and severs solidarity with the poor.

James 5:1–5 echoes it:

“Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will testify against you.”

When wealth piles up while hunger persists, the corrosion of gold becomes a mirror of the soul.

Amos 6:4–7 thundered against those who “lie on ivory beds” while the people starve. The prophet didn’t hate prosperity — he hated hypocrisy. He hated the kind of faith that worships on Sunday while extracting rent on Monday.

And still — still — the modern church dares to build empires in the name of the Crucified. Pastors fly private jets while widows drive to payday lenders. Corporations fund revival conferences to distract from the sweatshops they run. And the people of God, lulled by sermons of self-fulfillment, forget that the first Beatitude was not “Blessed are the successful,” but “Blessed are the poor.”

Stand-Out Truth

You cannot have both your wealth and your salvation — because salvation requires surrender, and wealth demands control.

The Gospel does not ask the rich to be generous — it asks them to repent.

It does not suggest charity — it demands redistribution.

It does not flatter the powerful — it warns them.

When Jesus told the rich young ruler, “Sell what you have, give to the poor, and follow Me,” He wasn’t issuing an optional moral upgrade; He was diagnosing a spiritual disease. The man walked away sorrowful — not because he didn’t understand, but because he did.

Response

This is the dividing line between the Kingdom and the Empire. The Empire hoards. The Kingdom gives. The Empire exalts scarcity. The Kingdom multiplies loaves. The Empire says “mine.” The Kingdom says “ours.”

If you have more than you need, you’re standing in someone else’s miracle. The only holy use of wealth is release — transformation of resources into relief.

So let the rich weep and learn mercy. Let the poor rise and learn their worth. Let the church repent for teaching comfort when Christ preached the cross.

The Kingdom is not for those who cling. It’s for those who let go.

The only question left is: what’s in your hands that still owns your heart?

Call to Action

If the American church ever wants revival again, it must stop praying for blessings and start breaking bread.

Sell. Share. Forgive debts. Feed the hungry.

Because the Kingdom of God doesn’t need billionaires — it needs believers.

Let’s build something better.