I know of a Pastor who had a spiritual experience in which he claims to have been shown many things in heaven. He said he was told in the vision that he had been 'stealing' from God's people.

What is interesting is that the Pastor had not been swindling church funds. He had been urging his members to join his multi-level, network-marketing business; plus he may have labored the point quite a bit in many of his church-offering speeches - and yet, he was told by heaven that he had been 'stealing' from God's people.

The Pastor was quite humbled by the experience. He said publicly, "I feel like I never want to take-up another offering again." His confessions sparked a spontaneous revival in the church.

Where are the servants of God who, like Elisha the prophet, sometimes refuse an offering! "As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none"; "Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?" "And he urged him to take it; but he refused."

On Judgment Day it seems we will be accountable not just for how we spend money, but also for why we accepted an offering in the first place.