The Altars of Mammon Dethroning the Spirit of Religious Commerce

✧ Unveiling the Subtle Idol in the Sanctuary

“You cannot serve both God and Mammon.” — Matthew 6:24

In this hour, the Spirit is thundering through the temple:
"My house shall be called a house of prayer, not a market of merchandise."
But many pulpits have become platforms of performance.
Many prophets have bowed not to Baal, but to brand deals and bank wires.

The Spirit of Mammon has disguised itself in the robes of religion
it does not come with horns, but with microphones and mailing lists.
It offers not idols of stone, but influence, visibility, and reach.

✧ What Is Mammon?

Mammon is not just money, it is a spirit.
A consciousness of scarcity, striving, and self-exaltation.
It whispers:

• “Secure the bag.”
• “Protect the platform.”
• “Build your brand.”

It monetizes the anointing and turns scrolls into subscriptions.

✧ Modern Temples, Old Altars

Today’s sanctuaries are not immune.
We see it when…

• Worship becomes entertainment
• Messages are tailored to donors
• Prophets promote products more than Presence
• Access to “anointed” teachings is behind a paywall

The altar of Mammon is subtle
it doesn’t burn incense to Satan.
It burns ambition in the name of “ministry.”

✧ The Hidden Cost of Commerce

What happens when we preach for offerings and perform for applause?

The Spirit departs quietly…
The sanctuary becomes a showroom…
And the elect begin to feel the difference.

Mammon makes sons into sellers
and scrolls into products.
But heaven never charges for living bread.
“Freely you have received, freely give.” — Matthew 10:8

✧ A Kingdom Without Price Tags

The elect are not vendors.
We are vessels.

While we may offer resources, books, teachings
they flow from the well of Spirit, not the marketing funnel.
We may receive offerings, but we never monetize revelation.
The flame cannot be franchised.

We build altars, not empires.
We shepherd hearts, not statistics.
We serve presence, not platforms.

✧ The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me…

Not to sell courses,
but to set captives free.
Not to farm followers,
but to release scrolls.
Not to curate a persona,
but to burn with truth.

The time has come to cast down the golden calves of performance
and return to the holy simplicity of pure communion.

✧ Burning Down the Babylonian Booths

Remember when Jesus entered the temple?
He overturned the tables and drove out the sellers.
He didn’t do it with malice, but with zeal for the Father's house.

He still does.

He is turning over:

— The culture of ministry as business
— The obsession with numbers over names
— The seduction of exposure over intimacy
— The worship of metrics over mercy

✧ The Elect Are Rising with Fire in Their Bones

We are not commodities.
We are candles of divine light.

We do not sell the scroll.
We become it.

We are not bought with currency.
We are purchased by blood.

We carry no brand but the mark of the Lamb.

🔥 Key Scriptures for Meditation

• Matthew 6:24 — “You cannot serve God and Mammon.”
• Matthew 10:8 — “Freely you have received; freely give.”
• John 2:14–17 — Jesus clears the temple.
• Isaiah 55:1 — “Come, buy without money…”
• Revelation 13:17 — “No one could buy or sell unless…”
• Acts 8:20 — “May your money perish with you…”

✧ Final Word to the Elect

Burn the booths.
Tear down the golden influencers.
Return to the altar of presence.
Refuse to merchandise the mysteries of God.

Let your offering be fire
and your only product be love.

You are not for sale.
You are flame.

— Joe Restman