Why are pastors criticized for their riches and not christians?

Aren't both pastors and christians followers of Jesus Christ?

Since when is it a crime to be rich whether you are a pastor or christian or muslim or white or black or tall or short?

2 Peter 2:3 ►

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New International Version
In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

New Living Translation
In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.

English Standard Version
And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Berean Study Bible
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with tales they have concocted. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

Berean Literal Bible
And through covetousness they will exploit you with fabricated words, for whom the judgment of long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

New American Standard Bible 
and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

King James Bible
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep. 

International Standard Version
In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed. 

THE ABOVE SCRIPTURES ACCORDING TO PETER CAN'T BE ANY CLEARER

Because Christians work hard for their money while many Pastors exploit the poor to enrich themselves !!!

There is nothing wrong with riches acquired through honesty and sweat but there is something very very wrong with wealth gained through lies, deception and scamming in the name of God.

DavidJohnDavid:
Why are pastors criticized for their riches and not christians?

Aren't both pastors and christians followers of Jesus Christ?

Since when is it a crime to be rich whether you are a pastor or christian or muslim or white or black or tall or short?

pastor that are rich are blessed of God. the put principles of the bible to work and it works for them also. God supply you financially if you have vision.either you're a pastor or member. pastors are hard workers

petra1:


pastor that are rich are blessed of God. the put principles of the bible to work and it works for them also. God supply you financially if you have vision.either you're a pastor or member. pastors are hard workers

Don't mind the OP he want to pour sand sand inside ya garri

If the source of your wealth is from the hope and fear of poor and sick people, you definitely deserve to be criticised.

petra1:


pastor that are rich are blessed of God. the put principles of the bible to work and it works for them also. God supply you financially if you have vision.either you're a pastor or member. pastors are hard workers

Your logic also works for yahoo boys.

ponziponzi:

Your logic also works for yahoo boys.

By inference, pastors are yahoo Boys (lol)

ponziponzi:

Your logic also works for yahoo boys.

By inference, pastors are yahoo Boys (lol)

It's because of poverty. That is the summary of the whole thing. We have pastors in Europe yet you rarely see people criticize them even though we copy most of their prosperity messages

DavidJohnDavid:
Why are pastors criticized for their riches and not christians?

Aren't both pastors and christians followers of Jesus Christ?

Since when is it a crime to be rich whether you are a pastor or christian or muslim or white or black or tall or short?

Pastors are criticised because of the opacity of how some of them get wealthy.
People tend to see them asking for money from the congregation of both the rich and poor, sometimes with biblical threats.
then stepping out with bling, bling.

Wealthy Christian followers hardly go around asking rich and poor for money with threats, if they did, people would also critisize them.
Remember that even Mathew the tax collector before he became a disciple was also criticised for the process that made him wealthy.